This week Labour has said it will prioritise delivering a new independent regulator for football if the Government fails to do so before the next election.
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Clear filterThis week Labour has said it will prioritise delivering a new independent regulator for football if the Government fails to do so before the next election.
Our partners Pledgeball, who have been working with supporters on the climate crisis, have been selected as partners by UEFA for an upcoming climate project ahead of this summer’s Champions League final.
Each year the FSA’s networks and wider membership democratically elect a National Council and Board to represent them and develop policy – minutes from the National Council and Board meetings are available online.
Almost half the Championship is in a relegation battle with seven points separating 11 of the bottom teams with ten games to go. With only one win in their last five games, Watford now find themselves in amongst that and could do without Ryan Andrews’ calamitous capers.
The Jacqui Forster Memorial Award, an award that celebrates the work of women in the supporter movement, has returned for 2024 and after receiving a strong list of candidates we are announcing the winner today – on International Women’s Day 2024.
FSA associate members SWFC Women’s Supporters Group (SWFCWSG) have launched a range of initiatives to celebrate today’s International Women’s Day (8th March 2024) – including a new #KeepingSCORE campaign.
Despite being the eighth richest club in world football, Tottenham Hotspur’s hierarchy have decided that the club doesn’t have enough money and the best way to fix that is to put the squeeze on their most long-serving supporters – pensioners with season tickets.
The rainbow ball campaign that ran across two rounds of EFL fixtures last month has raised £16,000 for LGBT+ supporter initiatives alongside the Fans for Diversity campaign.
The Fans for Diversity campaign, a partnership between the FSA and Kick It Out, continues to assist supporters around the country as we look to break down barriers to attending live football. And as usual the campaign has had a busy start to 2024…
Grêmio were away at title rivals Internacional this week and it was a cracker. It ultimately ended 3-2 to the home side much to the relief of Inter defender Renê who scored one of the best own goals we’ve seen in a long while. A deft touch.
When it comes to football regulation the word “imminent” has probably been said hundreds of times by ministers and civil servants in recent years - and an incoming football regulator (aka iREF) is more imminent than ever.
This week, Torquay United have signalled they may be heading into administration becoming the latest non-league club to face serious problems in recent months.
England’s number nine Harry Kane has had a fine debut season in German football, having already netted 25 goals, but despite this contribution Bayern Munich find themselves eight points behind Leverkusen as they chase their 12th consecutive Bundesliga title. Kane should have finished their game against Bochum on 26 goals for the season but for this shocking miss when one-on-one with the ‘keeper.
Earlier this month, supporter representatives from FSA Cymru met with the Football Association of Wales (FAW) to discuss issues around supporting the Welsh national team.
The Lionesses will take on Austria (Friday 23rd February) and Italy (Tuesday 26th February) at Algeciras CF’s Nuevo Mirador stadium which is located in Andalusia, Spain. As ever our Free Lionesses guide is available to help any travelling supporters.
Our #ICYMI archive is full of missed sitters, blunders and professional footballers generally missing open goals in all sorts of weird and wonderful ways. But Syndey FC’s Pat Wood might have just created the One Miss to Rule Them All with a truly demonic piece of footballing incompetence in the A-League this week – thanks to Andy Dye for bringing into our lives.
The FSA has partnered with key rail industry stakeholders the Rail Delivery Group (RDG) to help them understand the issues that matchgoers face when travelling by rail throughout the season.
Earlier this month we welcomed the latest fan-owned club to the FSA ranks, with the formation of East Thurrock Community FC in Essex. Here, chair of the newly-formed club Jack Duffin gives us the background to East Thurrock CFC’s formation, and how they got to where they are.
This week the EFL launched the first ever official “rainbow ball” alongside its ball manufacturers Puma to mark this year’s LGBT+ history month.
Last week, Barnsley signalled their intention to introduce rail seats at their famous old Oakwell ground – becoming the latest EFL club to offer their supporters real choice.
