Football Sustainability Index

[CheddarReds]

The Football Sustainability Index, created by FairGame has been published today. It takes into account Financial Sustainability, Good Governance, Fan-Engagement and Equality Standards. Not all these factors have equal weighting. Financial Sustainability has the greatest value of the 4 factors. 

The index was created for Premier League and Championship Clubs.

Here's a link to the tables and full report: The Index — Fair Game (fairgameuk.org) 

I've screen grabbed the championship table below:

 

Here's a screen grab of how each of those scores are calculated, and their contribution to the overall score:

I haven't had a proper read through to gather my thoughts yet, and of course like any model or index it's limited by what data is put in but I thought it was an interesting report worth sharing. 

 

[CheddarReds]

The Football Sustainability Index: How well run is your club? - The Athletic

In the above Niall Couper, Cheif Exec of Fair Game says "In the Championship, the true winners are Luton, Millwall and Bristol City - clubs that are building for the future and are refusing to put themselves at risk."

That statement is testament to the work Pearson, Gould and co have done to get the clubs finances back under control. 

[ExiledAjax]

@CheddarReds I'm delighted that you've picked up on the SI and on Niall's comments about it and how it ranks City. A few of us did have a little chat about this a few weeks ago when it was published. See below.

Should be an exciting week this week in the world of football governance.