Chairman Of Newcastle United And Lower League Football (EDM221)

Chairman Of Newcastle United And Lower League Football

EDM number 221 in 2004-05, proposed by Adrian Sanders on 29/11/2004.

That this House notes the comments of Mr Freddy Shepherd, the Chairman of Newcastle United Association Football Club, that the Premier League should take over the running of the other leagues and that 'When we have got 52,000 fans at each home game, the last thing we are worried about is clubs in the third division'; further notes the contribution made to the success of Newcastle United by players purchased from lower division clubs, from Hughie Gallagher in the 1920s to Kieron Dyer today; and reminds Mr Shepherd that the success of association football in this country is based on the strength of its grassroots, through the semi-professional and professional football club teams, with the modern Premiership signifying little more than a contest between the fattest cheque books.

This motion has been signed by a total of 22 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Adrian Sanders	29/11/2004	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Bob Russell	30/11/2004	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	30/11/2004	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Illsley	30/11/2004	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	30/11/2004	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	30/11/2004	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Greg Pope	01/12/2004	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	01/12/2004	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	01/12/2004	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Mike Hancock	01/12/2004	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jane Griffiths	02/12/2004	Reading East	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	02/12/2004	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Huw Edwards	06/12/2004	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	06/12/2004	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	06/12/2004	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
David Chidgey	07/12/2004	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	07/12/2004	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Jones	08/12/2004	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Grogan	08/12/2004	Selby	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	13/12/2004	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	13/12/2004	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Mike Gapes	21/12/2004	Ilford South	Labour Co-operative	Signed

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