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Safe Standing & inclusion in Orlando: "Finally someone gets it"

Posted by Steve Powell 20th March 2018
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...
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Meet the Contenders

Posted by The FSF 16th November 2017
(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...
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Charlie Williams: Rovers remember pioneering black player

Posted by The FSF 16th October 2017
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...
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Blues 4 All: tackling the stigma around football

Posted by The FSF 9th October 2017
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...
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Lady Imps: "We've made a difference"

Posted by Maria Horner, Lady Imps 13th July 2017
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...
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Call It Out: event energises LGBT fan groups

Posted by Gemma Teale, LGBeeT 4th July 2017
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...
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Fans for Diversity: Spring 2017

Posted by The FSF 4th April 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...
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Disabled access: what’s needed is the will

Posted by Steven Powell 15th March 2017
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....
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Fans for Diversity: reaching new areas

Posted by The FSF 17th February 2017
January and February have been busy months for the Fans for Diversity campaign. Campaign organiser Anwar Uddin tells us about the work going on… Wingate & Finchely Disabled Supporters Forum Anwar kicked off the new year by supporting a new disabled forum at Wingate & Finchley, who ply their trade in the Isthmian League. Headed up by Manisha Tailor the forum aims to help those in the area with ment...
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Fans for Diversity - Race equality lecture & England Fans FC

Posted by The FSF 25th November 2016
Anwar Uddin, the FSF's Fans for Diversity campaign manager, has been heading-up some high-profile events for us recently. We spoke to him to find out more... Fans for Diversity Exhibition Throughout late-October, the Fans for Diversity campaign held a special exhibition at Oxford House, Bethnal Green, London, highlighting the work of photographer Liam Aylott. Liam's summer project Capturing the Eu...
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