Stop Exploiting Loyalty: Liverpool v Brighton

Stop Exploiting Loyalty: Support the campaign for fairer prices in football Are you worried about the price of football? Are you concerned about the direction of travel over ticket prices and the attack on concessions by some Premier League clubs? Do you worry that you, or your children, could be priced out of supporting your football club? And do you want to do something about it? This season 19 of the 20 Premier League clubs increased their ticket prices – tickets that have already rocketed in price way beyond inflation since the Premier League began. [...]

By |2024-11-01T09:52:37+00:00November 1st, 2024|
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Weekend of Action

Stop Exploiting Loyalty This weekend marks the start of a fortnight of action from fan groups across the Premier League as part of the Stop Exploiting Loyalty campaign, led by the Football Supporters’ Association. SOS and SpionKop 1906 will join Arsenal supporters at the AFC foodbank on Sunday 27 October ahead of the game to show solidarity. The following Saturday, 2 November, we will be joined by fans from Brighton outside of the Kop. This season, 19 of the 20 top-flight clubs raised ticket prices, only Crystal Palace deferred, showing complete disregard for regular matchgoing [...]

By |2024-10-25T15:33:11+01:00October 25th, 2024|
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AGM 2024

Notice of AGM 2024 We're pleased to announce details of our 2024 Annual General Meeting, which will take place on Wednesday 13 November, 6:30pm, at Blackstock Studios, Liverpool. The meeting will be livestreamed, and recorded, for those unable to make it in person. The meeting will include usual business, updates on our work over the past year and our financial accounts. We will also discuss motions, elections for Management Committee members and answer questions. We will be joined on the night online by football finance expert Kieran Maguire, for a discussion on football tickets, pricing [...]

By |2024-10-17T13:39:08+01:00October 17th, 2024|
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Meeting with Premier League

Open dialogue SOS MC member George Bevan recently joined fan reps from Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United, and the Football Supporters' Association for an informal meeting with the Premier League to talk ticketing. It followed previous structured dialogue with the PL and covered the current rules and guidance on ticketing in the PL Handbook, and Supporters Board / Fan Advisory Board engagement. George gave a general overview of the SOS motion, proposed at the last FSA general meeting, regarding ticket prices and answered questions. It was agreed ongoing discussions between supporter reps [...]

By |2024-10-15T12:13:50+01:00October 15th, 2024|
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Coach Travel to Brighton, Carabao Cup

Brighton (A) Carabao Cup Carabao Cup Wednesday 30 October 2024. Kick-off 7.30pm  Cost £50 members £60 non-members (includes membership fee) Book seat(s) online here Bookings are non-refundable unless we can resell the seat(s). Departs The Twelfth Man at 12noon The Rocket at 12.30pm Please confirm when booking where you would like to pick up the coach. Other pick-ups may be available depending on demand. After the game Please be aware that the coach will wait a maximum of 15 minutes after the match is finished or when the Police ask us to leave. It is [...]

By |2024-10-10T19:20:33+01:00October 10th, 2024|
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Supporting World Mental Health Day

A simple 'how are you' can make a huge difference Today, World Mental Health Day, Spirit of Shankly stand united with those facing mental health challenges, especially within our community.  Football has a unique power to connect people, on and off the pitch, and we believe it can help change and even save the lives of those struggling with mental health issues. Eighty-four men take their own lives in the UK every week – 84. According to the Office for National Statistics, the biggest cause of death for men under 50, from a range of [...]

By |2024-10-09T20:58:07+01:00October 9th, 2024|
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Camino de Santiago: how they did it

Walking Camino de Santiago for Prostate Cancer Awareness and Support The Camino de Santiago is a unique journey that has captured the hearts and minds of pilgrims and travellers for centuries: a cultural, emotional and physical adventure meeting fellow devotees from around the world. Also known as the Way of St. James, it is made up of a series of historic walking paths that wind across Europe converging in the city of Santiago de Compostela, located in northwestern Galicia, Spain.  In September, SOS MC member Ian Byrne and former MC members Stephen Monaghan, Kieth Culvin [...]

By |2024-10-09T12:30:37+01:00October 9th, 2024|
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Coach Travel to Arsenal

Arsenal (A) Premier League Sunday 27 October 2024. Kick-off 4.30pm  Cost £50 members £60 non-members (includes membership fee) Book seat(s) online here Bookings are non-refundable unless we can resell the seat(s). Departs The Twelfth Man at 8am The Rocket at 8.30am Please confirm when booking where you would like to pick up the coach. Other pick-ups may be available depending on demand. After the game Please be aware that the coach will wait a maximum of 15 minutes after the match is finished or when the Police ask us to leave. It is the responsibility [...]

By |2024-09-30T20:43:32+01:00September 30th, 2024|
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United front

Stop exploiting loyalty On Wednesday, 25 September, Spirit of Shankly and West Ham fan groups Hammers United and Old School Hammers held a joint protest before the Carabao Cup tie at Anfield. The protest against rising ticket prices and restrictions on concessions – under the Stop Exploiting Loyalty campaign – calls for fairer treatment for supporters. SOS Chair Paul Khan, MC members Gareth Roberts and Joe Blott alongside Hammers United’s Andy Payne discussed why it’s crucial fans unite in the fight for fairer terms. You can listen here on our YouTube channel. [...]

By |2024-09-27T07:54:21+01:00September 27th, 2024|
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Follow-up letter to MPs

Early Day Motion We have again written to all 14 northwest MPs, this time asking that they sign and support the Early Day Motion proposed by Ian Lavery MP. Dear … Ian Lavery MP has tabled an Early Day Motion (EDM) in response to the rising cost of football tickets and clubs exploiting supporter loyalty. Nineteen out of 20 top-flight clubs raised ticket prices this past summer, with some abolishing or reducing concessionary tickets, both penalising loyal senior fans and pricing out young fans who are the future of the game. There’s a general sense [...]

By |2024-09-13T13:16:47+01:00September 13th, 2024|
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