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Did you know the FSA is free to join? Our wins:
✅ European Super League defeated
✅ PL £30 away cap
✅ Safe standing
✅ 7000 more FA Cup final tickets to fans
✅ Access to legal help
✅ Helping clubs in crisis
✅ Defending fans rights
#ByFansForFans
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Fans come from every corner of society and have a range of different views on strike action.
But we'll tell you what - no strike can cause anywhere near the disruption that broadcasters cause matchgoers every week and we hear NOTHING about that from Sky, BT or the BBC.
BREAKING: Three days of train strikes have been announced by Aslef - including on the day of the FA Cup final.
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According to Chief Constable Mark Roberts a simple plastic seat can:
- Stop people taking cocaine
- Prevent racism
- Stop people throwing things
- Drinking
Amazing things, eh?
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Peter Drury wins Commentator of the Year at the 2019
#FSAawards
with
@BeGambleAware
. Tyler's reign of terror is over.
#BetRegret
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Today King's Speech confirms an independent football regulator is on its way following years of FSA lobbying.
It means:
🚫No to EuropeanSuperLeague
⛔️Powers to intervene in badly run clubs
📝Stronger tests on owners
📢Increased fan voice
⚽️Protection for badges, stadiums etc
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Peter Drury has done it again - winning the
#FSAawards
Commentator of the Year Award for the second time.
Congratulations Peter!
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Perez: "The Champions League just isn't working for me."
Also Perez: "Look at all my shiny Champions League trophies."
🗣️ "It is a great day for the history of football"
Real Madrid president Florentino Perez is supportive of the prospect of a new European Super League ⚪
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Congratulations to
@TheSquareBall
who win our 2022 Fan Media of the Year award.
#MOT
#ALAW
#LUFC
"We're so honoured to still be coming to these awards," they say.
Well done all!
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£37.
Away ticket price cap in the Championship is long overdue,
Tickets for our
@SkyBetChamp
trip to Sheffield United are now available to membership holders with priority access for away tickets 🎟️
#DCFC
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We've seen a lot of these in the past 24hrs. If you've received this email contact info
@thefsa
.org.uk
Supporters should be free to make fair and legitimate criticisms of any club owner without fear of punitive bans.
No exceptions.
Punished because I tweet as myself and I don’t hide behind a username / faceless account.
Myself and my 13 year old son, season ticket holders, home and away and because I have my own opinions my boy now suffers because I can’t take him to the football. Gutted 😢
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Accepting his award,
@IanWright0
told us he was 'very humbled and honoured' to win the Pundit of the Year. "To be able to talk about football, and for fans to appreciate what you say, and to vote for you, means a lot, especially in these times of instant criticism."
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FSA statement on the twitching corpse that is the European Super League.
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It was with great sadness we received yesterday's news that the Queen had died peacefully at Balmoral. Following that, the football authorities have today said the game would be postponed, from the PL to grassroots. Our response is below.
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Coincidentally PL CEO Richard Masters is appearing before Parliament tomorrow and he'll no doubt point to this as evidence that an independent regulator isn't needed and the PL can manage this stuff in-house.
Too late! Independent regulator now.
The Premier League has charged both clubs with breaking Profitability and Sustainability Rules.
#BBCFootball
#NFFC
#EFC
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Media: "Rising football arrests"
FSA: "Falling football arrests"
Why the difference? Because
@ukhomeoffice
has moved the goalposts to include people arrested while watching football on TV!
We don't think that is valid.
🧵A thread on the arrest stats🧵
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Stoke City onto their 17th consecutive price freeze while Arsenal, Chelsea, Fulham, Manchester City and Spurs bank huge media deals - and still can't resist raising ticket prices. Why?!
Football has a spending problem, not an income problem. Stop squeezing supporters.
Season Cards for the 2024/25 season are on sale now with prices frozen for a 17th consecutive campaign.
The Club is again offering one sales window at one frozen price, together with the option to spread the cost over 12 monthly payments by purchasing by March 31st.
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Seriously, if you’re a club owner or football financier who thinks a global health crisis is the perfect opportunity to rip up and reshape football to suit billionaires... you have no idea how much fans detest your concept. It will not go how you think.
