“It is just 5 weeks since the Premier League announced its plans for clubs to play a 39th game abroad. The response of supporters at all levels has been loud and clear – that this proposal is wrong and should not be allowed to go ahead, a view which has been widely supported in the football media.
Uefa boss Michel Platini has pledged to fight Cardiff City’s corner should the Bluebirds win the FA Cup but be refused entry to the Uefa Cup.
More than 180 Leyton Orient Supporters’ will travel to northern France to visit the First World war battlefields of the Somme, over the weekend of July 12 and 13.
FSF Chairman Malcolm Clarke has warned fans are being priced out of football, after a survey revealed the average supporter spends more than £1,000 a year following their team.
Since so many English clubs are still left in European competitions we thought we would inform you that tickets for both European finals have now gone on sale through a ballot system.
Reading fans were the first to demonstrate their support for the NO TO GAM£ 39 campaign, when they unveiled a huge banner at Sunday’s home game with Aston Villa.
One of the bitterest rivalries in British football will be put on hold on Saturday, when Newcastle United and Manchester United fans will stand shoulder to shoulder to demand Safe Standing areas in Premier League.
The Football Supporters’ Federation has vowed to step up its NO TO GAM£ 39 – A MATCH TOO FAR! Campaign following FIFA President Sepp Blatter’s opposition to the Premier League’s proposal.
FSF Cymru have acted to ensure certain Wolverhampton Wanderers fans living within Wales WILL be able to travel independently to Saturday’s FA Cup against Cardiff City.
One of Rupert Murdoch’s right hand men, Sir Rod Eddington, has been revealed as a major player in the Premier League’s proposals to stage competitive fixtures abroad.
Newcastle United are reportedly considering consulting their supporters over a bold bid to introduce safe standing accommodation at St James’ Park.
The new Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Andy Burnham wants a review of the ‘fit-and-proper persons’ test applied by the FA, Premier League and Football League.
Wolverhampton Wanderers fans have blasted the club’s plans to shift long standing season ticket holders out of their Molineux seats to make way for corporate guests.
Fan power has forced Premier League club Reading into a u-turn over the proposed trial introduction of drug sniffer dogs at home fixtures.
Coventry City narrowly escaped going into administration, Cardiff City remain in dire straights, while a clutch of their Coca Cola Championship contemporaries exist in constant fear of financial ruin.And leading football finance expert Phillip Long predicts things are going to get even worse in English football’s second tier, because, in bidding to board the Premiership gravy train, many clubs have spent way beyond their means.
Fans of FC United of Manchester are ready to become the first set of football supporters in the country to boycott a game which has been shifted to suit television schedules.
The FSF’s International Co-ordinator Kevin Miles has expressed grave concerns about the way Bolton Wanderers fans were treated in Belgrade on Thursday night – and believes serious consideration should be given as to whether the Serbian capital is a suitable venue for Uefa Cup ties.
Platini pointed out the “people in the pub” were precisely the ones he wanted to talk to, and promptly invited some of them over to chew the fat with him at Uefa HQ.
Sitting around watching the World Cup one evening during the summer of 2006, close friends Steve Thorpe and Leigh Porter, who is Peterborough United’s Commercial Manager, resolved to try and combine their mutual passions of football and fundraising, and came up with the concept of founding a very special children’s charity.
The Football Association of Wales is on the brink of reducing ticket prices for international matches, following concerted pressure from FSF Cymru officials.
