Posted on 15th December 2015
This is a story from the FSF archive – the FSF and SD merged to become the FSA in 2019.
We’ve been spoilt with And finally this year, with 2015 providing us with a cornucopia of defensive mishaps, goalkeeping blunders and astonishing own goals from across world football. We’ve picked out our favourite five of the year.
1) And finally… Rob Earnshaw’s field goal
2) And finally… stumbles and strops
3) And finally… from far and wide
4) And finally… it was the Brest of times, it was the worst of times
5) And finally… defenders making decisions #427
A classic of the pre-season variety from Buckley Town as their player receives the ball out wide, gets away with a nightmare-ish first touch before running the length of the pitch to score with an absolutely sublime finish. Hats off that man.
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…