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He's done it again -
@GNev2
voted by supporters as the best pundit around. Congratulations once again Gary!
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Tell us again how fans need to take a look at their carbon footprint…
🔺 EXCLUSIVE: Newcastle United will make a 21,000-mile round trip to face Tottenham Hotspur at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on May 22 — three days after the conclusion of the Premier League season
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@barneyronay
On the reported whim of a Qatari ruler promises and info that has been shared with supporters across the planet is ripped up at a moment’s notice.
Ok, it’s just a beer, but it speaks to people’s fears about whether other far more important commitments can be trusted.
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No more off-the-record briefings to journalists. No more leaving your managers and players to field questions from the nation's media.
Stop hiding.
#NoEuropeanSuperLeague
#StopTheGreed
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Top-flight games will be played in empty stadiums and the PL refuses to broadcast almost half of them. Matchgoers have no legal way to watch their team. It's not right. Fans call on
@OliverDowden
&
@HuddlestonNigel
to intervene and
#LetUsWatch
- please RT
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"You greedy b******s, get out of their club."
Amazing solidarity from
#PVFC
fans - no-one should have to go through what
#RFC
supporters, players and staff are experiencing at the hands of the club's owner
#SellBeforeWeDai
Independent regulator needed now.
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Does any other "industry" treat its fans like this? Imagine a theatre refusing to schedule a show because they want to give TV viewers first dibs.
There are
@premierleague
games in 4 weeks which fans have already bought tickets for and no-one even knows when they're happening.…
📺 PL / TV / KO 📺
Been chasing
@premierleague
on fixtures for 20-21 April and 27-28 April - supporters need to book travel, time off work, even hotels. Always an issue.
Hear they'll be released next week following FA Cup semi-final draws & UEFA competition results.
#Update
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But remember folks, ticket prices *must* go up.
Chelsea spent £75m on agents fees in the last two transfer windows - pretty sure that is a Premier League record. Adds to their financial challenges for this season
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Tragedy chanting reared its head again yesterday.
Totally unacceptable but also worth highlighting the progress on this issue in recent years with
@spiritofshankly
leading the way in condemning ALL such chants & great support from likes of Forest fans at Anfield last week.
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#safestanding
petition passes 100,000 signatures - well done everyone!
#NotJustAVocalMinority
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FSA STATEMENT
72 hours of white hot anger has killed domestic involvement in the ESL but that doesn’t mean fans can take their foot off the accelerator. A return to the status quo is unacceptable and will only allow unscrupulous owners to regroup.
More:
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From the club pushing for closed European competition & a de facto European Super League hoovering up all the money, comes this...
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We defeated Game 39 in 2008 and we'd attack any attempted revival with a full blown, two feet off the ground, studs to the knee tackle.
NEW: Jon Miller, leading exec at NBC Sports, who have $2.7bn rights deal to show Premier League in US, tells
@TheAthleticFC
he will “continue to push” for top-flight matches in America. Suggests a couple of matches from Premier League’s opening weekend.
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Concerning times for
#LUFC
fans while their owners & senior leadership behave like this - more proof that independent regulation (that they've been publicly hostile to) is desperately needed.
We know our members at
@lufctrust
are pushing for answers and they have our support.
🚨 Exclusive
@TheAthleticFC
Leeds chairman Andrea Radrizzani offered to use club’s Elland Road stadium as security for a £26million bank loan which his company, Aser, & a partner, Gestio Capital, intended to use to complete a takeover of Sampdoria
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Imagine a theatre selling tickets for a show which was due to take place in 6 weeks - but they refuse to tell you if the show will take place on Friday, Saturday, Sunday or Monday.
Four of these games will not kick off at Sat 3pm.
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.
@AlexScott
wins the 2021
#FSAaward
Pundit of the Year Award. Voted for by the fans, she becomes the first woman to win in in the Pundit category.
Congratulations to Alex!
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Boxing Day, once a highlight of the footballing calendar and a decades-long matchgoing tradition, is being torn to shreds by the broadcasters.
