Leicester City Seeks To Strengthen Links With Supporter Groups

[davieG]

https://www.lcfc.com/pages/en/media-article/leicester-city-strengthen-links-supporter-groups

 

As part of our Fan Engagement Plan for the 2025/26 season, we’re taking a new step to build even closer relationships with the organised Supporter Groups that make up part of our fanbase.
Club introduces Supporter Group registration as part of Fan Engagement Plan for the 2025/26 season. 
Developed in collaboration with the Football Supporters’ Association (FSA), Fan Advisory Board (FAB) and FCC Working Groups 
Register your group to unlock opportunities for tailored support and communication from the Club 
Aims to develop a more connected, transparent and supportive relationship between the Club and its Supporter Groups.  
We’re introducing a formal Supporter Group Network to help us work together more collaboratively and more effectively.  This is about giving all groups a chance to have their voices heard, wherever you’re based and whether you support our Men’s Team, our Women’s Team, or both.   
We’ve been working closely with the Football Supporters’ Association (FSA) to shape this approach, ensuring it reflects best practice and is aligned with what matters most to supporters. We’ve also consulted with our Fan Advisory Board and FCC Working Group and we’ll continue this collaboration as the network develops. 
This is about making sure everyone has the chance to engage with us in a way that’s fair, consistent and meaningful. We want to:   
Be inclusive and reach as many of our supporters as possible 
Listen to a diverse range of views to help inform our decisions 
Support all groups equally, wherever you’re from and however you follow us 
Understand where there may be gaps in representation and address them  
Update our records to ensure we're engaging with the right people 
Improve communication and collaboration with existing and new groups 
We’re now inviting all supporter groups - whether we’re already in contact with you or not - to register via our online form 
.   
This is the first step in building a more connected, transparent and supportive relationship between us and our fan groups.
In time, it could lead to new opportunities to collaborate, share ideas, and work together more closely - but for now, it starts with getting to know you better.   
Groups we already engage with will receive the registration form directly, but we’re equally keen to hear from any others who we haven’t spoken to yet.   
Further details will be shared in due course, and we’re looking forward to working with you to build something meaningful - together.  
You can take a look at the 2025/26 Season Fan Engagement Plan 
. 

[Torten]

1 minute ago, davieG said:

https://www.lcfc.com/pages/en/media-article/leicester-city-strengthen-links-supporter-groups

 

As part of our Fan Engagement Plan for the 2025/26 season, we’re taking a new step to build even closer relationships with the organised Supporter Groups that make up part of our fanbase.
Club introduces Supporter Group registration as part of Fan Engagement Plan for the 2025/26 season. 
Developed in collaboration with the Football Supporters’ Association (FSA), Fan Advisory Board (FAB) and FCC Working Groups 
Register your group to unlock opportunities for tailored support and communication from the Club 
Aims to develop a more connected, transparent and supportive relationship between the Club and its Supporter Groups.  
We’re introducing a formal Supporter Group Network to help us work together more collaboratively and more effectively.  This is about giving all groups a chance to have their voices heard, wherever you’re based and whether you support our Men’s Team, our Women’s Team, or both.   
We’ve been working closely with the Football Supporters’ Association (FSA) to shape this approach, ensuring it reflects best practice and is aligned with what matters most to supporters. We’ve also consulted with our Fan Advisory Board and FCC Working Group and we’ll continue this collaboration as the network develops. 
This is about making sure everyone has the chance to engage with us in a way that’s fair, consistent and meaningful. We want to:   
Be inclusive and reach as many of our supporters as possible 
Listen to a diverse range of views to help inform our decisions 
Support all groups equally, wherever you’re from and however you follow us 
Understand where there may be gaps in representation and address them  
Update our records to ensure we're engaging with the right people 
Improve communication and collaboration with existing and new groups 
We’re now inviting all supporter groups - whether we’re already in contact with you or not - to register via our online form 
.   
This is the first step in building a more connected, transparent and supportive relationship between us and our fan groups.
In time, it could lead to new opportunities to collaborate, share ideas, and work together more closely - but for now, it starts with getting to know you better.   
Groups we already engage with will receive the registration form directly, but we’re equally keen to hear from any others who we haven’t spoken to yet.   
Further details will be shared in due course, and we’re looking forward to working with you to build something meaningful - together.  
You can take a look at the 2025/26 Season Fan Engagement Plan 
. 

