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England play Slovenia in Ljubljana on Sunday 14th June – a return to the Euro 2016 qualifiers with England sitting top of Group E with 15 points.

It is with great sadness that we have learnt of the death of FSF colleague, Fans’ Embassy stalwart and Pompey Supporters’ Trust Chairman Ken Malley.

Nice video by Copa90 on FC United’s ten year history and their recent move into their new ground, Broadhurst Park, featuring interviews with supporters young and old…

We’re pleased to announce a new partnership between the FSF and The Blizzard – The Football Quarterly. The Blizzard is a collection of the world’s best football journalists writing in-depth and intelligent articles about all aspects of football, from the current to the historical, both at home and abroad. 

Last week we recorded the pilot episode of the FSF Podcast, at the Crown and Anchor in Covent Garden, and along with the main discussion on Blatter, corruption and all things Fifa (which you can listen to here), we also focussed on the women’s game, and the ongoing Women’s World Cup.

Celtic are set to install rail seats into their ground after their local Safety Advisory Group today approved the club’s request to introduce a safe standing area. 

Arsenal blogger Vic Crescit tells us about the games law-makers, IFAB, how they came into being and what “interesting”changes they’ve tested down the years…

Lionel Messi must be wondering what he has to do to finally convince people that he is the greatest footballer of all time. In this year’s Copa Del Rey final, he scored twice, including this beauty after beating four Athletic Bilbao defenders, helping Barcelona lift the cup with an astounding man of the match performance.

 At the end of last month, the FA reserved their controversial decision to award only one cap to England fans attending away games, here Free Lions tell us more ahead of England’s trip to Dublin…

Wigan Athletic had a season to forget on-the-pitch, but when it came to welcoming away supporters the Latics were rated the best “away fan experience”, according to a survey of travelling fans.

Last night we recorded the pilot episode of the FSF Podcast, at the Crown and Anchor in Covent Garden, and discussion unsurprisingly focussed on the resignation of Sepp Blatter and all things Fifa.

England play the Republic of Ireland in Dublin on Sunday 7th June – the first time England have played in the Republic since the 1995 friendly at Lansdowne Road.

Following on from the arrests of seven FIFA officials in Switzerland on corruption charges last week, Football Supporters Europe (FSE) has called on UEFA to act. FSE is a Europe-wide network of supporter groups, of which the FSF is a member and FSF chief executive Kevin Miles sits on its committee.

FC United of Manchester, one of the most high profile supporter-owned clubs in England, opened its new ground on Friday with a friendly match against European giants Benfica. FSF Deputy Chair Martin O’Hara tells us more…

Alan Sutton is an expatriate Wrexham fan who finds himself living in the Ukranian city of Dnepropetrovsk. Over eight chapters he tells us about his journey to the Europa League final with Dnipro – as well as the many obstacles along the way…

19-year-old forward Bertrand Traore is one of the army of players currently on loan from Chelsea, having played this season for Vitesse in the Eredivisie. Here, he was presented with a glorious chance against PEC Zwolle, with their Europa League play-off match tied at 1-1.

It’s FA Cup final weekend, one of the highlights of the domestic calendar, but is the competition in irreparable decline? Reading fan Jon Keen has a few ideas on how to reinvigorate football’s oldest competition…

Welcome to Ljubljana (pronounced lyoob-lya-nah) – the capital and largest city of Slovenia. Its name is derived from the Slovenian ‘ljubljena’, meaning ‘the beloved’.