Neil Pullar 🍋

Respectfully, I don’t know where to start here. Football in England was built on working class terms. It was the escape once a week that every one had access to. Many clubs still today are the result of teams formed by workings in a certain trade. Miners, docks workers etc. Going to the game once a week is something that the working class have always had. It’s a right of passage. This should still be the case, especially for those who have gone for decade or have inherited a season ticket. English football is completely incomparable to the sport in other countries, not least the US. This increase of up to 13% over 3 years maybe appears ‘small’ from the outside, but it’s as much about the principle as it is the 13% increase. The club have already priced out locals and matchgoers that had been going to Anfield for decades. These people are already out there, yet the club don’t care. Increased ticket prices, no matter how small, will continue this. Our fanbase has already lost bits of its identity through the Americanisation of our club. For example, the sheer amount of hospitality tickets that working class people simply can’t afford. This isn’t a dig at international or American fans - there’s a place for everyone - but it’s important we all acknowledge this was a working class Scouse club before it was anything else. The club are alienating loyal fans for the sake of £1.2m. A negligible amount of revenue when sat in a spreadsheet alongside broadcasting revenue and sponsorship deals. The fans and the Kop are the product. Without the fans the club don’t have a brand to present to sponsors and big CL nights etc wouldn’t draw the eye. You may see it as a small increase but it’s symbolic of much more 👍🏼