Football Lads Alliance
| Formation | 4 June 2017 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Dan Harrison |
| Dissolved | 22 January 2019 |
| Type | Campaign group |
| Purpose | |
| Headquarters | London, UK |
Key people | John Meighan (Leader until 16 April 2018) |
| Website | footballladsalliance.co.uk (Archive) |
The Football Lads Alliance (FLA) is a far-right movement in the United Kingdom founded by John Meighan in 2017. According to The Times, "the movement was set up as a self-proclaimed 'anti-extremist' movement" but has increasingly become associated with far-right politics and far-right activists, and has been described as a part of the counter-jihad movement. The FLA subsequently split, leading some senior activists to set up the Democratic Football Lads Alliance (DFLA).
The Premier League has warned clubs that "the group is using fans and stadiums to push an anti-Muslim agenda". Concern has also been expressed that the Alliance is "giving cover to the far right" and "uses a secret Facebook page full of violent, racist and misogynistic posts".