Is this a genuine outreach or something mandated through the EFL?

[OntarioFox]

Translation - 'We've got to the point where even the Foxes Trust can see through our bullshit, so we can't get away with excluding groups that might say hurty words to us anymore.'

[BeaumontFox]

I didn’t think they cared unless it was something they could get brownie points for by supporting some form of minority, like those same LGBTQ supporters they wheel out each year.

[Dan]

I'll believe it when I see it.

[VLC86]

Has my post been deleted or did I post it in the wrong topic?

 

Interested to see how this goes down with fan groups as it sounds like they are asking for names to be registered or am I completely misreading it?

[fox_favourite]

7 hours ago, VLC86 said:

Has my post been deleted or did I post it in the wrong topic?

 

Interested to see how this goes down with fan groups as it sounds like they are asking for names to be registered or am I completely misreading it?

We want to be closer to the fan groups. Come and sign your name and we'll be interested in your thoughts and you'll get a free gift.

 

A fews days later...

 

Foxes Trust members mysteriously disappear and we see missing person links. The club refused to comment 

Edited 1 August 2025 by fox_favourite

[sdb]

Just stop running the club into the ground. That'll engage me and probably every other disenchanted fan. 

[davieG]

I think they only want the Groups to register not all their members so UFS, Foxes Trust et al they maybe think there's other groups out there that they're not aware of.

[VLC86]

17 minutes ago, fox_favourite said:

We want to be closer to the fan groups. Come and sign your name and we'll be interested in your thoughts and you'll get a free gift.

 

A fews days later...

 

Foxestalk Trust members mysteriously disappear and we see missing person links. The club refused to comment 

I wonder if it’s more of a case of preventing statements going out against the club or the club will cut their ties with them. I don’t want to be negative, because in theory truly working with the fans is exactly what we need, but I don’t trust them.

[VLC86]

14 minutes ago, davieG said:

I think they only want the Groups to register not all their members so UFS, Foxes Trust et al they maybe think there's other groups out there that they're not aware of.

Oh yeah 100% will just be the people who run the fan groups, so they have names and points of contacts for them groups. Brave person sending out statements criticising the club when they will then know exactly who is responsible, especially considering we all know that bans have been handed out for similar.

[Jackubu]

15 minutes ago, VLC86 said:

I wonder if it’s more of a case of preventing statements going out against the club or the club will cut their ties with them. I don’t want to be negative, because in theory truly working with the fans is exactly what we need, but I don’t trust them.

That's exactly how it works now tbf

[Guest RYM]

Incredibly tactical to use a quote “from”Emily on so many levels, soooo many.

Edited 31 July 2025 by RYM

[Sol thewall Bamba]

Laughable.

[Jattdogg]

Like they give a flying fook.

[Wymsey]

One of the rare, it seems, staff at LCFC who genuinely cares about the supporters is 'Jim'.

Edited 31 July 2025 by Wymsey

[Lambert09]

3 hours ago, davieG said:

I think they only want the Groups to register not all their members so UFS, Foxes Trust et al they maybe think there's other groups out there that they're not aware of.

i wonder if they think project reset is an actual group and not just a fart in the wind? 

[sylofox]

And the winner of the, club With The Most Bullshit Competition 2025 is.

[RoboFox]

6 hours ago, RYM said:

Incredibly tactical to use a quote “from”Emily on so many levels, soooo many.

What’s your take on this Ry? I enjoy reading your stuff when it comes to the Trust, FAB, and the club’s so-called engagement with fans.

[iancognito]

Absolute waffle

[LCFCCHRIS]

9 hours ago, BeaumontFox said:

I didn’t think they cared unless it was something they could get brownie points for by supporting some form of minority, like those same LGBTQ supporters they wheel out each year.

