Showing articles from the year 2025
Clear filter2025 marked an enormous success as, after years of FSA campaigning, the Independent Football Regulator was established. We were central to its formation and the IFR has the powers to stop clubs joining a breakaway European Super League and the potential to protect all clubs.
Christmas is a busy time for football supporters with a packed fixture schedule and, for some, plenty of alcohol. Occasionally even too much. The vast majority of matches pass without major incident, of course, but sometimes things do go wrong for individual supporters.
For Disability History Month 2025 we caught up with Jude Aston from Aston Villa Disabled Supporters’ Association (DSA) to hear more about his experiences and thoughts following Villa home and away. You can follow Jude on Instagram or X/Twitter.
To round off the year on a positive note – let’s finish with the Puskás Award 2025 which has been handed to Independiente winger Santiago Montiel for a ludicrous overhead kick in the Argentinian Primera División against Independiente Rivadavia.
Professional Game Match Officials (PGMO) and the Football Supporters’ Association (FSA) have joined forces this festive period to support fan-led foodbanks and toy collections – and our member groups have warmly welcomed the support from PGMO.
Football Supporters’ Association representatives met with senior FA officials at Wembley last month to discuss a range of issues affecting matchgoers.
Football Supporters’ Association statement on FIFA’s latest World Cup ticket price announcement.
Here at the FSA we love the FA Cup and the 3rd Round draw is one of the highlights of the domestic football calendar – but games being moved for TV and higher ticket prices are in real danger of spoiling that magic.
The British Embassy in Berne has written to the Football Supporters’ Association to celebrate the brilliant work done by our teams of volunteers out in Switzerland who ensured travelling supporters had the best possible experience at the Women’s Euros this summer.
This week’s ICYMI brings you something of an unusual moment from last week’s DFB Pokal, with Hertha Berlin’s David Kownacki stealing the tactical plans of opponents Kaiserslauten from the hands of Marlon Ritter. It’s hard to say exactly what piece of intelligence or key strategy he intercepted, but given Hertha were running away with the game, leading 6-1 with only a handful of minutes to go, we doubt it would’ve had much impact on the outcome anyway…
Thousands of our members follow England across Europe and the world, where they are supported by our Free Lions team. FIFA’s greed means that many of those will have to make alternative plans in summer 2026. We can only agree with their anger at World Cup prices…
Last week supporters, football media and industry figures gathered at the Nobu Hotel at Portman Square in London for the 2025 FSA Awards to celebrate the best of the game on and off the pitch. A full round-up of all the winners can be found here and below are a collection of pictures from our ceremony.
Last week we asked you to vote in our Goal of the Year Award as we had candidates from (deep breath) – Sheffield Wednesday, Yeovil Town, Notts County, Manchester City Women, Brighton & Hove Albion, Hanworth Villa, as well as Spurs’ women’s and men’s team.
The FSA’s #StopExploitingLoyalty campaign has received Parliamentary support with MPs signing an Early Day Motion (EDM) in support of lower top-flight ticket prices.
The Football Supporters’ Association (FSA) held the first meeting of its new LGBTQ+ Supporters’ Hub on Monday 24th November, bringing together LGBTQ+ supporters’ groups from across the country alongside key stakeholders including the EFL, WSL, Football v Homophobia, and the Premier League.
Thomas Concannon from the FSA’s England Fans’ Embassy team said: “We still have far more questions than answers as supporters find themselves budgeting to
Arsenal players scooped the top prizes at this year’s Football Supporters’ Association Awards as Declan Rice won Men’s Player of the Year while Alessia Russo was crowned Women’s Player of the Year.
When supporter-owned Exeter City’s St James Park was hit by fire in mid-November the damage was estimated at £100,000 – with further costs incurred as the club’s next home match against Burton Albion also had to be postponed.
Tate Liverpool and RIBA North are currently hosting the Home Ground: The Architecture of Football exhibition until late-January 2026. Mark Gower (left) tells us all about the exhibition and why fans should consider checking it out…
Supporters’ groups from all 20 Premier League clubs have co-signed a letter calling for a two-year halt on home ticket price increases under the banner ‘Protect the Fans. Protect the Game.’
