Football & Stadium Management (FSM) is a print magazine and digital news resource for those involved with sports stadia, facilities, pitch and turf care.


Intercity In To Bat For Edgbaston Stadium To Create World‑Class, Tech‑Enabled Venue

Cricketers in a huddle at Edgbaston Stadium Leading IT services provider, Intercity, has announced a new partnership with Edgbaston Stadium and Warwickshire County Cricket Club to support Edgbaston’s ambitious regeneration plans and help them achieve their vision of becoming a world‑class tech‑enabled stadium.


Scottish Gas Teams Up With Scottish Rugby For A Greener Scotland

Scottish Gas has partnered with Sottish Rugby

  • Scottish Gas, part of Centrica, the largest home energy supplier in the UK, has partnered with Scottish Rugby to help the rugby community across Scotland reduce their energy bills and carbon footprint.
  • Partnership to tackle carbon emissions across Scotland, starting with the home of Scottish Rugby, Scottish Gas Murrayfield and its 26‑acre estate.
  • Driving the growth of the Scotland Women’s team through shirt and stadium sponsorship as well as other female age‑grade teams through activities over the course of the agreement.

Landmark deal gives over 130 clubs a lift with energy bills and could reduce energy consumption by over 50% through a joint £2m “Club & Community Net Zero Fund”.


LCCC’s £60m Stadium Redevelopment Takes Major Step Forward

A projection of how the new stadium will look on the inside Plans for a £60m redevelopment of Leicestershire’s Uptonsteel County Ground have taken a major step forward with the formation of a new working party.


Spireites Back #RiseForSport Accessibility Campaign

John Croot, chief executive of Chesterfield FC and Chesterfield FC Community Trust. Chesterfield FC is backing a national campaign urging more sporting venues across the UK to put Changing Places toilets in their grounds for disabled supporters to access.


“It’s A Matter Of Dignity”: Petition Launched To Make Sports Venue Toilets More Accessible For Disabled Fans And Athletes

L-R: Campaigners Francesca Dean, Rachel Bury, Zack Kerr

  • A Change.org petition has been launched, calling for Changing Places toilets to be made mandatory in UK sports venues with a capacity of more than 350 people.
  • Changing Places facilities provide extra equipment and space to allow disabled people to use the toilet safely and comfortably.
  • Fewer than 10 per cent of sports venues in the UK currently have a registered Changing Places Toilet*, meaning disabled fans and athletes are often unable to visit or take part in sporting fixtures.
  • Current legislation in England requires all new builds for more than 350 people to have a Changing Places facility, but there is no requirement for existing venues to have these, meaning many disabled fans are being denied access to their favourite sports.

A group of disabled sports fans are calling on the government to update legislation and allow all people, regardless of their disability, to visit and take part in sporting fixtures by ensuring Changing Places toilets are made mandatory at venues.

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