Posted on 10th March 2017
This is a story from the FSF archive – the FSF and SD merged to become the FSA in 2019.
There are comical own goals, then there’s this next level effort from Osasuna’s Unai Garcia. His slip sent the struggling Pamplona side, who are seven points adrift at the foot of La Liga, on towards a 5-2 defeat at Las Palmas.
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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.
Tottenham Hotspur and the club’s supporters’ trust have joined forces in a new partnership which will support local foodbanks – the latest example of fan work in the field.
The trials of running online meetings and officers overstepping their authority were laid bare when the chaotic Handforth Parish Council meeting went viral at the weekend. Here the FSA’s training and governance manager Nicola Cave offers advice, and online resources, to supporter groups on hosting online meetings and standing orders…
The next meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Football Supporters will be held on Tuesday 27th April at 1pm, on the topic of fan activism and the women’s game.
