Showing articles from the year 2025
Clear filterFormer Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino looks like he’s finally got a grip of the USA’s national men’s team, who are now unbeaten in five, and are looking forward to next summer’s World Cup on home soil. If they want to do anything more than make up the numbers, though, the likes of Ricardo Pepi will have to start taking their chances.
The FSA’s mental health partnership with leading charity MIND arrived at Exeter City’s St James Park last week.
Supporters’ groups from across the women’s game have written to the FA and Women’s Super League to outline their concerns over FIFA’s proposed Women’s Club World Cup (WCWC).
This week #ICYMI has been gearing up for winter by watching the Canadian Premier League final, which was played out in blizzard conditions in the capital city, between hosts Atletico Ottawa and Cavalry FC. Late in the first half Ottawa’s Mexican midfielder David Rodriguez produced a moment of magic – orange ball and all – to level the scores. He would go on to net the extra-time winner to give Ottawa their first title, too. Brrrriliant.
England face Albania next week as they continue their World Cup qualifying campaign and as ever our Free Lions team have produced a helpful guide for those of you following the team away.
Consumer group Which? are asking the PM to protect music and sports fans from online touts in the secondary ticketing market. While the issues facing fans aren’t identical to football we think “dynamic” pricing is a real threat and support the broad principles behind the campaign. We co-signed their letter and, as a result, the FSA is listed alongside the likes of Coldplay, New Order and Radiohead. Read more from Which? below…
The Football Supporters’ Association’s #StopExploitingLoyalty campaign hit Parliament this week as supporters representatives and MPs met to combat high ticket prices on Tuesday.
Thousands of West Ham United fans marched across East London from Stratford Station to the London Stadium ahead of their club’s home game against Burnley on Saturday in the latest protest action against the club’s owners.
At the end of October we celebrated the women’s game with our “Part of the Pyramid” event in Manchester.
Congratulations to the FSA’s very own Nicola Cave who has been nominated for the Sports Governance Academy’s (SGA) “Outstanding Governance Contribution” Award – the winner will be announced on Thursday 13th November.
Wales are off to Liechtenstein next week as they continue their World Cup qualifying campaign and as ever the FSA Cymru team have produced a handy guide for those making the trip. FSA Cymru #74 has all the facts you need on the host nation including
It’s been a bumper week for Goal of the Season contenders – from Barry Bannan’s blammer to Micky van de Ven’s legengary school-yard-style run – but we reckon Piotr Zielinski’s aesthetically pleasing volley for Inter away at Verona is also worthy of your consideration. A terrific effort all round.
We are pleased to announce the shortlists for the 2025 Football Supporters’ Association Awards – voting is open now and fans can back their favourites here. 91 candidates are battling it out across 16 categories, recognising everything from the best players of the past year to the best podcasts and fanzines in both the men’s and women’s game.
On Friday 31st October, the Premier League announced its latest TV selections covering the Christmas and New Year period. Only one Premier League game will be taking place on Boxing Day – at 8pm – and the league outlined the reasons for its scheduling here. The FSA issued the following statement in response:
This is the second in a series of articles from our partners at Pledgeball as they look at some of the ways football is delivering climate education and behavioural change…
It’s been another successful Black History Month which was celebrated by fans around the country throughout October.
With a €658m annual wage bill, PSG are extremely likely to win their fifth Ligue Un title in a row. Their competition in France shouldn’t be making things easy for them, but sadly Brest’s Romain Del Castillo let them off this week when he channeled his inner John Terry (never a good idea) by bodging a penalty en route to a 3-0 loss.
Each year the FSA’s networks and wider membership democratically elect a National Council and Board to represent them and develop policy – and minutes from our July Board meeting are available online.
The Prime Minister told Parliament today that he “commends” the campaign to increase the amount of promotion places from the National League into the EFL.
Sheffield Wednesday fell into administration at the end of last week and the club’s supporters have been praised for their response.
