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Premier League silent on whether clubs can break promises on access

By John Pring on 2nd June 2016 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Premier League silent on whether clubs can break promises on access
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The Premier League has refused to say whether its clubs will be allowed to break a public pledge to reach basic access standards for disabled fans by August 2017. The promise was made by the Premier League last August, and was […]

Eight Premier League clubs set to break promises on access, MPs hear

By John Pring on 26th May 2016 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Eight Premier League clubs set to break promises on access, MPs hear
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At least eight Premier League football clubs are set to break their promises to meet decent standards on access for disabled supporters in time for next August’s deadline, MPs have been told. Joyce Cook, chair of the user-led charity Level Playing […]

Football ‘has failed disabled people’, campaigners tell FIFA

By John Pring on 20th November 2015 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Football ‘has failed disabled people’, campaigners tell FIFA
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Football has “failed disabled people”, and its troubled world governing body must now place disability at the heart of its reform process, according to a leading UK campaigner. The Centre for Access to Football in Europe (CAFÉ) has written to the […]

Disabled fans ‘delighted’ as Premier League finally acts on access

By John Pring on 18th September 2015 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Disabled fans ‘delighted’ as Premier League finally acts on access
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Football’s Premier League clubs have agreed to transform access at their grounds, following a 14-year campaign by disabled supporters. The Premier League announced this week that every one of its 20 clubs would have to meet standards laid out in guidance […]

Equality watchdog contradicts football’s Premier League over access

By John Pring on 29th May 2015 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Equality watchdog contradicts football’s Premier League over access
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Football’s Premier League has been criticised by disabled fans and the equality watchdog after defending clubs that have failed to provide enough wheelchair-accessible spaces in their grounds. Surveys have found that most Premier League grounds are falling far short of the […]

Anger after equality campaign rewards Premier League club that fails access test

By John Pring on 15th May 2015 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Anger after equality campaign rewards Premier League club that fails access test
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Disabled campaigners are furious that an organisation that fights discrimination in football has given a prestigious equality award to one of the world’s richest football clubs, Chelsea, despite its continuing refusal to provide enough seats for wheelchair-users. It is the second […]

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