Posted on 30th September 2016
This is a story from the FSF archive – the FSF and SD merged to become the FSA in 2019.
Basque minnows SD Eibar are doing alright in Spain’s second tier. Recently beating Real Sociedad 2-0. No matter how well things go this season, Pedro León will not be allowed to forget this craptacular penalty.
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Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock you’ll have noticed England crashed out of the World Cup, with Harry Kane spurning the chance to equalise from the spot. Queue internet sleuths discovering an old advert which might just explain what went wrong.
The Football Supporters’ Association (FSA) was contacted last night by the Sports Ground Safety Association (SGSA), who told us that the option for football clubs to offer licensed standing at all levels of the game in England and Wales has at last been passed into official Government policy.
Registration is now open for the FSA AGM, which will be held online on 11th December at 6:30pm.
As England moves out of its second lockdown, this week sees the first steps of fans returning to stadiums in elite sport since March, along with a return of fans to non-elite sport at Steps 3 and below of the non-league pyramid who had been attending matches since earlier in the autumn.
