Football Trust

The Football Trust was a Government funded body to improve the safety of sports stadiums in the United Kingdom.

It was set up by the Labour Government in 1975, with the assistance of the pools companies and the Football League. Its original primary purpose (when it was known as the Football Grounds Improvement Trust) was to assist with the costs of implementing the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975.

In October 1990, Chancellor of the Exchequer John Major reduced tax on the pools competitions such as "spot the ball" to help fund the trust.[1]

It was chaired by Tom Pendry.

Club Grant (£)
Aston Villa 3,476,361
Blackburn Rovers3,453,437
Chelsea4,402,949
Coventry City3,465,131
Derby County4,641,487
Everton2,465,325
Leeds Utd2,583,373
Leicester City2,712,447
Liverpool3,362,691
Man Utd3,692,619
Middlesbrough4,210,311
Newcastle3,418,275
Sheffield Wednesday4,299,086
Sunderland4,454,354
Arsenal3,072,167
Bristol City2,328,531
Nottingham Forest2,267,384
Tottenham Hotspur3,519,216
West Ham4,068,663
Wembley2,057,253

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The Trust was wound up in 2000 and replaced with the Football Foundation.

References

  1. ↑ "Football Stadia After Taylor: Centre for the Sociology of Sport, Department of Sociology". University of Leicester.
  2. ↑ parliament.uk
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