“The PFA has been my life for 40 years and I am deeply proud of everything it has achieved to support the work of professional footballers at a time of rapid change for our sport and our society.
“From our work to rehabilitate English football after the nadir of the 1980s, the European bans to the Bosman ruling on the freedom of contract in the 90s and our work in securing Premier League rights in the early 2000s, we have done all that we can to make professional football a better place and a better environment.
From the work we began to embed corporate social responsibility in football clubs now taken for granted across the country, to the work we pioneered in challenging racism in the game and in which continues to be deeply relevant today along with our other anti-discrimination measures, the increased focus on player welfare, particularly in regard to mental health and the support we have provided in the professionalisation of women's football and seeing that momentum increase.
Now however is the time for the organisation to stop, reflect on what it has achieve and consider how best it needs to continue to evolve to keep pace with the development of professional football.” - Gordon Taylor
“From our work to rehabilitate English football after the nadir of the 1980s, the European bans to the Bosman ruling on the freedom of contract in the 90s and our work in securing Premier League rights in the early 2000s, we have done all that we can to make professional football a better place and a better environment.
From the work we began to embed corporate social responsibility in football clubs now taken for granted across the country, to the work we pioneered in challenging racism in the game and in which continues to be deeply relevant today along with our other anti-discrimination measures, the increased focus on player welfare, particularly in regard to mental health and the support we have provided in the professionalisation of women's football and seeing that momentum increase.
Now however is the time for the organisation to stop, reflect on what it has achieve and consider how best it needs to continue to evolve to keep pace with the development of professional football.” - Gordon Taylor