Showing articles from the year 2014
Clear filterIf you didn’t make August’s Affordable Football For All! demo Youtube channel Copa90 have produced a great video which captures the energy of the day. Hundreds of fans marched on PL/FL HQ before an FSF-led delegation met with league executives to deliver the message that prices are simply too high.
The Government and football authorities say they will work together to find ways in which fans can have more influence in running their clubs; the long-term aim being to stop the shenanigans we’ve seen at Cardiff City, Coventry City (above), Hull City, Hereford United and so on. It follows hot-on-the-heels of Labour’s newly-announced plans. FSF National Council member Tim Hillyer was at Tuesday’s launch, he explains more…
The FSF is affiliated to Football Supporters Europe and our friends at FSE have launched a donation campaign called All Colours Are Beautiful! (#secondfanshirt). It’s part of the FARE Action Weeks and gives fans a chance to help those in desperate circumstances. The idea is fairly simple, fans clear their closets of old club gear while helping clothe refugees. FSE explain more…
These FSF guides are intended to offer a quick snapshot of advice and info for fans ahead of their trips to Europe – if you have any specific questions about the city, how to get there, where to stay or anything else then simply email us your questions. Through our extensive network of contacts at Football Supporters Europe and experience of travelling throughout Europe ourselves, we will be able to answer just about any query you have.
These FSF guides are intended to offer a quick snapshot of advice and info for fans ahead of their trips to Europe – if you have any specific questions about the city, how to get there, where to stay or anything else then simply email us your questions. Through our extensive network of contacts at Football Supporters Europe and experience of travelling throughout Europe ourselves, we will be able to answer just about any query you have.
France were just minutes away from qualifying for the European Under-21 Championships in 2015 after Layvin Kurzawa’s 86th minute strike put them ahead on away goals. Pride before a fall, though, his exuberant celebrations would come back to bite him. See the fall-out here…
Back in May, news broke that a 14 year-old Portmsouth fan had won £3,500 in compensation from West Mercia Police having been ‘kettled’ before Portsmouth’s game against Shrewsbury at the end of the 2012/13 season. We covered news of it in the 2014 FSF Annual Report.
Ticket prices have grown at almost twice the rate of the overall cost of living since 2011, the BBC’s ‘Price of Football’ survey has found. BBC researchers analysed prices at 207 clubs, in their fourth annual look at how much fans are being charged to watch football across the UK.
Steve Askew is just one of many long-term England fans who’ve been in touch with us in recent weeks regarding the FA’s new loyalty system and a sense of disenfranchisement with the way the national team is being run. He copied us in on his correspondence with the FA, and has allowed us to reproduce it here. We’re sure there’ll be many fans who echo some of the points he makes below.
Following on the back of last week’s blog from Charles Robinson on the history of the establishment’s distrust of football crowds comes this from fellow academic Dr Geoff Pearson, Senior Lecturer in Sports Management and Law at the University of Liverpool. His book, An Ethnography of English Football Fans: Cans, Cops and Carnivals, looks at the modern situation with regards to the treatment of football fans in the UK in the light of the laws and strategies brought in as a result of hooliganism in the 1970s and 80s, and asks whether it’s time these processes were reviewed.
Every month the Football Supporters’ Federation features an affiliate or associate member to highlight good work carried out by fans – if you’d like to appear email [email protected]. This month it’s the turn of Derby County group RamsActive.
Soccer Saturday has become a staple for many football fans at the weekend, and while we all assume they make it up as they go along and spout nonsense off the top of their head (hello, Paul Merson), there’s a lot more contemplation going on than you might think at first glance. Charlie Nicholas, for one, is often sat there thinking…
Bernie Conway (pictured right, above) is People Administrator at Mencap’s national office, and a member of both the FSF and Level Playing Field, who attended the 2014 Supporters Summit. Bernie has a mild learning disability and believes football should be open to all. We couldn’t agree more. Bernie outlines some of her experiences below…
Charles Robinson is an FSF member and academic working in Prague, and a contributor to the likes of When Saturday Comes and The Blizzard. Here he tackles fan demographics from a historical angle – has the establishment always feared ‘the crowd’?
England play Estonia in Tallinn (Sunday 12th October) in the second away fixture of their European Championships qualifying campaign.
As reported today (The Times, BBC, and others), the Premier League is exploring the possibility of holding competitive matches overseas.
When? Wednesday 22nd October (6.30pm)Where? Impact Hub King’s Cross, 34b York Way, London, N1 9ABRegister: Email [email protected]
Reading fan and FSF Secretary Jon Keen moved one ground closer to his aim of completing the “The 92”, with a trip to Shrewsbury Town v Newport County. His experience at Greenhous Meadow was an eye-opener, with both the good and the bad of the football “experience” on show (you can read West Mercia’s response here)…
At tonight’s (Friday 3rd October) televised match against Cardiff City fans of Blackpool will make their feelings about the club’s hierarchy clear. FSF affiliate members Blackpool Supporters Trust (BST) have covered their club’s troubles on the FSF site before, and they explain the thinking behind tonight’s protest below…