#TVchokehold
Our December Sky Bet Championship clashes with Birmingham City, Stoke City and Swansea City have all been given new dates 📅
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@BeGambleAware
.
@LFC
's
@MoSalah
wins his third FSA Men's Player of the Year - topping the public vote once again. Congratulations Mo!
#LFC
#MoSalah
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2 weeks ago we met
@premierleague
to ask why the deadline for announcing TV games is missed so often. Nightmare for matchgoers. PL apologised & said they were "working to ensure the next target date (Dec & Xmas period) would be met."
Fast forward 2 weeks. Deadline missed. Again.
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#ProjectBigPicture
is a sugar-coated cyanide pill for our football clubs - and here's why:
#SustainTheGame
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So
@ArsenalWFC
's Dutch forward
@VivianneMiedema
becomes the first player to win back-to-back Player of the Year awards at the
#FSAawards
. She even found time to send us a quick thank-you...
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We hear PL, Sky Sports & police have failed to finalise games (again) which means the PL may miss their 5-week target (again) causing the usual problems for matchgoers (again).
Travelling fans expected to buy tickets for games that have a big chance of moving. Not good enough.
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Football & TV KOs raised in Parliament yesterday.
"Television's impact on travelling football fans is worsening making it unworkable for people to get back from these fixtures on public transport and it's happening on a much more regular basis."
@IanMearnsMP
👏👏👏
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Veterans of the blogging scene
@arseblog
win their third FSA Award since 2014.
Congratulations to Arseblog on Fan Media of the Year award!
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624 away fans to miss this game because
@premierleague
&
@SkySports
messed around with KO times for weeks then
@metpoliceuk
cut the allocation to 2370 - and refused to properly explain why to fan groups.
@MU_ST
considering legal action.
A dangerous precedent for away culture.
Chelsea v Man United finally confirmed as 5.30pm kick-off on Saturday October 22.
But only with reduced
#MUFC
away allocation: 2,994 to 2,370.
MET Police originally tried to cut to 1,500.
Full tickets already sold. Total disdain for match-going fans.
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Who is paying for these idiotic pro-European Super League bots?
Whoever it is, they need to up the budget.
#NoEuropeanSuperLeague
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So the
@premierleague
has missed its deadline for announcing TV picks. Again.
@SkySports
and
@btsportfootball
bicker over who gets what game, while matchgoers lose out. Again.
Not good enough. Again.
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@MaisieAdam
It's another FSA Award for the
@Arseblog
team who win Club Podcast of the Year 2023 - well done them.
#AFC
#Gooners
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We've long been opposed to dry trains that target football fans for just being football fans on a day out.
This move from LNER for the League Cup final won't achieve much & has completely misread the mood amongst
#NUFC
fans, which will be celebratory regardless.
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Winning the SLO of the Year award for the first time is
#LFC
's
@TonyBarrett
- congratulations to Tony!
#FSFAwards
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Passing on tickets amongst friends and family is a part of fan culture and something the FSA generally supports.
Putting the ability to do that behind a £50 paywall & dumping the admin onto fans isn't exactly progress.
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Great message from the Holmesdale Fanatics.
It followed applause before KO in memory of 15yo Elianne Andam who was tragically murdered in south London last month. RIP.
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The PL wants the EFL to sign a new deal allowing relegated clubs to spend 85% of revenue on players while limiting EFL clubs to 70%. It means £110m v £20m transfer budgets.
It's almost like PL club owners want a closed shop.
#FootballRegulatorNow
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To no-one's suprise
@MoSalah
wins the 2021
#FSAawards
Men's Player of the Year award. The first player in the men's category to win it twice!
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.
@Carra23
picks up his third Pundit of the Year award at the 2019
#FSAawards
with
@BeGambleAware
. "I'm pleased to win, but more importantly I've stopped Gary Neville winning."
#BetRegret
#MNF
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January 2024 - PL CEO Richard Masters tells MPs in Parliament he would not lobby for or against a Football Governance Bill.
April 2024 - PL CEO Richard Masters writes in The Times saying: "The Government should leave the Premier League alone."
