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Sandy Jardine

Scottish Fans and Supporters Direct Scotland were saddened to hear of the untimely death of Sandy Jardine after a courageous battle with cancer. His passing is a great loss to Scottish football and our thoughts are with his family at this time

Ministers announce football fans working group

Supporters Direct Scotland is delighted to confirm that Sport and Commonwealth Games Secretary Shona Robison has announced the formation of an “independent working group that will look at how we can increase and improve fans involvement within football clubs”, on 22 April 2014. Chaired by Stephen Morrow – a senior lecturer in Sport Finance […]

Is managerial short-termism the key to success?

David Moyes’ tenure as manager of Manchester United has lasted only ten months. Succeeding one of the most successful managers in the history of the game was always a daunting task, yet Moyes has admittedly found it more difficult than he, himself thought. The worst Premier League points of total in the club’s history is […]

A Select Six – Individual moments of genius

Following on from Gareth Bale’s superb individual winning goal for Real Madrid in last night’s Copa del Rey victory over rivals Barcelona, we’ve compiled a short list of brilliant individual goals from Scotland’s domestic and international stage. Let us know what you think or any suggestions you may have on Twitter at @ScottishFans Paul Gascoigne […]

Supporters to discuss future of French football at Sénat today

This afternoon Supporters Direct Europe and A la Nantaise, l’Association des Amoureux du FC Nantes, will, together with host Senator Ronan Dantec, hold a conference at the Sénat du France in Paris. The event will be open to all French supporters interested in establishing supporters’ trusts, as well as cross-party representatives from France’s political institutions, […]

Time to take a stand

For a number of years now the issue of reintroducing safe standing back into top tier Scottish Football has been an ever present. Rules have been relaxed and pilot schemes have been introduced, but little is yet to come to fruition. With the topic appearing to be one of the few mass agreements amongst […]

Community ownership; our past and our future

If you roll back the years to the sepia-tinged pictures of our great grandfather’s era, the clubs in Scotland were all owned by the communities from which they emerged. In Glasgow we often hear the tales of the four young men who had a vision and created Rangers FC, or of Brother Walfrid wanting to […]

Supporters Direct Scotland to advise Livingston FC on new Community Ownership plans

Supporters Direct Scotland (SDS) has been asked by Livingston FC to explore a route to the club becoming fully owned by its community. Paul Goodwin, Head of SDS, said: “We are pleased to confirm that the club has asked SDS to look into and advise on how Livingston FC can become a fully owned community […]

SDS Statement on Community Ownership Discussion

SDS are encouraged by the discussion to be held regarding community ownership of football clubs at the Scottish Parliament on 22 April. We continue to work with all stakeholders to identify options and solutions that can help make our clubs more sustainable, transparent and accountable in the years ahead

Falkirk FC statement

Broadening the Franchise Club and Supporters’ Direct Scotland working on a solution A meeting was held on Tuesday 1st April between the Club and Supporters Direct Scotland (SDS) to discuss supporter representation on the Board of the Club. The meeting was very positive with ideas being put forward which would open up the election of […]

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