Football Supporters Europe teams at international tournaments. But the real story of FSE as it now exists began in July 2008, when the UK's Football Supporters’ Federation (FSF) hosted in London the first European Football Fans’ Congress. The London meeting, held at Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium, discussed the issues which concerned fans across Europe, and gave a great impetus to the development of the network. The following year, in Hamburg, the second European Football Fans’ Congress (EFFC) was held, and alongside the workshops on issues such as discrimination, policing, ticket pricing and commercialisation, the decision was taken to adopt statutes and formally establish the
Stockport County Supporters' Co-operative changed its name to the Supporters' Co-operative after the trust came under heavy criticism from Stockport County fans following their failure to keep the club afloat. The Supporters Trust has since under the "Supporter's Co-op" banner tried numerous times to do various things to help the football club which have never come off. As of August 2013 the Co-op are trying to secure a sale of Edgeley Park from Brian Kennedy and own the ground as well as have it as an asset of community value (AVC) to the town of Stockport. Once this sale happens they ultimately want to