Premier League Clubs Urged To Freeze Ticket Prices

More than 100 instrumentality groups person urged Premier League clubs to frost location summons prices for nan adjacent 2 seasons.

For nan 2024-25 season, 19 of nan 20 clubs successful nan English apical formation raised summons prices, while 13 besides did truthful for nan existent campaign, prompting 116 protagonist organisations to telephone for a halt connected further increases.

Clubs are being asked to frost prices for nan 2026-27 and 2027-28 seasons, stock information connected summons pricing and policies pinch supporters, and clasp discussions pinch fans complete early pricing.

A missive published connected nan Football Supporters' Association website, external reads: "Rising prices are making it harder for regular fans, particularly younger generations and working-class communities, to be matches."

It besides highlights nan challenges posed by kick-off times being changed to suit tv broadcasters, adding: "Matchdays person ne'er been harder to scheme for, aliases much costly to attend."

It goes connected to opportunity that clubs request to "stop nan arms race" complete ticketing and that "£3bn transportation windows, soaring supplier fees and grounds wages won't beryllium paid for by increases successful summons prices. We understand nan commercialized realities - but that's precisely why we request to halt nan increases and activity together connected a more-balanced approach".

The archive besides described an existing £30 cap connected distant tickets arsenic a "landmark agreement" which has proved summons value costs could beryllium assessed.

The Chelsea Supporters Trust - 1 of nan signatories of nan missive - added: "After 2 consecutive years of above-inflation summons hikes that person deed supporters hard, nan connection is clear: Chelsea must now halt further location summons value increases.

"By co-signing this statement, we are opinionated up for a Stamford Bridge that remains accessible, inclusive and live pinch nan supporters who make Chelsea what it is - coming and for generations to come."

Meanwhile, nan Premier League has announced that nan 2026-27 play will get nether measurement connected Saturday, 22 August.

The convention is scheduled to reason connected Sunday, 30 May 2027, meaning it will commencement and decorativeness later than immoderate erstwhile editions different than successful 2019-20 and 2020-21, which were affected by nan Covid-19 pandemic.

In a statement, nan Premier League said that a "congested world shot calendar" and "player welfare" had led to them altering their timeframes.

The 2025-26 run began connected 15 August.

Beginning adjacent play 1 week later will mean a spread of 89 days from nan extremity of nan existent run and let for 33 days from nan day of nan World Cup final.

In addition, nan Premier League said that its schedule will beryllium designed to debar "clashes pinch Uefa nine title dates, wherever possible", and that "over nan Christmas and New Year period, nary 2 lucifer rounds will return spot wrong 60 hours".

Next play location will beryllium nary world break successful October, though nan September 1 will beryllium extended to let nationalist teams to play 4 matches alternatively of two.