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Football regulator to recommend cost controls in landmark report with 94% of clubs making loss

The Guardian Australia - Sport · 13 October 2026 at 1:28 am

Football regulator to recommend cost controls in landmark report with 94% of clubs making loss

Report published on Tuesday before consultation period It will have recommendations to improve sustainability The Independent Football Regulator (IFR) is to recommend clubs introduce greater cost controls in its long-awaited State of the Game report, to be published on Tuesday.

The 250-page draft report, with a final version to follow in the spring after an eight-week public consultation beginning this week, will paint a damning picture of the financial state of English men’s football, including the stark finding that 94% of the top 116 clubs are loss-making.

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Football regulator to recommend cost controls in landmark report with 94% of clubs making loss

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