SocialistAction 1983–88

The paper of the Socialist League, formerly the International Marxist Group, 1983–88

No more Bradfords!

Socialist Action No. 102, 17 May 1985 · p. 4 of the scan · 342 words

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Bradford working Saturday sion. Why should government money be spent on improving facilities enjoyment of these people?

Many smaller clubs like Bradford are facing extinction Facec with mass unemployment rising costs, thousands of people can no longer af ches. Attendances drop, money dries up. facilities can't be improved. Players have to be sold like commodities raise the necessary money.

But money available. For exampie the government Creams hundreds of millions of pounds from the Pools companies, some of which could be diverted back into the smaller clubs.

Football today is big business. Most of the top clubs are run by business concerns at the level of property speculators football grounds as very lucrative number of smaller clubs have had to farm out their grounds to supermarkets, leisure centres and so on.

The Tories response to the fire has been hypocritical. They've ordered an enquiry alright but linked it to the so called riot at Birmingham or the same day between City and Leeds fans. In other words its really all abou crowd control violence.

If the authoritarians had their way and compulsory fencing was in stalled at all grounds we'd be talking about thousands burnt to death not fifty. The fire did more damage in human terms i four minutes than lifetime of so called soccer hooligans could ever do. The law and order brigade who defend the type of society that creates the conditions for football violence to exist should carefully about where their ideas lead Island was wooden, coated in tar and 77 years old. Many other smaller clubs are at risk. It will happen again the whole of football's structure is reorganised.

distribution of the wealth the game generates which money poured back into The supporters, who provide the money in the through the should be the one thought football was ones • benefit.

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