FSA: Villa’s UCL Ticket Prices Spark Outrage
It was a (mostly) bad week for ticket prices as Aston Villa fans labelled their club “out of touch” for charging up to £97 a ticket for home Champions League matches this season.
It was a (mostly) bad week for ticket prices as Aston Villa fans labelled their club “out of touch” for charging up to £97 a ticket for home Champions League matches this season.
It’s been another summer of discontent for Premier League supporters’ groups with 19 out of 20 facing ticket price hikes and a general sense that clubs just don’t value fan loyalty – unless it comes with a high-priced ticket, disposable income and a visit to the club shop.
West Ham United fan groups continue to push back on planned ticket price hikes and concessionary price changes at the London Stadium ahead of the new season – and a petition calling for change has passed 15,000 signatures.
A new season arrives tomorrow with a full house expected at St. Andrew’s for the visit of Reading and the start of a campaign in League One. Fourteen short weeks have elapsed since the last season ended with, of course, the bitter disappointment of relegation.
With the new Women’s Super League (WSL) season kicking off next month, we thought it was an important time to take stock of the state of the women’s game as a whole.