Showing articles from the year 2010
Clear filterThere’s something rotten in the way so many of our clubs have been run and we’ve been banging on about it for years. Clubs risking their future for the sake of throwing multi-million pound contracts at players who couldn’t care less. Debt free clubs mortgaging themselves to the hilt at the behest of unwelcome new owners. Fans squeezed for every last penny – show your loyalty with latest must-have club credit card at only 1000% APR! No thanks.
Hundreds of Pompey fans are expected to rally behind a fans’ protest initiative ahead of Saturday’s FA Cup fourth round tie with Sunderland to help save Portsmouth FC.
There’s something rotten in the way so many of our clubs have been run and we’ve been banging on about it for years. Clubs risking their future for the sake of throwing multi-million pound contracts at players who couldn’t care less. Debt free clubs mortgaging themselves to the hilt at the behest of unwelcome new owners. Fans squeezed for every last penny – show your loyalty with latest must-have club credit card at only 1000% APR! No thanks.
Regular visitors to the FSF site will know we’ve been involved in a long running dispute with Northumbria Police over an incident which occurred on Saturday 8th August. A group of approximately 40 Sunderland fans arrived at Newcastle’s Central Station following their team’s pre-season friendly with Heart of Midlothian.
Regular visitors to the FSF site will know we’ve been involved in a long running dispute with Northumbria Police over an incident which occurred on Saturday 8th August. A group of approximately 40 Sunderland fans arrived at Newcastle’s Central Station following their team’s pre-season friendly with Heart of Midlothian.
Worksop Town has a long and proud tradition. The club, who play in the Unibond Premier Division, was formed in 1861 and spent the next 147 years in playing Worksop, aside from a brief three year ground share with Gainsborough Trinity in the early 90s.
Worksop Town has a long and proud tradition. The club, who play in the Unibond Premier Division, was formed in 1861 and spent the next 147 years in playing Worksop, aside from a brief three year ground share with Gainsborough Trinity in the early 90s.
Along with our new, sparkly, England Fans’ Guide to South Africa website which we launched back in December we’ve also set up Twitter and Flickr feeds for the multi-media minded among you.
The Free Lions team has been offering travel hints and tips to England fans via our Fans’ Guides for aaaagggggeeesss now and we’re getting pretty good at it, if we do say so ourselves.
Along with our new, sparkly, England Fans’ Guide to South Africa website which we launched back in December we’ve also set up Twitter and Flickr feeds for the multi-media minded among you.
The Free Lions team has been offering travel hints and tips to England fans via our Fans’ Guides for aaaagggggeeesss now and we’re getting pretty good at it, if we do say so ourselves.
The FSF’s North West and North Wales Division will meet this Thursday 21st January with guest speaker Inspector Sesnan who has responsibility for football policing within Greater Manchester Police (GMP). FSF member or not we’d be delighted to see you there.
The FSF’s North West and North Wales Division will meet this Thursday 21st January with guest speaker Inspector Sesnan who has responsibility for football policing within Greater Manchester Police (GMP). FSF member or not we’d be delighted to see you there.
The big freeze is over, allegedly, and football is back – just like Extra Time! Anyway, keeping up our vague notion to have a topical theme for every Extra Time! (unless we can’t think of one) read on for snow related japes aplenty.
We posted last Friday’s The Week That Was before we’d heard a thing about the awful terrorist attack on Togo’s team coach which saw three murdered and many more injured. A separatist group known as the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda has since claimed responsibility for the attack.
The big freeze is over, allegedly, and football is back – just like Extra Time! Anyway, keeping up our vague notion to have a topical theme for every Extra Time! (unless we can’t think of one) read on for snow related japes aplenty.
We posted last Friday’s The Week That Was before we’d heard a thing about the awful terrorist attack on Togo’s team coach which saw three murdered and many more injured. A separatist group known as the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda has since claimed responsibility for the attack.
FSF affiliate and Liverpool fans’ union The Spirit of Shankly (SOS) is probably one of the best known supporters’ groups in the UK and they’ve even taken to breaking national news stories.
FSF affiliate and Liverpool fans’ union The Spirit of Shankly (SOS) is probably one of the best known supporters’ groups in the UK and they’ve even taken to breaking national news stories.
The big freeze has seen fixtures disappear quicker than a snowman in summer. Were all the postponements really necessary though? We think that many games could actually have gone ahead and yesterday The Sun asked FSF chair Malcolm Clarke to explain exactly why winter games are getting the cold shoulder…
