EFL chief executive Shaun Harvey was managing director of Bradford City when they achieved promotion to the Premier League in 1999Football needs "to look at how it treats the owners at some of its clubs" as without them, fans "wouldn't have a club", says departing English Football League chief executive Shaun Harvey. Harvey said costs across the 72 EFL sides were going up but owners were being "roughed [up] and ridiculed in certain quarters". The match will be played against the backdrop of football finance expert Kieran Maguire calculating EFL clubs "made a loss of £388m last year" - with only 19 of them making a profit. "The league (EFL), as it stands, will distribute more money to its clubs than ever before at about £230m," said Harvey. "So, we are reliant on owners and football needs to look at how it treats the owners at some of its clubs.

Source: BBC May 26, 2019 11:26 UTC