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Banned fans launch appeal to Chairman Quinn - Sign the petition!

FSF — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:45:01 GMT

Sunderland supporters unfairly banned by their club from entering the Stadium of Light have come together to launch a petition appealing to chairman Niall Quinn to overturn the club?s decision. The
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The Week That Was

FSF — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:16:28 GMT

So Wigan Athletic?s Marlon King has been jailed for 18 months after breaking a woman?s nose because she spurned his advances in a nightclub. He?ll not be missed. We?re not saying people aren?t deser
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Ashley Renaming St James' Park?

FSF — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:49:21 GMT

It?s been a busy day at Newcastle United with news that owner Mike Ashley has decided to take the club off the market, after no bids matched his ?80m price tag. Ashley also pledged to invest a furth
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Next Week's European Ties

FSF — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:29:41 GMT

Three English sides are making trips to the continent next week - check out our guides to their opponents here. Chelsea face a potentially tricky trip to the Spanish capital to take on Atletico Madr
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The Week That Was

FSF — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:50:32 GMT

There?s not much we can really add to Darren Bent?s bonus ball winner against Liverpool, is there? We have learned two things from the incident though. Firstly, it shouldn?t have stood. Secondly, Ra
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Bates bans The Guardian from Elland Road

FSF — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:52:07 GMT

Imagine our surprise when we flicked through the papers and spotted that Leeds United have banned The Guardian from Elland Road. This is on the back of a series of articles bringing the club?s owner
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Fans Ejected For 'Taking The Mickey'

FSF — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:31:28 GMT

John Portsmouth Football Club Westwood is arguably the best known football fan in England. Not only does he follow Pompey week in, week out but ? as you might already have guessed ? he even changed hi
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Police Apologise to Fans - Shock!

FSF — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:30:29 GMT

No, your eyes are not deceiving you, this actually happened. Last week saw an almost unprecedented apology from one of the country?s top policemen to a group of football supporters. Ian Hopkins, A
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The Week That Was

FSF — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:22:47 GMT

Welcome to a quietest version of The Week That Was for some time. International weeks are usually bad enough, but with the majority of the qualifications for the World Cup already decided, there was
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Free Lions

FSF — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:16:21 GMT

Free Lions 97 and 98 covered England?s crucial, era-defining, all or nothing World Cup qualifiers away to Ukraine and home to Belarus. Ok, ok ? they weren?t exactly make or break but that doesn?t me
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The Week That Was

FSF — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:50:36 GMT

Pay up Pompey, Pompey pay up. The South Coast club narrowly avoided administration as Ali Al Faraj stepped in to take over from Sulaiman Al Fahim who did have enough cash. Then didn?t. Then did. Then
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Bubble Trouble for Burnley fans

FSF — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:12:02 GMT

Over the past week or so we?ve heard from a lot of Burnley fans who are rightly angry that their club?s Premier League trip to Ewood Park has been designated a ?bubble match?. Bubble matches are gam
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Net loss? England v Ukraine only available online

FSF — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:30:51 GMT

The phone has been buzzing off the hook today with news that England?s World Cup qualifier in Ukraine on Saturday is going to be broadcast on the internet only. If you want to watch the Three Lions pl
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The Week That Was

FSF — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:57:01 GMT

Europe dominated the football landscape this week, and we're not talking about a return of the 80s power balladeers responsible for The Final Countdown playing a stadium tour. Here's our at-a-glance
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No place to Hyde - fans save club

FSF — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:01:10 GMT

Last week heard that Hyde United were due to fold after HMRC decided to swing the tax axe. The Blue Square North side faced being wound up after the High Court decided they wouldn?t be able to find
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Extra Time - A Sideways Look At The World Of Football

FSF — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:53:40 GMT

Hello and welcome to Extra Time! which is a bit of a cheat?s charter this month. Whether it?s punching the ball into the net, trying to amputate someone?s legs while the ref isn?t looking or (literall
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Support Your Team, Not Violence

