Nigel Farage invited to Sunderland home game, calls for talks on regulator | OneFootball

Nigel Farage says he has been invited to a Sunderland home match at the Stadium of Light and argues clubs should engage with him over plans for an Independent Football Regulator. He launched Reform UK's local election campaign at Sunderland Live Arena on Thursday.

"I am hoping to go to a home game there at some point before the end of the season," he told ITV News. "I have been talking to one of the directors and they would very much like to see me there for a home game. If I can make it, I will."

His comments followed criticism after a visit to Ipswich Town's Portman Road on Monday ahead of a rally at Trinity Park, where he posed for photos in dressing rooms, media areas and pitchside and thanked the club for the welcome. Sunderland have been contacted for comment.

"Football clubs should want to talk to me," he added. "You know why? The government is about to bring in a football regulator and I think the last thing English football needs - given what a massive success the Premier League is - is a state-appointed regulator."

"It is a conversation I had at Ipswich the other day, I will have at Sunderland before very long and I want to speak to all the clubs about this." He added: "It is not about support. It is about a football club being open to leaders of national political parties."

Source: Sunderland Echo