Ticket Price Increases Could ‘Kill The Kop,’ Warn Liverpool Supporters’ Groups AHEAD of Monday's Supporters' Board meeting and a discussion regarding ticket prices for the 2025/26 season,  Spirit of Shankly, Spion Kop 1906, the Official Liverpool Supporter Clubs’ Network, Liverpool Women Supporters’ Club and cultuRED wrote to the club to clearly define our joint position on prices and the impact of rises. Andy Hughes, Managing Director Liverpool Football Club Anfield Road Liverpool L4 0TH January 17, 2025 Dear Andy, Re: Ticket Price Increases and the Future of Liverpool FC’s Community We write regarding the forthcoming [...]

Why Spirit of Shankly Are Supporting the Stop Exploiting Loyalty Campaign By Gareth Roberts, Spirit of Shankly This article first appeared in Red All Over The Land - the last remaining printed Liverpool FC fanzine. Find out more here and follow them on Twitter here. IF you’ve taken the time to buy this fanzine today, it’s likely you already value football as much more than just a game or another form of entertainment.  It’s a fair bet you value fan culture; that you care about the collective and that you want Anfield to have the [...]

"The focus now seems to be on attracting the richest fans" – Interview with committee member Gareth Roberts OUR committee member GARETH ROBERTS was recently interviewed about the union for Polish Liverpool supporters' website, LFC.pl – here's the interview in English. 1) What motivated you to get involved with Spirit of Shankly? What are the main goals of the union? I believe supporters are central to the identity of a football club. The fan culture makes a club unique, and at Liverpool, much of the folklore is tied to The Kop, the Anfield atmosphere, and [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]