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 [...]

Boycott Box Office Pay Per View Spirit of Shankly are calling for a boycott of pay-per-view Premier League games starting with our fixture against Sheffield United on Saturday 24 October 2020. Why we are doing this We recognise supporters will be torn about following their team, but this is blatant exploitation. We are in the middle of the biggest pandemic and economic crisis for a generation, yet the Premier League and their clubs, except for Leicester City, Sky and BTSport have no trouble asking fans to pay £14.95 per game.  It is unacceptable. They have [...]

Project Big Picture: A Joint Statement The fans we represent are fortunate to support clubs that regularly secure the largest financial revenues in the Premier League. But all of us understand that football doesn’t work in isolation. It’s a family. It requires a fair share of resources to ensure that the Premier League is competitive to watch and that the lower leagues flourish as part of our national game. While the six clubs we support are widely reported to be the instigators of Project Big Picture, it is important we state very clearly that we [...]