TAYLOR RIDES TO RESCUE OVER KICK IT OUT BOOK

A BOOK to mark the 25th anniversary of Kick It Out, written by prolific scribbler Harry Harris, will go ahead after intervention from PFA chief Gordon Taylor. Harris’s approaches to a number of top clubs, the Football Association, Premier League and English Football League asking for £10,000 each to fund the project were met with ‘a lukewarm response at best’,

Sports Agenda has learned. Some pointed out that they already help to fund football’s anti-discrimination body, which is being investigated by The Charity Commission following an allegation of sexual assault. Step forward Taylor, whose own organisation is also being investigated by The Charity Commission amid concerns over its expenditure. ‘The whole thing was wobbling and Gordon came to the rescue,’ said Harris. The book, which is to be published by coffee-table tome specialists St James’s House, is due out in May or June. Proceeds will go to Kick It Out.