Reds and Blues march against ticket prices

Reds and Blues march on Premier League HQ to protest against match ticket prices

Fans are calling on footie chiefs to do more to curb the cost of going to watch the beautiful game


"Outside the Premier League offices now. Street party / speeches next" from @williambiss on Twitter


Liverpool FC and Everton FC fans are today taking part in a protest against football match ticket prices.



Around 1,000 supporters are expected to march on the Premier League headquarters in London.



They will be demanding more is done to curb the cost of match tickets, particularly for away games.



Roy Bentham, from the Spirit of Shankly Liverpool FC supporters’ group, previously told the ECHO: “A lot of fans are being priced out of the game.



“We have some of the most expensive tickets in Europe.



“We won’t take this any more so we are making a stand.”

Organisers of the march are hoping fans from every Premier League club will turn out to protest.



Simon Magner, secretary of Everton’s Blue Union, said: “We want a commitment from the Premier League to put money aside to bring down ticket prices.



“In an ideal world, all fans would be charged exactly the same as all other clubs in the same league.



“Everyone is counting the pennies at the moment but football has lost touch with ordinary people, who are the life and soul of the game.”



A similar march last year led to the creation of the Away Fans Fund – which saw each Premiership club handed £200,000 to subsidise away ticket prices.



Demonstrators are hoping for a similar or bigger result after today’s march.



The Football Supporters’ Federation, which organised the rally, said in a statement: “The game is swimming in money like never before, with clubs pocketing record amounts from broadcasting deals while squeezing everything they can out of their fanbase with some of the highest ticket prices in a generation. Something has to give.



“There is little sign of anything being done to make life easier for the lifeblood of the game – the match-going supporter.”