A decade after collecting their first food donation in a wheelie bin outside Goodison Park, Fans Supporting Foodbanks has officially become a registered charity. The organisation was founded on October 17, 2015, by Everton supporters Dave Kelly and Robbie Daniels, alongside Liverpool fan and current West Derby MP Ian Byrne.

In 2020, Liverpool supporter Paul Khan joined the original small management team, helping to expand the group's reach. Now, ten years on, Fans Supporting Foodbanks (FSF) has established a formal board of trustees and continues its vital mission to unite football fans in the fight against food poverty across the region.

Newly elected Chair, Dave Kelly said: “When Robbie, Ian and I first stood outside the Winslow pub opposite Goodison Park with a wheelie bin to collect food, we never thought that ten years later we’d still be doing what we do.

“Although we are now a registered charity, with a board of trustees and on a formal footing, we remain a grassroots...