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The backlash following the announcement that ticket prices would rise from next season onwards is beginning to reach a boiling point.
In Liverpool’s most recent Premier League outing against Fulham, the Kop was flag-less, a strange sight given that stand is normally laden with colour and emotion.
This was a protest in relation to rising ticket prices with Spion Kop behind it.
In a statement, they announced:
“After much consultation, all Spion Kop 1906 flags will no longer be present at Anfield at the remaining fixtures. We feel we have been left with no other option, year on year the rising costs are pricing more fans out of football. Fans are increasingly reaching their breaking point as football becomes unaffordable.”
“We must take a stand against the rising cost of football, we feel there’s a value to being valued. The culture and traditions, which have been passed down by previous generations must be preserved, with football remaining accessible to future generations.”
Virgil van Dijk has now waded in on the debate, urging the Liverpool hierarchy to not ignore the discontent being shown from fans of the club.
“I think the fans are the heart and soul of the club. If they feel like this then protest is their fair right. Hopefully they come to a solution with the club. These things are far above my position as captain of the club. But my opinion is that our fans are the club. They always have been – before my time and after my time. It’s important that these things get solved because it benefits no-one.”
