Supporters launch campaign for more Saturday football

THE biggest supporters' organisation in the history of English football has launched a campaign to have more matches kicking off at the traditional time of 3pm on Saturday afternoons.

The newly formed Football Supporters’ Federation, with more than 100,000 members, is unhappy at the number of matches being switched to other days to accommodate the demands of television. And the FSF, which officially comes into being today, is particularly unhappy at some of the kick-off times which are being determined by TV. They’ve called their campaign “Keep Saturday Special” and have requested a meeting with Sky.

Malcolm Clarke, co-chairman of the football body, is adamant that the fans are being victimised.