Posted on 21st August 2015
Our Fans for Diversity campaign is seeking volunteers to take part in a Guidance Group to help it grow over the coming years.
Posted on 21st August 2015
This is a story from the FSF archive – the FSF and SD merged to become the FSA in 2019.
Football fans will make their anger at ticket prices known in a “weekend of action” protests taking place on Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th October – and we want you to get involved.
Supporters’ groups from every club in the top-flight are set to be involved, with many more from the Football League. The protests will once again shine the media spotlight on the issue of high ticket prices.
Since the early 90s media money has poured into football and the financial benefits have been felt by players, owners, executives and agents – yet fans are continually expected to pay more.
The increase in the latest domestic TV deal alone equates to more than £40 for every single fan, at every single top-flight game. Clubs have more than enough money to reduce prices throughout the leagues and it’s about time fans felt the benefit via reduced ticket prices.
Want to get involved? Here’s how:
The ultimate aim is to have a banner displayed inside every ground by both sets of fans. In the build-up we hope to attract the attention of cameras, commentators and pundits to once again highlight high ticket prices to the media.
We would encourage fans to try and organise displays in their stadiums. Each fan base has a different relation with their club to the next, so there’s no “one-size-fits-all” model, but we’d recommend these steps as a general guide:
Get involved!
Our Fans for Diversity campaign is seeking volunteers to take part in a Guidance Group to help it grow over the coming years.
Alongside Supporters Direct we’ll be holding the inaugural ‘National Game Network’ meeting on January 20th 2019 at the Mechanics Institute Conference Centre in Manchester.
The next meeting of the EFL Network will take place on 19th September in London, and one of the items on the agenda will be the group’s representatation on the FSA National Council.
A number of spaces are coming up on the Fans for Diversity campaign’s Guidance Group, and we are welcoming applications from fans who think they have something to offer to the campaign in 2020.