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European Super League - Are You Sure?

I think every English football supporter was stunned when the news broke that six of our top
Premier League clubs announced that they were proposing to break away and form a European
Super League. The six clubs, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, the two Manchester clubs, City &
United and Tottenham Hotspur, all have foreign owners who obviously do not understand the
history and passion that drives our National game. They cannot grasp that the vast majority of
football in this country is run and participated in by people that take part purely for the love of

the sport and not for money.
Their actions was a total insult to the fans and lovers of the game and with total disregard to the
excellent non-league structure that the FA worked so hard to develop which enables a club at the
lowest level of the ‘grass roots’ game to progress, given the facilities and vision, so that with
successive promotions could reach the Premier League and rub shoulders with those clubs that
threatened to turn their back on it. Remember the achievement of Wimbledon a few years ago!
These foreign owners, particularly the Americans, just cannot grasp this, they cannot under-
stand relegation or promotion and believe a clubs existence should be determined by its bank
balance. Thank god the clubs have now come to their senses and withdrawn but to propose this
during a world wide pandemic is unforgivable and the sooner these owners clear off the better,
our game will still be there long after they have sold their last tub of popcorn!
Thank you for reading.
Bob Chivington
Editor, 07854529118

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