{"id":440855,"date":"2011-06-14T11:50:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-14T11:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/14\/shadow-culture-secretary-ivan-lewis-pleads-with-premier-league-not-to-cut-funding-to-fans-group\/"},"modified":"2011-06-14T11:50:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-14T11:50:00","slug":"shadow-culture-secretary-ivan-lewis-pleads-with-premier-league-not-to-cut-funding-to-fans-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/14\/shadow-culture-secretary-ivan-lewis-pleads-with-premier-league-not-to-cut-funding-to-fans-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Shadow culture secretary Ivan Lewis pleads with Premier League not to cut funding to fans group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Aaron McLoughlin<\/h3>\n<h4>14 Jun 2011 12:50:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"55.6685606061\">\n<p><span readability=\"8.85176470588\">Ivan Lewis, the shadow culture secretary for media and sport, has called on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\">Premier League<\/a> to reverse a \u00a31.2 million funding cut to Supporters Direct, taken away after a bitter Twitter row over the behaviour of its former chief executive.<\/p>\n<p>The Labour minister said the organisation should have its funding reinstated immediately <em>after the<\/em> grant was recinded due to its handling of a row over abusive tweets sent by former head Dave Boyle.<br \/><em><br \/><\/em>Lewis told <em>The Guardian<\/em> &#8220;Supporters Direct provides a vital voice for football fans across the country. That voice is needed more than ever before as debates rage about the conduct of Fifa and domestic football governance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At an emergency Supporters Direct board meeting on Saturday, Boyle&#8217;s resignation was accepted and he had already apologised for his &#8220;crude and offensive&#8221; language and deleted the tweets.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Follow this link:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/06\/14\/2531421\/shadow-culture-secretary-ivan-lewis-pleads-with-premier\" title=\"Shadow culture secretary Ivan Lewis pleads with Premier League not to cut funding to fans group\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shadow culture secretary Ivan Lewis pleads with Premier League not to cut funding to fans group<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Aaron McLoughlin 14 Jun 2011 12:50:00 Ivan Lewis, the shadow culture secretary for media and sport, has called on the Premier League to reverse a \u00a31.2 million funding cut to Supporters Direct, taken away after a bitter Twitter row over the behaviour of its former chief executive. 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