Global warming presents a huge challenge for individuals and governments for the next several decades. This report follows the view held by the United Nations (UN) and the International Panel of Climate Change (IPCC) that global warming needs to be mitigated in all walks of life. This study will examine the relationship between football and the environment. Football can obviously play only one role in the reduction of carbon emissions, but footballs world wide following and economic power gives it significance beyond it being just a game. This study looks at English footballs carbon emissions footprint and at the steps that English football is currently taking to reduce its environmental impact. This study also examines fan, team and regulatory bodys perceptions concerning football and the environment, and what steps they believe are practical to lessen its environmental impact.