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Fans are all to used to broadcasters mangling the fixture list, but not many have experienced a kick-off being moved twice within 24 hours. David Michael from Villa blog My Old Man Said tells us about Sky’s hokey-cokey with their Norwich City away trip…

Some of our Premier League supporter groups do great work analysing TV kick-off issues on behalf of the FSF and their fellow fans, identifying issues with each batch of fixtures and lobbying the football authorities and broadcasters for better treatment.

The latest TV auction for Premier League games from 2019-2022 has brought in £4.464bn for the competition’s clubs – with two live packages and foreign rights still to be sold.

This morning the Premier League announced the broadcast selections for its March fixtures, meeting its deadline for TV picks for the first time since August.

A dozen Premier League supporter groups are calling on the competition and its broadcasters to stick to their own deadlines for TV picks in a new petition.

Media reports this morning suggested that the Premier League is looking into the possiblity of introducing Saturday evening kick-offs in the next TV rights sale. 

No Premier League games will be moved to Christmas Eve for TV broadcast this year – a move welcomed by match-going supporters across the country.

The English Football League (EFL) announced today that it has reached a new five-year agreement with Sky Sports to broadcast its competitions, worth £600m.

As the Premier League season gets underway this weekend and more games are moved for TV, the Labour Party is calling for the League, broadcasters and rail companies to do more for travelling fans.

This afternoon the Premier League announced its first round of TV selections for the new season (the English Football League also announced their changes earlier this week). The FSF’s Kick-Off Times Working Group has issued the following statement:

A working group set up under the auspices of the Football Supporters’ Federation, made up of representatives from  Chelsea Supporters’ Trust, Tottenham Hotspur Supporters’ Trust and Liverpool’s Spirit of Shankly, has been meeting the broadcasters to fight for a better deal for match-going fans. This group was formed at, and reports to, the 20 fan reps who make up the Premier League Structured Dialogue group. Tim Rolls (Chelsea Supporters’ Trust) explains more on behalf of the working group…

Football clubs are facing a “demographic time-bomb” warned an MP today ahead of a Private Members’ Bill he is putting before the House of Commons tomorrow.

On Wednesday 2nd November a number of top-flight fan representatives met with members of the team at Sky Sports who work across football coverage and fixture scheduling. It is hoped that this is the first of many meetings between match-going fans and broadcasters.

The FSF welcomes today’s announcement by Ofcom that it will close its investigation into how the Premier League sells live UK media rights for Premier League matches.

Manchester United have been accused of treating AFC Bournemouth fans with “contempt” after refusing to compensate away fans left out-of-pocket by last seasons’ fixture postponement.

They say rules are there to broken and, in recent weeks, both the Premier League and Football League have been doing just that – breaking their own “rules” at the expense of match-going fans.

Kick-off times being moved for television has been a hot topic in the top flight for years, but now the issue is blighting lower leagues too. This year’s League 2 Play-offs have evening, mid-week or late Sunday kick-offs, inconveniencing thousands of home and away fans. Tom Raffan, who runs the League 2 Away Days Twitter feed explains more…

The Football Supporters’ Federation will lead a demonstration of fans at the next meeting of the Premier League’s shareholders at Le Méridien Piccadilly (London) on Thursday 26th March (midday). This is a vital demo for fans from ALL leagues – we want to see you there regardless of the club you support.