Posted on 11th July 2013
This is a story from the FSF archive – the FSF and SD merged to become the FSA in 2019.
32 teams of football supporters will descend on the University of Central Lancashire’s Sports Arena to battle it out at WorldNET 2013 starting on Friday 19th July.
Supporters’ teams from all levels of British football are represented – from Manchester United in the Premier League to Runcorn Linnets in the North West Counties Football League. From St. Johnstone in Scotland, down to Southampton on the south coast of England, as well as two teams from Lens in France.
WorldNET is a two-day knockout tournament with matches which take place over the entire weekend. On the Friday night before the main competition starts, the annual England vs Scotland fans international match and the IFA Challenge Cup final take place.
32 teams have entered and been drawn into groups to play round-robin matches on the Saturday, with the group winners and best runners-up progressing to the WorldNET Cup on the Sunday, while the remaining teams battle it out for the WorldNET Plate. Teams are also encouraged to play friendlies against each other in the breaks between both group and knockout games.
WorldNET 2013 Tournament Organiser, Steve Grant says: “This is the 18th edition of the tournament, which was first held in 1996. We are really pleased to have the involvement of Kick it Out, the Football Supporters Federation, and the Safe Standing Roadshow, who will be exhibiting their rail seat model, as partners for the event. We are also delighted to announce our chosen charity partners for the weekend, The Mark Gorry Foundation and Kit Aid.”
“As ever it will be a big day for supporters pulling on their favoured team’s shirt and playing football. The IFA league is not just about winning, it’s about building bridges between rival groups of supporters and this tournament is the epitome of that sentiment.”
The tournament is organised by the Internet Football Association (IFA) which was founded in 1996 at the time of the first WorldNET tournament during Euro96. The IFA is made up of football supporters who belong to internet mailing lists, websites and message boards.
Worldnet 2013 and the IFA are delighted to link up with the Mark Gorry Foundation (The MGF) as the tournaments chosen charity. The MGF will be raising awareness of testicular cancer as well as running a charity event on site and holding a charity raffle with some superb sporting itmes being donated, including a squad signed Manchester United shirt and tickets for the World Darts Championship at Alexander Palace.
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The FSA works with two organisations, Football Supporters (FSE) and SD Europe, to represent and promote the interests of football supporters at European level. To keep FSA members up to date on that work, we’ve rounded up some highlights below from our friends at FSE and SD Europe…
The FSA works with two organisations, Football Supporters (FSE) and SD Europe, to represent and promote the interests of football supporters at European level. To keep FSA members up to date on that work, we’ve rounded up some highlights below from our friends at FSE and SD Europe…
The FSA works with two organisations, Football Supporters (FSE) and SD Europe, to represent and promote the interests of football supporters at European level. To keep FSA members up-to-date on that work, we’ve rounded up some of the recent highlights from our friends at FSE and SD Europe…
The FSA works with two organisations, Football Supporters Europe (FSE) and SD Europe, to represent and promote the interests of football supporters at European level. To keep FSA members up-to-date on that work, we’ve rounded up some of the recent highlights from our friends at FSE and SD Europe…