FSF — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:38:34 GMT

Far too often the media pick up on a few numpties fighting and whip up a moral panic around football hooliganism. This is despite the fact that the vast, vast majority who go to games encounter
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The Week That Was

FSF — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:04:47 GMT

Manchester City just can?t seem to stay out of the news can they? Let?s not even get into injury time arguments ? although we have heard that Giggs just made it 5-3 ? but Craig Bellamy just can?t he
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The Week That Was

FSF — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:12:50 GMT

Attention all media outlets! We?ve been asked a few times this week what the fans? view of Emmanuel Adebayor?s antics were and it goes a little something like this: Manchester City fans think he?s g
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Premier League March to clear debt

FSF — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:07:43 GMT

Understandably when many fans see words like financial controls or regulations bandied about they tend to drift off into the land of nod. It?s one of those things you know is important but somehow it?
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The Week That Was

FSF — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:54:54 GMT

Congratulations to England, South Africa 2010 here we come. It?s looked nailed on for ages of course, ever since the Three Lions beat Ukraine 2-1 in April there?s been little doubt, but it?ll be nic
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Sign up to the largest UK fans organisation - for FREE

FSF — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:03:09 GMT

the football supporters? federation is now offering free membership to all fans from across the uk and beyond. we?re offering free membership because we?re geared to creating a larger, more vocal c
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The Week That Was

FSF — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:28:55 GMT

Welcome to another The Week That Was, with our take on what's been making the headlines in the world of football in the past week. The biggest thing in our world has definitely been the police's tre
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Heavy Handed Policing?

FSF — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:44:08 GMT

The FSF has been concerned to hear accounts of the treatment of Sunderland fans by Northumbria Police at Newcastle's Central Station on Saturday 8th August. The Mackems were returning from their si
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The Week That Was

FSF — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:10:50 GMT

Welcome to another edition of The Week That Was, our look at the great and the good (and the daft) from the week's footballing news. At FSF Towers we're all thankful that the summer silly season is
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Bobby Robson Obituary

FSF — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:40:37 GMT

FSF National Council member, Newcastle United season ticket holder and England regular Kevin Miles pays tribute to Sir Bobby and explains just why he was such a popular figure amongst fans. "Si
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Extra Time

FSF — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:32:40 GMT

Welcome to another instalment of Extra Time, and before we get into the usual time-wasting of amazing goals, slapstick defending and general comedy from the world of football, we feel it?s only righ
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RIP Sir Bobby Robson

FSF — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:18:35 GMT

Sir Bobby Robson has died at the age of 76 following a long battle with cancer. The former Fulham, Ipswich Town, Newcastle United and England manager was a massively popular figure throughout the game
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The Week That Was

FSF — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:14:57 GMT

The Week That Was usually takes an alternative look at some of the more amusing stories that have caught our eyes, but this week's edition has to open with the sad news of the death of Sir Bobby Ro
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WorldNET 2009

FSF — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:22:40 GMT

The theory behind the WorldNET tournament is fairly simple ? fans? teams from across the country coming together for a few beers, and some not-so-serious games of football. Don?t get us wrong, there
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The Week That Was

FSF — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:37:47 GMT

Theres no doubt what this weeks big news was Sven is back! The former England manager has joined Notts County as director of football on a reported 2m per season, not bad going in anyones book. Hes
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Football Fans in Europe Unite

FSF — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:33:44 GMT

As we reported last week hundreds of football fans met in Hamburg over the weekend to launch the first-ever independent, democratic and representative European Fans organisation, to be named Football
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Signed Sir Bobby Charlton Shirt - Charity Auction

FSF — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:06:38 GMT

Regular Fan Mail readers will know that earlier this month we opened the bidding for a signed Sir Bobby Charlton England shirt which we invited you all to bid on. Every penny raised will go to the H
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Fans From 29 Countries Come Together in Hamburg

FSF — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:44:45 GMT

300 fans from 29 countries to meet in Hamburg 15th July 2009 Football Supporters International (FSI) will this weekend host the second European Football Fans Congress, which runs from July 17th-
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The Week That Was

