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Fan reps meet EFL in latest engagement meeting
Fan representatives from the EFL's three divisions met with EFL chief executive Shaun Harvey and other senior league officials on Wednesday 14th November 2018.
The meeting took place under the auspices of the Football Supporters' Federation as part of the EFL's commitment to fan engagement, which includes bi-annual group meetings.
You can read the notes from the meeting here...
This meeting was at...
PL says average ticket price is £31 & more than a quarter pay £40-plus
Research released by the Premier League today claims that the average ticket price in the competition is £31 with the majority of supporters paying less than £30.
Compiled with data provided directly by all clubs, the Premier League say their research includes all pricing points for match day and season tickets for the current season, along with the volume of tickets sold at each price – though th...
Cherries back period poverty campaign
Bournemouth fans are latest to back a UK-wide campaign to provide free sanitary products for women at football matches.
The Cherries Trust have announced their support for the “On the Ball” initiative, originally launched by young women in Scotland, and are lobbying the club to introduce period products at Dean Court.
“Period poverty is a growing issue and we're delighted to do what we can to help...
UEFA commits to tackling away ticket price problem in Europe
UEFA said this week that it would act on the issue of away ticket pricing in its club competitions – suggesting a competition-wide price cap in the Champions League and Europa League.
President of UEFA Aleksander Ceferin admitted this week that many clubs in European competition abuse loopholes in the current regulations and raise ticket prices disproportionally for some sets of away fans.
“We kno...
Mohamed Salah and Beth Mead win supporters' accolades
Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah was named Men’s Player of the Year at the Football Supporters’ Federation Awards in partnership with Virgin Media, which took place tonight in London.
With more than 366,000 votes cast, the FSF Awards are the largest supporter-led awards in the UK and Salah topped the fans’ vote, holding off competition from runner-up Eden Hazard. Raheem Sterling, Virgil Van Dijk, Harry M...
FSF and SD: Merger confirmed
Supporters today (Thursday 22nd November 2018) met in central London to finalise the merger of the Football Supporters’ Federation and Supporters Direct into one unified organisation at an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM).
Around 100 supporter representatives from clubs across the country came together to rubberstamp plans which were initially discussed at both organisations’ annual conferences...
FSF and SD statement on new chief executive
The appointments panel of the Football Supporters’ Federation and Supporters Direct Interim Board have confirmed the appointment of Kevin Miles as the new organisation’s chief executive.
At this summer’s AGM members of both the FSF and SD voted to work towards one unified supporters’ organisation and, as part of that process, both existing chief executives were interviewed for the role of chief ex...
New organisation – elections update
On Thursday 22nd November 2018 the new organisation will meet, with the National Council and Board elected. We wanted to give you an update on the various elections and how you can stand or vote.
Affiliate representatives on the National Council
Online voting closed at noon today (20th November) for the affiliate representatives. You can see the results below:
Premier League - Katrina Law (Tottenh...
FSF statement on proposed "golden handshake"
FSF statement on Premier League clubs being asked for £250,000 towards £5m bonus payment for outgoing CEO Richard Scudamore.
The Football Supporters' Federation said:
"Premier League clubs have always told fan groups that budgets are planned in advance and there's not a surplus of cash lying around from their extremely lucrative TV deal.
"In the meantime loyal football supporters continue to be ...
Welsh supporter representatives meet FAW
Supporter representatives from FSF Cymru met with the Football Association of Wales (FAW), Welsh police and others last month to talk about upcoming international fixtures and other fan issues.
The meeting, held on Tuesday 30th October, covered the upcoming trip to Albania, their first round of UEFA Nations League matches, as well as policing, ticketing and much more.
Minutes from that meeting are...