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What section 34 means for football club owners
Almost everything written about the IFR's owner suitability regime concerns getting through it: the fitness criteria, the source of wealth test, the application process, the timeline. Almost nothing addresses what happens once an owner has cleared that hurdle. The answer, under section 34 of the Football Governance Act 2025, is that an affirmative determination is not a certificate that sits in a drawer. It is a live status the IFR can revisit at any time and every existing club owner, whether newly approved or in position for decades, needs to understand exactly how.