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Football Supporters' Federation

March 21, 2024

For the current football organisation, see Football Supporters' Association.

The Football Supporters' Federation (FSF) was an organisation representing football fans in England and Wales. It campaigned across a range of issues and supports fan representation on clubs' boards, lower ticket prices, and the introduction of safe standing areas at grounds in the top two tiers of English football. The organisation was free to join and acted as a singular voice for football fans.

FSF
The Football Supporters' Federation
Merged intoFootball Supporters' Association
Founded2002
Location
Members
500,000+
Key people
Kevin Miles, Chief executive
Malcolm Clark, Chair
AffiliationsFSE, The FA
Websitewww.fsf.org.uk/

The FSF represented more than 500,000 members made up of individual fans and affiliated supporters' organisations from every club in the professional game and footballing pyramid.[1]

Founding edit

The FSF was founded in 2002 after the amalgamation of two separate bodies, the Football Supporters' Association (FSA) and the National Federation of Supporters' Clubs (NATFED). The FSF was a democratically structured organisation with a National Council made up of elected individuals, officers and divisional representatives. The FSF's current chair is Malcolm Clarke, who also sits as the supporters' representative on The Football Association (FA)'s Council.

Functions edit

The Federation had regular meetings with the football authorities and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, discussing a wide range of issues, many of them placed on the agenda by the FSF to take forward their policies or in response to concerns raised by supporters. The FSF also had detailed meetings on specific topics with the relevant authorities or other bodies such as the Premier League, FA, Football League, Professional Footballers' Association, Independent Football Ombudsman and the Police Match Commanders. They also met with government and the All-party parliamentary group on football[2] of MPs when necessary.

The organisation regularly took specific complaints and cases which were raised with it by individual members or affiliated organisations and they encouraged the participation of all supporters in this process. The FSF was free to join and held an annual conference called where members could make their views known. At the 2010 Fans' Parliament, a national policy was adopted to oppose parts of the Football (Disorder) Act 2000 which was introduced by the Government to prevent certain football supporters from attending matches and travelling overseas, by imposing Football Banning Orders.

In the August 2010 of The Football Supporter - an FSF publication - the FSF Chairman explained why they took this stance whilst maintaining that the organisation is totally opposed to any form of football violence. "We have major concerns about the use of the so-called Section 14(b) provisions (also known as Football Banning Orders or FBOs) for gaining civil banning orders against football fans. These cases are heard in a civil not criminal court which means that there’s no jury, the burden of proof is lower and the police can introduce evidence of previous convictions which need not even be in a football context".

The organisation also helped promote the work of its affiliated supporters' organisations and supported the Internet Football Association's annual tournament WorldNET since 2009 and has provided a free programme for all participants and spectators of that tournament.[3]

In 2017, a unanimous motion to promote boycotts of The Sun, proposed by Spirit of Shankly and supported by all 20 Premier League clubs and around 50 other football teams passed at the organisation's annual summit. The boycott is in response to the newspaper's false claims in the days after the Hillsborough disaster and its response since, and followed a 2016 inquest around the incident.[4]

FSF Player of the Year Award edit

The Football Supporters' Federation Player of the Year is an annual award, presented at the FSF Awards ceremony in association with William Hill, given to the player who is adjudged to have had the best year in all of the divisions of Welsh and English football. The award has been presented since 2013, when the inaugural winner was Liverpool striker Luis Suárez. The award later became the Football Supporters’ Association Player of the Year award in 2019 upon the new organisation name being decided as the Football Supporters' Association (FSA) after the merger between the Football Supports' Federation (FSF) and Supporters Direct (SD). Winners were selected by public vote following a nominations process.[5]

The table indicates where the winning player also won one or more of the other major "player of the year" awards in English football, namely the Professional Footballers' Association's Players' Player of the Year award (PPY),[6][7][8] the Football Writers' Association's Footballer of the Year award (FWA),[9] the PFA Fans' Player of the Year award (FPY),[10] the Premier League Player of the Season award (PPS),[11] and the PFA Young Player of the Year award (YPY).[7][8][12]

Year Player Club Also won Notes
2013   Luis Suárez Liverpool FWA, PPY Inaugural winner of the award[13][14]
2014   Sergio Agüero Manchester City [15][16]
2015   Alexis Sánchez Arsenal FPY [17][18]
2016   Philippe Coutinho Liverpool [19]
2017   Harry Kane Tottenham Hotspur [20]
2018   Mohamed Salah Liverpool FWA, PPY, FPY, PPS, FSA [21]

