Last Friday Coventry City played at their true home for the first time since 2013. Keep Cov in Cov (kcic) campaigner Michael Orton explains how the campaign developed and what the homecoming meant for him…
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Clear filterLast Friday Coventry City played at their true home for the first time since 2013. Keep Cov in Cov (kcic) campaigner Michael Orton explains how the campaign developed and what the homecoming meant for him…
TV replays could be used to challenge a ref’s decision as soon as next year’s FIFA Under-20 World Cup, says Sepp Blatter. But is it the right move for football? Reading fan and FSF Secretary Jon Keen thinks not…
Last week Wrexham fan Andy Pierce outlined his opposition to “bubble” matches after the news that his team’s trip to Chester would, once again, be bubbled. This issue goes beyond local rivalries, and Richard Bellis of Chester fanzine Blue & White encourages all fans to back Andy’s petition…
Matthew Bazell is author of Theatre of Silence: The Lost Soul of Football, Arsenal fan and an ex-England regular. Will the seemingly never-ending conveyor belt of fans that the FA and big clubs rely on last forever? Matthew has his doubts…
Big Sam’s been getting stick in recent months from some Hammers who aren’t too enamoured with his team’s style of play. He’s obviously been listening though, judging from this behind-closed-doors friendly, as the Hammers appear to have turned into the greatest team in history.
Adam Keizer is Chief Executive at Nelson FC of the North West Counties Premier Division – he explains why Non-League Day is such a special occasion for clubs across the country…
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 Blackpool Supporters’ Trust who outline the club’s problems…
England play Switzerland in Basel (Monday 8th September) for the first away fixture of their European Championships qualifying campaign.
Wrexham travel to Chester on Monday 22nd September and, once again, the police and clubs will force fans to submit to “bubble match” restrictions. The FSF opposes bubble matches and has helped fans’ campaigns overturn such restrictions. Wrexham fan Andy Pierce (@youngkilshaw) has set up a petition to put pressure on the police and clubs, he explains why below…
Across the Atlantic and Robbie Keane’s been banging the goals in for MLS side LA Galaxy since 2011. Things go badly wrong for Keane in this clip though – he’s still berating himself as a teammate saves his blushes and the net ripples. (via 101greatgoals)
Wales travel to Andorra for their European Championship qualifier on Tuesday 9th September (KO 8.45pm local time) and, as ever, a team from FSF Cymru will be on hand to help travelling fans.
Such is the groundswell of support for safe standing that good news sometimes comes out of the blue, in this case the announcement that the Liberal Democrats will make safe standing part of their manifesto.
There must be some bizarre prize the worst corner ever this summer. Wayne Rooney’s World Cup corner was bad but he’s got nothing on two other efforts from this week, particularly Keisuke Honda’s. Watch in disbelief here.
Last week’s march on the Premier League and Football League brought the issue of ticket prices back onto the media’s agenda. Fans from dozens of clubs were involved and a delegation met with Premier League Chief Executive Richard Scudamore and representatives from the Football League. One of those fans was Newcastle United Supporters Trust (NUST) board member and True Faith editor Michael Martin. He explains how the day went below…
Our march on the Premier League and Football League headquarters yesterday calling for ‘Affordable Football for All’ received widespread media coverage, so rather than repeat what’s already out in the public domain we thought we’d gather together some of the images of the day from Twitter and Facebook from those present, to give a slightly different flavour to procedings.
The FSF has announced a season long partnership with new football app, High5it. Due for release on 11th September for the new 2014/2015 season, the app aims to give fans a greater voice in the sport, and promote and celebrate everything good about the beautiful game.
What do tens of thousands of fans streaming out of Wembley look like, when condensed into 30 seconds? This is from England v Brazil in Feb 2012 and there are apparently 2,500 people from the line of horses to the black, central pole. For the second week in a row, hat-tip to @james_dart for the spot (via Jon Durr).
The FSF will again be running a league through the ever-popular PremierLeague.com’s fantasy football game for members to pit their wits against each other to see who’s the best fantasy football brain around.
