A partnership
The Football Governance Executive Course, the board workshops and the plain-English guidance across this site are delivered by Fideo Global in partnership with the University of Liverpool Management School.
The practitioner side
Fideo Global
Fideo Global is an independent advisory and training firm, built by people who have sat on every side of the table this regime describes: inside a financial regulator, inside an English football club boardroom, and inside regulated firms applying for and holding licences.
- Regulator-side experience designing the supervisory frameworks used to monitor licensed firms
- EFL boardroom experience, including acquisition due diligence and a non-executive club directorship
- Chartered accountants who build the financial plans, forecasts and evidence packs a licensing regime asks for
- Internal audit and governance functions built from scratch for groups regulated across several jurisdictions
The academic side
University of Liverpool Management School
The University of Liverpool Management School is an internationally accredited business school and the academic home of the Football Industries MBA, the postgraduate programme dedicated to the business of football, and its Centre for Sports Business.
- The Football Industries MBA, one of the longest-established degrees dedicated to the football industry
- Decades of research and teaching on football finance, governance and strategy
- An international alumni network across clubs, leagues and governing bodies
- Independent academic rigour and peer-reviewed research standards
What the partnership brings together.
Practitioner insight and academic depth, applied to the biggest change in English football governance in a generation.
Executive course
Football Governance Executive Course
An in-depth programme for boards, executives and the senior managers the ODSE framework covers. Launching October 2026.
Board workshops
Delivered for clubs
Tailored governance and readiness workshops for EFL clubs, run in partnership with the Centre for Sports Business.
Knowledge base
IFR Hub
Plain-English guidance, tools and source-checked analysis across the whole regime, free to use.
Want to talk about readiness, the executive course or a board workshop for your club?
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