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Academics Looking At How Having Children Impacts Club Loyalty

The University of Stirling’s School of Management are looking at how having children impacts upon supporters’ fandom and levels of loyalty. They are looking for parents to participate in their research. Please contact Dimistrios at the contact below if interested. “We are interested in speaking to parents who are also sports fans to explore […]

The Well Society Becomes Latest Member of Supporters Direct Scotland in its Quest for Supporter Ownership

The Well Society, the democratic fans’ group set up by Motherwell FC to take on the long- term ownership of the club has become the latest group to become a member of Supporters Direct, the umbrella organisation for supporter groups in Scotland. The Society is on a mission to achieve a controlling shareholding in the […]

Adventure Kicks – Opportunity for Fans to Make Difference through Football

Adventure Kicks is a football development & tourism company based in Glasgow. We provide football opportunities for teams ranging from amateurs through to elite level players. Our FIFA Licensed Match Agent allows us to procure and lead games/tours with matches recognized by FIFA. In 2014 we engaged with the Airdrieonians Trust to recycle football kits […]

Scottish Government Promote Consultation With Supporters

*COMPLETE THE SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT CONSULTATION HERE* The Scottish Government are promoting the opportunity for supporters in Scotland to have their views heard around the creation of legislation to help with advancing supporters involvement within the game. Minister for Sport Jamie Hepburn said: “The Scottish Government is committed to ensuring football supporters have the opportunity to […]

Fairtrade: The Balls To Make A Difference

By Andrew Jenkin, Head of Supporters Direct Scotland If the revelations being squeezed out of the FIFA scandal have taught me anything, it is that some people cannot be trusted to maintain a level of integrity within football. Some of the people who ought to be protecting and raising the standards, expectations and levels of trust within the […]

Pay What You Can

By Chris Samson. A Guest Piece from ‘Sports Market Scotland’. With the English Premier League having struck up a new £5billion deal that will see matches continue to be broadcast on Sky and BT Sports, it’s now more imperative than ever that Scottish football ensures its fans are put first or it may run the risk […]

The Price of Football

The Price of Football, the largest study of its type in Europe, looked at costs at 227 clubs in 13 leagues across Britain. More than 700 tickets were analysed. 70.15% saw a price freeze or reduction for the 2015-16 season. Some 51.91% were held, while 18.24% of tickets were reduced. Just less than 30% of […]

AdPitch – Innovation in Scottish Football

We had the pleasure of meeting recent graduate Thomas Goulbourn yesterday. Thomas, for his University coursework, has developed several interesting ideas around innovation in Scottish football and what can be done to get people back through the gates. He sets the scene with some statistics from the SPFL Premiership and stadium percentage utilisation from the 2013/14 season. […]

Scottish Government Announce Community Empowerment Bill Consultation Details

The Scottish Government today announced details of their consultation processing looking at supporters’ involvement in football governance. In a note from Jamie Hepburn MSP, he said “The Scottish Government is committed to ensuring that Scottish football supporters have the opportunity to be involved in the decision making and running of their football club wherever possible. […]

Supporters Direct Appoint Hilary Clifford as Interim Chief Executive

Supporters Direct (SD) is pleased to announce two key appointments. SD can announce that Hilary Clifford has been appointed as Interim Chief Executive for the organisation. After 15 years of growth and success in representing supporter-own clubs and trusts, SD is undertaking an important governance review across its England, Wales, Scotland and European networks in […]

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