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Lord Londesborough (CB)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 3 September 2025

Debate

Football Governance Act 2025: Implementation

Contribution

My Lords, does the Minister agree that it would be wrong to single out clubs such as Morecambe and Sheffield Wednesday as outliers or exceptional? I say that because, in the last two seasons, all 24 clubs in our second tier—the EFL Championship—have generated operating losses, with wage bills continuing to spiral. The clubs together now carry a debt of £1.5 billion. Time is surely not on the regulator’s side.

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