Sometimes, you’d almost think that football fans must belong to the most evil creatures in the world – given the security measures and long lists of prohibited of items around a matchday, banning orders, random drug checks, the prohibition of standing areas in the Premier League and the international competitions, iron fenced cages for away fans’ sections abroad, the multimedia hooligan hysteria before every major international tournament...

...yes, sometimes it’s hard to believe that the vast majority of us are actually nothing more than passionate supporters which want nothing more but to be valued by their clubs and follow their team by being able to show all the positive facets of fan culture rather than being perceived mainly as a problem...

We don’t want to deny that there is or was violence and/or discriminatory behaviour in football caused by football fans – but hasn’t it been a tiny minority of offenders for years whereas the measures to counter it still affect and restrain almost every football fan in this country?

Partly, it is therefore very “easy” for a football fan to get into trouble, find yourself being prosecuted and/or banned from your passion.

No matter, whether the accusations are justified or unjustified, the FSF has been giving advice to football fans for years now and can offer you assistance and support in case you need it.

In the following you can find the contact details of solicitors who have offered their services in support of the agenda of the FSF for fans in trouble:

Burley & Geach Solicitors (Hampshire)
www.burley-geach.co.uk
Richard Bayliss, partner, can be contacted at clare.kempster@burley-geach.co.uk

CJH Solicitors (London based Midlander)
www.cjhsolicitors.co.uk
Steve Cobley, partner, can be contacted at steve@cjhsolicitors.co.uk 

Alistair Mitchell (Hereford & The Midlands)
www.freewebs.com/49ch
Alistair Mitchell, sole practitioner barrister, can be contacted at 49chambers@googlemail.com

Ian Huggan
Roger Pickles & Co
Richmond House
15 Richmond Terrace
Blackburn
Lancashire
BB1 7BQ
01254 451000 (Work)
07768 096116 (Mobile)

If you want to anonymously report e.g. a discriminatory incident at a match, experience of disproportionate policing/stewarding and or unjustified treatment of football fans, fill out our {matchday report form - to come}. This would in return enable us to get an overview over crucial problems and allow us to bring our related activities into line with them. 

For any other request on this issue, please contact us, we’ll try to assist you with our experience and advice as good as we can!