Fans groups’ from both Arsenal and Liverpool came together at the weekend to protest extortionate ticket pricing – with Liverpool fans being charged £64 to see their team away at the Emirates Stadium.
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Clear filterFans groups’ from both Arsenal and Liverpool came together at the weekend to protest extortionate ticket pricing – with Liverpool fans being charged £64 to see their team away at the Emirates Stadium.
Yesterday (26th March) fans from across the country, representing clubs from the Premier League to non-league, gathered outside the shareholders meeting of the Premier League at Le Meridien hotel, Piccadilly, to demand a more equitable distribution of TV funds throughout the leagues and grassroots, and to campaign for cheaper ticket prices. It’s fair to say we made our point.
The Football Supporters’ Federation will lead a demonstration of fans at the next meeting of the Premier League’s shareholders at Le Méridien Piccadilly (London) on Thursday 26th March (midday). This is a vital demo for fans from ALL leagues – we want to see you there regardless of the club you support.
Ticket prices have been in the news again all this week, both Liverpool and Newcastle fans condemning the £52 away fans are being charged for their Monday night fixture in April, and Tottenham Hotspur Supporters’ Trust showed us how expensive following your team can be, particularly if they’re a “Category A” side. However, this weekend fans of Everton and Newcastle United will be backing affordable football and thanking their clubs for coming to a reciprocal pricing deal. Read their full statement below…
The topic of ticket pricing was in the news again this week as Newcastle United fans learned they’d have to pay £52 to see their team at Liverpool on a Monday night as a result of the game being classified as a “Category A” fixture. Match categorisation remains a major headache for fans of many clubs.
Newcastle United travel to Anfield on Monday 13th April for a game which will cost travelling fans £52 plus travel costs. Football Supporters’ Federation (FSF) affiliates Newcastle United Supporters Trust (NUST) and Spirit of Shankly (SoS) have both hit out at the cost and timing of the game. They have the full support of the FSF.
The Premier League has signed a new TV mega-deal worth £5.14bn, and that’s just for UK rights. The increase alone over the last domestic deal equates to around £46 for every fan, at every game; top-flight clubs have to bring down ticket prices and support lower-league and grassroots football. In an open letter to all top-flight clubs, FSF Chief Executive Kevin Miles (left) explains why…
Our partners at the High5it app understand the importance of away fans and that fans dig deep to follow their team around the country – so they’re giving a pair of fans the chance to have an upcoming away trip paid for.
QPR had a near 550-mile round trip to Sunderland last night and the club used money set aside for away fans to provide free travel. The Away Supporters Initiative was introduced after Premier League clubs agreed to budget £12m over three seasons to make the matchday experience better for travelling fans. This equates to £200,000 per club, per season.
FSF chief executive Kevin Miles will lead a delegation of fans to talk ticket prices with the Premier League on Friday (23rd January).
Crystal Palace ultras group Holmesdale Fanatics will meet with officials from the Premier League on Wednesday 14th January to discuss the issue of rising ticket prices. The meeting follows a protest outside Premier League HQ by the group in December and is a further sign of supporter discontent over ticket prices.
Every other week it seems there’s a new controversy over ticket prices, whether it’s Wigan Athletic fans choosing to boycott Elland Road because of the cost of tickets, or Leeds United fans furious at being charged £40 for a trip to Carrow Road.
A group of Wigan Athletic fans say they’ll boycott their club’s trip to Elland Road because of the cost of away tickets. Adults will have to fork out £36 for tickets, while over 60s, students, and young adults (16-21) will pay £24. If you want to pay at the gate, there’s a fiver premium on those prices too.
Writing in The Times Tony Barret, the paper’s Merseyside Correspondent, says that Jose Mourinho must stop criticising supporters and use his power to give the Bridge its voice back…
If you didn’t make August’s Affordable Football For All! demo Youtube channel Copa90 have produced a great video which captures the energy of the day. Hundreds of fans marched on PL/FL HQ before an FSF-led delegation met with league executives to deliver the message that prices are simply too high.
Ticket prices have grown at almost twice the rate of the overall cost of living since 2011, the BBC’s ‘Price of Football’ survey has found. BBC researchers analysed prices at 207 clubs, in their fourth annual look at how much fans are being charged to watch football across the UK.
Charles Robinson is an FSF member and academic working in Prague, and a contributor to the likes of When Saturday Comes and The Blizzard. Here he tackles fan demographics from a historical angle – has the establishment always feared ‘the crowd’?
The Away Supporters Initiative is now into its second season and we’re keen to track what deals clubs are funding. Fans tell us their preferred deals reduce prices, or subsidise travel, and transparency is important.
