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The '''Football Supporters' Federation''' ('''FSF)''') iswas an organisation representing [[football (soccer)|football]] fans in [[England]] and [[Wales]]. It campaignscampaigned 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 iswas free to join and actsacted as a singular voice for football fans.
 
The FSF representsrepresented more than 500,000 members made up of individual fans and affiliated supporters’supporters' organisations from every club in the professional game and footballing pyramid.<ref name="Annual Review 15'">{{cite web|title=The FSF Annual Review 2015|url=http://www.fsf.org.uk/assets/Downloads/Annual-reports/2015/FSF-Annual-Review-2015web.pdf|publisher=Football Supporters' Federation|accessdateaccess-date=7 October 2015|page=3|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304091843/http://www.fsf.org.uk/assets/Downloads/Annual-reports/2015/FSF-Annual-Review-2015web.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>▼
 
The FSF agreed in November 2018 to merge with [[Supporters Direct]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thefsa.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/fsa_annual_report_2019|title=The FSA Annual Review 2018-19|publisher=The FSA|access-date=12 January 2021|date=2019}}</ref> and in June 2019 both were superseded by the new [[Football Supporters' Association]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thefsa.org.uk/news/introducing-the-football-supporters-association|title=Introducing the Football Supporters' Association|publisher=The FSA|access-date=12 January 2021|date=6 June 2019}}</ref>
▲The FSF represents more than 500,000 members made up of individual fans and affiliated supporters’ organisations from every club in the professional game and footballing pyramid.<ref name="Annual Review 15'">{{cite web|title=The FSF Annual Review 2015|url=http://www.fsf.org.uk/assets/Downloads/Annual-reports/2015/FSF-Annual-Review-2015web.pdf|publisher=Football Supporters' Federation|accessdate=7 October 2015|page=3}}</ref>
 
== Founding ==
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 iswas 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 ==
The Federation hashad 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 hashad 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 Commission|Independent Football Ombudsman]] and the Police Match Commanders. They also meetmet with government and the [[All-party parliamentary group]] on football<ref>{{cite web|title=All-Party Parliamentary Football Group|url=httphttps://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/football.htm|publisher=[[Houses of Parliament]]|accessdateaccess-date=23 February 2012}}</ref> of [[Member of Parliament|MPs]] when necessary.
 
The organisation regularly takes uptook specific complaints and cases which arewere raised with it by individual members or affiliated organisations and they encourageencouraged the participation of all supporters in this process. The FSF iswas free to join and holdsheld an annual conference called [https://web.archive.org/web/20110923155833/http://www.fsf.org.uk/fans-parliament/index.php Fans' Parliament] where members cancould 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 Order]]s.
 
In the August 2010 [https://web.archive.org/web/20110928040822/http://www.fsf.org.uk/uploaded/publications/pdfs/tfs22-web.pdf 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 hooliganism|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 helpshelped promote the work of its affiliated supporters' organisations and has 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.<ref name="FSF support WorldNET">{{cite web|url=http://www.fsf.org.uk/news/fsf-support-worldnet-09.php|title=FSF Support WorldNET 09}}</ref>
 
In 2017, a unanimous motion to promote boycotts of ''[[The Sun (United Kingdom)|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/hillsborough-disaster-latest-news-the-sun-boycott-fans-70-football-clubs-liverpool-sheffield-nottingham-forest-a7820391.html|title=Hillsborough disaster: Fans from 70 football clubs pledge to boycott The Sun over its coverage|work=[[The Independent]]|last=Kentish|first=Benjamin|date=3 July 2017|accessdate=20 August 2021}}</ref>
 
== FSF Player of the Year Award ==
The '''Football Supporters’Supporters' Federation Player of the Year''' is an annual award, presented at the FSF Awards ceremony in association with [[William Hill (bookmaker)|William Hill]], given to the player who is adjudged to have had the best year in all of the divisions of [[Football in Wales|Welsh]] and [[Football in England|English football]]. The award has been presented since 2013, when the inaugural winner was [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] [[Forward_Forward (association_footballassociation football)#Striker|striker]] [[Luis Suárez]]. The latestaward winnerlater became the '''Football Supporters’ Association Player of the Year''' award isin [[Forward_(association_football)#Striker|striker]]2019 upon the new organisation name being decided as the '''[[AlexisFootball Supporters' SanchezAssociation]]''' of('''FSA''') after the merger between the '''Football Supports' Federation''' ('''FSF''') and '''[[ArsenalSupporters F.C.|ArsenalDirect]]''' in 2015('''SD'''). Winners arewere selected by public vote following a nominations process.<ref>{{cite web|title=The FSF Awards in association with William Hill (Monday 16th Dec)|url=http://fsf.org.uk/latest-news/view/the-fsf-awards-in-association-with-william-hill-monday-16th-december|publisher=FSF.org.uk |accessdateaccess-date=18 July 2015|date=14 October 2013|archive-date=22 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722082653/http://fsf.org.uk/latest-news/view/the-fsf-awards-in-association-with-william-hill-monday-16th-december|url-status=dead}}</ref>▼
 
