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Get in touch: our newest team member on diversity in non-league
Maria Horner, the FSF’s newest member of staff, tells us why she wants to hear from fans, supporter groups and clubs to promote diversity at non-league level…
I’ve witnessed and been part of a group of people who want to tell the world how brilliant football is on so many levels; but for me the key is bringing people together using the medium of our national game to share that passion and build co...
Watch now - the Fans for Diversity series
The Fans For Diversity campaign has released a four-part mini-documentary series featuring four supporters groups across the country to highlighting the diversity of fanbases in English football.
The series looks at what's going on at Crawley Town Disabled Supporters Association, Derby County’s Punjabi Rams, Leicester City’s LGBT supporters group Foxes Pride, and Manchester City Women’s Official S...
Safe Standing & inclusion in Orlando: "Finally someone gets it"
As the safe standing campaign has progressed over recent years more and more spurious arguments have emerged about why it can't happen in England - one example is that safe standing will exclude disabled supporters. Here former FSF national council member, and wheelchair-using Arsenal fan, Steve Powell tells us why the Orlando City Stadium debunks that myth...
Last year I had the chance to visit O...
Meet the Contenders
(Pictured above: Humayun Islam of Bangla Bantams, winners of last year's Fans for Diversity Award, with Roisin Wood from Kick It Out.)
Next week (Monday 4th December) sees us dish out our annual FSF Awards in partnership with Virgin Media. And while everyone has their views on the best pundits, players and podcasts, the Fans for Diversity award is a little bit different, championing some of the un...
Charlie Williams: Rovers remember pioneering black player
Doncaster Rovers fans have created an exhibition to remember club cult hero Charlie Williams. We spoke to FSF deputy chair & Viking Supporters Co-operative's Martin O'Hara about why they wanted to celebrate his life...
One of the first black players to play professionally in English football after the Second World War has been remembered with a supporter-led exhibition.
Barnsley-born Charlie Willi...
Blues 4 All: tackling the stigma around football
Many clubs are located in diverse areas, yet struggle to get black and ethnic minority supporters into their grounds. We spoke to Bik Singh from Blues 4 All about what their group has been doing to help the club tap into the local asian community...
Blues 4 All were established just over two years ago and since then have been receiving help from the Fans for Diversity campaign to help get more bla...
Lady Imps: "We've made a difference"
Lincoln City have had a great season on the pitch, winning the National League and securing promotion to the EFL. Things have been happening off the pitch too, with the creation of the club's first women-led fan group, the Lady Imps Supporters Association (LISA).
Maria Horner, chair of Lady Imps, tells us more about the formation of the group...
It started with a kiss, sort of. Like falling in lov...
Call It Out: event energises LGBT fan groups
The founder of Brentford’s LGBeeT group Gemma Teale tells us about last week’s #CallitOut symposium - an event held in Manchester celebrating the growth of the LGBT fan movement...
Ahead of the Supporters Summit and AGMs this weekend gone, I headed to Manchester for the first Pride in Football Symposium, #CALLITOUT held at the National Football Museum.
Pride in Football was founded in 2014 as an u...
Fans for Diversity: Spring 2017
Anwar Uddin has had a busy spring period, leading the Fans for Diversity campaign with events across the country…
Fans For Diversity FC vs Stonewall FC
To mark LGBT History Month, the Fans For Diversity created its own football team and took on Stonewall FC at Imber Court, home of Metropolitan Police FC.
More than 100 people applied to join the Fans For Diversity FC side for its opening fixture an...
Disabled access: what’s needed is the will
FSF National Council member and Arsenal fan Steve Powell has been a wheelchair user for nearly four years now. Things are better than they were. They’re still a long way from perfect on Planet Football though. Steve tells us more…
With the current debate over disabled access in the Premier League it’s a good time to look at where we were, where we are and where we ought to be. First the good news....