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Stuart Dykes

@stuartdykes.bsky.social

Director of European and Institutional Affairs at Football Supporters Europe (FSE). Season-ticket holder at 100% member-run club FC Schalke 04. Volt Deutschland member. Post here in a personal capacity.

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Stuart Dykes @stuartdykes.bsky.social · 2d ago

Along with our friends at Euroconsumers, we at @fanseurope.org continue to push for a ban on dynamic pricing for live events in the forthcoming Digital Fairness Act. It exploits loyalty, offers fans no upsides, only downsides, and risks turning football into a game for the haves, not the have-nots.

Football Supporters Europe@fanseurope.org · 2d ago

🤷 No one can tell us what the benefits of dynamic ticket pricing are for football fans... 🗣️ During Euroconsumers' "The Price Of Fairness: fans, fees, and fair ticketing in the EU" panel last week, FSE's Stuart Dykes asks if there's to be no ban, what's the benefit to fans.

Stuart Dykes @stuartdykes.bsky.social · 4w ago

Please take the time to complete our ticketing survey!

Football Supporters Europe@fanseurope.org · 4w ago

💬 Ever been priced out of a match, felt ripped off by ticket resale platforms, or seen prices rise unexpectedly? 🗣️ Complete our short survey on ticket pricing & resale. Your experiences will help inform FSE's work for fairer, more transparent ticketing. ✍️: ow.ly/GYIu50ZUWmL

Graphic for Football Supporters Europe's "TICKETING SURVEY" overlaid on a crowded football stadium. It asks fans to "Have your say on Dynamic Ticket Pricing, Resale Platforms, and Ticket Prices," concluding with "Support our work for fairer, more transparent football ticket pricing."

Stuart Dykes @stuartdykes.bsky.social · last mo.

Please take the time to complete our survey on ticket pricing and resale to help us promote fair ticketing policies for fans at European and national level. It won't take you long!

Football Supporters Europe@fanseurope.org · last mo.

💬 Ever been priced out of a match, felt ripped off by ticket resale platforms, or seen prices rise unexpectedly? 🗣️ Complete our 5-minute survey on ticket pricing & resale. Your experiences will help inform FSE's work for fairer, more transparent ticketing. ✍️: https://ow.ly/GYIu50ZUWmL

Stuart Dykes @stuartdykes.bsky.social · last mo.

Please take the time to complete our survey on ticket pricing and resale to help us promote fair ticketing policies for fans at European and national level. It won't take you long!

Football Supporters Europe@fanseurope.org · last mo.

Football Supporters Europe @fanseurope.org · 2mo ago

Away fans belong in football. Collective bans cannot be the default response to safety & security concerns. Today, FSE, UEFA, European Football Clubs, & European Leagues unite to limit collective bans against away supporters by endorsing a @coe.int recommendation. 🔗 https://ow.ly/YK7z50ZISqI

Logos of FSE, UEFA, EFC and European Leagues on a background of empty seats in a football stadium.

Football Supporters Europe @fanseurope.org · 3mo ago

Fans around the world are speaking up. Now it's your turn. Supporters' groups from 🇦🇷🇭🇷🇩🇪🇬🇪🇺🇸 have joined the calls for Infantino to resign and for #FIFA reform. ✍️ Sign the petition now. It takes less than a minute: change.org/infantino-out-now #InfantinOUT

Stuart Dykes @stuartdykes.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Please add your signature now! #InfantinOUT

Sign the Petition

Global petition: Gianni Infantino to resign & FIFA reform

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Football Supporters Europe @fanseurope.org · 3mo ago

📢 Back the petition by supporters organisations representing millions of fans globally calling for Gianni Infantino to resign & urgent reform in #FIFA. Football needs leadership that is accountable. Time to act. #InfantinOUT 🔗 https://ow.ly/baKL50ZBOM0

Campaign graphic featuring a picture of FIFA President Gianni Infantino covering his face over a crowd of football fans. Headline reads: "Global petition calls for Infantino's resignation & FIFA reform." Yellow caution tape banners across the top read "Infantino Out" and "Reform FIFA Now." Text below calls on football supporters to back a global petition. Includes hashtag #INFANTINOUT.

Red campaign graphic with yellow caution tape reading "Infantino Out" and "Reform FIFA Now." Text states "It was a betrayal" and highlights demand "#1: Gianni Infantino Must Go," criticizing his leadership and calling for his resignation. Includes hashtag #INFANTINOUT.

