Posted on 17th July 2017
This is a story from the SD archive – the FSF and SD merged to become the FSA in 2019.
Bath City FC representative Oliver Holtaway discusses how Bath City supporters through the Big Bath Bid, raised over £350k and a wave of support from the city and beyond to take majority control of the club. This presentation formed part of the Supporters Summit 2017.
Supporters Direct recently teamed up with BBC Match Of The Day Kickabout and Bath City FC with the aim to encourage children to understand how they can be a bigger part of their football clubs as well as emphasizing the importance of volunteering.
Supporter representatives from FSF Cymru met with the Football Association of Wales (FAW), Welsh police and others last month to talk about upcoming international fixtures and other fan issues.
On the eve of the FSF Awards in partnership with Virgin Media 2018 we look back on some of last year’s winners – Wigan Athletic’s Ian Wadsworth and Jason Taylor who were jointly awarded the Supporter Liaison Officer of the Year 2017.
Every year at the FSF Awards we celebrate the Supporter Liaison Officer of the Year award, a prize that aims to promote the best supporter liaison work that goes on around the country – and we spoke to this year’s winner, Tony Barrett, about his transformational work at Liverpool.
