Liverpool to boost season price ticket costs, followers cry foul

Liverpool will nudge up the cost of its season tickets subsequent season for the primary time in 8 years because of emerging prices, the Premier League aspect mentioned on Tuesday (Mar 14), in a choice the membership’s Supporters Board referred to as “merciless and unjust”.

The membership will proceed to freeze costs for juniors and the native normal sale, which can stay at 9 kilos (US$11) consistent with price ticket, and it mentioned not more than £17 be added to the cost of season tickets.

“The upward push is a results of vital emerging prices around the membership,” Liverpool mentioned in a remark. “Previously 5 years, annual running prices for Anfield have higher via just about 40 consistent with cent and application prices have long gone up via 100 consistent with cent this season.”

The LFC Supporters Board referred to as the cost building up “merciless, unjust, unreasonable and unfair” amid a cost-of-living disaster in Britain, the place annual inflation stays above 10 consistent with cent.

“Those will increase additionally come at a time when LFC is reporting file revenues, higher sponsorship source of revenue and demanding will increase from luck at the pitch,” the Supporters Board mentioned.

The Supporters Board mentioned it had proposed possible choices corresponding to sponsorship offers and stand-naming rights to generate earnings an identical to the two consistent with cent worth building up.

Liverpool, now 6th within the Premier League standings, would lose out on Champions League earnings subsequent season in the event that they fail to win that pageant or to complete within the best 4 of the home league.

They trip to Actual Madrid on Wednesday night time for the second one leg in their Champions League spherical of 16 tie, after shedding the primary leg 5-2 at house in mid-February.