23 Sep 2009Disabled football fans benefit from upgraded service

Football Supporters News | Football Technology and Stadia

The government has upgraded its citizens website to help disabled football fans plan their matchday travel arrangements more easily.

Supporters with disabilities can now use the online Blue Badge map, available at direct.gov.uk, to check the accessibility and facilities of football stadiums around the UK.

The new version of the map contains more than 160 of the country's major football venues, as well details of over 2,000 train stations and updated information on the London Underground.

"We hope that the improved Blue Badge map will help disabled people and their drivers get out and about across the UK to enjoy their passions," said Jayne Nickalls, chief executive of Directgov.

Danny Wallace, the former footballer whose career was ended prematurely by multiple sclerosis (MS), added: "The Blue Badge map is an important service and one that should help disabled fans across the UK."

Wallace was diagnosed with MS in 1996 after spells with Southampton, Manchester United and Birmingham City.

The winger scored on his only appearance for England, finding the net against Egypt in 1986.

Written by Mark Thompson

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