A trip to Hillsbrough on Boxing Day will set Bluenoses back £36. Sunderland fans making the trip to Chelsea later this month will pay £50. Derby County fans making the jaunt to Ipswich Town will pay £32.50. I think you get the gist.
Football fans in Britain are the victims of a heist. Football is no longer a game for the working class, it is now looked upon as a privilege.
The Premier League is the most popular and profitable league (or brand as the bigwigs like to call it) on the entire sport spectrum. Recently relegated QPR were given prize money close £62m last season. They finished the season bottom of the pile. This is ludicrous.
QPR have also been known for charging away fans in excess of £40 to attend Loftus Road, one of the most dingy and uncomfortable stadiums I have ever been to.
Something has to be done to a sport in which players (who earn a handsome six figure salary) employ agents (who earn a handsome six figure salary) to negotiate contracts and transfers on their behalf.
A generous chunk of these salaries are paid by the diehard supporters, many of whom earn pittance, barely enough to heat the frying pan for a pre-match sarnie.
To summarise, clubs are taking the loyalty of fans for granted. They see us as ‘customers`. In this day and age, charging half a tonne for a 90 minute football match is theft.
Disagree? Then consider this: Real Sociedad fans pay only £27 (39 euros) to attend Camp Nou to watch their team pit their wits against Barcelona, arguably the biggest club in world football.
The suits at the FA and the Football League should remember that the game is non-existent without the paying fans. As the growing campaign says… #TwentysPlenty
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