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Fans' delegation to deliver demands to Premier League meeting

A delegation of fans led by the Football Supporters’ Federation (FSF) will deliver a message to Premier League clubs tomorrow demanding a cut in away ticket prices. October saw price protests across the leagues which even drew support from Bayern Munich fans visiting Arsenal for their Champions League fixture. Supporters of top-flight clubs have identified tomorrow’s [Thursday 12th November] Premi...

Free Lions 143 - Spain guide

England take on Spain in Alicate on Friday 13th November - the first time the Three Lions have visited the Costa Brava for an England fixture. As ever the FSF Fans' Embassy team will be at the match to hand out hard copies of Free Lions to the thousands of England fans travelling to Benidorm and the historic port town of Alicante. The FSF Fans’ Embassy will be operating on Thursday 12th of Novembe...

The FSF Awards 2015 in association with William Hill

The Football Supporters’ Federation is delighted to announce the shortlists for the 2015 FSF Awards in association with William Hill. Fans can vote and have their say via www.fsf.org.uk/awards. Sixty-six nominees will battle it out across 11 different categories including ‘Player of the Year’ featuring Sergio Aguero, David De Gea, Harry Kane, Alexis Sanchez, John Stones and Jamie Vardy. Can las...

FSF Awards 2015 in association with William Hill

Scunthorpe fans to support Save Our Steel campaign

FSF affiliates The Iron Trust is calling on supporters to throw their weight behind Scunthorpe United’s Save Our Steel day on Saturday - including taking part in a show of support during the match against Southend. Inspired by Middlesbrough fans who have shown their support for steelworkers facing redundancy on Teeside, the Trust is calling on fans inside Glanford Park with smartphones to use the ...

Founder of trust movement Brian Lomax dies

Brian Lomax, one of the pioneers of the supporter trust movement in Britain, has died after an illness. Click here for funeral details. Helping to rescue Northampton Town in the early-1990s, Brian founded the Cobblers Trust - the first supporters trust in Britain. Brian was the first supporter elected director of a football club in 1992 at Northampton Town, after supporters rallied round to save t...

Crewe supporters refused entry to Bloomfield Road

Fans of Crewe Alexandra have accused Blackpool of excluding them from Bloomfield Road for supporting anti-Oyston protesters. This weekend, a group of Crewe Alexandra fans brought a home-made banner with the message "Crewe are with you! Oyston out!" and claim they were then denied entry to the ground by stewards because of their participation. One Crewe Fan interviewed outside the ground after bein...

Bayern Munich protest keeps ticket prices in spotlight

This week Bayern Munich fans left the away end at Emirates empty for the first five minutes of their Champions League fixture against Arsenal - in protest at the £64 away ticket prices. The protest, organised by a number of Bayern Munich fans' groups, was designed to highlight the effect high ticket prices have on the atmosphere in a football ground. A statement by FC Bayern Worldwide said: "We wa...

The Away Fans Matter Ground Guide now live

In case you hadn't heard our Away Fans Matter Ground Guide is now live and we want your help in keeping it up to date. The Ground Guide is entirely wiki-able, meaning anyone can easily edit and update information on their clubs, and we want supporters to help build it into a useful online resource. It features all 92 league grounds, and a handful of continental grounds, with sub-sections on gettin...

BBC release Price of Football results

The BBC's Price of Football survey has published it's results - showing a freeze in ticket prices for 70% of the tickets analysed for the 2015-16 season. The largest survey of its kind in Europe, the Price of Football survey looked at ticket prices at 270 clubs across 13 leagues for the fifth year running. Prices for 70% of tickets examined were frozen or reduced from last season, but the average...

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