Posted on 15th April 2016
This is a story from the FSF archive – the FSF and SD merged to become the FSA in 2019.
Despite settling into mid-table ennui in the Bundesliga, Vfb Stuttgart have still entered the record books this year. They have now scored six own goals this season, the most in the league’s 53-year history, with Georg Niedermeier’s effort against Bayern the latest. It’s hard to pick a favourite.
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History was made at Ibrox this week as Rangers were knocked out of the Champions League with a record-breaking -20 goal difference, finishing rock bottom of Group A with nil point. Gers forward Alfredo Morelos could have made that total -19 if not for this remarkable moment of ineptitude.
As we get into the 2023-24 season, it’s become clear that football fans across the country are coming out of a summer of ticket price hikes. Many clubs have raised their season ticket and matchday prices across the board despite the ongoing cost of living crisis.
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.
Women’s Super League and Women’s Championship Clubs have unanimously agreed to proceed with the formation of a new independent body – called NewCo – to run the women’s professional game in England.