FSF — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:20:43 GMT

Regular TWTW readers will know we try not to focus too much on transfer title-tattle, unless we find it amusing, as we think most fans get bored of the will they/wont they shenanigans anyway. But Rafa
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FSF Support WorldNET 09

FSF — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:03:18 GMT

FSF support WorldNET 09 The FSF is proud to be supporting WorldNET 2009, the annual supporters tournament run by the Internet Football Association (IFA), to be held in Leeds on the weekend of the Ju
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Fans Fight To Save Club

FSF — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:25:40 GMT

A rollercoaster week for Farsley Celtic has shown just what can be achieved when fans pull together. The story began last Wednesday when Celtic narrowly avoided a winding-up order by HM Revenue and
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Italia 90 team line up for Sir Bobby again

FSF — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:18:12 GMT

Sir Bobby Robson is calling for football fans to get behind his most successful World Cup team and help raise money for his cancer charity, The Sir Bobby Robson Foundation. On Sunday July 26th at Ne
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The Week That Was

FSF — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:03:31 GMT

Welcome to the latest The Week That Was, and it's back to normal following an incredibly busy time for us at the FSF. If you're wondering why there was no TWTW last week, all our eyes were on Fans'
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Fans' Parliament 2009

FSF — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:29:13 GMT

Just a little note about Fans' Parliament, the annual event for all football fans from across the UK to come together, which is happening this weekend in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Saturdays registratio
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Tony Kempster, RIP

FSF — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:28:04 GMT

Tony Kempster, RIP 16th June 2009 The FSF received some very sad news this morning as it emerged that Tony Kempster had lost a year long battle with cancer. Our condolences go to Tonys friends and
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Safe-Standing in the UK?

FSF — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:44:58 GMT

FLA not A-OK? 12th June 2009 As reported in the latest edition of the FSF's magazine, The Football Supporter (tfs 016), there has been some controversy surrounding the Football Licensing Authority a
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The Week That Was

FSF — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:54:32 GMT

The Week That Was 12th June 2009 It's difficult to know where to start with this week's news. Usually the close-season is a time of long, drawn-out transfer sagas, not much in the way of football a
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Stoke Fan Wins Compensation From Police

FSF — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 11:22:24 GMT

Stoke City fan Lyndon Edwards, 38, has been awarded 2,750 in compensation following unlawful police action in Manchester last year. Greater Manchester Police (GMP) used section 27 of the Violent Cri
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Fans From All Over The UK - Come Together

FSF — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:53:25 GMT

How does a weekend on the beer in Newcastle with loads of football banter sound to you? Is that a yes? Well, read on Summer`s fast approaching and along with two weeks of sea, sand, and sangria it a
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The Week That Was

FSF — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:08:19 GMT

The Week That Was 5th June 2009 It's hard enough to pull together news stories from the football world when it's the close-season without the spate of power-cuts that's plagued the FSF's offices tod
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The Definition of Insanity

FSF — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:39:15 GMT

'Smart Alec' fan banned

FSF — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 10:42:02 GMT

'Smart Alec' Fan Banned 29th May 2009 Taunton Town fan Paul Chandler, the former chairman of the team's Supporters' Club, has been banned from attending the non-league team's ground for the ridiculo
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The Week That Was

FSF — Fri, 22 May 2009 14:21:40 GMT

The Week That Was 22nd May 2009 There are usually one or two big news stories that jump out and fight for attention but not this week. The Premier League and Championship titles were (effectively) s
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Schoolboy Error

FSF — Tue, 19 May 2009 17:48:50 GMT

The prices for the England v France schoolboys' international to be held at Wembley on 13th June have been set at 24. That is, quite frankly, a scandalous amount to pay to watch the game. You're pro
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Fans' Parliament '09

FSF — Tue, 19 May 2009 17:47:24 GMT

Register for Fans' Parliament 2009 today 19th May 2009 No, no, no. Not that Parliament. In a week when the House of Commons hit its lowest ebb in modern times we wouldnt expect you to traipse along
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The Week That Was

