- All-Party Parliamentary Group for Football Supporters – The FSA supports the APPG for Football Supporters. The cross-party group is chaired by Ian Lavery MP (Labour) and aims to strengthen the voice of football fans in Parliament. The FSA provides secretariat duties for the group which aims “to represent the interests of match-going football fans and to support the aims and objectives of the FSA”.
- Co-operatives UK – The FSA is a member of Cooperatives UK. Coop UK promotes the work of cooperatives through a national network of coops and mutually owned enterprises; offering specialist services to members including advice on governance, the law and operating a cooperative or mutual business. The pioneering work of FSA members has helped inspire supporters across Europe and in other sports to follow their lead.
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport (DCMS) – We meet regularly with DCMS to discuss a variety of work, such as safe standing and football governance.
- English Football League (EFL) – The FSA meets regularly with the EFL to discuss supporter issues – while many of those meetings are operational in nature we also have two supporter engagement meetings per season where reps from a variety of supporters’ organisations meet with the EFL.
- Football Association (FA) – FSA chair Tom Greatrex and FSA vice chair Chris Paouros sit on the FA Council while our Free Lions and Free Lionesses teams work with the FA at all England away games and major tournaments.
- Football Supporters Europe (FSE) – FSE is an independent and democratic network of football fans with members in more than 50 UEFA nations across the continent. The FSA was one of the founder members of FSE while FSA National Council member Kat Law and FSA Cymru’s Paul Corkrey sit on FSE’s Board.
- Kick it Out (KIO) – Domestic football’s equality and inclusion organisation. Working throughout the football, educational and community sectors to challenge discrimination, encourage inclusive practices and campaign for positive change. Our Fans for Diversity campaign is run jointly with Kick It Out.
- Level Playing Field (LPF) – LPF is a registered charity in England and Wales, and acts as a campaigning and advisory organisation to its membership and other parties across all sports. LPF focuses on removing barriers for supporters living with disabilities and we work with LPF on related issues.
- National League – As with the EFL and Premier League we meet with the National League twice per season taking reps in for supporter engagement meetings and engage regularly on other issues.
- Premier League – We meet regularly with the Premier League, often in relation to ongoing campaigns around ticket pricing, broadcast matters or football governance. As with the EFL and National League we publish minutes from bi-annual supporter engagement meetings which explore a range of issues.
- Sports Ground Safety Authority (SGSA) – The SGSA plays a vital role in ensuring our stadiums are safe and welcoming spaces. We have a strong working relationship with the SGSA which helped deliver safe standing areas in our football grounds.
- UK Football Policing Unit (UKFPU) – The police have a big influence on how supporters experience football and we’re always keen to make sure the supporters voice is heard at a domestic and international level. At a national level that involves liaison with the UKFPU.
- Professional Game Match Officials (PGMO) – PGMO is the body responsible for refereeing games in English professional association football. The FSA regularly meets with PGMO to discuss issues relating to officiating in English football and relay fans’ concerns in an ongoing two-way dialogue,
- Women’s Football Taskforce – Led by DCMS the taskforce brings together major players from across the football industry and government departments giving them the responsibility of implementing the recommendations of Karen Carney OBE’s review. The FSA is represented on the taskforce by our head of women’s football Deborah Dilworth.
