Football Supporters' Association

04/09/2026

PL clubs spent £3.2bn during the transfer window.

Last year they spent the equivalent of £25.68 for every fan, at every single game, on agent fees (£406m).

Squeezing loyal fans on tickets generates loose change in comparison. Clubs do have a choice.

Three billion, one hundred and ninety-eight million pounds. Unfortunately, that’s not this week’s EuroMillions jackpot. It is, however, the estimated record amount spent by Premier League clubs during the summer transfer window.

20/08/2026

Fans across the world speak with one voice.

🗣️ INFANTINO MUST GO.

Supporter groups from across the world have signed a petition calling on him to quit. Add your signature.

Football belongs to the people who fill the stadiums, follow their clubs and national teams through triumphs and heartbreaks, travel across countries and continents, pass the game from one generation to the next and keep it alive every day of the year. Yet, one man seems to believe that he is more i...

18/08/2026

Is your supporters' group or trust ready for the regulator?

In the first of a series of features Martin Cloake runs through the opportunities and challenges which the Independent Football Regulator brings for fans.

How well do supporters' organisations understand the Football Governance Act? And what role can Fan Advisory Boards play in shaping decisions at their clubs?

18/08/2026

As a new season gets underway, football fans across the country are being urged to support efforts to eradicate tragedy chanting from the game.

Tragedy chanting can land fans in serious trouble, including convictions and banning orders.

We don’t want to see football fans criminalised.

As a new season gets underway, football fans across the country are being urged to support efforts to eradicate tragedy chanting from the game.

28/07/2026

FSA Statement on FIFA's plans to sell stakes in the World Cup:

"This cannot become another step in Gianni Infantino’s attempt to reshape football without regard for supporters or the wider game. We fully support UEFA’s statement. Every governing body, national association, league, club, supporter and stakeholder now has a responsibility to stand together and protect the future of our game."

Full statement: https://thefsa.org.uk/news/fsa-statement-fifas-plans-to-sell-stakes-in-the-world-cup/

23/07/2026

Home Office: Football arrests down by 2%

🚔 4.0 arrests per 100,000 attendees
📉 Arrests back at 2015/16 rate after Covid spike
🤬 New data on sexism / misogyny arrests

Only seems to get media coverage when numbers rise.

Every year the Home Office releases its football arrest statistics and today saw the release of the 2025-26 dataset – read on for a summary of the stats and the latest trends.

06/07/2026

UEFA “disbelief” at FIFA’s “unprecedented, incomprehensible and unjustifiable” decision to suspend USA’s Folarin Balogun’s suspension ahead of the World Cup quarter finals.

They absolutely hammer FIFA 👏

https://thefsa.org.uk/news/uefa-shows-fifa-the-red-card/

25/06/2026

Football Supporters Europe have called on the EU to ban dynamic pricing, as the law is reviewed next month.

Be great to see dynamic pricing banned at the 2030 World Cup to try and stop FIFA's price gouging.

Football Supporters Europe (FSE) have called on the EU to introduce a ban on dynamic pricing at football – and they are backed by the multinational consumer rights group Euroconsumers.

17/06/2026

Drop by and say hello to the Free Lions team if you're out in Arlington 🦁🦁🦁

12/06/2026

Congratulations on edition #200 Free Lions! 🦁🦁🦁

Free Lions 200! Here we go, the start of the World Cup.

A proud milestone for us at Free Lions and the Football Supporters’ Association. A huge thank you everyone who has helped, read and picked up a copy around the world, we hope it continues to be a great source, written by fans, for fans, to help you on your travels.

https://thefsa.org.uk/news/free-lions-200-guide-to-dallas/

We grabbed a word with our Gaffer at the FSA, Kevin Miles, founder of the Free Lions, about its history and the role of the Fans’ Embassy.

You can download issue 200 for Dallas via the link, with hard copies available to collect in Dallas/Arlington on Tuesday and Wednesday.

🚨You will notice in the Free Lions we reference a new incoming website.

With the ever-changing information for this World Cup, it would have been irresponsible for us to do a printed guidebook for the tournament as per usual, as much as we love doing it and sending it to you in the post, with the support of the ESTC team at the FA.

It would have ended up being littered with mistakes and not fair on you.

When it became reality that we couldn’t do a printed tournament guide, we instead embarked on building a Free Lions website, another useful tool for the World Cup and beyond, giving us the ability to provide live information amongst all of our other channels.

⚽️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿For over a year we have been in discussions with, and met with, key organisers, visited the venues, and worked closely with the FA, the UKFPU and the FCDO, making sure your voice is in the room on key matters. The information provided is always tailored to England supporters.

It’s almost ready, and we will share the full details when it is. But for those travelling to the World Cup, we hope it helps you on your travels following England.

🗞️And worry not, we will still have the physical copies of the individual Free Lions, printed fresh for each game, available to collect in North America at our Fans’ Embassy locations, and eventually order on our website.