Showing articles from the year 2009
Clear filterRead on for our annual round-up of the Best of Extra Time 2009! Oh yes, we have plenty of thrills and spills for you with a few cherry-picked highlights from each and every month. Here at the FSF we wish you all a merry Christmas and happy New Year. And until 2010, that’s all from us, folks…
Read on for our annual round-up of the Best of Extra Time 2009! Oh yes, we have plenty of thrills and spills for you with a few cherry-picked highlights from each and every month. Here at the FSF we wish you all a merry Christmas and happy New Year. And until 2010, that’s all from us, folks…
The FSF, as you may or may not know, represents more than 150,000 football fans as individuals and affiliated groups across England and Wales. Our National Council, made up of volunteers and fans such as yourself, regularly meets with the FA, Premier League, relevant Government departments and officials, senior police and more – we also pick up all kinds of individual case work on behalf of supporters.
The FSF, as you may or may not know, represents more than 150,000 football fans as individuals and affiliated groups across England and Wales. Our National Council, made up of volunteers and fans such as yourself, regularly meets with the FA, Premier League, relevant Government departments and officials, senior police and more – we also pick up all kinds of individual case work on behalf of supporters.
The Football Supporters’ Federation welcomes news that files of evidence have been passed to the CPS for 42 of the 44 fans arrested following the incident between police and football fans on Saturday August 8th at Newcastle Central Station – see this link for information on the original incident.
The Football Supporters’ Federation welcomes news that files of evidence have been passed to the CPS for 42 of the 44 fans arrested following the incident between police and football fans on Saturday August 8th at Newcastle Central Station – see this link for information on the original incident.
Today’s news that the Premier League match between Wigan and Bolton has been called off shows that, no matter what the level, matches are vulnerable to cancellation.
Today’s news that the Premier League match between Wigan and Bolton has been called off shows that, no matter what the level, matches are vulnerable to cancellation.
The draws for the UEFA Champions League and Europa League took place earlier today in Nyon, Switzerland, with six English sides represented. Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea were all seeded in the Champions League draw, having won their respective groups, whereas Liverpool, Fulham and Everton faced potentially tricky ties as unseeded sides in the Europa League.
The draws for the UEFA Champions League and Europa League took place earlier today in Nyon, Switzerland, with six English sides represented. Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea were all seeded in the Champions League draw, having won their respective groups, whereas Liverpool, Fulham and Everton faced potentially tricky ties as unseeded sides in the Europa League.
Sometimes when it comes to Friday and The Week That Was there’s an element of scratching around to see what interesting stories we can find – managers complaining about refs EVERY week can get a bit boring after all. There was none of that this week though as plenty caught our eye and, happily, none of it involved moaning about lack of injury time/too much injury time/non-existent penalties given/blatant penalties missed.
Sometimes when it comes to Friday and The Week That Was there’s an element of scratching around to see what interesting stories we can find – managers complaining about refs EVERY week can get a bit boring after all. There was none of that this week though as plenty caught our eye and, happily, none of it involved moaning about lack of injury time/too much injury time/non-existent penalties given/blatant penalties missed.
Christmas is coming and, if you’re anything like us, you’ll be well-prepared having scouted around to find the best deals and finished all that shopping off aaaaggggesss ago. Obviously. Believe it or not though there are folk out there who leave everything until the last minute though.
Christmas is coming and, if you’re anything like us, you’ll be well-prepared having scouted around to find the best deals and finished all that shopping off aaaaggggesss ago. Obviously. Believe it or not though there are folk out there who leave everything until the last minute though.
The Week That Was is back after a short hiatus caused by the slave like devotion we had to making sure our Fans’ Guide to South Africa was ready in time for last Friday’s World Cup draw. On to media matters and you wait ages for a manager to headbutt a player and then two come along at once.
The Week That Was is back after a short hiatus caused by the slave like devotion we had to making sure our Fans’ Guide to South Africa was ready in time for last Friday’s World Cup draw. On to media matters and you wait ages for a manager to headbutt a player and then two come along at once.
The FSF are very proud to announce that we’ve been jointly nominated, along with Stoke City, for the JUSTICE/Liberty Human Rights Award of 2009. This is for “support of football supporters returned to Stoke from Manchester without reason which led to an out-of-court settlement and an apology from the Greater Manchester Police (GMP) for mistreatment.”
The FSF are very proud to announce that we’ve been jointly nominated, along with Stoke City, for the JUSTICE/Liberty Human Rights Award of 2009. This is for “support of football supporters returned to Stoke from Manchester without reason which led to an out-of-court settlement and an apology from the Greater Manchester Police (GMP) for mistreatment.”
Cardiff City fans will tomorrow (Tuesday December 8th) hold a protest following West Bromwich Albion’s decision to cut the Bluebirds’ ticket allocation to 1,300 – teams are normally given around double this at the Hawthorns. Cardiff City Supporters’ Club (CCSC), an FSF affiliate, is organising the action which will take place outside Sandwell Police Station (in the centre of West Bromwich, one mile from the ground) at 6pm for around 15 minutes. This will allow everyone to attend the game itself and will cause no disruption to locals, just the authorities who sanctioned the ticket reduction.
Cardiff City fans will tomorrow (Tuesday December 8th) hold a protest following West Bromwich Albion’s decision to cut the Bluebirds’ ticket allocation to 1,300 – teams are normally given around double this at the Hawthorns. Cardiff City Supporters’ Club (CCSC), an FSF affiliate, is organising the action which will take place outside Sandwell Police Station (in the centre of West Bromwich, one mile from the ground) at 6pm for around 15 minutes. This will allow everyone to attend the game itself and will cause no disruption to locals, just the authorities who sanctioned the ticket reduction.
