Fans plan protest at Arsenal
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FAN protests have been the theme of the week in European soccer — and there could be another on the way in the most high-profile game in the English Premier League this weekend.
Against a backdrop of growing anger in England at rising ticket prices, supporters of Arsenal and Leicester could unite in protest at Emirates Stadium to highlight their unhappiness at a decision to move the game back a day — at just three days’ notice — for television coverage. It will be played on Sunday lunchtime instead of Saturday afternoon.
A group of Leicester fans is planning to boycott the first five minutes of the match, citing lost money on travel and accommodation booked before the alteration. And some Arsenal fans are willing to do the same to show unity and make a stand against a perceived mistreatment of fans.
“Match-going fans are treated appallingly, both by clubs (who continually increase ticket prices, despite the huge and growing TV revenues flowing into their coffers); and TV companies (who move kickoff times at short notice and stage games at times that are good for TV viewers but bad for the match-going fan),” Arsenal fans’ group REDaction said.
Liverpool’s American owners apologized to the club’s fans and reversed planned rises in ticket prices, following a walkout by more than 10,000 Liverpool supporters on Saturday.
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