Fan Ownership of Football Clubs
- Submitted by: Alison Johnstone, Lothian, Scottish Green Party.
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 March 2014
- Motion reference: S4M-09518
- Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, 22 April 2014
That the Parliament believes that football clubs are at the core of their communities across Scotland; supports ownership of football clubs by fans' trusts, which, it believes, can deliver more responsible and representative long-term stewardship for their clubs; welcomes the efforts of individual supporters' trusts, Scottish Fans and Supporters Direct Scotland to give fans a stronger say in how football clubs across Scotland are run; notes that four clubs playing in the SPFL are already owned by their fans and wishes the Edinburgh-based Foundation of Hearts well with its work to add its club to that list, and believes that widespread fan ownership of football clubs could be a sustainable and stable basis for the future of Scottish football.
Supported by:
Jackie Baillie, Colin Beattie, Marco Biagi, Sarah Boyack, Chic Brodie, Graeme Dey, Annabelle Ewing, Patricia Ferguson, Neil Findlay, John Finnie, Patrick Harvie, Hugh Henry, Jamie Hepburn, Colin Keir, James Kelly, Bill Kidd, Richard Lyle, John Mason, Liam McArthur, Michael McMahon, Anne McTaggart, Elaine Murray, Gil Paterson, Dennis Robertson, Richard Simpson, David Stewart, David Torrance, Jean Urquhart, Maureen Watt, Sandra White, John Wilson