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Should late postponements earn fans travel refund?
Football used to be a winter sport. It brought to mind images of freezing footballers hoofing an orange ball around a frozen pitch and fans keeping warm with their brand new Christmas scarf and gloves. Nowadays however, with scores of games called off across the UK, winter football seems to revolve around postponed games and miserable treks home. But are all these last-minute postponements absolut...
Ball hits ref, ref loses wig
When this clip begins you’ll feel a little disorientated due to the NFL-style grid markings (although not as disorientated as the linesman will by the end). Ball gets kicked out and knocks official over, so far so good, and it gets better. Is it just us or does the fall actually knock the ref’s toupée off? Brilliant. We have a theory though, after Pierluigi Collina’s mandatory retirement we reckon...
No Team GB accuse BOA of jeopardising England team
The No Team GB campaign has accused British Olympic Association (BOA) chairman Lord Moynihan of putting the future of the England team in “jeopardy”. Moynihan yesterday warned that picking English players only for Team GB might lead to legal challenges from non-English players. In May 2009 England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland reached an agreement that only English players would be selec...
FSF Writer of the Year - Dr John Beech
FSF chair Malcolm Clarke will tomorrow present sports finance expert Dr John Beech with the FSF’s Football Writer of the Year award for the 2009/10 season. John is author of the ever-informative Football Management blog which analyses the fiscal fortunes of clubs throughout the football pyramid.A Portsmouth fan, full-time researcher at Coventry University, and member of the University’s Centre for...
Do fans back Olympic Stadium move?
Last month Spurs and West Ham were named as the “preferred bidders” by the Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC) to take over London’s Olympic Stadium after the Games in 2012. But what do fans make of the move? The FSF would like to hear from fans of both clubs as well as those at Leyton Orient who also have an interest due to Brisbane Road’s close proximity to the Olympic Stadium in Stratford. OPLC ...
And finally... player topples hapless ref
School kids can be cruel. We’re not condoning it but there can’t be a school in the country that doesn’t have its share of bullies and innocent victims. But when these victims grow up, what becomes of them? They become refs and the bullying continues - check out this clip from the Argentinean league for proof. Ref walks backwards, player bends over to tie laces, ref topples over him. One of t...
FSF Cymru meet FAW
FSF Cymru secretary Paul Corkrey, along with Neil Dymock, met with the Welsh FA and South Wales police representatives on Wednesday 8th December. Meeting such as this, between fans, the football, and policing authorities aim to highlight any future, potential problems at games and identify solutions. Prevention is better than cure, after all. For further information on FSF Cymru email Paul Corkrey...
Safe Standing Bill launched in Parliament
Don Foster MP, former Liberal Democrats sports spokesman, has launched a bid to allow safe standing to be introduced into football grounds in England and Wales. Speaking yesterday the Bath MP launched his Safe Standing Bill by telling Parliament that there was no evidence to show that properly designed standing areas were inherently unsafe. You can contact your MP to let them know you back the ...
Should fans boycott Qatar 2022?
Should football fans boycott Qatar 2022 on humanitarian grounds? News that the Gay Football Supporters’ Network (GFSN) has condemned FIFA’s decision to hold the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and called on all gay fans to boycott “all activities associated with World Cup 2022” has focused the spotlight onto the emirate's laws and punishments.Do all fans have a responsibility to hold nations to account fo...
Parliament announce inquiry into football governance
The Culture, Media and Sport Committee has today announced it is launching a new inquiry into the governance of professional football clubs. The committee claims it is responding not only to high-profile cases at Liverpool and Manchester United but also “to broader concerns that current and future generations of football supporters…are ill-served by current football club regulations”.The coalition...