Extra Time! Odds and sods from the world of football that tickled us in January 2009. To sign up to the Fan Mail bulletin see the Newsletter box on our homepage.

The FSF Yorkshire Division will be meeting at the KitKat Crescent on Sunday, January 11 2009, with a buffet from midday, starting 1.00pm. Click here for directions to KitKat Crescent.

The next meeting of the North West and North Wales Division of the FSF takes place on Sunday, January 18 2009, 1pm start (buffet at 12.30pm) at the Llay Miners Welfare Institute, The Ring, Llay, Nr Wrexham, LL12 0TH.

Watching football is not a crime is part of the FSF’s ongoing Fair Cop? campaign – the federation’s drive to monitor the police in their dealings with football supporters and work with them to ensure that all fans are treated fairly, within the law and in exactly the same way as other social grou...

Section 27 legislation allows police to move someone from a specified area for a period of up to 48 hours.

We’re absolutely delighted that Liberty have recognised that the use of Section 27 is totally inappropriate and breaches the basic civil liberties of football fans.

What can you do if a Section 27 is served on you?

In that case, we want to hear from you.

Fifa's rulers are on the brink of granting formal approval for a Great Britain football team to compete at the London 2012 Olympic games.

It has come to our attention that some England fans in Berlin for last month’s friendly with Germany got a nasty surprise, leaving with emptier pockets than they had bargained for.