Posted on 27th April 2015
This is a story from the FSF archive – the FSF and SD merged to become the FSA in 2019.
Nice video by Copa 90 on Supporters Direct’s Supporter Ownership Week which ran from 11th-18th April 2015. The video celebrates the increasing number of fans taking control of their clubs through trusts, featuring interviews with members from AFC Wimbledon and Wycombe Wanderers.
The Brian Lomax Cup takes place every pre-season and celebrates the role of supporter-owned football clubs. The first winner was in 2002 when AFC Wimbledon beat Enfield Town 3-2. The cup is named after Brian Lomax – considered to be the founding father of the supporters’ trust movement. He sadly passed away in 2015. Richard Irving attended this year’s match, his report is below…
Over the next three weeks, one of the highlights of the non-league season will be taking place as the National League play-offs are contested. Richard Irving, the FSA’s community-owned clubs network manager, explains how some fan owned clubs are right in the mix…
Earlier this month, Lewes FC reached the incredible milestone of 10 years’ in community-ownership. To mark the occasion, SD Europe spoke to the football club’s Chair Stuart Fuller and the FSA’s community-owned clubs network manager Richard Irving to dig deeper into this remarkable achievement – an interview reproduced with the permission of SD Europe below…
A new documentary film highlighting the strengths of fan-ownership will be premiered on BT Sport next week.
