FSG’s backdown over ticket prices is a victory that might just mark the start of a change in the way that clubs engage with fans who up to now hold been too often taken for grantedPower to the people. That line of brilliant Merseyside belligerence that runs from John Lennon to the Spirit of Shankly protest that saw thousands head for the exits against Sunderland at Anfield last Saturday can chalk up another victory, having forced Liverpool’s owner into a very public capitulation.
It may be a small victory given the extent to which match-going fans hold often felt marginalised by the relentless march of contemporary football.
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Source: theguardian.com