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 [[PFA Players' Player of the Year|Players' Player of the Year]] award (PPY),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/1287470.stm|title=Only here for the peers|publisher=BBC|accessdateaccess-date=14 March 2008|date=20 April 2001}}</ref><ref name="A1">{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4935884.stm|title=Gerrard named player of the year |publisher=BBC|accessdateaccess-date=14 March 2008|date=23 April 2006}}</ref><ref name="A2">{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/6582201.stm|title=Ronaldo secures PFA awards double |publisher=BBC|accessdateaccess-date=14 March 2008|date=22 April 2007}}</ref> the Football Writers' Association's [[FWA Footballer of the Year|Footballer of the Year]] award (FWA),<ref>{{cite web|url=httphttps://www.rsssf.comorg/miscellaneous/engpoy.html|title=England&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;Players Awards|publisher=RSSSFRec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|accessdateaccess-date=18 March 2008|date=4 October 2007}}</ref> the [[PFA Fans' Player of the Year]] award (FPY),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.givemefootball.com/rolls_of_honour/fansplayerofyearroll.html |title=PFA's Official Fan's Player of the Year: Previous Winners |publisher=The Professional Footballers' Association |accessdateaccess-date=14 March 2008 |archiveurl archive-url= httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20080220145853/http://www.givemefootball.com/rolls_of_honour/fansplayerofyearroll.html <!|archive-date=20 February 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Botthe retrieved[[Premier archiveLeague --Player of the Season]] award (PPS),<ref>{{cite web |archivedateurl=https://www.premierleague.com/history/awards?se=-1&aw=20 |website=Premier 20League.com February|access-date=9 September 2020|title=Premier League Awards, View Season–by-Season Stats 2008}}</ref> and the [[PFA Young Player of the Year]] award (YPY).<ref name="A1" /><ref name="A2" /><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/1287799.stm|title=Too much too young?|publisher=BBC|accessdateaccess-date=17 March 2008|date=20 April 2001|author=Frank Keogh}}</ref>▼
▲The '''Football Supporters’ Federation Player of the Year''' is an annual award, presented at the FSF Awards ceremony in association with [[William Hill (bookmaker)|William Hill]], given to the player who is adjudged to have had the best year in all of the divisions of [[Football in Wales|Welsh]] and [[Football in England|English football]]. The award has been presented since 2013, when the inaugural winner was [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] [[Forward_(association_football)#Striker|striker]] [[Luis Suárez]]. The latest winner of the award is [[Forward_(association_football)#Striker|striker]] [[Alexis Sanchez]] of [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] in 2015. Winners are selected by public vote following a nominations process.<ref>{{cite web|title=The FSF Awards in association with William Hill (Monday 16th Dec)|url=http://fsf.org.uk/latest-news/view/the-fsf-awards-in-association-with-william-hill-monday-16th-december|publisher=FSF.org.uk |accessdate=18 July 2015|date=14 October 2013}}</ref>
 
▲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 [[PFA Players' Player of the Year|Players' Player of the Year]] award (PPY),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/1287470.stm|title=Only here for the peers|publisher=BBC|accessdate=14 March 2008|date=20 April 2001}}</ref><ref name="A1">{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4935884.stm|title=Gerrard named player of the year |publisher=BBC|accessdate=14 March 2008|date=23 April 2006}}</ref><ref name="A2">{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/6582201.stm|title=Ronaldo secures PFA awards double |publisher=BBC|accessdate=14 March 2008|date=22 April 2007}}</ref> the Football Writers' Association's [[FWA Footballer of the Year|Footballer of the Year]] award (FWA),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/engpoy.html|title=England&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;Players Awards|publisher=RSSSF|accessdate=18 March 2008|date=4 October 2007}}</ref> the [[PFA Fans' Player of the Year]] award (FPY),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.givemefootball.com/rolls_of_honour/fansplayerofyearroll.html|title=PFA's Official Fan's Player of the Year: Previous Winners|publisher=The Professional Footballers' Association|accessdate=14 March 2008 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20080220145853/http://www.givemefootball.com/rolls_of_honour/fansplayerofyearroll.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 20 February 2008}}</ref> and the [[PFA Young Player of the Year]] award (YPY).<ref name="A1" /><ref name="A2" /><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/1287799.stm|title=Too much too young?|publisher=BBC|accessdate=17 March 2008|date=20 April 2001|author=Frank Keogh}}</ref>
 
