The next meeting of the Football Supporters’ Federation’s Southern Division will take place on Sunday 5th February (12 noon) at at Southend United's Roots Hall Ground (SS2 6NQ).

The BBC reports that the Football League could give synthetic surfaces the thumbs up. But what do fans think? At present the Football Supporters’ Federation has no set policy on the subject. To help gauge opinion we’ve listed the plastic fantastic pros and turf war cons.

Aside from being pick-pocketed by Roger Milla at Italia 90 Columbian keeper René Higuita will forever be remembered for the scorpion kick.

At least 74 have been killed and hundreds more injured following violence at a football match in one of Egypt’s largest cities, Port Said. The violence flared yesterday after local side Al-Masry beat Cairo’s Al-Ahly 3-1.

Back in December we asked members of the Football Supporters’ Federation to share their views on the work of Kick It Out. Find out what they thought here.

The next meeting of the Football Supporters’ Federation’s North Wales and North West Division will take place on Monday 30th January (7pm) at the LMRCA Railway Club, Altrincham, WA14 1LJ.

This one was doing the rounds last week but it deserves another plug. From the Norwegian TV station which brought you electro-shock football (also linked to below) comes the bubble match. Some of the 'hits' are more akin to rugby than football but don't let that put you off!

The Football Supporters’ Federation and fans’ groups from Liverpool and Manchester United have met with the police, FA, and both clubs, in the build-up to this weekend’s FA Cup 4th Round tie at Anfield.

Last week Andre Villas-Boas said that Premier League should be allowed feeder sides in the Championship. The Football League rejected the Chelsea manager’s brainwave and the vast majority of fans feel it’s a non-starter too.

The folks behind Non-League Day (NLD) are a better organised bunch than most and they’re already preparing for NLD 2012.