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Written by Andy Hudson

Published: 30 October 2013

Recent news concerning Newcastle United and Manchester United suggests that the tide may be turning in England towards those bigger clubs taking more notice of their fans.

With The FSF’s Twenty’s Plenty campaign, launched in January 2013 and calling for a £20 ceiling on away match tickets, starting to gather pace and The Premier League’s Away Fans Fund awarding £200,000 each season for the next three years for clubs to spend in helping to increase their away following, Newcastle have publicly stated that Premier League clubs have got their ticket prices wrong.

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Written by Daniela Wurbs

Published: 13 July 2013

Football Fans from 39 countries  will discuss with UEFA General Secretary Gianni Infantino and football bodies and institutions at the European Football Fans Congress of Football Supporters Europe (FSE) from 19-21 July 2013 in Amsterdam.  Topics to be addressed in various international sessions and network meetings will include travel restrictions, EURO2020, ticket pricing, sanctions, fan ownership, the problems of football in small leagues, discrimination and legislation affecting football supporters

In view of recent debates in the Netherlands, a high-profile national panel discussion on Safety and Security in Dutch football will focus particularly on how travel restrictions imposed on supporters can be damaging for Dutch professional football. The session is organised by FSE members amongst the Dutch supporters, with support of the KNVB.

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Written by Daniela Wurbs

Published: 18 October 2013

In last few years, Europe has been swallowed by a political and economical crisis. As always, it seems that the focus has switched from real problems to cutting the rights and means of those who suffer the most. In such existential times, governments and politics have the greatest room to impose further restrictions and control, often on the back of social values, and many parts of society start to clamp down particularly on those who have no lobby anyway, and hatred against those who are seemingly different, is getting increasingly popular.

Very often, immigrants fleeing to Europe from war or to save their lives and those of their families from even worse conditions, crimes against humanity and unimaginable poverty, are getting in the focus as the alleged „main“ problem these days. They have a different skin color, religion and customs than people in countries that they populate. They are presented as illegal, dangerous and people which seem to deserve some sympathy for suffering, if anything, but certainly no proper rights to look for a way out of desperation in Europe.

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Written by Daniela Wurbs

Published: 24 June 2013

High ticket prices, problems between fans and police/security staff, racism and discrimination inside grounds. The problems football fans face and which give rise to tensions and problems in the game these days are diverse. But many fans aren´t sitting quietly in the corner and just let it happen, they are getting active everywhere in Europe, trying to counter these problems. They are getting organized to take responsibility and speak up to make football grounds an environment without violence and discrimination, where everybody can feel welcome.
 

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Written by Daniela Wurbs

Published: 24 September 2013

With great irritation, FSE noted the latest decisions of the Osservatorio, the main body for safety and security in Italian football, affecting owners of alternative loyalty cards to the national fan ID card Tessera del Tifoso, in this case affecting holders of the AS Roma Away Card.

The Osservatorio pushed for a travel ban for holders of the AS Roma Away Card since the beginning of this season, on the basis of the argument that a total number of 23 spectators over four matches in the past season, allegedly in possession of the AS Roma Away Card, were found guilty of disturbing public order or security. This was used as the main argument against the AS Roma Away Card. There is a total of more than 6000 AS Roma supporters in possession of the AS Roma Away Card, a fidelity card that have been affected by these decisions.

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Written by Daniela Wurbs

Published: 24 June 2013

Many of you have seen the pictures over the last two weeks: Fans from the three major clubs in Istanbul, arm in arm, side by side, together as “Istanbul United”, united in the protests around Taksim Square. There have been extraordinary scenes of football fans demonstrating and exercise their right as active citizens in a democratic society alongside many other people who took part in the usually peaceful protests in Istanbul and in other cities in Turkey and beyond.

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Written by ein Praktikant

Published: 30 August 2013