Shrews fans foot the bill

SHREWSBURY are trying to become the first English club to introduce safe standing via rail seating by asking their fans to pay the cost. An appeal to raise £75,000 through crowd funding has been extended with the total so far at £48,000.

Yet whether the League One club should be relying on supporter generosity is questionable as the latest financial figures show the club has around £2million in the bank having sold land in front of their stadium for a Lidl supermarket.

DCMS Sport Select Committee rightly hold to account any sporting body without a diverse board — except themselves. The latest re-committee consists of a 100 per cent white membership. Chairman Damian Collins recognised the problem, but said his MP colleagues could only vote from the list of candidates interested in joining.

VICTORIA DERBYSHIRE’S BBC Radio 5 Live programme has known about allegations that the late Graham Taylor covered up the abuse of young players when he was in charge of Aston Villa since before his funeral. But the programme waited until the FA’s independent inquiry to use the information, having not wanted to go public because of the sensitive timing for Taylor’s family.

their wisdom, 5 Live are covering next week’s dull world title bout between Joseph Parker and Hughie Fury because of the British interest but ignoring the mega fight-of-the-decade occasion in Las Vegas this weekend between Gennady Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez. This is the same Beeb who threw all their resources at the McGregor-Mayweather mis-match.