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Twenty’s Plenty: Virgin Media and FSF reimburse away fans’ tickets
Away fans from all Premier League clubs will see their tickets capped to £20 for the first time, in a pioneering move by Virgin Media and the Football Supporters’ Federation (FSF).
As part of the ‘Twenty’s Plenty’ campaign, Virgin Media through its partnership with the FSF, is reimbursing the costs of supporters’ tickets above £20 for a single away fixture at all top-tier clubs – with the majorit...
The cost of Christmas football revealed
Football fans face an average cost of almost £140 to watch their teams play away over the Christmas period, according to new research by the Football Supporters’ Federation (FSF) and Virgin Media.
The research has been carried out to highlight the disproportionate amount travelling fans have to spend on tickets, transport and food to get behind their teams across England and Wales between Boxing D...
Football clubs facing "demographic time-bomb"
Football clubs are facing a “demographic time-bomb” warned an MP today ahead of a Private Members' Bill he is putting before the House of Commons tomorrow.
Labour's Justin Madders, MP for Ellesmere Port & Neston, is proposing a number of measures to help football supporters with a new “10 Minute Rule Bill" to be heard in Parliament after Prime Minister's Questions tomorrow (Wednesday 30th December...
Virgin Media joins forces with FSF to cut costs for away fans
Virgin Media today [Tuesday 9th August 2016] announced a new partnership with the Football Supporters’ Federation that will see the company support the move towards making Premier League tickets more affordable for away fans across the country.
Partnership will support ‘Twenty’s Plenty’ campaign
Tickets for away fans to Southampton FC subsidised and capped to £20 by Virgin Media
Partnership ai...
Reading FC back Twenty's Plenty
Reading FC today announced their support for the Twenty's Plenty campaign and have capped away ticket prices at the Madejski Stadium at £20.
The club said that no away fan visiting Reading throughout the 2016-17 season would pay more than £20 for their ticket - and have challenged other clubs across the Football League to follow their lead.
As well as capping prices for away fans, matchday tickets...
Weekend of Action announcement
Last month we announced plans for a Twenty’s Plenty Weekend of Action which was set to take place on Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th March 2016.
That weekend was strategically very significant as it is the last set of fixtures ahead of a shareholder meeting the clubs scheduled for Wednesday 23rd March 2016. The clubs set league-wide rules at shareholder meetings.
The last shareholder meeting took pl...
Premier League clubs cap away tickets at £30
Premier League clubs have agreed to cap away ticket prices at £30 for the next three seasons.
Running from the 2016/17 the £30 cap on all away tickets will replace the Away Supporters' Initiative as a "single, League-wide recognition of the importance of away fans," a Premier League statment said today.
"They [away supporters] have additional travel costs and pay individual match prices, as season...
Fans "should not be forgotten" on ticket price value, says PM
Prime Minister David Cameron has said that Premier League football clubs must strive to find the right balance on ticket prices.
Cameron was responding to a question submitted at a recent Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) by Shadow Sports Minister Clive Efford MP.
Clive Efford MP asked Cameron whether he would act to give fans a place at the table in club boardrooms so "their voices can be heard w...
Huddersfield Town use broadcast income to reduce ticket prices
Championship side Huddersfield Town have announced a reduction in their season ticket prices for 2016/17 and will be using increased TV revenue to cover the cost.
Speaking to the Huddersfield Daily Examiner about the new prices, club chairman Dean Hoyle said that the £2m increase in broadcasting revenue the club received would be used to encourage Huddersfield fans back to the John Smith's Stadium...
Twenty's Plenty: Weekend of Action (19th and 20th March)
It’s a big month for the Twenty’s Plenty campaign with Premier League clubs set to meet on Wednesday 23rd March for one of their regular shareholder meetings. Away ticket prices will be on the agenda and we need to make them act now to reduce costs ahead of 2016/17.
At the last Premier League shareholders meeting it was reported that 12 or 13 clubs were in favour of an away cap. If 14 or more club...