Activities

FSE Stadium Action Days

30th of April – 16th of May 2010

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Click here for the current list of participants
Click here to download campaign banners for your website or your stadium actions

Do you like football games on Mondays at 9 pm or on Tuesdays at 5.30 pm? Do you have to take one or even more days off work frequently to watch your beloved team? Have you ever organised costly travel, but in the last moment the match was postponed by the professional league? Are you in favour of 5 different kick-off times for five matches for one match day?

Supporters that cheer for their teams inside the stadia all over Europe share the same experiences that very often make it extremely difficult, if not impossible, for them to follow their team due to kick-off times in modern football that were made mostly for TV but not for us, the fans.

Due to profitable contracts with professional leagues and clubs, TV-companies all over Europe have achieved to gain massive influence over match day fixtures and schedules. Match days are spread over the entire week and scheduled at dates and times that make it almost impossible for big parts of both home and away fans to follow their team. Viewing figures, enough advertisement space for commercials and the tendency to show as many live games on TV as possible have become more important than the interests of supporters inside the stadia.

However, we know that the stadium atmosphere that WE create is part of this profitable football show on TV! We are not just part of the game, the fans inside the stadia are essential for the attractiveness and money-making in the game! At the same time, it is the fans that are very often prevented from attending and supporting their team by exactly those that usually benefit the most from them. Result: TV and football want to sell emotions whilst their matchday fixing procedures are largely contributing to a decreasing atmosphere and the exclusion of large sets of the often-quoted “lifeblood of football”, the fans.

It’s time that we speak up!

OUR GAME, OUR TIME!

Wether it is Sunday in one country or Saturday afternoon in the other,

we as active, organised football fans want our games to be played at traditional kick-off times that enable the active, most passionate match going fans to support their team
we want match days to be fixed early enough in advance and for good so that travel can be prepared reliably, in time and at convenient costs,
we call upon football governing bodies, clubs and TV companies, to consider the needs of supporters more important for the sustainable attractiveness of the game than short-term profit-making.

Raise your voice as football fans, hold up a banner, organise a choreography or an info event, inform in your fanzines, make press releases, involve your whole stand or your stadium. Become active and join the European wide Action Days “Our Game, Our Time” by using this slogan on your banners and info materials! The 30 April – 16 May 2010 will be the (grande) finale of the season in most countries across Europe.
So, make use of this time to make your points and to stand up for a change of the matchday fixing system in your country in future seasons!

Let’s join forces and blow the final whistle to kick-off times that are like a slap in the face for committed match-going fans…
..now! Together we can achieve more!

Click here to find out how you can participate!

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS (dated 28 April 2010)

Centre for Access to Football in Europe, Europe

Supportersfederatie Profcubs, Belgium

Football Supporters Federation (FSF), England & Wales

National Association of Disabled Supporters, United Kingdom

Israfans, Israel

Federación de Accionistas y Socios del Fútbol Español (FASFE), Spain

Svenska Fotbollssupporterunionen, Sweden

Norsk Supporterallianse, Norway

Asociación Señales de Humo, Atletico Madrid, Spain

Asociación de Pequeños Accionistas del Sevilla, FC Sevilla, Spain

Asociación de Pequeños Accionistas del Real Zaragoza, S.A.D. , Spain (Real Zaragoza shareholders)

ASOCIACIÓN DE OVIEDISTAS "ESPÍRITU 2003", Real Oviedo, Spain

The Stands Are Ours!, Slovakia

Mucki Brigaden, Brønby IF, Denmark

Por Nuestro Betis, Real Betis, Spain

Ultras Felt C, Lillestrøm SK, Norway

VESTFOLD KANARIS, Lillestrøm SK, Norway

Juventudes Atleticas, Atletico de Madrid, Spain

Guliganerna, IF Elfsborg, Sweden

Spuria Odense, Odense Boldklub, Denmark

Unión y Fuerza, CD Tenerife, Spain

Tottenham Supporters, Tottenham Hotspur, England

Kubanerna Örebro, Örebro SK, Sweden

Örebro Tifo, Örebro SK, Sweden

BVB Fan- und Förderabteilung, Borussia Dortmund, Germany

Ultras-Istanbul Blog, Galatasaray Istanbul, Turkey

KARSI ultrAslan, Galatasaray Istanbul, Turkey

Tifo Trondheim (TT05), Rosenborg Trondheim BK, Norway

Kjernen, Rosenborg Trondheim BK, Norway

Futbolda Aktif Taraftarlar Birligi (FATAB) , Turkey

How can you participate?

It is not necessary to sign up for the campaign in order to participate, because we want as many fans as possible to take part in the campaign that can consent to our core principles!
However, the more support the campaign publicly, the more powerful it gets! We would therefore appreciate it if groups of fans who wish to participate would let us know about their commitment by sending an email containing:

The name of your club:
Your group name:
Contact information (email-address):
Link to website:
Please send this email to info@footballsupporterseurope.org
Once your involvement in the campaign has been registered, we will put the name of your fans’ group up on our list of participants!