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Free Lions 158
Harry Kane's late winner against Tunisia left England fans in a buoyant mood ahead of their trip to Nizhny Novgorod, spellcheck required, the second of England’s World Cup venues.
Our Fans' Embassy team are out in Russia to help fans and are hoping for a repeat of the success of Volgograd - both on and off the pitch. Watch out Panama!
As ever Free Lions 158 includes literally everything you need t...
Standing - make the case to your MP
On Monday 25th June MPs will debate the issue of standing at football as Parliament considers an e-petition "relating to allowing Premier League and Championship football clubs to introduce safe standing".
One simple action you can take to help is to contact your MP and explain your support for the campaign, while encouraging them to speak positively at the Westminster Hall debate. It'll take no m...
FSF and SD - a new organisation proposal
Over the course of the past year there have been detailed discussions about a possible merger of the two national fan organisations - the Football Supporters' Federation and Supporters Direct.
This is an important subject and you can read a great more detail on these proposals, which will be debated at next month's FSF AGM and SD AGM, via the links below.
Letter from FSF chair Malcolm Clarke re: ...
Free Lions 157 - Guide to Volgograd
England's 2018 World Cup campaign kicks off in Volgograd on Monday 18th June as they take on Tunisia in their opening fixture in Group G.
In addition to our England Fans' Guide to Russia, which covers the entirety of the tournament, we've produced an informative and hopefully entertaining Free Lions for the game in Volgograd. And we'll have a new edition for every game England play.
Our Fans' Emba...
Registrations open for 2018 FSF AGM
If you’re planning on joining us for the 2018 FSF AGM in London next month, you can now register your attendance.
Register here!
The AGM is being held at The Royal National Hotel (Bedford Way, London) on Saturday 28th July. Starting at 2.30pm and ending at approximately 5pm.
The AGM of Supporters Direct will also be taking place at the same venue on 28th July, starting at 11am and finishing at app...
Fans for Diversity: get involved!
Our Fans for Diversity campaign is seeking volunteers to take part in a Guidance Group to help it grow over the coming years.
The Fans for Diversity campaign, a joint area of work between the Football Supporters’ Federation (FSF) and Kick It Out, promotes diversity among football fans at all levels of the game. Over the last few years the campaign has continue to grow and develop activity in an in...
Premier League sells final 2019-22 TV package to Amazon
The Premier League has sold its remaining TV packages for the three seasons from 2019 to Amazon and BT Sport.
It is the first time an online-only broadcaster, that exclusively uses streaming services as opposed to traditional broadcasts, has won the rights to show live Premier League football.
Amazon will show all 10 matches over one bank holiday and another 10 during one midweek round on its Amaz...
Labour Party & Premier League back all-seater change
This week the Labour Party and the Premier League both came out in support of change to the current all-seater legislation governing the top two divisions of English football.
Outgoing executive chairman of the Premier League Richard Scudamore said on Friday that the league was now in favour of allowing its clubs a “local choice” as to whether to introduce standing areas.
“We are looking to make s...
FA announce introduction of winter break
The FA, Premier League and EFL today announced the introduction of a winter break in English football for the first time, starting from the 2019/20 season.
Taking place in February, the two-week winter break will see a round of Premier League games split over two weekends with the fifth round of the FA Cup moving to midweek.
Fifth round replays will also be scrapped, replaced with extra time and p...
Biggest ever standing survey shows massive support for choice
The Stand Up For Choice survey, a record breaking piece of research on standing at football published today, shows an overwhelming number of fans support reforming the all-seater legislation.
94% of football fans believe they should have the option to choose the type of matchday experience they want - whether that be seated or standing in safe, licensed areas of grounds.
The survey, which received...