Call for more giving from top football clubs

By Paul Jump, Third Sector Online, 9 August 2007

Football clubs should be obliged to donate a certain percentage of their annual turnover to charity, according to Niall Quinn, chairman of Sunderland.

Quinn was speaking at the launch of the Premier League’s Creating Chances programme, a month of community-related activities by clubs designed to showcase the amount of charity and community work football clubs already do. Each of the 20 Premier League clubs has chosen three local charities to benefit from player...

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