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St Mirren Supporters Trust Buy The Buds!

We would like to congratulate our members SMiSA on the joint purchase of St Mirren FC this evening. The legal formalities around their joint offer with Gordon Scott were concluded earlier today meaning the trust is now the proud part-owner of the club. Gordon now owns a 50.1% stake in the club, while SMISA own 29%, with the […]

SDS Welcome New SPFL Board Directors’ Vow To Increase Engagement With Supporters

Supporters Direct Scotland have welcomed the new SPFL Board Directors’ desire to improve attendances in Scottish football through better communication and engagement with supporters. Since their formation in 2003, SDS have been at the forefront of pushing the implementation of structured relationships and dialogue between supporters and clubs. This has resulted in 16 Supporters Trusts gaining representation on […]

SDS Awarded Continued Funding For Anti-Discrimination Work

Supporters Direct Scotland are pleased to announce they’ve been awarded continued funding from the Scottish Government for their much celebrated Colours of our Scarves anti-discrimination programme. The Community Safety Minister Annabelle Ewing announced funding of £1m to tackle sectarianism and support community organisations dealing with the issue with other organisations Sense Over Sectarianism will get £100,000, […]

Supporters Summit Round-up

We spent the weekend at Wembley Stadium at our colleague’s in England and Wales Supporters Summit, held jointly with the Football Supporters Federation. While we have our own Supporters Summit in Scotland, it is always good to hear more about the work and supporter involvement movement across the border. Our Head of Finance, Thomas, mans […]

New Legal Helpline Set Up

At Supporters Direct we want our member Supporters Trusts and Community-Owned Clubs to have access to the very best legal advice to solve any of those problems that inevitably crop up from time to time. Sometimes that support can go far beyond what SD staff or SD best practice/guidance can provide, which is why we […]

Supporter Liaison Officer Development Day Round-up

Thursday the 14th of July saw a range of stakeholders join us for our inaugural Supporter Liaison Officer Development Day. Since we announced Supporters Direct Scotland would be working in partnership with the Scottish FA in delivering a development programme for the SLO role in Scotland, we’ve been implementing a plan which started with […]

Members’ Statement on Fixture Rescheduling

Last week, our members Livi For Life trust and the Raith Supporters Trust sent a joint letter to Neil Doncaster, chief executive of the SPFL, regarding the rescheduling of the final set of fixtures in this season’s Championship campaign. Following this, we were pleased to speak to Mr Doncaster to discuss the issues raised in […]

Supporters Direct and ShareIn Kick Off Major Plans for Crowdfunding Platform

We have today announced a unique partnership with ShareIn, designed to empower football supporters to play a bigger role in their team’s future. Using ShareIn’s crowdfunding platform, Supporters Direct is now able to enable communities to raise capital for projects around their clubs, which could include ownership. This applies to all levels of sport in […]

Supporters Direct Scotland to deliver Supporter Liaison Officer programme

27th April 2016 Supporters Direct Scotland are delighted to announce that they will be working in partnership with the Scottish FA to deliver a development programme for Supporter Liaison Officers (SLO) in Scotland. SLOs are a vital new role – mandatory for clubs participating in UEFA competitions – which requires a full-time member of staff […]

Supporters Direct Scotland expresses concern at crest ruling

Supporters Direct Scotland today (Friday 15 April 2016) expressed real concern that a significant number of SPFL football clubs could be forced to change their club crest. This follows a ruling that the Court of Lord Lyon will not re-consider its approach to the prosecution of so-called illegal badges, after Airdrieonians were forced to launch […]

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