Blue campaign graphic featuring caution tape reading "Infantino Out" and "Reform FIFA Now." Highlights demand "#2: Reform FIFA Now," outlining six bullet points on transparency, stakeholder consultation, independent oversight, and protection of football revenues. Includes hashtag #INFANTINOUT.

Red campaign graphic featuring an image of Gianni Infantino pointing, a QR code linking to a Change.org petition, and text stating "The time to act is now." Calls on fans to sign the petition demanding Infantino's resignation and FIFA reform. Includes hashtag #INFANTINOUT.

Matt Ford @matt4d.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🇩🇪 ⚽️ Germany’s Federal Competition regulator has declared the 50+1 rule to be permissible under German & EU law provided it is implemented "consistently and without differentiation." The ruling confirms an earlier appraisal and concludes its investigation. www.bundeskartellamt.de/SharedDocs/M...

Bundeskartellamt concludes proceeding to assess 50+1 rule under competition law

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Football Supporters Europe @fanseurope.org · 3mo ago

🚨 The World Cup is part of football's shared heritage, not a product to be sold to private investors. #FIFA must stop putting commercial interests ahead of supporters & the game itself. 🔗 https://www.fanseurope.org/news/football-belongs-to-the-fans-not-private-investors/ #DontSellOurGame

Supporters already know where this road leads:

More expensive tickets, more
commercial breaks, more paywalls, more expensive TV subscriptions, more unreal half-time shows…

And a World Cup that becomes so big, so money-driven, that it can be organised only by a handful of countries.

We urge FIFA to immediately put its proposal to rest. We call upon the FIFA Council and all member associations to reject it before irreversible damage is done.

Stuart Dykes @stuartdykes.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse, it got worse. Football must stand united in opposition to the people who want to sell what isn't theirs to sell. Cultural heritage, not profit maximisation, is the name of the game. #NotForSale

Jonathan Tannenwald@jtannenwald.bsky.social · 4mo ago

They aren't even trying to hide it. This press release just went out:

FIFA intends to expand football development funding to over USD 10 billion subject to approval by FIFA Member Associations

If approved, football development in every corner of the world would benefit immediately from increased funding available to all 211 FIFA Member Associations (MAs):

○ An optional USD 20 million per MA in exceptional and immediate funding for special projects from the new FIFA Fast-Forward Programme (FFFP)
USD 20 million per MA in Forward funding for 2027-2030 (currently budgeted USD 8 million)
USD 22 million per MA in Forward funding for 2031-2034
○ USD 24 million per MA in Forward funding for 2035-2038

This would be achieved via FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE), a new FIFA-owned and controlled subsidiary consolidating FIFA’s commercial and event operations; FIFA would retain sole control of FFE and exclusive authority over football governance, competitions, match calendar, and all regulatory and sporting decisions
FFE would raise up to USD 4.2 billion later this year to fund FFFP, based on an initial equity valuation of USD 20 billion by carefully selecting long-term investors who will purchase minority, non-controlling interests in FFE. All net benefits of FFE will be reinvested back into football worldwide.
In full respect of FIFA’s democratic and governance principles, the launch of this new structure is subject to the support of a majority of MAs and the relevant approvals of the FIFA Council

In accordance with its mandate, the FIFA administration is exploring the concept of bringing together FIFA’s commercial rights – spanning broadcast, sponsorship, ticketing, and licensing – with the operational delivery of FIFA tournaments through the creation of FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE). A consultation process has begun following the receipt of a proposal that aims to unlock the full potential of FIFA’s broadcast rights and sponsorships across all of its tournament portfolio in men’s, women’s and youth football.

Football Supporters Europe @fanseurope.org · 4mo ago

📈🚫 Dynamic ticket pricing has no place in football. When supporters have no alternative, higher demand should not mean higher prices. 🇪🇺📢 Here's why FSE is calling for the European Commission to ban Dynamic Ticket Pricing in live events. 🔗 https://ow.ly/8Otr50ZrUZp

Stuart Dykes @stuartdykes.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Join us in our campaign to get dynamic pricing banned in the live entertainment sector. Fans deserve protection against excessive ticket prices, be it concerts or football matches.

