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There was a seven-goal thriller in Eredivisie this week as AZ Alkmaar beat Groningen 4-3 where the home side overturned a 3-1 deficit. AZ didn’t help themselves mind, as their often shambolic defending (and goalkeeping, let’s share the blame), gave them a huge uphill task.

Last month we reported how supporters on both sides of the Tyne-Wear divide joined forces to oppose upcoming “bubble match” restrictions on their upcoming derby. 

England are off to Spain next week as they continue their Nations League campaign and our Free Lions team will once again be on hand.

Great scenes from Islecroft Stadium this week where Clydebank beat Dalbeattie 8-2 in the Lowland League West (the fifth tier of Scottish football). The hosts may have been truly thrashed but Clybebank forward Blair Rossiter took a humbling of his own from a slight bobble leading to this bizarre backpass(?).

Supporter representatives met with senior officials from WSL Football (WSLF) in October to discuss a range of topical issues. Fans were drawn from the Football Supporters’ Association’s Women’s Game and Fans for Diversity Networks.

While many clubs in the Premier League and Championship are used to dropping into the FA Cup in the Third Round, those further down the pyramid know that many qualifying rounds have to be successfully negotiated before they get near that stage.

Wales take a trip to Oslo’s Ullevaal Stadium for their upcoming Nations League group stage clash against Norway on Saturday 14th November (6pm KO local time).

We are pleased to announce the shortlists for the 2026 Football Supporters’ Association Awards – voting is open now and fans can back their favourites here. 84 candidates are battling it out across 15 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.

Eight days after a diabolical stutter-step penalty miss in the first leg, Mount Pleasant’s Trayvone Reid has a second go in the Caribbean Cup semifinal against Sando. Surely he wouldn’t make the same mistake twice?

As another successful Black History Month comes to a close, we spoke to a Wolves fan about their experiences as a black football fan and how the game brings people together…

England Women’s fans enjoyed another successful overseas trip in Greece this month at another venue that showed some further organisational issues.

Football Supporters’ Association representatives met with senior FA officials at Wembley on Tuesday 6th October 2026 to discuss a range of issues affecting matchgoing supporters. This is a top level summary of the meeting and we will follow up on all action points with the FA.

Walsall have made an unbeaten start to their League Two campaign and this week the Saddlers smacked Oldham Athletic 3-0 at Bescot Stadium. Walsall keeper Jed Ward provided the highlight of the rainy evening with a superb assist in the first half. A pass the world’s best midfielders dream of.

The next FSA research seminar will be taking place online at 6pm on Monday 2nd November 2026 looking at the experience of visually impaired supporters.

If you believe that football heritage is important, the FSA allied members The Great Save agree with you – they campaign for the preservation, display and use of football memorabilia, by seeking to make supporters aware of the value of football ‘stuff’, what’s worth keeping, how and where to preserve it, and raising the profile of the issue here the campaign lead Roger Titford tells us more…

Matchgoing fans who contribute to the game’s spectacle deserve better, say Manchester United supporters, following the announcement of a Sunday night away game in London.

Sunderland’s supporters’ trust Red And White Army (RAWA) have branded the decision to enforce “bubble” policing restrictions on away fans at the upcoming Tyne-Wear derby an “absolute disgrace”.

Last month an independent commission found Manchester City guilty of 114 charges relating to breaches of Premier League financial rules over nine seasons. As supporters across the game wait for the club’s appeal to play out Football Supporters’ Association chair Tom Greatrex gives an update on our position…

We’re big supporters of fanzine culture and many fanzines themselves are FSA allies. An excellent new book by Daniel Gray on the history of the movement – “Fanzine: The story of football’s alternative press“ – was recently released and it’s well worth a read.

We’ve all seen many variations of the modern stutter-step penalty in recent years and this week Mount Pleasant’s Trayvon Reid might have just topped them all. This was a CONCACAF Caribbean Cup play-off semi-final too, so the manager would be forgiven for throwing Trayvon off the mountainside.