Posted on 26th February 2015
Blackpool and Charlton Athletic supporters will be taking to the streets on Friday 14th September to call on better standards of governance from the EFL – and they’re calling fans from all clubs to support them.
Posted on 26th February 2015
This is a story from the FSF archive – the FSF and SD merged to become the FSA in 2019.
The Football Supporters’ Federation will lead a demonstration of fans at the next meeting of the Premier League’s shareholders at Le Méridien Piccadilly (London) on Thursday 26th March (midday). This is a vital demo for fans from ALL leagues – we want to see you there regardless of the club you support.
Background
The Premier League’s newly-signed £5.14bn TV deal once again drew attention to the vast amounts of money pouring into football, and how little of it is reinvested in fans. There is no excuse for clubs to charge rip-off prices when they’re drowning in money. As FSF chief executive Kevin Miles pointed out in this open letter sent to all clubs, the increase alone over the last domestic deal equates to around £46 for every fan, at every PL game.
The FSF has campaigned on ticket prices for many years, and we have actually made some headway, but there’s still more to be done and all fans need to speak up. A couple of years ago we launched Twenty’s Plenty for Away Fans which called for clubs to cap away tickets at £20 on a reciprocal basis. Last season that saved 31,807 fans a total of £342,260.
Ticket campaigns by ourselves and affiliated fan-group members such as Spirit of Shankly helped create an environment where the Premier League also saw fit to introduce the £12m Away Fans Initiative. £200,000 per club, per season is spent on away supporters with the best deals subsidising tickets and travel – see what your club spent it on here.
In August 2014 we also led fan groups on the Affordable Football for All demo which marched on the Premier League/Football League and met with executives from both. However, this time it’s the 20 shareholder clubs who are the focus of our lobbying…
Actions for fans
Blackpool and Charlton Athletic supporters will be taking to the streets on Friday 14th September to call on better standards of governance from the EFL – and they’re calling fans from all clubs to support them.
Coventry City fans will be demonstrating in London this month to highlight their plight as the club faces homelessness and expulsion from the EFL.
Welcome to the second newsletter of 2020 – which will of course be concentrating on the build up to Euro 2020 but we’ll first be looking at the minutes of our recent meeting with the Welsh FA (FAW).
Following the meeting of the National Game Network which took place in London on 7th March, the minutes from the discussion are available to download now.