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About Football Safety Officers Association

The birth of the FSOA was the brainchild of Mike Holford QPM, then Safety Officer at Nottingham Forest F.C. Mike later became the first Honorary President of the Association. The inaugural meeting of the FSOA took place inNottinghamon 29 October 1992 and was attended by 28 Safety Officers. The aims of the Association then and now can be summarised as: ‘Improving safety at football grounds by enhancing the role of safety management and the status of the Safety Officer within the football industry. The Association intends to achieve this by promulgating best safety management practices, enhancing the role of stewards and continually developing the expertise of Safety Officers’.