So which is it
@premierleague
?
🔺 EXCLUSIVE: Chief executive Richard Masters believes Football Governance Bill would give a regulator unprecedented power, and reduce the appeal of sport in which the UK is a ‘superpower’
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The public has decided that
@HLTCO
is the best Fan Media of the Year. Congratulations to
@HLTCO
!
#FSAawards
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Leeds United will offer reciprocal deals to other clubs, meaning away fans could see big reductions in ticket prices – if own club comes to an agreement.
We'd encourage all C/ship supporter groups to speak to their clubs ASAP. Big savings to be made.
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FSA Statement on breakaway European Superleague:
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Ah, the old political comms argument regurgitated by owners that “we just failed to get our message across to the electorate”.
You did get your message across and fans hated it. How could it possibly be any clearer?! They are absolutely clueless.
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Man City's chief exec wants an end to the English football pyramid as we know it and the inclusion of Premier League B-teams in the EFL.
No thanks.
Manchester City chief Ferran Soriano calls for restructure of football pyramid
➡️
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"To have the support of fans from all across the country is mind-blowing really" -
@HKane
on his FSF 2017 Men's Player of the year award.
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"TV BEFORE FANS"
@worflags
highlighting the shocking KO times
#NUFC
supporters have faced this season. Great display.
Important message from
@worflags
at todays game. Fans loyalty taken for granted time and time again. It’s about time there was consideration for travelling supporters ! Fans over money !
#NUFCFans
#NUFC
@WeAreTheFSA
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The £30 cap in the Premier League has been a great success - saving fans millions and ensuring away ends stay full.
This might not be a Premier League game, but the FA Cup should never be used as an excuse to ramp up costs and rip off fans. Keep the
#FACup
affordable.
In the
@Carabao_Cup
, we charged Man City fans £20 for adults
In the
@EmiratesFACup
,
#MCFC
will charge our supporters £37
Another example of poor ticket pricing our supporters have faced this season and further evidence a cup price cap is needed
@WeAreTheFSA
#NUFC
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Entering a stadium without a ticket (aka tailgating) is dangerous and wrong - it's also already against the law and clubs can ban anyone who does it for as long as they like.
So what does a new law mean? Anyone doing it can have their passport confiscated and be banned from…
MPs are calling for a specific law to punish people who enter football stadia without tickets
🔗 Read more
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How about a £250,000 donation per club to fund a reduction in young adult prices or subsidise away fan travel when games are moved for TV 🤔
Statement from
@The_FSF
condemning Bruce Buck’s idea of £5m farewell gift for Scudamore ...
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And the winner of the
#FSAawards
Podcast of the Year award is...
That Peter Crouch Podcast
@petercrouch
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Speaking about his third FSA Award win,
@MoSalah
said: "I want to thank everybody for the FSA award, especially because it's voted for by fans - I really appreciate it."
#LFC
#FSAawards
@BeGambleAware
.
@LFC
's
@MoSalah
wins his third FSA Men's Player of the Year - topping the public vote once again. Congratulations Mo!
#LFC
#MoSalah
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After 32 years, it's victory for the
#Safestanding
campaign! Today
@SGSA_UK
confirmed that clubs can apply to be early adopters and introducing standing areas in the top two divisions in England from January 2022
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We're conducting a fan consultation on VAR, with results that will be fed back to the Premier League. If you want to have your say, spare us 5 minutes to fill in this survey:
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Shocking scheduling by
@premierleague
We stand with
@ChelseaSTrust
and
@Wolves1877T
in opposing Xmas Eve fixtures.
More to follow.
📺 Fixture amendments and matches selected for live TV broadcast in the UK (5 Dec - 22 Jan) are confirmed
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"Just 14 arrests" - If this was football how would media report? Would police be thanking fans? Football average is 4.8 arrests per 100,000.
Police thank Chester racegoers for good behaviour after just 14 arrests during May festival
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Good to see Spurs fans keeping the spotlight on the club's terrible decision regarding ticket prices and concession changes.
#COYS
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Back on top - the Guardian Football Weekly wins Podcast of the Year!
