Supporters were set to stage a nationwide protest against ticket prices before their teams vowed to take action
Anger: Liverpool fans hold a banner as they protest against the
recently announced rise in ticket prices during the English Premier
League football match between Liverpool and Sunderland
The Premier League has pledged to help fans meet the soaring cost of watching their heroes amid growing calls for a fairer deal.With supporters set to stage a nationwide protest against ticket prices, their teams finally pledged to take action and address the costs of tickets for away games.
A Premier League spokesman said: “There is absolute agreement from the 20 clubs that something needs to be done to help away fans with costs.
"At the moment there is not a consensus on what form that help will take.
"That is what we are working on, but it is going to be something meaningful for the start of next season.”
The move follows our call not to price fans out of football.
The Football Supporters’ Federation (FSF) is drawing up plans for a co-ordinated campaign, with a mass
‘walk out’ possible by fans of all 20 clubs.
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FSF chairman Malcolm Clark said the top flight fat cats could let ‘everyone in for free’ and still have more money than last season due to the new £8bn TV rights deal for 2016-19.
He added: “People are beginning to realise the sheer size of the income from television.
"Fans start to get some of the benefits. It wouldn’t be a very marketable product without them.”
Liverpool supporters are considering a boycott of major club sponsors, including Subway sandwich stores.
Lifelong Reds fan Michael Kilcullen, 68, will have to pay £869 for his next season ticket, a £130 increase.
His grandson David Browrigg, 20, a student, will have to fork out £1,029.
Mr Kilcullen said: “I always said once the tickets went over £1,000, I won’t pay it, I will just pack it in altogether.
“I have wrote to the club already objecting to the prices, and I have said I won’t be able to afford it.”
Money worries: Liverpool fans have said they will no longer be able to attend Football finance experts Deloitte say the 20 Premier League clubs made a combined operating profit of more than £600m in 2013-14.
But it is the richest clubs, including Liverpool, Manchester United, Man City, Arsenal, Chelsea, Spurs and
West Ham, who were reluctant to cap away prices at the Premier League meeting last week.
FA chairman Greg Dyke made clear they have it in their power to reduce prices.
Questioned as he walked his dog in Twickenham, he said: “It’s up to the clubs. It’s not something for the FA to decide. I was at Liverpool on Saturday and I saw what happened.
“There was clearly a large number of fans who were protesting. Were they in the right? I don’t know.”
Former Spurs boss Harry Redknapp said: “The money that is pumped into players’ wages, managers’ wages, coaches’ wages, everybody’s having a slice of the pie.
"The fans really should be getting the biggest slice, shouldn’t they?”
Ex-England striker Michael Owen added: “Football is not like a concert with your favourite band once a year.
"Fans who have a real passion can be at 50 games a season. The last place you want to be taking money from is your fans through tickets.
"At certain London clubs it is nearly £100 - it is extortionate. Full credit to fans for standing up for what they believe in.”
Roy Evans, once manager at Liverpool, said his old club had to stop ‘taking fans for granted’.
Their former captain Jamie Carragher joined the 10,000 fans’ walk-out at the Reds’ 2-2 draw against Sunderland on Saturday.
In 1990, Manchester United supporters could watch a game at Old Trafford for £3.50.
Taking into account inflation, that is around £7 in today’s prices.
The very cheapest United ticket now is £31, an increase of almost 350 per cent in real terms.
A spokesman for the club said they would abide by the decision made on ticket prices at the next Premier League meeting.
Premier League prices - how they compare with the rest of Europe
Cheapest Match Day Ticket- Bayern Munich - £11
- Barcelona - £17
- PSG - £17
- Juventus - £19
- Celtic - £23
- Real Madrid - £26
Cheapest season ticket
- Barcelona - £74
- Bayern Munich - £104
- Real Madrid - £166
- PSG - £313
- Juventus - £321
- Celtic - £337
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