Posted on 28th February 2018
This is a story from the FSF archive – the FSF and SD merged to become the FSA in 2019.
Some of our Premier League supporter groups do great work analysing TV kick-off issues on behalf of the FSF and their fellow fans, identifying issues with each batch of fixtures and lobbying the football authorities and broadcasters for better treatment.
It’s relentless work and difficult to deliver results but it’s still a relatively new area of work and they’re making progress.
Yesterday, the Premier League announced its latest raft of TV picks for the league’s fixtures in April. Once again throwing up many challenges for match going fans.
You can find a spreadsheet from our Kick-off Times Working Group highlighting all the games where no public transport is available here. The group has some early thoughts on the most problematic fixtures in this round of games:
The work of our Kick-off Times Working Group is ongoing and will continue to raise these concerns with the Premier League and broadcasters.
You can find further background to our work in this area on our campaign page here.
To Greece this week, where AEK Aethens striker Sergio Araujo treats us to some truly atrocious finishing. The forward somehow prevented a mis-cleared cross, that was destined to go in, from finding the net. He’ll Be Disappointed With That.
Tottenham Hotspur fans have refused to work with BT Sport on its Champions League coverage unless the broadcaster is willing discuss its impact on match-going fans.
The international break is in full swing – England’s women drew 3-3 with Belgium last week, and are now preparing in Norway for tonight’s friendly in Bergen. We caught up with Lionesses fan Louise Smith to find out more about what it’s like following the national team, her experiences of the World Cup and how the Lionesses are inspiring a new generation to get involved in the game.
A report released by the Sports Ground Safety Authority today shows that standing options – such as rail seats and seats with barriers – have improved safety in the top flight.
