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Football United: Whitehawk FC event celebrates LGBT football
The Fans for Diversity campaign will be supporting a one-off game ahead of Brighton’s pride event next month to celebrate LGBT culture in football.
Hosted by Whitehawk FC at the Enclosed Ground the ‘Football United - A Celebration of Togetherness’ event will be taking place on Sunday 4th August.
A team of ex-Premier League footballers will be taking on a team comprised of LGBT fans, volunteers, ac...
Notts County fans £4,000 to cover unpaid wages at club
Notts County fans have rallied around their club by raising more than £4,000 to cover unpaid wages for club staff.
As the National League club faces an ongoing financial crisis many of the club’s administrative and support staff have gone unpaid and supporters, led by the Notts County FC Official Supporters Association (NCFCOSA), have been crowdfunding to help plug the gaps.
Volunteers from the Ma...
Lobbying for privately funded police at football “deeply concerning”
Police and crime commissioners (PCCs) are being asked to lobby politicians for a change in the law to allow police forces to charge clubs more for football policing.
Tim Passmore, PCC for Suffolk, has urged commissioners across the country to work with their chief constables to “bring pressure on Government” for legislative change that would give police forces the power to recover more costs for p...
Sussex Police: “Lessons learned” over Brighton-Palace policing
Sussex Police say they have learned lessons and taken action against senior officers following complaints from Crystal Palace fans who travelled to Brighton in November 2017.
With the help of the FSA Crystal Palace fans, led by the Crystal Palace Supporters’ Trust and the Five Year Plan fanzine, lodged an official complaint against Sussex Police following their treatment.
Instructing specialist so...
Fan groups call for more supporter-orientated European finals
Supporter groups from the four finalists of the Champions League and Europa League are calling on fans across the continent to campaign for more supporter-orientated finals.
This year’s Champions League and Europa League finals, like many before them, were marred by low allocations for the competing finalists, eye-watering ticket prices and travel problems.
Now fans of Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool ...
Fans across Europe to take stance against Super League
Supporters from across the Europe will be voting to back the FSA’s position against the formation of a European Super League this weekend.
On Saturday 6th of June, supporter representatives from across the continent will be attending the European Football Fans’ Congress (EFFC) and European competition reform will be a hot topic once more.
In recent months, UEFA has been in discussions with the Eur...
FSA 2018-19 Annual Review: download now!
The FSA's first Annual Review, presented and accepted at our AGM in London on Saturday 29th June, is now available to download.
The review is packed with articles and information looking back at our work throughout the 2018-19 season.
It includes chapters on the progress of our governance work, standing campaign, ticket prices and TV's impact on match-going supporters. There are also sections look...
FSA affiliates to Co-op UK
Both our predecessor organisations the Football Supporters' Federation and Supporters' Direct were affiliated to Co-operatives UK and it was a straight forward decision for the newly-created Football Supporters' Association to sign-up too.
Co-operatives UK is the umbrella body that works to develop and promote member-owned organisations and businesses. The network of organisations that Co-ops UK c...
Chester MP calls for tough & independent regulation of football
The MP for Chester, Chris Matheson, will present a bill to Parliament tomorrow [Wednesday 26th June 2019] calling for tough and independent regulation of football.
He has worked closely with the Football Supporters’ Association (FSA) to prepare the bill which mandates that clubs being mismanaged should face scrutiny from a body which is independent of the clubs.
The body would have powers to under...
West Ham United fans condemn club’s Socios partnership
A coalition of major fan groups and independent content creators at West Ham United has come together to condemn the club’s attempt to monetise fan engagement.
Back in April, West Ham United became first English club to partner with socios.com - a digital platform that uses blockchain to provide paid-for supporter engagement.
Supporters will be able to buy “Fan Tokens” from Socios which gives fans...