Walk out on ’77 : 5 years ago today

Walk out on '77 : 5 years ago today Today, Saturday 6 February, marks the fifth anniversary of fans walking out of Anfield in protest at ticket-price increases. This unprecedented action was broadcast around the world and led to LFC’s owners apologising to fans and backing down. Following months of ongoing discussions with Spirit of Shankly and @SpionKop1906 over their future pricing policy, at the start of 2016 LFC announced increases for the following season. These included seats in the newly constructed Main Stand at £77 per game. At a time when TV revenue was [...]

By |2021-02-15T14:53:57+00:00February 6th, 2021|
Read More

Champions of Everything and Everywhere

Champions of Everything and Everywhere On Wednesday, 22 July, Jordan Henderson will finally lift the Premier League trophy. Spirit of Shankly wish to congratulate him, the team, and Jürgen Klopp and his management team on this fantastic achievement. The downside of the victory is that fans won’t be inside Anfield to witness this, and any victory parade around the city will be delayed. But what a brilliant season it has been. Its unusual nature has led SOS to concentrate on community activities. We set up our Help is Here campaign alongside supporting and sharing efforts [...]

By |2020-08-07T20:37:06+01:00July 20th, 2020|
Read More

SOS and Blue Union Joint Statement

SOS and Blue Union Joint Statement When it was announced players were to resume training, the focus on football returned to how the season should be concluded. For Spirit of Shankly and The Blue Union, our primary concern remains the number of cases and tragic deaths from Covid-19. Ideally competitive football would restart when it is safe for all – players, officials, matchday staff and the game’s main stakeholders, supporters. In reality this is unlikely. The consensus is that if the season is to be finished it will be behind closed doors without fans. Therefore [...]

By |2020-06-24T09:43:32+01:00May 22nd, 2020|
Read More

Christmas Spirit? Not Here

Christmas Spirit? Not Here Liverpool FC will play Everton FC in the FA Cup Third-Round. When the tie, to be played on 5 January 2020 at Anfield, was announced Spirit of Shankly and Everton's Blue Union jointly asked that the clubs consider charging a maximum £20 per ticket. We hoped they would see it as a great gesture at this particularly expensive time of year for supporters. But no. The announcement for ticket prices – £31 to £50 in the Kop and Anfield Road – means away fans will be paying more than they would [...]

By |2020-06-23T16:34:01+01:00December 12th, 2019|
Read More

Disparity Rules

Liverpool will play MK Dons away in the third round of the Carabao Cup on 25 September. Ticket details for those travelling to the game initially revealed that LFC season-ticket holders were being charged less than LFC members for the same ticket. 

By |2020-06-23T16:40:48+01:00September 11th, 2019|
Read More

Meeting Request from SYP

Spirit of Shankly have been contacted by some of our disabled supporters regarding the poor allocation of tickets from Barcelona for the Champions League fixture on 1 May. We have shared their details with LFC.

By |2020-06-23T16:47:10+01:00July 1st, 2019|
Read More

June Update from the Chair

Spirit of Shankly have been contacted by some of our disabled supporters regarding the poor allocation of tickets from Barcelona for the Champions League fixture on 1 May. We have shared their details with LFC.

By |2020-06-23T16:51:26+01:00June 14th, 2019|
Read More

Message from the Chair

Spirit of Shankly have been contacted by some of our disabled supporters regarding the poor allocation of tickets from Barcelona for the Champions League fixture on 1 May. We have shared their details with LFC.

By |2020-06-23T16:58:27+01:00May 14th, 2019|
Read More

Anfield is Home to Football

Spirit of Shankly have noted with concern reports in the press that LFC are discussing hosting a pre-season ‘home’ match against Napoli at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in July. The club are also considering other stadiums, including venues in Scotland.

By |2020-06-24T07:45:47+01:00April 19th, 2019|
Read More

Seeking assurances over Barcelona tie

Following a consecutive great and successful trip to Porto, LFC have reached another Champions League semi-final. This time we meet Barcelona. Amid the excitement and anticipation of the next two games, those hoping to travel to Spain will have concerns about both the cost and availability of tickets.

