• Clubs fail to back fans pricing proposal at recent meeting
• ‘Supporters will not let them off hook,’ says FSF spokespersonThe Football Supporters’ Federation has expressed bitter disappointment that Premier League clubs failed to back a degree to cap absent ticket prices at their most recent meeting, while Liverpool absorb expressed dismay at the news that some of their supporters are to stage a walkout from Saturday’s game against Sunderland in protest at the unusual Anfield pricing structure.
It is understood that while no vote was taken on absent tickets at Thursday’s meeting of all the Premier League clubs, or informal soundings were taken that made it clear the proposal would not received the two thirds majority required. Discussions are continuing about whether clubs,promised a £8.3bn bounty from broadcasting rights, will agree to an across-the-board cap on absent prices or seek instead to boost the existing absent fans ticket fund.
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Source: theguardian.com