Posted on 28th June 2013
This is a story from the FSF archive – the FSF and SD merged to become the FSA in 2019.
On Saturday 22nd June the Football Supporters’ Federation (FSF) teamed up with our friends at Supporters Direct (SD) to bring fans together at St. George’s Park, Burton, which is the FA’s football centre. Around 300 fans attended.
The weekend also saw both organisations’ AGMs take place, SD’s on the Friday evening and the FSF’s on Saturday afternoon. Minutes from the 2013 AGM will be available soon from this page. As well as the AGMs the FSF and SD also hosted a number of sessions on a variety of subjects.
These gave fans the opportunity to discuss the issues that matter with specially invited football industry figures and experts from a range of organisations. Find out what was discussed below:
The Supporters Summit opened with speeches from FA Chair David Bernstein and former Culture Secretary Rt Hon Andy Burnham who called on the FA to assert its authority over the game. FSF Chair Malcolm Clarke also addressed delegates and thanked the FA for hosting the event.
SD also held their own sessions on sustainability, fan involvement, football governance, protection of stadiums and transparency. Read SD’s take on the Supporters Summit here along with reports from the Independent, Mail on Sunday and Sunday Mirror.
In the closing session, Dr Adam Brown, Tim Connolly (Green Bay Packers), FSF Chair Malcolm Clarke and SD Chief Executive David Lampitt joined a panel for Football Question Time chaired by former Guardian, Telegraph and Daily Star journalist Matt Scott.
Pre-event info:
Here at Supporters Direct we’re often asked what the benefits of forming a Supporters’ Trust are so, in order to explain how a Trust can be more effective, we asked our members in both Premier League and EFL trusts to tell us about how they view membership of the movement and their relationship with SD as an organisation. 25 of our trusts replied and this is what they said…
The NHS is “rallying the troops” for the war on coronavirus, with volunteers including football fans being called up to help vulnerable people stay safe and well at home.
We share this video without comment other than to say in 1996 £15m got you Alan Shearer. By 2017 £15m got you Chris Woods whose skills are on display here. Gulp. (Skip forward to 50s to see Mr Woods in action.)
Witnessing the events at the Olympic Stadium on Saturday, FSF National Council & Spirit of Shankly member Roy Bentham saw a lot of similarities between Liverpool fans’ own struggle in the late-noughties and West Ham United’ fans against their current directors. Here he tells us what its like fighting for your club…
