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European law has no place in English game - Sport - Times Online: "Richard Caborn wrote in this newspaper that he cares passionately about football. I do not doubt that; however the irony of one politician telling us about another politician’s report on how the game should be run should not be lost on anyone. Yet again, the Beautiful Game is in danger of becoming Europe’s latest political football.
Ask any fan who their main rivals are or which match they care most about and the answer is local. The structure of our club football, including FA and League cups and right down through the Football League and into the Conference, is the envy of European football and no other country gets close to replicating it in terms of strength and depth or passion and participation.

It is domestic club football that is the driving force behind European competition and not the other way round. When it comes to how the game should govern itself we don’t need special treatment.

We have created the best domestic league in the world both on and off the pitch; managing to be inclusive, transparent and accountable through good governance and engaging on a range of community, education and social inclusion programmes. We have just negotiated with Richard Caborn an increase in the amount, both as a percentage and in real terms, to be spent on these initiatives, taking our annual spend to about £35 million — not to mention the £500 million-plus the Treasury receives in tax from the Premier League, its clubs and the players.

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