I think that’s the disabled supporters group you’re thinking of…

Edited 1 August 2025 by LCFCCHRIS

[Sly]

10 hours ago, Jackubu said:

That's exactly how it works now tbf

It’s almost like a dictatorship then 

 

10 hours ago, davieG said:

I think they only want the Groups to register not all their members so UFS, Foxes Trust et al they maybe think there's other groups out there that they're not aware of.

Do they want Foxestalk to register its members 

[Guest RYM]

4 hours ago, RoboFox said:

What’s your take on this Ry? I enjoy reading your stuff when it comes to the Trust, FAB, and the club’s so-called engagement with fans.

My views don’t really change on it all really. A year ago I warned the Trust that by agreeing to the FEF and be being part of the FAB they give it credibility and become part of the clubs experiment. The same goes for other fan groups. And so it continues basically. 

Back then the club rushed the finalising of it all through purely because the FSA (another pretty useless ego led organisation) said they would use the club as “best practice” to showcase to others. That tickled Anthony’s balls and is now the driver of anything to do with Fan Engagement. As we can see.

It’s CV/ego driven when it should be organic and fan driven.

 

To see how much the club care about FE all you have to do is look at our last EFL Family Excellence report which the club received a silver award, scandalous for a club our size. That is an independent mystery shop style investigation which looks at touch points from the point of enquiry to leaving the stadium for families / new supporters. The way it is built means that you can’t blag it as it also looks at culture, behaviours and long term strategy. I highlighted this to the Trust who were due to investigate it but I’m not sure they ever did or had time to. This is the real FE, the raw, no BS and where a fan base is actually built for the future. It’s graft, hard work and requires a vision. We as a club are failing here and it should be a concern for us all.

 

The latest load of nonsense is this story from the website is utter word soup. Based on what I know from these type of people, it’s not written for fans, it’s written for peers as the club look to be a shining light in the world of FE at a time they are clearly failing miserably. It’s probably all over their LinkedIn pages for validation. The club are simply inventing new things we don’t need and steamrollering them rather than addressing all the problems they currently have. It’s a tactical play which creates noise and distraction away from all that is wrong. Again, this isn’t FE, despite the “you said we did” BS they are pumping out. 

 

Ultimately the club are looking to control all things to do with supporters and to force them into their way of working, crudely labelling it Fan Engagement. 
 

With this and the other comms that went out yesterday I did smile/ sigh. That was another tactical move by the club. 

 

The fan groups have helped create this nonsensical FEF and by being part of it are, in my opinion, feeding the beast. They all wanted to be “at the table”, which when you look a year down the line, it has done nothing but meant the club can shake their hands above the table while aggressively kicking them under it. 

 

We have the FT and UFS sitting on the FAB giving it credibility while behind the scenes and publicly I guess, they continue to fight (and lose) the club about the very, very basics. The club must be pissing themselves TBH.

This is just my opinion but to me, it makes no sense and now starts to become embarrassing for both those parties. A year down the line there is zero progress on anything FE or supporter lead just more problems.
 

The club do not listen or care, the commercial decisions within still mean our kids and our young players can’t wear replica shirts as we continue to promote dodgy gambling businesses, supporters are getting banned for having a pulse and the appeals process is engineered to punish the supporters, surveys show supporters are not enjoying their relationship with the club yet people still want to be part of this FEF b0llocks? Why?

 

For me I now start to question whether those on the FAB and on those panels are there for the right reasons. Are they being true to the groups they represent and what those groups are about, why they were set up in the first place etc, or is it a case of them all having their ego stroked. As time goes on and no change happens (or as it is, things get worse) that can only lead to the latter. I’ve seen it before many times.

 

To conclude. Fan Groups, representatives of them all should walk away from all things to do with the FEF and FAB rather than becoming part of the problem they will inevitably continue to fight. The club need them for validation but are giving absolutely zero back. You are all being mugged off unfortunately. Walk away.

 

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[Winstonthedog]

Stinks of desperation to me .... no new signings ... no direction...  no communication.... no idea 

[davieG]

3 hours ago, Sly said:

It’s almost like a dictatorship then 

 

Do they want Foxestalk to register its members 

There's plenty of willy waving going on.