West Ham United unite with Tottenham and Man United fans in fresh protest
West Ham United supporters will join forces with Tottenham and Manchester United fans in protest against rising ticket prices.
According to respected journalist Henry Winter (30 December), the Hammers faithful will line up arm-in-arm alongside the fanbases of Manchester City, Manchester United, Tottenham, Everton and Liverpool to put pressure on the Premier League to halting ticket price rises.
The Irons supporters have had to endure abysmal displays on the pitch this season and as the relationship with chairman David Sullivan teeters towards boiling point, the fans are taking matters into their own hands.
Winter reported via X [30 December]: “Fans’ groups including those from Manchester City and Manchester United, West Ham and Spurs, Everton and Liverpool, are joining forces and calling on Premier League broadcast partners to pressurise clubs into curtailing ticket price hikes.
“Fans want rights-holders to urge clubs to ‘reverse the greed and the unfair pricing structures which ultimately will destroy the product’.
“On the attack on concessions, Andy Payne, from Hammers United and chair of West Ham’s Fan Advisory Board says, ‘All fans want to see is the young, old and vulnerable have their concessions returned and protected. That way we ensure we reward loyalty and don’t exploit it. Football is more than just a game to us’.”
West Ham supporters join forces in Premier League protest
The greed of the Premier League, particularly the broadcast partners, has been a deep-rooted problem within the sport throughout the modern era.
Sullivan, Karen Brady and the entire West Ham hierarchy should feel ashamed for profiting off the greed, taking advantage of the supporters, and sitting back aimlessly while said supporters fight for their club.
Julen Lopetegui has spent the majority of his tenure in East London on the brink of dismissal – his football has left the supporters unsatisfied, and yet, they are willing to spend their hard-earned money to watch millionaires play football in the best league in the world.
More Premier League fan groups will surely join the protest, but it is a testament to the passion of the Hammers faithful that they are the ones to lead the way in an act that will hopefully exact much-needed change.
Football without the fans is nothing; the atmosphere on matchdays within stadiums up and down the country is what makes the Premier League what it is, but the sport has become too much of a business.
It is time to put rivalries aside and focus on the bigger picture – supporters are a force to be reckoned with when banded together, and it’s time to take aim at the decision-makers.
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