Liverpool ticket prices protest: Club cancels televised Q&A session between Ian Ayre and supporters
Club confirm 'ongoing ticket discussions' in reponse to mass walkout at Anfield on Saturday
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Your support makes all the difference.Liverpool have cancelled a Q&A session between chief executive Ian Ayre and supporters as the club confirmed discussions over ticket prices were ongoing on Monday.
Ayre was due to answer fans’ queries this evening but a statement from Liverpool read: “LFC thanks fans for submitting questions for tonight’s Q&A however due to ongoing ticketing discussions, this will no longer take place.”
Liverpool’s confirmation of dialogue is significant, with the club appearing to have acted on a mass demonstration by supporters during the Premier League match against Sunderland on Saturday, when an estimated 10,000 walked out early in protest at the rise in ticket prices planned for next season.
The most expensive ticket in the club’s new Main Stand will be £77. Supporters groups have promised to stage similar protests in the weeks and months ahead, and have also begun to target some of Liverpool’s sponsors, including fast food franchise Subway.
MPs today accused the club of showing ‘little regard’ to its supporters.
John Pugh, the MP for Southport, put down an early day motion to parliament. A debate could now be held in the House of Commons.
It says: “This house supports the protests made by Liverpool Football Club supporters in response to ticket prices showing little regard to, or respect for, the club's loyal fanbase, recognises that football clubs are not simply large businesses intent on maximising shareholder value but are part of the life and soul of their community and urges honourable members to seek further engagement with all stakeholders including supporters groups across the land to see what can be done to prevent professional football outcomes being entirely determined by money and economic interest.”
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