the bbc football commentator john motson, who has died at the age of 77. also coming up in the programme. australia hold their nerve to reach their seventh consecutive women s t20 world cup final with a tense five run win over india. hello and welcome to sportsday. we start today s programme with news that a new independent regulator of men s football in england is to be established for the first time. the announcement follows a recommendation by a fan led review last year. the main purposes of the proposed new regulator will be stopping english clubs from joining european breakaway leagues, preventing financial failings at clubs, introducing more stringent owners and directors tests, giving fans more power and ensuring a fairer distribution of money down the english football pyramid. the significant move aims to protect english football s cultural heritage. here s just some of the reaction to the proposals starting with the premier league chief executive richard masters. w
# and even christian gross # cos everywhere we go # i m loving big ange instead.# i guess i m a spurs fan now, then. he is not really, is he? he is a port vale fan. unbelievable, to get the 9 ange postecoglou into a song, how do you manage that? unbelievable work of genius. i think perhaps they do it could be on the cards this season. the name ange
Is already being sung on the tottenham terraces to robbie williams angels no less. but robbie is a port vale fan, so he wouldn t sing it himself, would he? # everywhere all! # everywhere all! # lite way we want to we play the way we want to. if you want to check out his instagram, you can see the full video available there. i will let the supreme gavin ram john entertain you for the rest of evening at the bbc sport centre. i ll let the supreme gavin ramjaun entertain you for the rest of the evening at the bbc sport centre. we ll be back again, usual time tomorrow at 6:30pm. hope you can join us then.
Sometimes we get wrapped up in the money but being here has shown me how much this places in the heart of the community. you saw the port vale fan and carol who has this place at her heart and ijoined now by mark from the portrayal foundation. her heart and ijoined now by mark from the portrayalfoundation. he was here in 2019 protesting about an ownership that had gone wrong. financial problems. how do you greet the news some of the money may well in the future come down here? i’m in the future come down here? i m reall in the future come down here? in really pleased it s going to happen. if it happens. i hope they carry it on and it gets distributed down the leagues. i think these football clubs are far more than just an owner s toys. they are heritage brands of the local community. we see generations of families that come to portrayal and they pass it on, and i pass it my son. it is