Fans United Earn FQ Recognition

When Wrexham won one of our recent AFS Performance of the Week awards, we were delighted to flag up this year’s Fans United Day which took place at the Wrexham v Doncaster Rovers match on Saturday.

Now we are delighted to report that Fans United is amongst the nominees in the February 2005 uhlsport / FourFourTwo FQ Awards.When Wrexham won one of our recent AFS Performance of the Week awards, we were delighted to flag up this year’s Fans United Day which took place at the Wrexham v Doncaster Rovers match on Saturday. Now we are delighted to report that Fans United is amongst the nominees in the February 2005 uhlsport / FourFourTwo FQ Awards.

The Football Quotient Awards recognise those who display an ‘advanced understanding of the beautiful game’ or FQ.

Paul Reaney is the chairman of the FQ Award committee. He commented: “Conceived in 1997 as Brighton bid to avoid losing their home, over the last seven years Fans United have supported clubs in crisis from York to Wrexham to Dover and beyond. Fans United proves that football really is the people’s game. If you’re looking for an organisation with an advanced understanding of the beautiful game, Fans United are it.”

The other nominees are:
- Norwegian Kjell Skjerven who has taken ten months leave from his job to move to Leeds and follow the team.
- The Dutch Football Federation who, in the aftermath of Spain’s monkey chanting, ruled referees could abandon games subject to racial intolerance.
- Rotherham United Football Club, the manager and fans have shown real loyalty to each other by sticking together through thin, thick and thin again.

And the previous winners are:
June 2004 - Celtic and Barcelona supporters’ for their integrity in the aftermath of the Madrid rail bombings.
July 2004 - AFC Wimbledon supporters for their battle against the franchising of the game.
Aug 2004 - Michael Hutson for his stunning photographic exhibition of Sunday morning football.
Sept 2004 - Referee Pierluigi Collina for his ability to disarm, deflect and cajole.
Oct 2004 - TalkSport’s Mike Parry & Alan Brazil for re-inventing and re-invigorating football debate.
Nov 2004 - Gary Johnson for demanding Yeovil Town concede an equaliser in the most unlikely of circumstances.
Dec 2004 - Charlton Athletic coaches for their continued programme of South African football schools.
Jan 2005 - Iain Dowie for his refreshingly honest, and often humorous take on The Premiership.

Each month FourFourTwo readers are asked to vote on who has the greatest FQ with the winner going into a final vote to decide the individual or team who has shown the strongest FQ in 2004-05.

One voter a month will also win an uhlsport team kit with an end of season prize entitling a winner and his/her guest to take in a Serie A game featuring uhlsport endorsee Pavel Nedved.

For more information on the FQ philosophy, visit www.precisionfootball.com