FSF — Fri, 15 May 2009 17:10:01 GMT

The Week That Was 15th May 2009 Monday gone saw the 24th anniversary of the Valley Parade football stadium fire in 1985 when 56 people lost their lives in Bradford. The day had started in celebrato
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Champions League Final Information

FSF — Mon, 11 May 2009 11:52:15 GMT

Welcome to the FSF's Guide to the UEFA Champions League Final 2009. Welcome to the FSF's Guide to the UEFA Champions League Final 2009. Below you will find all manner of useful information if yo
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FSF Meetings for UK-based Fans in May

FSF — Thu, 07 May 2009 15:33:35 GMT

FSF divisional meetings in May 7th May 2009 May looks to be a busy month for the FSF divisions as the South West South Wales, North West North Wales, and Northeast Divisions all have their annual
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Safe Standing Receives Boost

FSF — Fri, 01 May 2009 16:43:37 GMT

Safe standing receives German boost 30th April 2009 Interesting news from Germany this week where Hamburg SV announced they are going to increase their grounds capacity from 57,000 to an even more i
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The Week That Was

FSF — Fri, 01 May 2009 11:31:54 GMT

The Week That Was 1st May 2009 Sad news this week as Stockport County fans have seen their side enter administration. Stockport are the 89th league side to be declared insolvent since 1986, and desp
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The Week That Was

FSF — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:58:20 GMT

The Week That Was 24th April 2009 A dreadful few weeks for Southampton FC were compounded with yesterdays news that the club has been docked 10 points by the Football League a move which effectivel
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Opinions For Sale

FSF — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:54:10 GMT

Opinions for Sale 22nd April 2009 Here at FSF HQ we were flicking through the mornings papers and stumbled upon an intriguing piece in the ever-lovable Daily Mail by everyones 27th favourite diarist
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Two-tier Prem would be a crying shame

FSF — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:50:24 GMT

Two-tier Prem would be a crying shame 21st April 2009 Plans for a two-tier Premier League by Bolton chairman Phil Gartside appear to have hit a dead end as news has emerged that his proposal will no
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The Week That Was

FSF — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:31:28 GMT

The Week That Was 9th April 2009 Welcome to the latest TWTW, and with the international fixtures done and dusted, the focus returned to domestic matters this weekend past. There were a couple of di
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European Preview

FSF — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 11:34:39 GMT

The Champions League provides yet another clash between Liverpool and Chelsea this month, while both Manchester United and Arsenal will be happy to have avoided the big guns in the draw last month.
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Happy Hammers

FSF — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:00:18 GMT

Earlier last month the Football Supporters Federation heard from quite a few unhappy Hammers who were told that concessionary rates available to home fans for their trip to Villa Park on Saturday, A
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The Week That Was

FSF — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:01:07 GMT

The Week That Was 27th March 2009 Welcome to The Week That Was, the FSFs attempt to round-up the weeks football news and views. Many of you will already be familiar with Fan Mail our monthly newsle
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Trouble Flares in Rome

FSF — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:45:04 GMT

Arsenals Champions League victory in Rome last night was marred by reports from Italy that a number of away fans had been attacked by the home teams support. The story follows depressingly similar lin
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Champions League Preview

FSF — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:46:30 GMT

The Champions League returns, and all four English sides remain. Each one, though, faces a tricky test, with Serie A providing 3 of the 4 opponents. The San Siro (below) sees top of the table Inter
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English sides away in Europe

FSF — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:05:20 GMT

Moscow's impressive Luzhniki Stadium (below) willl play host to Aston Villa's UEFA Cup tie against CSKA Moscow on 26th February, one of seven ties that see English teams up against European opposit
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UEFA Cup Preview

FSF — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:04:08 GMT

The knockout stage of the UEFA Cup is here, and three English sides remain. Aston Villa have a tough test against CSKA Moscow, Spurs face a trek to Donetsk and Manchester City travel to Copenhagen.
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Watching Football Is Not A Crime...

FSF — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:57:24 GMT

...or so any reasonable football fan would surely
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