Every fan will be given the chance to have their say on the reform of football as part of a government review of the game, which is expected to kick off on Thursday.
The government's 'fan-led review', which will be headed by former sports minister Tracey Crouch, promises to be a far-reaching examination of how the game is regulated and run, including the role supporters should play in owning clubs.
And after a torrid year in which fans have been excluded from stadiums because of the coronavirus pandemic and the Big Six clubs have made repeated bids to seize control of the game for their own benefit, supporters will finally have a chance to get a few things off their chests.
Sportsmail understands that there will be a dedicated email address and Twitter account to capture the views of te every fan, with civil servants dedicated to ploughing through the rants and reasoned arguments, alike.
In addition, there will be set-piece events to gather evidence from supporters' groups and specialists.
The review will gather evidence on the merits and models of supporter ownership of clubs, how money is shared out across the football pyramid and measures to prevent further power grabs, by Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham, or any other club that assumes a dominant position in future.
The long-awaited review will also consider the case for an independent regulator, which would bring the governance of the game together within one organization.
Crouch, Conservative MP for Chatham and Aylesford, cuts a serious figure in football and isn’t the sort of person who would be chosen for the role if government was not serious about addressing football's failings.
Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden has been persuaded of the need to act after the country's most powerful clubs followed up Project Big Picture with their ill-judged European adventure.
Dowden is scheduled to take questions on his brief from MPs on Thursday afternoon.
He is expected sound the starting gun on the review when he names the panel of experts, who will support Crouch in undertaking the evidence gathering aspects of the review, in Parliament.
Many senior figures around the game, including former Manchester United and England full back, turned pundit, Gary Neville and ex-FA chairman David Bernstein, have held meetings with Dowden urging action to bring more order to the sport.
'The Prime Minister and I have deliberately designed the terms of reference for this to be as broad as possible and to look at questions of finance and governance,' Dowden told MPs on the Department of Culture Media and Sport Select Committee last week.
'Tracey Crouch has a very free hand in terms of recommendations she will come up with.
'I have been clear that if we support these recommendations, which I very much hope we will, and they require legislation, then we will find legislative time to do that.'
The toxic fall-out from the European Super League project - and the threat of government intervention to restructure and regulate football governance - has prompted clubs to move quickly to give fans a role on their boards.
Earlier this month, Chelsea announced that three 'supporter advisors' would be elected to attend the board meetings and 'ensure general supporter sentiment is considered as part of the club’s decision-making process' from July 1.
Less than a week later, Tottenham Hotspur followed suit. They announced the creation of new 'club advisory panel', whose chair will sit on Spurs board. The members of the panel will be elected.
However, the move has done little to heal the rift with the Tottenham Hotspur Supporters' Trust, whose members have called for the board's resignation.
And there is a suspicion from fans that clubs are quickly adopting fans into their governance structure for fear that if they don’t government’s intervention may be severe.
However, Dowden is careful to temper expectation around fan ownership of clubs, after he previously raised hopes among some supporters’ groups by highlighting the German model.
In Germany, fans hold the majority of voting rights at a club. Teams are not allowed to compete under DFL (German FA) rules if private investors hold more than a 49 per cent stake in a club.
The idea has gained traction here amid the fury directed at the owners of clubs in England, following the failed Super League project.
It has been particularly acute at Manchester United, where fans have protested fiercely about the Glazers involvement in the Super League, their absence from Old Trafford and a host of gripes dating back to the US family's takeover of the club in 2005. Fans have repeatedly paraded banners with the slogan '50+1' emblazoned upon them.
There have also been determined efforts to dislodge Stan Kroenke at Arsenal, Chelsea were on the receiving end of noisy demonstrations outside Stamford Bridge and Liverpool's owners, US-based Fenway Sports Group, have been forced to apologise to fans, too.
But Dowden told MPs that foreign money is 'generally a very good thing' since it provides investment, helps attract global stars and has helped make the Premier League the best in the world.
Labour MP and DCMS committee member Clive Efford has urged the government to be open to the idea of fan ownership, which is likely to require new legislation to bring it into force.
'From talking to fan groups, they are happy with the terms of reference and they are confident they will be able to consider the issues they want, in particular ownership of clubs and the right to buy shares.
'If fans get what they want and deserve club owners will kick back and what will government do? The review will come out with some challenging changes. We need a timetable for implementation.
'We cannot have the government lamely saying we have not got time. We will have to make time. This is urgent.'
