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 Away ticket price campaign

Away ticket price campaign

This petition is now closed. To find out more about the FSF's work on ticket pricing email Alan Bloore.

The FSF wants to emphasise that the campaign isn't just about ticket prices in the Premier League (PL). Many prices in the Football League, Conference and below are far too high. The objective of the campaign is to ensure that football again becomes the "people's game". Prices across the board in this country are absurd.

The campaign's principal initial aims are:

  • Universal away ticket price of no more than £15 for all PL games with £10 for concessions.
  • A three-season price freeze at 2006/7 season levels for both season tickets and individual match tickets for seasons 2007/8-2009/10 imposed by PL rule.
  • Encouragement of clubs to cut ticket prices in cash terms over and above the freeze.
  • The facility fee received for all PL televised matches to be used to subsidise tickets prices for all attending those matches.

The example of Fulham charging Manchester United fans £45 to visit Craven Cottage when earlier in the season Wigan Athletic fans had been charged £25 shows how clubs are penalising supporters of those clubs with bigger away followings to subsidise a decline in home support.

During the first six months of the 2006/07 season, 11 of the 17 PL clubs who remained in the PL from the previous season showed a decrease in average attendance. We believe that constantly increasing, rip-off ticket prices, along with decreased competitive balance has driven many supporters out of the game, either unable or unwilling to pay out the sums asked. The increasing number of empty seats up and down the country is testament to this.

The majority of clubs are refusing to address dwindling attendances, apparently safe in the knowledge that gate receipts contribute only a tiny proportion of income. There are some honourable exceptions. There are plans at Manchester City to dramatically lower children's prices (but not adults, unfortunately), Bradford City has launched an innovative season ticket scheme and Blackburn Rovers has announced it wants to lower prices. This is all welcome but is not enough.

The FSF want to deliver a clear message to club chairmen. We want a fairer deal for football fans through a fairer pricing structure which will make football more affordable for all. We want to see action by the football authorities to limit ticket prices to no more than £15 for adult away fans in the Premier League, to freeze prices for home fans, reducing prices in the cheaper categories and redistributing the facility fee for televised games by subsidising ticket prices for these matches.

This petition is now closed.

 
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