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SD Europe to launch project final report this Saturday

date: June 20, 2013

Supporters Direct Europe, along with eight fans’ organisations from eight countries and Cooperatives Europe, have over the last sixteen months undertaken the European Commission-funded project ‘Improving Football Governance through Supporter Involvement and Community Ownership’. At Saturday's Supporters Direct Summit we will launch the project’s final report. The report, prepared by the social research co-opera...

Irish Supporters launch ‘Heart of the Game’ handbook

date: June 18, 2013

A new ‘how to’ guide for League of Ireland supporters was launched at Dáil Éireann by Minister of State for Sport, Michael Ring TD this afternoon. The Heart of the Game handbook compiles advice, examples of best practice and case studies from around the League, and is the culmination of 18 months work by FORAS, the Supporters’ Trust that owns and runs Cork City FC, as part of the ‘Improving Football Governanc...

Minister Ring and Irish Supporters to launch ‘Heart of the Game’ handbook

date: June 18, 2013

Irish football supporters will, together with Minister of State for Sport Michael Ring TD, this afternoon launch the 'Heart of the Game' handbook at the Dáil Éireann. The handbook, which has been produced as part of the 'Improving Football Governance through Supporter Involvement and Community Ownership' project supported by the European Commission and coordinated by Supporters Direct Europe, has been produced collab...

Nuneaton Town Supporters’ Co-operative secures ACV protection for Liberty Way

date: June 7, 2013

The Nuneaton Town Supporters Cooperative has become only the second supporters' trust to get a successful listing of their stadium as an Asset of Community Value under the Localism Act (2011). This means that in the event that the Stadium is to be sold, NTSC must be notified, and can exercise the right to a six month moratorium on any sale in order to put together a bid for the Stadium. NTSC Chairman John Hobson sai...

Italian Supporters unite to launch Supporters in Campo

date: June 7, 2013

Supporters in Campo, a network that will represent the views of a growing network of Italian supporters’ organisations, has officially launched today. Comprised of groups representing supporters of clubs from throughout the Italian football pyramid, Supporters in Campo is based on the key principles of democracy, inclusivity, and the importance of increasing supporter involvement in the day-to-day lives of their club...

Buy the Pars campaign receives community-wide support

date: June 6, 2013

Two young Dunfermline fans have offered a cut of their paper round money to help buy their favourite football team. Brothers Matthew (15) and Cameron (14) Campbell from Rosyth wrote an emotional letter to Pars’ legend Jim Leishman offering to donate £10 to the ‘BuyThePars’ campaign despite their Dad being out of work and their Mum soon to lose her job. The pair wrote: “We’d like to donate £10 off our pap...