By |2020-06-24T07:47:04+01:00April 18th, 2019|
Read More

AGM Voting Results

Following our AGM, held on Tuesday 19th March 2019, members have voted on all the proposals put before them. All proposals were voted for in favour, with the full results below.

By |2021-11-29T18:56:27+00:00April 2nd, 2019|
Read More

Why I got involved – Jay McKenna

Jay McKenna has been involved with Spirit of Shankly since the very beginning. He has served on the committee in all that time and is currently Chairperson, Jay is standing down at the forthcoming AGM. “I really never had any intentions of getting involved with Spirit of Shankly.

By |2020-06-24T07:58:03+01:00March 7th, 2019|
Read More

Your union – Get involved!

Ahead of our forthcoming AGM, we want to remind you that nominations are open for members to put themselves forward to serve on the union's Management Committee. This would be an opportunity to take forward the union, speaking up for supporters and continuing the work of Spirit of Shankly in making a difference. 

By |2020-06-24T08:01:25+01:00March 4th, 2019|
Read More

Let’s not make the same mistake

Anticipation for for this season’s Champions League draw on Thursday 30 August is already huge, with supporters ready to make plans. But mixed with excitement is the dread that some of the issues travelling fans faced last season will be repeated.

By |2020-06-24T08:16:09+01:00August 28th, 2018|
Read More

Cancelled flight follow-up

The result may not have gone our way, but for the majority of Liverpool supporters who made it to Kyiv for the Champions League final, it was the culmination of an exciting season following the Reds. But, there are also many fans who never made it after their flights were cancelled.

By |2020-06-24T08:18:58+01:00May 31st, 2018|
Read More

Meeting with LFC about Kyiv

Earlier today, 15 May, Spirit of Shankly representatives sat down with LFC officials to raise many of the issues facing supporters ahead of the Champions League final in Kyiv.

By |2023-10-06T14:56:21+01:00May 15th, 2018|
Read More

Statement on recent media reports for Roma

Football fans travelling to watch their team should do so with an expectation they will be treated fairly and provided a safe environment. There are just days before Liverpool travel to Rome for the Champions League semi-final second leg, on 2 May, and yet supporters are still awaiting information on what plans have been put in place for their safety. This is unacceptable.

By |2020-06-24T08:24:20+01:00April 27th, 2018|
Read More

Ten years of the union

Time tends to pass fairly quickly, and against the history of Liverpool FC, a decade isn’t much. Today, 31 January, marks 10 years since a meeting in The Sandon pub of 350 supporters. Angry at Tom Hicks and George Gillett burdening the club with debt and more, we met to discuss passionately what we should do.

By |2020-06-24T10:05:23+01:00January 31st, 2018|
Read More

For our team we’ll travel anywhere …?

When LFC published the selling details for our away Champions League fixture against Porto, we noted with interest that the price of tickets had been omitted. We were extremely concerned to see that the club were “in discussions with UEFA to clarify the pricing structure for this game”.

By |2020-06-24T10:07:24+01:00January 24th, 2018|
Read More

Hull protest a massive success

Tonight’s protest against ticket prices has been a massive success. Initial estimates from sources and from pictures are that over half of all tickets for the away end have gone ‘unused’.

By |2020-06-24T11:11:50+01:00April 28th, 2015|
Read More

Hull – The choice for supporters

In just under twenty four hours’ time, Liverpool FC will take to the pitch at the KC Stadium. It’s a regular run-of-the mill Premier League match. Off the pitch, and in the stands, it is anything but regular. Instead of the usual packed and boisterous away end, full of the club’s loyal supporters, there will be empty seats. The usual defiant stand taken by supporters will be just a stand, bare and quieter than usual.

By |2020-06-24T11:20:50+01:00April 27th, 2015|
Read More

Need a new search?

If you didn't find what you were looking for, try a new search!

Toggle Sliding Bar Area

Archive

Go to Top