The Federation had regular meetings with the football authorities and the
Department for Culture, Media and Sport, discussing a wide range of issues, many of them placed on the agenda by the FSF to take forward their policies or in response to concerns raised by supporters. The FSF also had detailed meetings on specific topics with the relevant authorities or other bodies such as the
Premier League, FA,
Football League,
Professional Footballers' Association,
Independent Football Ombudsman and the Police Match Commanders. They also met with government and the
All-party parliamentary group on football of
MPs when necessary. The organisation regularly took specific complaints and cases which were raised with it by individual members or affiliated organisations and they encouraged the participation of all supporters in this process. The FSF was free to join and held an annual conference called Fans' Parliament where members could make their views known. At the 2010 Fans' Parliament, a national policy was adopted to oppose parts of the
Football (Disorder) Act 2000 which was introduced by the Government to prevent certain football supporters from attending matches and travelling overseas, by imposing
Football Banning Orders. In the August 2010 issue No.22 of The Football Supporter - an FSF publication - the FSF Chairman explained why they took this stance whilst maintaining that the organisation is totally opposed to any form of
football violence. "We have major concerns about the use of the so-called Section 14(b) provisions (also known as Football Banning Orders or FBOs) for gaining civil banning orders against football fans. These cases are heard in a civil not criminal court which means that there’s no jury, the burden of proof is lower and the police can introduce evidence of previous convictions which need not even be in a football context". The organisation also helped promote the work of its affiliated supporters' organisations and supported the
Internet Football Association's annual tournament
WorldNET since 2009 and has provided a free programme for all participants and spectators of that tournament. In 2017, a unanimous motion to promote boycotts of
The Sun, proposed by
Spirit of Shankly and supported by all 20 Premier League clubs and around 50 other football teams passed at the organisation's annual summit. The boycott is in response to the newspaper's false claims in the days after the
Hillsborough disaster and its response since, and followed a 2016 inquest around the incident. == FSF Player of the Year Award ==