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At our AGM in the summer, members of the FSF, along with Supporters Direct, voted to set up a new unified national football supporters’ organisation.

Following the Supporters Direct membership’s decision to vote to merge with the Football Supporters’ Federation, we are now in a position to proceed with a vote to transfer assets from SD to a new organisation formed with the Football Supporters’ Federation which will initially be a Company Limited by Guarantee (CLG). Work is continuing to form a Community Benefits Society as the vehicle for the new organisation as advised in the statement sent by the Interim Board on 10th October 2018.

Wales are off to Albania in two weeks time for an international friendly on Tuesday 20th November and FSF Cymru have been busy pulling together all the travel and matchday information that fans will need.

‘Look! They’ve all worn the away strip for today,’ said the old man in the flat cap behind me. I looked across to my left to the Leicester supporters in the away section and they were indeed wearing the same colour shirts. But it was not the team’s regular grey away strip, rather white tee shirts bearing a picture of their late chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha and their tribute to him in a simple two word message, ‘The Boss.’

Liverpool FC supporters trust Spirit of Shankly have been instrumental in encouraging and inspiring supporters to donate to a funding initiative for Sean Cox, a Liverpool fan seriously assaulted before a Champions League Game in April.

The Fans for Diversity campaign is helping older fans around Worcester who’ve lost touch with live football reconnect with their club.

18-year-old Lois Openda recently had the chance to defeat an expensive Monaco side in the dying moments of a Europa League match, but the Club Brugge youngster somehow missed an open goal. Luckily at this time of year there’s loads of alcoves to hide in across the fairytale town.

What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet; So Romeo would, were he not Romeo called, retain that dear perfection which he owes without that title.

At supporter-owned Exeter City’s match against Swindon Town on Saturday 13th October (happily won 2-0 by City), a presentation of an inscribed silver salver was made by Nick Hawker, Exeter City Supporters’ Trust Chairman, to former player Steve Flack as scorer of the very first goal by Exeter City FC under supporter ownership – against Halifax Town on 9th August 2003.

The Football Supporters’ Federation is pleased to announce the shortlists for the 2018 FSF Awards in partnership with Virgin Media – voting is open now, and fans can back their favourites at www.fsf.org.uk/vote. Ninety six shortlisted candidates will battle it out across 16 categories, recognising everything from the best players of 2018 to fans’ favourite away days.

Hull City have excluded the largest democratic group at the club from its fan engagement meetings this month, contravening national guidelines on supporter dialogue.

Kawasaki Frontale managed to go 3-1 down at home to Vissel Kobe this week thanks in part to this comical own goal from the extremely unlucky Tasaki Nara. In the end it contributed to a barnstormer as Frontale came back to win 5-3.

Sky Sports have refused to compensate match-going Manchester United fans for a double fixture move that could leave thousands of Old Trafford season ticket holders out of pocket.

The Faithful have been without a home of their own for five years, here Luke Cox from Worcester City Supporters’ Trust tells us more about their fight for a new ground…

Our casework inbox at the FSF throws up a wide range of disputes and fans seeking assistance or advice in relation to complaints with their club. Some cases can be solved with a quick bit of correspondence or a phone call or two; others can drag out over several months, or even years. Occasionally, we need to put fans in touch with specialist legal help.

At last it’s a positive example of goalkeeping from And finally… this week. Too often we’re quick to poke fun at the men between the sticks, but here KRC Gent’s Kevin Frans steps up with a 94th minute acrobatic effort to save his side a point in the Belgian fourth tier. 

Supporter representatives from every top-flight club recently met with Premier League executives to discuss a range of issues impacting match-going fans.

Yesterday it was announced that the Wembley sale, which was due to be decided upon by the FA Council later this month, had been called off after the offer was withdrawn.

Turned out protesting again! That’s a spin on the northern catchphrase ‘turned out nice again’, for here in sunny, funny Blackpool we’re two months into a new football season with the same old problem unresolved: our club is still in the grip of the House of Oyston and fans are still boycotting in their thousands for a fourth year in a row – surely unprecedented in English football.

The Fans for Diversity campaign supported Non-League Day across the country at the weekend, here FSF’s Maria Horner tells us more about the work…