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Following the publication of the government’s fan-led review into football governance, The Fiver’s immediate and entirely predictable reaction was to wait for some industrious Big Boy News reporter to spare us the bother of reading its 162 pages by distilling the contents into a short list of easily digestible bite-sized bullet points. In total, the review published no fewer than 47 recommendations to safeguard the future of the game in England; among them calls for a stamp duty-style tax on every transfer fee to help support the football pyramid, a new independent regulator to oversee financial regulation and monitor owners, the introduction of a legally binding “golden share” for fans to help protect the heritage of their clubs, better treatment for women’s football and … 42 other things.