Showing articles from the year 2015
Clear filterNon-League Day (NLD) takes place Saturday 10th October and, as ever, it has our full support. To celebrate NLD last year the FSF visited Lewes’ Dripping Pan with Kick It Out – our joint Fans For Diversity campaign gave disabled fans the chance to play on the pitch prior to a first team game.
FSF Roadshow Event, Thursday 15th October, 7pm:
England take on Lithuania away on Monday 12th October – a return to Euro 2016 qualifiers with England having already qualified for next year’s tournament.
Our friends Copa90 have produced this excellent feature on safe standing – check it out below.
The FIFA scandal remains in the news, with former FIFA vice-president Chung Mong-Joon threatening the beleagured Sepp Blatter with a £100m “embezzlement lawsuit”. We are reiterating our call for thorough independent reform of FIFA…
Recently, we told you of the young Derby County fan kettled without explanation at an away fixture. Here FSF caseworker Amanda Jacks looks at the trend of fans being policed on their clothing rather than their behaviour…
FSF writer Isra Gabal reports on the Twenty’s Plenty protests that took place outside of the Stadium of Light at the weekend…
Football supporters from across the country worked together at the weekend to deliver the Twenty’s Plenty message at every Premier League fixture and many Football League games.
The Guizhou Renhe forwards didn’t do their team any favours in their recent 3-2 home defeat to Guangzhou Evergrade. If the first miss doesn’t leave you baffled as to how quite he manages it, the second certainly will…
Football fans from across the country will protest this weekend against high ticket prices. Home and away supporters will join forces to deliver the “Twenty’s Plenty” message – a call for all away tickets in England and Wales to be capped at £20.
In the latest of a series of regular blogs from partners The Blizzard – The Football Quarterly, Tsjalle van der Burg asks whether the pay-TV model actually makes economic sense in Issue 18…
Wales are due to play their next Euro 2016 qualifying match in Bosnia & Herzegovina on Saturday 10th October and the FSF Cyrmu team have produced a comprehensive guide to the host nation.
Here at the FSF we get loads of random press releases that aren’t really anything to do with our work and most of them go straight into the bin. Sorry about that PR people.
They may be top of the MLS Western Conference, but the Vancouver Whitecaps went down 3-0 to the Seattle Sounders in their recent CONCACAF Champions League match. Fair to say Rob Earnshaw’s most memorable contribution was this ridiculous free-kick, more suited to a game against the Seahawks – the other Seattle team…
Colchester United have produced a guide to the club encouraging new fans along to the Colchester Community Stadium and dispel any myths around attending live football.
League One side Gillingham are the latest to target ticket prices in the division by offering fans £15 tickets at a series of mid-week evening games.
FSF caseworker Amanda Jacks met with police ahead of the South London derby between Crystal Palace and Charlton Athletic in the League Cup tomorrow, and made this following statement in regards to policing:
We’re big fans of Non-League Day here at the FSF – a day that improves the fortunes of non-league clubs across the country. Here Adrian Rowland, chairman of the Warrington Town Supporters Club, explains its impact…
The next meeting of the FSF Southern Division will take place at the Supporters’ Club Bar, at Leyton Orient’s MatchRoom Stadium, Brisbane Road, E10 5NF on Sunday 27th September 2015 at 12 noon.
We know that football fans face unique legislation and types of police restrictions. But has the situation been improving? One Derby County fan tells us about the policing at Preston away this month – would we see this at any other event in British life?
