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Just one week left for the Supporters Summit!
Supporters Direct and the Football Supporters’ Federation will host the joint annual Supporters Summit in London at Wembley Stadium on 26th July, 2014.
The event brings fans together from across the UK and Europe from clubs and supporter organisations to debate the issues at the heart of the game.
The AGM’s of both organisations will be held the evening of Friday 25th July.
Save the Date…
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Serie B clubs discuss SLO implementation
The role of the supporter liaison officer (SLO) was one of the topics on the agenda at the Lega Serie B general assembly held in Milan on 9 July. Federico Smanio, head of marketing and SLO coordinator for Lega Serie B, gave a general presentation on the SLO project, explaining its current status in Italy and analysing the role of an SLO and the direct and indirect benefits to the clubs and Italian football as a whole.
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| Sports Finance
Turnover of the Irish Football Association falls for second year
Irishtimes
Nike and Manchester United sponsorship deal for a record of £60m per year
Telegraph
RC Lens promotion in jeopardy after suspension upheld
The Guardian
PSG's hope for Di Maria halted by FFP
marca
World Cup injects more than R$30bn in Brazilian economy, says Economic Research Institute (in Portuguese)
Folha de S. Paulo
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| News from Europe
Supporters Direct Europe at UEFA's Social Reponsibility workshop
Supporters Direct
Conseil National des Supporters de Football meet with stakeholders in Paris
Supporters Direct
UEFA probe match-fixing claims over Aberdeen match
Scotsman
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| Trust News
Swindon Town: Power and McCrory ownership battle is settled
BBC
Leyton Orient club sale raises questions for local fans' trust
Leyton Orient Fans' Trust
Hereford United: 95% say "yes to boycott" of broken club
HUST
Supporters granted the right to buy Posh stadium
Peterborough Today
Exeter City: The Day We Played Brazil
Exeter Northcott
Keta Soccerhub Pledge
Indiegogo
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| Supporters Direct
Is it time for a change? The ball's in your court...
Supporters Direct
BT announced as the title sponsor of the Supporters Summit
Supporters Direct
AFC Rushden & Diamonds and Hinckley AFC to compete for the SD Shield
Supporters Direct
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| Sports Governance
David Crausby MP relaunches campaign to save grassroots football
When Saturday Comes
Laurence Robertson Tory MP calls for UK football team
Herald Scotland
Nigeria Soccer team gets FIFA ban for government interference
Bloomberg
FIFA gave €5m to the FAI to quell the storm after NT was thrown out of the WC 2010 by Henry's handball
The Sun
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| Comments and Blogs
Question remains for FIFA as Russia World Cup becomes centre of attention
Owen Gibson - The Guardian
Motherwell FC and the concept of Community ownership
Graeme Donnelly - Scottishfans
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