Awards are issued in a variety of other categories, including pundits, podcasters, writers and other football media.[22]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ (PDF). Football Supporters' Federation. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  2. ^ "All-Party Parliamentary Football Group". Houses of Parliament. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
  3. ^ "FSF Support WorldNET 09".
  4. ^ Kentish, Benjamin (3 July 2017). "Hillsborough disaster: Fans from 70 football clubs pledge to boycott The Sun over its coverage". The Independent. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  5. ^ "The FSF Awards in association with William Hill (Monday 16th Dec)". FSF.org.uk. 14 October 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  6. ^ "Only here for the peers". BBC. 20 April 2001. Retrieved 14 March 2008.
  7. ^ a b "Gerrard named player of the year". BBC. 23 April 2006. Retrieved 14 March 2008.
  8. ^ a b "Ronaldo secures PFA awards double". BBC. 22 April 2007. Retrieved 14 March 2008.
  9. ^ "England – Players Awards". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 4 October 2007. Retrieved 18 March 2008.
  10. ^ . The Professional Footballers' Association. Archived from the original on 20 February 2008. Retrieved 14 March 2008.
  11. ^ "Premier League Awards, View Season–by-Season Stats". Premier League.com. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  12. ^ Frank Keogh (20 April 2001). "Too much too young?". BBC. Retrieved 17 March 2008.
  13. ^ "WINNERS: FSF Awards in association with William Hill". FSF.org.uk. 17 December 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  14. ^ Winter, Henry (16 December 2013). "Liverpool's Luis Suarez a humble winner of FSF Player of the Year award". The Daily Telegraph. London.
  15. ^ "Agüero scores again with FSF Player of the Year". FSF.org.uk. 2 December 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  16. ^ "Manchester City's Sergio Aguero wins Player of the Year award in Football Supporters' Federation vote". Sky Sports.
  17. ^ "Alexis Sanchez wins FSF 2015 Player of the Year award". FSF.org.uk. 7 December 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  18. ^ "Arsenal's Alexis Sanchez wins Player of the Year award in Football Supporters' Federation vote". Sky Sports.
  19. ^ "Philippe Coutinho wins FSF Player of the Year Award | Football Supporters' Federation". fsf.org.uk. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  20. ^ "Harry Kane wins FSF Player of the Year". The Football Supporters Federation. 4 December 2017.
  21. ^ "Mohamed Salah wins FSF Men's Player of the Year award". Liverpool F.C. 3 December 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  22. ^ "Guardian wins FSA newspaper of the year award for seventh time in a row". The Guardian. 17 December 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2021.

