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Clyde FC announce they are now debt free

Yesterday, Clyde FC announced that the club are now debt free. This is fantastic news and Supporters Direct Scotland congratulate the club on an accomplishment which had taken a decade to achieve. The club released this statement on their website (clydefc.co.uk); “The club is pleased to confirm that it is now completely debt free. […]

Supporters Direct Scotland join Forth Valley Chamber of Commerce

Supporters Direct Scotland have become members of the Forth Valley Chamber of Commerce. The Forth Valley Chamber of Commerce was founded in September 2012 with the aim of sharing opportunities, knowledge and expertise across the Forth Valley. Affiliated to both the Scottish and the British Chambers of Commerce, it offers a range of products and […]

Colours of our Scarves – Queen of the South

Palmerston Park and Queen of the South was the latest venue for Supporters Direct Scotland’s (SDS) Colours of our Scarves programme. The government-funded, anti-sectarian project includes a photographic exhibition, that will travel the country to every SPFL league ground before the end of the 2014/2015 season. Colours of our Scarves also includes work within the […]

The Price of Football in Scotland

Last week, BBC published their annual Price of Football results for 2014. The statistics cover 207 clubs in British football, including those in all four tiers of the SPFL. It’s no surprise that the cost of football has risen at a significant rate over the last twenty years. The increasing power and influence of […]

Supporters Direct welcomes Labour proposals for ‘Radical shake-up of football’

Supporters Direct welcomes the announcement of the Labour Party’s plans for a shake-up of football governance, centred on Supporters Direct’s objective of ensuring fans have a real role in the ownership and running of their clubs. The most important element of this proposal is the right for Fit and Proper supporters’ trusts to appoint and […]

Colours of our Scarves – Airdrieonians

Supporters Direct Scotland (SDS) made the short trip to Airdrie on Saturday for the latest leg in our Colours of our Scarves project. Brechin City were the visitors to Excelsior Stadium in the League One match at the weekend and SDS were there to talk to supporters about the anti-sectarian programme and the general work […]

The last time Scotland qualified for a major tournament…

Scotland begin a crucial Euro 2016 qualifying double-header on Saturday. Georgia are the visitors to Ibrox Stadium tomorrow before a tough away trip to Poland three days later. With the expansion of the European Championships to twenty-four teams from sixteen for the event in France, many believe that this is the national team’s greatest chance […]

Supporters Direct announces departure of Paul Goodwin as Head of Supporters Direct Scotland

Supporters Direct has announced that Paul Goodwin will be leaving his post as Head of Supporters Direct Scotland (SDS) at the end of September 2014 to pursue other interests. Paul has done an immense amount of diligent and hard work in rebuilding our operation in Scotland and leaves a strong legacy of projects and activity, […]

Fans’ survey reveals overwhelming support for greater fan ownership at Hibs

• 84% believe it is time for greater discussion on fan ownership options • 4086 fans participate in survey Results from the recent Future of Hibernian survey have been announced to supporters. The meeting of the Hibernian Supporters Association last night (25 September) heard the results of the survey which was conducted by Supporters Direct […]

Colours of our Scarves – Livingston FC

Supporters Direct Scotland (SDS) made the journey to Livingston on Saturday for the latest Colours of our Scarves exhibition. The government-funded programme aims to let football fans and those living in the surrounding areas to voice their opinions on sectarianism in their local area. After a successful pilot period at the end of last season […]

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