Tottenham Hotspur are in the final of the Champions League; a monumental, historic achievement. While the players rightly take the plaudits for a thrilling and inspiring campaign, the fans have also played their part, as the Club has acknowledged.
Now many of those fans are finding the joy at this achievement soured by the prices that have to be paid to attend the final in Madrid.
While we understand that the Club cannot influence the issues of fans being exploited by hotels, airlines and travel operators, the one thing our Club can do to help hard-pressed fans is help them with the cost of a match ticket.
Tickets currently vary in price between £60 and £500+. Alongside our colleagues at Spirit of Shankly, we are asking our respective Clubs to ensure that no fan pays no more than £100 for a ticket. That would be a huge gesture, cementing the bond between the fans and the Clubs and showing that our support really is valued.
We estimate that this would cost in the region of £1.3m. Tottenham Hotspur will earn £88m from this season’s Champions League run in TV revenue alone. We are asking for less than 1.5% of that total to help our fans.
No fan should have to give up their dream of attending a European final due to the cost of a match ticket. We ask our Clubs to make sure that doesn’t happen.
THST Board
11 May 2019