Football Supporters Europe (FSE), the umbrella organisation for supporter groups across the continent, want to hear from fans of English clubs travelling abroad in European club competitions.
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Clear filterFootball Supporters Europe (FSE), the umbrella organisation for supporter groups across the continent, want to hear from fans of English clubs travelling abroad in European club competitions.
The FSF continues to campaign on behalf of away supporters and we’ll be capturing the away fan experience across the country once more this season.
Away fans from all Premier League clubs will see their tickets capped to £20 for the first time, in a pioneering move by Virgin Media and the Football Supporters’ Federation (FSF).
A new Premier League rule is coming into force next season to ensure that away fans will be provided with pitchside accommodation.
A number of FSF members have been in touch recently telling us about their experience as away fans at West Ham United’s new ground, the London Stadium.
Virgin Media today announced a new partnership with the Football Supporters’ Federation that will see the company support the move towards making Premier League tickets more affordable for away fans across the country.
Virgin Trains have introduced a new football fans booking page, which will stop supporters being left out of pocket when a fixture is moved – whether it be TV-meddling or cup fixture clashes.
Wigan Athletic had a season to forget on-the-pitch, but when it came to welcoming away supporters the Latics were rated the best “away fan experience”, according to a survey of travelling fans.
With only three away fixtures to go fans of Hull City have yet to receive any news from the club on how the remainder of their Away Supporters Initiative (ASI) budget is to be spent.
Today the Football Supporters’ Federation led the “Share TV Wealth” demonstration at the Premier League’s shareholder meeting, demanding cheaper tickets, more money for grassroots football and a more equitable distribution of money throughout the pyramid.
Brentford fans recently paid £35 for tickets to the side’s game against Norwich City at Carrow Road – pricing which Brentford CEO Mark Devlin says will lead to “half-empty stadiums”. Many Brentford fans had expressed their discontent at the h
Problems of crowd congestion which involved some fans being crushed and hundreds missing the start of the game arose outside the away end at White Hart Lane before the League Cup quarter-final between Spurs and Newcastle United on 17th December 2014.
(FSF Player of the Year 2014, Sergio Agüero)
The Premier League has developed a new app designed to make travelling away easier and cheaper for fans. The app includes matchday information, club offers, and exclusive travel and hotel deals.
As one of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office’s (FCO) Know Before You Go partners we always encourage fans to swot up on all the relevant information before travelling.
The Independent Football Ombudsman (IFO) has said that clubs offering “family tickets” to their own fans should extend this gesture to away supporters.
The decision of Arsenal’s Safety Advisory Group (SAG) to refuse full away allocations for the club’s home FA Cup games caused a great deal of anger from travelling supporters. Groups such as the Blue Union, Spirit of Shankly, and Tottenham Hotspur Supporters Trust have been very vocal in their criticism and the general principle is spot on – away fans should be given full allocations unless there are truly exceptional circumstances.
Football Supporters’ Federation affiliates Spirit of Shankly and Tottenham Hotspur Supporters’ Trust have teamed up with Arsenal’s Black Scarf Movement and the Arsenal Supporters’ Trust to slam the Gunners’ decision to cut away ticket allocations.
