Posted on 25th October 2012
This is a story from the FSF archive – the FSF and SD merged to become the FSA in 2019.
And finally… is normally our space for own goals and comedy mishaps but today we thought we’d take a different tact. It’s an important time for the Safe Standing Campaign and we’re hosting a video which shows just how it works. They say a picture paints a thousand words and the video shows that safe standing does not mean a return to the dark days of the 80s with vast, crumbling terraces and lethal fences.
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The FSA have partnered with the Non-League Paper to gather the views of thousands of football fans across the country on how they believe football can safely return from its COVID-19 suspension with spectators in the stands.
Portuguese Primeira Liga side Tondela are the stars of this week’s And finally… with four of the green and yellow striped knackers conspiring to miss an open goal against Chaves. The main culprit, however, has to be forward Cristian Arango with some very ropey finishing. Incidentally – they lost.
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.
You may have seen England midfielder Jadon Sancho being pelted with tennis balls recently in the Bundesliga – the Dortmund man in the wrong place at the wrong time as the Nuremberg fans delivered their protest against Monday night football.