Congrats to
@maxrushden
,
@bglendenning
and the whole Guardian Football Weekly team!
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This Saturday marks the long awaited return of Bury FC to Gigg Lane - four years since mismanagement by their previous owner saw them kicked out of the EFL.
The FSA sends its congratulations to the club and its supporters - here's to a bright future.
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We can imagine any consultation with supporters’ groups would be pretty short. Perhaps as short as only one or two words…
🚨 EXCL: Competitive games abroad back on Premier League radar. Only consultation so nothing agreed & would be years away. But under consideration as part of PL plan for int’l growth. 1st step would be enhanced overseas pre-season tournament
@TheAthleticUK
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It's another one for
#LFC
as
@TheAnfieldWrap
win Fan Media of the Year once again. Congratulations to everyone at the Wrap.
#FanMedia
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.
@maxrushden
&
@bglendenning
win Podcast of the Year again for Football Weekly - congratulations to the Guardian team!
#FSFAwards
#FootballWeekly
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Referring to supporters who've followed a club for decades as "legacy fans" like some old, defunct operating system. Total disregard.
#NoToEuropeanSuperLeague
According to source, some of those involved in ESL call traditional supporters of clubs “legacy fans” while they are focused instead on the “fans of the future” who want superstar names
*ESL insists modelling shows solidarity payments will be boosted £10bn Euros over 23 seasons)
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.
@ArsenalWFC
forward
@viviannemiedema
is the Women's Player of the Year with
@BeGambleAware
. Congratulations to Vivianne!
#AFC
#Gooners
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In last 18 months alone,
#Safestanding
has been backed by:
- 9/10
#LFC
fans
- 96% of Arsenal fans
- 85% of Northampton Town fans
- 92% of EVerton fans
- 94% of
#Boro
fans
- 86% of
#LCFC
fans
- 96% of
#HTAFC
fans
We could go on and on, but yeah, just a "vocal minority".
Sports minister
@tracey_crouch
to PA: "The answer to dealing with persistent standing is not necessarily to introduce safe standing. There are regulations to deal with persistent standing - I would like to see them enforced." Says those campaigning are a "vocal minority"
@The_FSF
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When we opened nominations for our
#LockdownHeroes
, one name far outnumbered every other. It's not an exaggeration to say that his campaigning and work have touched millions of lives throughout the pandemic.
Our
#LockdownHeroes
Special Recognition award goes to
@MarcusRashford
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@LUFC
Embarrassing stuff from your chief executive, this. Thoughts with the club staff left with the thankless task of having to post it.
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@henrywinter
@premierleague
🏆Everton: League titles x9, FA Cup x5, Cup Winners Cup x1
🏆Nottingham Forest: League titles x1, FA Cup x2, League Cup x4, European Cup x2
And that's not even their full honours list.
Not a bad return for 2 "small clubs"!
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Bruno is the first Manchester United player to win the
#FSAawards
Men's Player of the Year, and even had time to say a quick 'thank-you'
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Have your say on VAR: The Premier League are undertaking a consultation of players and managers, and we will feed in to that process with the feedback of match-going fans. Take our short 5 minute survey and have your say
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#THFC
are under fire for “exploiting loyalty” over their planned 23-24 matchday ticket price hikes.
Our affiliates
@THSTOfficial
are calling for action against the price rises ahead of their 1st home game
#StopExploitingLoyalty
#StopTicketPriceRises
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🇶🇦 A thread on the Qatar World Cup 🇶🇦
The FSA’s
@WeAreFreeLions
&
@WeAreFSACymru
Fans’ Embassy teams were out in Qatar recently.
Subjects covered:
Accommodation
Alcohol
Broadcast
Covid
Crime & customs
Drugs
Food
Fan zones
LGBT+
Stadiums
Temperatures
Transport
Travel insurance
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FSA statement on
#EFC
points deduction - yet another example of why an independent regulator is urgently needed. This shouldn't be happening.
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"There must be transparency" -
#NUFC
fans led by
@nufctrust
are demanding answers from the Premier League following the collapse of the club's takeover:
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