 
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|2013 || {{sort|Uruguay|{{flagicon|Uruguay}}}}||align=left| {{sortname|Luis|Suárez}} || align=left|[[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] || FWA, PPY || Inaugural winner of the award <ref>{{cite web|title=WINNERS: FSF Awards in association with William Hill|url=http://fsf.org.uk/latest-news/view/WINNERS-FSF-Awards-in-association-with-William-Hill|publisher=FSF.org.uk |accessdateaccess-date=18 July 2015|date=17 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=httphttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/players/luis-suarez/10521865/Liverpools-Luis-Suarez-a-humble-winner-of-FSF-Player-of-the-Year-award.html |title=Liverpool's Luis Suarez a humble winner of FSF Player of the Year award |date=16 December 2013 |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |first=Henry |last=Winter}}</ref>
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|2014 || {{sort|Argentina|{{flagicon|Argentina}}}}||align=left| {{sortname|Sergio|Agüero}} || align=left|[[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]] || ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Agüero scores again with FSF Player of the Year|url=http://fsf.org.uk/latest-news/view/agueero-scores-again-with-fsf-player-of-the-year-award|publisher=FSF.org.uk |accessdateaccess-date=18 July 2015|date=2 December 2015|archive-date=16 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616203939/http://fsf.org.uk/latest-news/view/agueero-scores-again-with-fsf-player-of-the-year-award|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11679/9589108/sergio-aguero-wins-player-of-the-year-award-in-football-supporters-federation-vote|title=Manchester City's Sergio Aguero wins Player of the Year award in Football Supporters' Federation vote|work=Sky Sports}}</ref>
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|2015 || {{sort|Chile|{{flagicon|Chile}}}}||align=left| {{sortname|Alexis|Sánchez||Sanchez, Alexis}} || align=left|[[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] || FPY ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Alexis Sanchez wins FSF 2015 Player of the Year award|url=http://fsf.org.uk/latest-news/view/arsenal-alexis-sanchez-wins-fsf-2015-player-of-the-year-award|publisher=FSF.org.uk |accessdateaccess-date=7 December 2015|date=7 December 2015|archive-date=16 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116171224/http://www.fsf.org.uk/latest-news/view/arsenal-alexis-sanchez-wins-fsf-2015-player-of-the-year-award|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11670/10092459/arsenals-alexis-sanchez-wins-football-supporters-federation-award|title=Arsenal's Alexis Sanchez wins Player of the Year award in Football Supporters' Federation vote|work=Sky Sports}}</ref>
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|2016 || {{sort|Brazil|{{flagicon|Brazil}}}}||align=left| {{sortname|Philippe|Coutinho}} || align=left|[[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] || ||<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fsf.org.uk/latest-news/view/philippe-coutinho-wins-fsf-player-of-the-year-award-2016|title=Philippe Coutinho wins FSF Player of the Year Award {{!}} Football Supporters' Federation|website=fsf.org.uk|language=en|access-date=30 August 2017|archive-date=30 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830235329/http://www.fsf.org.uk/latest-news/view/philippe-coutinho-wins-fsf-player-of-the-year-award-2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|2017 || {{sort|England|{{flagicon|England}}}}||align=left|{{sortname|Harry|Kane}} || align=left| [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]|| ||<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fsf.org.uk/latest-news/view/harry-kane-wins-player-of-the-year-fsf-award |title=Harry Kane wins FSF Player of the Year |date=4 December 2017 |work=The Football Supporters Federation |access-date=10 December 2017 |archive-date=12 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142323/http://www.fsf.org.uk/latest-news/view/harry-kane-wins-player-of-the-year-fsf-award |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|2018 || {{sort|Egypt|{{flagicon|Egypt}}}}||align=left|{{sortname|Mohamed|Salah}} || align=left| [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]|| FWA, PPY, FPY, PPS, FSA ||<ref>{{cite web|title=Mohamed Salah wins FSF Men's Player of the Year award|url=https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/first-team/328315-mohamed-salah-fsf-player-of-the-year|work=Liverpool F.C|date=3 December 2018|access-date=3 December 2018}}</ref>
|}
 
Awards are issued in a variety of other categories, including pundits, podcasters, writers and other football media.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/dec/17/guardian-wins-football-supporters-association-newspaper-of-the-year-award-seventh-time-in-row|title=Guardian wins FSA newspaper of the year award for seventh time in a row|work=The Guardian|access-date=12 January 2021|date=17 December 2019}}</ref>
 
== See also ==
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*[[Football in the United Kingdom]]
*[[Football Supporters Europe]]
*[[Football Supporters' Association]]
 
==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.fsf.org.uk/}}
* [httphttps://www.flickr.com/photos/fsf-images/ The FlickerFlickr account of the FSF]
 
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