Posted on 16th July 2015
This is a story from the FSF archive – the FSF and SD merged to become the FSA in 2019.
The Hull City Supporters trust are seeking to strengthen FA rules that protect a football club’s heritage and ensure that football supporters have a say in deciding on any changes to their club’s playing name, colours and badges.
Two separate motions will be submitted to the FSF’s AGM on Sunday – asking football fans from across the country to back their proposed changes to FA regulations around playing name changes.
The motions also ask the FSF to engage with the FA to ensure that any new rules in this area have proper supporter consultation at their heart.
“The Hull City Supporters’ Trust is delighted that the Football Association has once again rejected the application to rename our club Hull Tigers,” the Trust said this week.
“The FA Council has now turned down the club’s owners twice in successive years and today’s vote saw an increased majority against the plan; there is clearly little chance of a future attempt achieving any success.
“The Trust wishes to record our gratitude to the FA for securing the heritage of Hull City and for listening to the supporters of the club. This decision will also be welcomed by fans of other clubs who may be concerned that their clubs might, at some point in the future, face a similar threat.
“We hope that fans of other clubs don’t have to experience the angst that City fans have endured over the past two years.”
By the looks of this clip from Argeș vs Mioveni this week, supporters in Romania’s Liga I are enjoying the best of what the game has to offer, including some eagle eyed refereeing. The man in the middle correctly ruled out what would have been one of the most tragi-comic own goals we’ve ever seen.
A £1m Lottery Heritage fund project to chart and archive the history of the women’s game has been backed by supporters in the women’s game.
The FSA and Kick It Out’s joint Fans for Diversity campaign celebrated Black History Month by interviewing pioneering coach Alena Moulton and reminding everyone of the importance of the Jack Leslie Campaign.
On Wednesday 8th December the Government announced its intention to move to “Plan B” in response to the Omicron variant. This means fans will need a “vaccine passport” or negative test in order to access large sporting events.
