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Wednesday 9 March 2016

Premier League clubs announce new deal for away fans

Clubs consent to top away tickets for fans to £30 for next three seasons 

Under the assention away fans won't pay more than £30 for a ticket from next season 





Head League Clubs have consistently concurred that for the following three seasons away fans will have the capacity to go to Premier League matches and pay close to £30 for each of their tickets. 

Clubs realize that away fans have a one of a kind status. They are key for match environment and fortify the reaction from home fans that recognizes Barclays Premier League matches from those of different groups.

This extraordinary status has for quite some time been comprehended by Clubs, who presently furnish away fans with a scope of measures intended to help them, including the Away Supporters' Initiative (ASI), presented in 2013.

Away fans have extra travel expenses and pay singular match costs, as season ticket and different rebates are not accessible to them and the obligation regarding them is shared in the middle of Clubs and along these lines it is correct that there is an aggregate activity to help them.

At their keep going meeting on 4 February, 2016, the Clubs consistently concurred that more ought to be done to help away fans and, after thought of a scope of choices, have now chosen to present the new £30 most extreme cost for away tickets.



The £30 away ticket top will supplant the ASI as a solitary, extensive acknowledgment of the significance of away fans for the three seasons 2016/17 to 2018/19.

Chief League Clubs are each in charge of their own ticket costs and offer a scope of arrangements which make going to top flight football a possibility for a great many fans.

Head League stadiums have been no less than 90% full for each of the last 18 seasons. In 2014/15 and 2013/14 Premier League stadiums were 95.9% full.

From 2013/14, Clubs each put £200,000 per season in ASI undertakings to incentivise away participation. Such work included free mentor travel (Stoke City), corresponding evaluating (Newcastle United, Everton, Southampton, Stoke City), exceptional trains for away apparatuses (Chelsea) and ticket value diminishments (Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool). A full rundown of what every Club convey arrives.

In March 2015 Premier League Clubs focused on putting resources into and supporting five key territories in the three seasons from 2016/17.


  • The five key zones are: 

  • match-going to fans 

  • offices 

  • interest 

  • supporting hindered bunches 

  • solidarity with lower alliances 




"As one of the Premier League's as of late advanced clubs, we have found the effect of away fans one of the alliance's most noteworthy components," Jeff Mostyn, the AFC Bournemouth director, told afcb.co.uk. "Our fans have been tremendous in the way they have bolstered the group far from home, and guests here have added to an effectively awesome air.

"We acknowledge what number of obstacles away fans face when they travel and this top is an extraordinary approach to help them."

Chelsea executive Bruce Buck refered to the offer the club some assistance with having given their fans with the expense of travel and away tickets in late seasons, and in addition during the current weekend's FA Cup match at Everton.

"I am satisfied from next season onwards on top of the £30 away ticket top, the club will keep on giving budgetary help to voyaging Blues," Buck told chelseafc.com.

Robert Elstone, the Everton CEO, upheld the assention. "The voyaging supporter ... makes a gigantic duty to their club, they are all season-ticket holders and, as an outcome, they go to bolster their group for a substantial extent of the 38 Premier League amusements in a season," Elstone said. "It is completely right that football, as a family, takes care of that gathering of fans."

Tony Scholes, the Stoke City CEO, resounded Elstone's slants. 

"As a Club we have long held the conviction that away fans are of essential significance to Premier League diversions as they produce climate and add to the scene," Scholes said. "In any case, these supporters pay an excessively high cost to take after their group as far as match tickets and travel and we are charmed the £30 activity has been embraced." www.fourfour2.com

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