Should the government establish an independent regulator to oversee English football clubs?

No

Yes, protect historic clubs from predatory owners and prevent another European Super League disaster

No, poorly run clubs should be allowed to go bust just like any other business

Yes, regulate ownership to stop authoritarian regimes from using our teams for "sportswashing"

No, government interference violates FIFA rules and could get England banned from the World Cup

I don’t care about football at all

Not interested in football

no, i feel that there are more important issues that government funds should go towards such as the NHS

Ban professional sport

the government establish an independent regulator to oversee all football clubs in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland?

we should really be focusing time and money on more important things than football to be honest

I hate sport

I don’t rally like football

Yes but only controlling the fans

I think football should remain a sport and not be managed by a government. The entire premise of the world of football is ridiculous

Yes to prevent sportswashing and mismanaging of clubs to prevent clubs from going under as they help contribute to a local economy greatly abd provide a good escape for a community

Does not bother me

No, football clubs aren't important enough to have their own dedicated sector or regulator in government. We should focus on other things

Yes due to Premier League Corruption.

Unimportant

A light touch is good, but beaucracy will kill it, it is a game and it should be managed as a game

no, only welsh

I don't have a strong view!

I don't engage in football?

I do not think the government should be so worried about about a sport when there are much more important matters

Something needs to be done - especially with the salaries the players are given - its obscene money.

This does not matter to me.

Football club should not be a national priority

politics should not come into a game - there are real world problems to focus on before sport

Literally doesn't matter

Not fussed either way

Have no stance

depends on what could happen and whether current regulation is adequate

In different

Don’t care about football enough to have an opinion

I don't think it make any difference what so ever.

I could not care less if I actively tried to

I dont support an english club

Could not care less - irrelevant

couldn't care less about sports

I’m Scottish. Don’t care about English football

I don't believe this is politically relevant

I do not care about football

should not be a concern of the governtment

English football clubs should be owned by the fans and the players, with the leagues and cups state-owned

I'm unaware/uninterested in football.

No, this isn't an issue compared to everything else we should focus on

I don’t care about football - i would ban it if I could, it’s a toxic culture

Of no interest to me

don't really involve myself in football

Who gives a toss

No, the government has bigger fish to fry

Why on earth is football ever a political issue - pointless.

Why “English clubs” and not British ones? As a Scot this question is irrelevant again to me

There should be a standards regulator but not control football clubs but just ensure when the rules are broken they step in but not control football clubs but oversee it

No — while oversight may be useful to prevent financial mismanagement, football clubs should remain largely independent to preserve their identity, culture, and connection with fans.

Football (soccer) is a negative influence of the behaviour of the country and should not be encouraged, public funded, shown on free to view or encouraged in schools. Until soccer can maintain the standards of rugby union it should be removed from public life.

Yes, spending in football is out of control on players with no input into the surrounding areas highly impacted by poor behaviour, violence, parking issues, noise nuisance, traffic, monopoly on policing recources etc.

No, poorly run clubs should manage their finances responsibly. Football has way too much financial backing from a range of areas. They should be made to pay a high rate of tax to support local communities and give back to where they should be supporting instead of paying disgustingly out of touch payments to footballers and senior staff.

To put it logically, everyone who joins the English football teams should be considered English, and not just “British” because anyone could consider themselves to be “british” just by living in this country, even when they could barely be English or speak English at all. As part of considering yourself English, you must abide by all key aspects of the British values that we strongly withhold.

Football should be the very least of the governments concerns.

No, there are bigger problems than football right now

I think an argument could be made that football is a cult..