External links edit

  • Official website
  • The Flickr account of the FSF

March 21, 2024
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For the current football organisation see Football Supporters Association The Football Supporters Federation FSF was an organisation representing football fans in England and Wales It campaigned across a range of issues and supports fan representation on clubs boards lower ticket prices and the introduction of safe standing areas at grounds in the top two tiers of English football The organisation was free to join and acted as a singular voice for football fans FSFThe Football Supporters FederationMerged intoFootball Supporters AssociationFounded2002LocationEngland and Wales United KingdomMembers500 000 Key peopleKevin Miles Chief executive Malcolm Clark ChairAffiliationsFSE The FAWebsitewww fsf org uk The FSF represented more than 500 000 members made up of individual fans and affiliated supporters organisations from every club in the professional game and footballing pyramid 1 Contents 1 Founding 2 Functions 3 FSF Player of the Year Award 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksFounding editThe FSF was founded in 2002 after the amalgamation of two separate bodies the Football Supporters Association FSA and the National Federation of Supporters Clubs NATFED The FSF was a democratically structured organisation with a National Council made up of elected individuals officers and divisional representatives The FSF s current chair is Malcolm Clarke who also sits as the supporters representative on The Football Association FA s Council Functions editThe Federation had regular meetings with the football authorities and the Department for Culture Media and Sport discussing a wide range of issues many of them placed on the agenda by the FSF to take forward their policies or in response to concerns raised by supporters The FSF also had detailed meetings on specific topics with the relevant authorities or other bodies such as the Premier League FA Football League Professional Footballers Association Independent Football Ombudsman and the Police Match Commanders They also met with government and the All party parliamentary group on football 2 of MPs when necessary The organisation regularly took specific complaints and cases which were raised with it by individual members or affiliated organisations and they encouraged the participation of all supporters in this process The FSF was free to join and held an annual conference called Fans Parliament where members could make their views known At the 2010 Fans Parliament a national policy was adopted to oppose parts of the Football Disorder Act 2000 which was introduced by the Government to prevent certain football supporters from attending matches and travelling overseas by imposing Football Banning Orders In the August 2010 issue No 22 of The Football Supporter an FSF publication the FSF Chairman explained why they took this stance whilst maintaining that the organisation is totally opposed to any form of football violence We have major concerns about the use of the so called Section 14 b provisions also known as Football Banning Orders or FBOs for gaining civil banning orders against football fans These cases are heard in a civil not criminal court which means that there s no jury the burden of proof is lower and the police can introduce evidence of previous convictions which need not even be in a football context The organisation also helped promote the work of its affiliated supporters organisations and supported the Internet Football Association s annual tournament WorldNET since 2009 and has provided a free programme for all participants and spectators of that tournament 3 In 2017 a unanimous motion to promote boycotts of The Sun proposed by Spirit of Shankly and supported by all 20 Premier League clubs and around 50 other football teams passed at the organisation s annual summit The boycott is in response to the newspaper s false claims in the days after the Hillsborough disaster and its response since and followed a 2016 inquest around the incident 4 FSF Player of the Year Award editThe Football Supporters Federation Player of the Year is an annual award presented at the FSF Awards ceremony in association with William Hill given to the player who is adjudged to have had the best year in all of the divisions of Welsh and English football The award has been presented since 2013 when the inaugural winner was Liverpool striker Luis Suarez The award later became the Football Supporters Association Player of the Year award in 2019 upon the new organisation name being decided as the Football Supporters Association FSA after the merger between the Football Supports Federation FSF and Supporters Direct SD Winners were selected by public vote following a nominations process 5 The table indicates where the winning player also won one or more of the other major player of the year awards in English football namely the Professional Footballers Association s Players Player of the Year award PPY 6 7 8 the Football Writers Association s Footballer of the Year award FWA 9 the PFA Fans Player of the Year award FPY 10 the Premier League Player of the Season award PPS 11 and the PFA Young Player of the Year award YPY 7 8 12 Year Player Club Also won Notes2013 nbsp Luis Suarez Liverpool FWA PPY Inaugural winner of the award 13 14 2014 nbsp Sergio Aguero Manchester City 15 16 2015 nbsp Alexis Sanchez Arsenal FPY 17 18 2016 nbsp Philippe Coutinho Liverpool 19 2017 nbsp Harry Kane Tottenham Hotspur 20 2018 nbsp Mohamed Salah Liverpool FWA PPY FPY PPS FSA 21 Awards are issued in a variety of other categories including pundits podcasters writers and other football media 22 See also edit nbsp Association football portalFootball in the United Kingdom Football Supporters Europe Football Supporters AssociationReferences edit The FSF Annual Review 2015 PDF Football Supporters Federation p 3 Archived from the original PDF on 4 March 2016 Retrieved 7 October 2015 All Party Parliamentary Football Group Houses of Parliament Retrieved 23 February 2012 FSF Support WorldNET 09 Kentish Benjamin 3 July 2017 Hillsborough disaster Fans from 70 football clubs pledge to boycott The Sun over its coverage The Independent Retrieved 20 August 2021 The FSF Awards in association with William Hill Monday 16th Dec FSF org uk 14 October 2013 Retrieved 18 July 2015 Only here for the peers BBC 20 April 2001 Retrieved 14 March 2008 a b Gerrard named player of the year BBC 23 April 2006 Retrieved 14 March 2008 a b Ronaldo secures PFA awards double BBC 22 April 2007 Retrieved 14 March 2008 England Players Awards Rec Sport Soccer Statistics Foundation 4 October 2007 Retrieved 18 March 2008 PFA s Official Fan s Player of the Year Previous Winners The Professional Footballers Association Archived from the original on 20 February 2008 Retrieved 14 March 2008 Premier League Awards View Season by Season Stats Premier League com Retrieved 9 September 2020 Frank Keogh 20 April 2001 Too much too young BBC Retrieved 17 March 2008 WINNERS FSF Awards in association with William Hill FSF org uk 17 December 2013 Retrieved 18 July 2015 Winter Henry 16 December 2013 Liverpool s Luis Suarez a humble winner of FSF Player of the Year award The Daily Telegraph London Aguero scores again with FSF Player of the Year FSF org uk 2 December 2015 Retrieved 18 July 2015 Manchester City s Sergio Aguero wins Player of the Year award in Football Supporters Federation vote Sky Sports Alexis Sanchez wins FSF 2015 Player of the Year award FSF org uk 7 December 2015 Retrieved 7 December 2015 Arsenal s Alexis Sanchez wins Player of the Year award in Football Supporters Federation vote Sky Sports Philippe Coutinho wins FSF Player of the Year Award Football Supporters Federation fsf org uk Retrieved 30 August 2017 Harry Kane wins FSF Player of the Year The Football Supporters Federation 4 December 2017 Mohamed Salah wins FSF Men s Player of the Year award Liverpool F C 3 December 2018 Retrieved 3 December 2018 Guardian wins FSA newspaper of the year award for seventh time in a row The Guardian 17 December 2019 Retrieved 12 January 2021 External links editOfficial website The Flickr account of the FSF Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Football Supporters 27 Federation amp oldid 1185850484, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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