Football Activism with Niall Couper, Amnesty International & AFC Wimbledon - a podcast by Fan Insights

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We return this episode to football activism, in a chat with Niall Couper, Head of Media, PR and Supporter Communications for Amnesty International UK, playing an important role to promote activism in the UK.


It’s critical for anyone running a club or working in football in a Fan Engagement role to understand how activists think and work, which make this, and Episode 6, with Fulham, Spurs and Liverpool activists, required listening. The word ‘activist’ can make some people quite uncomfortable, and that’s why understanding that they’re just people, like you and me, who decide to do something to change a situation is so important.


Aside from being a former sports journalist at the Independent, Niall is also something of a football activist. A Wimbledon fan, he ran the media campaign for the Plough Lane Bond earlier this year that raised £5.5m in a matter of weeks, completing Wimbledon’s new stadium at Plough Lane. He also co-founded and ran the alternative programme, Yellow & Blue, which Wimbledon fans published during their campaign against being franchised to Milton Keynes in 2001/2002, outselling the official programme by a reputed 3-1.


We talk about how you don’t change people’s minds by shouting, how football fans are not outsiders, and how you should never be scared of taking on the big boys. We also touch, briefly, on Amnesty’s work around the attempted takeover of Newcastle United by a Saudi consortium.


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