Football Supporters Europe@fanseurope.org · 4mo ago

🗣️ "Dynamic pricing in football only works in favour of the seller. The algorithm does nothing for supporters." 🇪🇺📢 FSE's Stuart Dykes spoke at an event in the @europarl.europa.eu last week in support of the @ec.europa.eu banning dynamic ticket pricing in live events. 1/2

Football Supporters Europe @fanseurope.org · 4mo ago

"At the World Cup, the market structure leaves the price free to chase demand under the assumption that loyal fans will pay higher prices. This serves as a vital lesson for policymakers on how to protect fans and how to regulate the future of monopolistic tournament pricing."

Football Supporters Europe@fanseurope.org · 4mo ago

🏆📝 Lessons for the EU to learn on dynamic ticket pricing from the World Cup. "The real issue is not simply that tickets are expensive, it is that, with supply fixed & no real competition, the algorithm does little to serve the interests of fans." 🔗 bit.ly/4vvmBGs

Football Supporters Europe @fanseurope.org · 4mo ago

The EU must learn the lessons from FIFA’s ticket pricing at the 2026 World Cup

FIFA's ticket pricing at the 2026 FIFA World Cup shows the need for the EU to regulate algorithmic pricing in its Digital Fairness Act.

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Football Supporters Europe@fanseurope.org · 4mo ago

🇪🇺❓ How can the EU tackle dynamic ticket pricing? This Wednesday (15 July), FSE will join a discussion at the European Parliament on fair ticketing practices & the Digital Fairness Act. ✍️ In Brussels? Signup to attend: bit.ly/4guIr9g

Football Supporters Europe @fanseurope.org · 4mo ago

🇪🇺👏 We welcome the adoption of the @europarl.europa.eu's Annual Competition Report, recognising the risks of dynamic ticket pricing in sport. 📢 It's an important step towards fairer ticketing for supporters. We urge the @ec.europa.eu to turn these recommendations into action.

Graphic by Football Supporters Europe (FSE) showing EU flags against a cloudy sky. Bright green text at the bottom reads: "EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ADOPTS REPORT RECOGNISING THE RISKS OF DYNAMIC TICKET PRICING".

Football Supporters Europe @fanseurope.org · 5mo ago

✨ Introducing the first Occupational Standards for Supporter Liaison Officers (SLOs). ✅ Developed through our Erasmus+ TPDS project, the standards provide a clear framework for the skills, competencies, & responsibilities needed in the SLO role. 🔗 https://ow.ly/RaCJ50ZfQ1G

A Supporter Liaison Officer (SLO) stands inside a football stadium speaking with supporters. The image promotes Football Supporters Europe’s “Towards the Professional Development of Supporter Liaison Officers” project, co-funded by the European Union.

Stuart Dykes @stuartdykes.bsky.social · 5mo ago

With its exploitative pricing policy, the World Cup has shown how important it is for lawmakers to protect fans from rampant profiteering. We need an EU-wide ban on dynamic pricing in the live event sector.

Football Supporters Europe@fanseurope.org · 5mo ago

🎟️📈 With with Euroconsumers & Live DMA, we call on EU legislators to ban dynamic ticket pricing in live events. 📢 The European Commission's Digital Fairness Act is under review soon - we must ensure fair & transparent access to culture & sport for all. 🔗 https://ow.ly/XNnC50ZfyxR

Stuart Dykes @stuartdykes.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Groundbreaking work from my colleagues here..

Football Supporters Europe@fanseurope.org · 6mo ago

🇵🇾📍 SLO Development Beyond Europe: FSE headed to Paraguay last month for a two-day multiplier event for its Erasmus+ TPDS project. 🌎🤝 The event brought together stakeholders from across the region alongside CONMEBOL & Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol (Paraguay FA). 🔗 https://bit.ly/4e63Nbc

Football Supporters Europe @fanseurope.org · 6mo ago

📢 We welcome UEFA's decision to extend its Standing Facilities Observer Programme. 🙌 More fans will have the choice to stand at European matches from next season. 🔗 More: https://bit.ly/4upsghC

Graphic promoting the UEFA Standing Facilities Observer Programme for the 2026/27 season. The left side features FSE branding and three key points with green tick icons: additional UEFA member associations can apply to join the programme from September 2026; all UEFA nations now have a clear pathway to implementing standing; and men’s and women’s club and national team competitions are now included. The right side shows an empty football stadium with standing sections and blue seating.

