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Last month, the UK Football Policing Unit (UKFPU) reported 384 domestic abuse incidents during the recent World Cup, the highest figure recorded for a comparable tournament, making up 17% of the 2,322 football-related incidents logged . Cue the familiar story: England play, men drink, women get hurt, football is to blame. That story made me cross. Not because the harm isn’t real but because the story is wrong in a way that helps no one, least of all the women it claims to speak for.

The Independent Football Regulator (IFR) is now in place and clubs in the top five divisions must comply with the legislation it is tasked with enforcing. But how well do supporters’ organisations understand the Football Governance Act? And what role can Fan Advisory Boards (aka FABs which give this series its name) play in shaping decisions at their clubs?

As a new season gets underway, football fans across the country are being urged to support efforts to eradicate tragedy chanting from the game.

Last weekend saw the third edition of the annual Game Changers event, hosted by Football Supporters’ Association associate members Fulham Lillies at Fulham Pier. The event brings together women with a shared passion for the game for a day of discussion.

Every year the Home Office releases its football arrest statistics and today saw the release of the 2025-26 dataset – read on for a summary of the stats and the latest trends.

The Independent Football Regulator (IFR) has issued its first warning notice, to the owners of Morecambe FC, for failing to respond to their requests for information about the running of the club.

The much-anticipated Hillsborough Law has finally passed the House of Commons this week and takes another step towards achieving Royal Assent.

Professional Game Match Officials (PGMO) today adopts a new identity – Pro Ref – which will underpin a number of changes to help support refereeing in the English game including a new Professional Referee Group covering the Premier League and Championship.

Back in March, a delegation of supporter representatives from the FSA’s Premier League Network, who have set up a working group on broadcast issues, met with senior executives from Sky Sports as part of efforts to create meaningful dialogue between fans and broadcasters.

Supporter representatives from FSA Cymru met with the Football Association of Wales (FAW) in May to discuss issues related to supporting the Welsh national team and notes from the meeting are now available.

In the last game of the season, FC Andorra’s Marti Villa, and his barely-present goalkeeper Nicolas Ratti, provided us with a late contender for gaff of 2025-26. A deeply comical passage of play from the pair in what was, thankfully for them, a relatively meaningless mid-table kickabout. Enjoy the summer.

Our Fans for Diversity fund has helped Ashington AFC, based in Northumberland, to train volunteers to help visually impaired supporters.

The FSA has once again teamed up with the Non-League Paper to sponsor its Non-league Away Day of the Year Award, and nominations are open now.

Football Supporters’ Association chair Tom Greatrex appeared on Sky News yesterday to condemn Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s “colonisation” comments, which were also criticised by a range of the club’s supporters’ groups.

For months matchgoing England fans have warned that FIFA’s pricing strategy for this summer’s World Cup would price out the most loyal supporters’ and tournament veterans.

The Jacqui Forster Memorial Award, celebrating the contribution of women to the supporter movement, has returned for 2026.

The Football Supporters’ Association (FSA) was very sorry to hear of Lord Triesman’s passing this weekend. As well as being a former chair of the FA he was also a member of our All-Party Parliamentary Group for Football Supporters and very supportive of our organisation. 

2025 marked an enormous success as, after years of FSA campaigning, the Independent Football Regulator was established. We were central to its formation and the IFR has the powers to stop clubs joining a breakaway European Super League and the potential to protect all clubs.

Professional Game Match Officials (PGMO) and the Football Supporters’ Association (FSA) have joined forces this festive period to support fan-led foodbanks and toy collections – and our member groups have warmly welcomed the support from PGMO.

Thousands of our members follow England across Europe and the world, where they are supported by our Free Lions team. FIFA’s greed means that many of those will have to make alternative plans in summer 2026. We can only agree with their anger at World Cup prices…