Quote from Ronan Evain, Executive Director of FSE: "Standing at matches has an enormously positive effect on atmosphere at European matches. It is a huge part of supporter culture and tradition across the continent. We value the recognition of this contribution by UEFA and other European football stakeholders, as well as the continued cooperation in recent years to deliver this.”

Football Supporters Europe @fanseurope.org · 6mo ago

🇪🇺⚽️ Ahead of #EuropeDay on 9 May, we reflect on the core values of the European Sport Model: 🤝 Financial solidarity 👥 Inclusion & equality 🛡️ Integrity & transparency 📢 Democracy & openness

Rows of blue stadium seats with yellow stars forming the European Union flag and text announcing Europe Day on 9 May 2026.

Football Supporters Europe @fanseurope.org · 7mo ago

🇪🇺📍 FSE attended the Council of Europe Saint Denis Committee meeting in Strasbourg this week. 🗣️ We used this platform to highlight the ongoing barriers faced by fans with disabilities on matchdays & how strengthening the service pillar of the convention could bring concrete improvements.

A high-angle outdoor shot of the Council of Europe grounds in Strasbourg. In the mid-ground, a long, straight row of tall white flagpoles flies the colorful flags of various member states against an overcast sky. Behind the flags, a large blue sign reads "Council of Europe" and "Conseil de l'Europe" in white lettering. A green lawn and European-style apartment buildings are visible in the background.

Stuart Dykes @stuartdykes.bsky.social · 7mo ago

More shenanigans from the world governing body..

Martin Calladine@uglygame.bsky.social · 7mo ago

🚨 Exclusive 🚨 Predictstreet, Fifa’s new prediction markets partner, which is licensed only in Gibraltar, has hired a head of anti-money laundering (AML). In 2018, he accepted a two-year ban from the Gibraltar financial regulator for AML failings… josimarfootball.com/2026/04/14/f... 1/7

Stuart Dykes @stuartdykes.bsky.social · 7mo ago

This is what happens when FIFA set a precedent for exploitative pricing. It becomes a free for all where fans are fleeced left, right, and centre. In Europe, lawmakers must join forces with @fanseurope.org and Euroconsumers to make this illegal in future.

Adam Crafton@adamcrafton.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Exclusive @theathleticfc.bsky.social : Current NJ Transit plans for return train from NY Penn Station to MetLife Stadium during World Cup are for tickets to be priced at over $100. Usual price is $12.90, making it more than a 7-fold increase for World Cup fans. www.nytimes.com/athletic/719...

Sam Kunti @samindrakunti.bsky.social · 7mo ago

‘Fan engagement’ You can always trust FIFA to do the wrong thing.

Stuart Dykes @stuartdykes.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Great to see MEPs from all the main political groupings take up the cause against FIFA’s exploitative ticketing policies and dynamic pricing in the live entertainment sector.

Football Supporters Europe@fanseurope.org · 7mo ago

🇪🇺🤝 We welcome the solidarity from lawmakers in the European Parliament towards our complaint with Euroconsumers against #FIFA's ticket pricing practices. 🚫 From excessive dynamic pricing, to opaque processes, our loyalty is being used against us.

Stuart Dykes @stuartdykes.bsky.social · 8mo ago

We said we wouldn't keep quiet over this issue. Fans are being shamelessly ripped off and it's got to stop.

Football Supporters Europe@fanseurope.org · 8mo ago

FSE & euroconsumers have filed a formal complaint with the European Commission against FIFA over FIFA World Cup 2026 ticketing. From excessive prices to opaque processes, fans are being exploited. We need action & deserve protection. 🔗 Full statement: https://bit.ly/47geQLl

Football Supporters Europe @fanseurope.org · 8mo ago

We welcome EU Sport Commissioner Glenn Micallef's calls for safety assurances for fans at the #WorldCup. #FIFA has "...a responsibility to ensure that the teams participating & the fans who are attending from those teams are assured of their safety & their security,"

POLITICO Europe@politico.eu · 8mo ago

FIFA chief Gianni Infantino needs to do a better job, EU Sports Commissioner Glenn Micallef has told POLITICO ahead of this summer’s World Cup in the U.S. “I certainly think there’s room for improvement.” 🔗 politi.co/4bfGnPx