Updates include:
Season Tickets
Spurs v Nottingham Forest – double date change
Quiz Night
Premier League VAR consultation event
Media log
Season Tickets
On 7 March the Club announced a six per cent increase to all season tickets in the stadium and changes to its senior concessions season ticket offering.
THST Board members met with the Club on 21 February when we were presented with the Season Ticket proposals for the first time. During this meeting, we disagreed on several areas and as a result of our input, changes were made.
We do, however, remain hugely disappointed to see Season Tickets increase by six per cent.
Discounts for senior Season Ticket and matchday tickets remain unchanged for 2024/25 but lead to the complete removal of new Senior concessions from 2025/26 – this is completely unacceptable.
The Club says new senior Season Ticket holders who are turning 65 for next season will receive the current 50 per cent discount if they are in a concession area, but this will be of little comfort to those supporters impacted by these changes from 2025/26.
The discount for senior Season Tickets will also be reduced by five per cent each season for the next five years meaning that, from 2029/30, Senior Season Tickets will cost senior supporters 50 per cent more than today. This increase cannot be justified. The Trust position is:
- The removal of senior concession Season Tickets from 2025/26 should be reversed, and senior concessions made available to eligible season ticket holders, wherever they currently sit in the stadium.
- Senior concessions should be attached to the person and not the seat: concessions should be offered in all areas of the stadium.
- The six per cent price rise for Season Tickets should be reversed or the Club should commit to keeping prices at the 2024/25 level for at least three seasons.
- The Club should maintain stretch pricing across the stadium.
We also wrote to Premier League Chief Executive, Richard Masters, asking him to support our calls in demanding the Club reverse its decision to stop offering senior concession Season Tickets from 25/26 and to remove its planned six per cent Season Ticket increase for next season.
Spurs v Nottingham Forest – double date change
We have always been against moving games at short notice for the benefit of broadcasters and remind the Club and the Premier League and broadcasters via the FSA on a regular basis of the significant impact this has on supporters. There is an assumption by some that home supporters are all travelling from local areas but of course this is not true. We travel from all over the country and indeed the world, on a regular basis and incur enormous costs in terms of tickets, transport and accommodation. The longer notice we get of dates, the more chance there is of securing decent rates. That’s why we apply pressure on the Premier League to stick to their agreed timescales for fixture announcement, albeit they have chosen to reduce this from the already inadequate six weeks, to five weeks before each particular match.
This makes the situation around our home match against Nottingham Forest all the more frustrating. The Club was made aware that significant industrial action was planned for 8 April, meaning that five of the six local stations to the stadium would be closed. Not only would this hugely impact supporters getting to and from the stadium, but there would be no way of the Club guaranteeing that sufficient staff would be able to attend, in order for the match to be safely hosted. The Club reported on the situation to the Safety Advisory Group (SAG), chaired by Haringey Council and attended by representatives of the Club, the police, transport companies, emergency services and the Trust. The SAG decided, at an emergency meeting, not to recommend that a safety certificate be granted and the Council formally took that decision. The Premier League were then asked to rearrange the date.
THST were involved in part of the decision-making process. We reluctantly agreed with the Club’s view that it was preferable to move the date rather than play behind closed doors or with a restricted crowd size, which neither the Club nor the Trust thought was appropriate. This would have massively penalised supporters and would be a ‘worst of all worlds’ scenario, simultaneously reducing the home advantage for our team.
We made representations regarding the impact on match going fans and as a result the Club committed to securing a priority window for season ticket holders who had previously shared or sold their ticket through club channels because of the original change to the fixture date. We also reminded the Club of the considerable costs for those travelling from afar and we will lobby for our members, on a case by case basis, who have been especially impacted in this way.
We were not given any indication that the match would be moved to the dreaded 6pm slot on Sunday night and had no opportunity to make representations on that. We know that this is especially difficult for those travelling on Anglian trains where there is a rail replacement service. Ultimately these decisions are made between the Premier League and the broadcasting companies and we continue to lobby for them to put the interests of supporters at the heart of all the decisions they make, however much they seem to ignore that. Football without fans is nothing.
Quiz Night
The annual THST Quiz Night will be held on 17 April from 7pm at The Antwerp Arms, Church Road, Tottenham. The event will be compered by long-time friend of the Trust, and Spurs Show and Life Goals podcast host, Theo Delaney and will feature a variety of rounds on all aspects of Spurs. It’s a great chance to meet other Trust members and to see if you can wrest the title from current holders, the THFC staff team. We have room for one more team, so please email us on info@THSTOfficial.com to reserve your place. You can come as a team of five or individually and we will join you up with others. Tickets are £6 each.
On your email please tell us:
Your name
Your membership number
How many places you’d like at the THST Quiz Night
The event will be raising much-needed funds for local mental health charity Studio 306 Collective. There will also be a raffle with the chance to win Spurs-related prizes.
If any THST members have any Spurs-related items that they would like to donate to the raffle we would be more than happy to accept your donation.
It’s sure to be another great night – we can’t wait to see you there.
Premier League VAR consultation event
On 7 March, THST Chair Martin Buhagiar attended a Fan Consultation event on VAR at the Premier League’s HQ in West London.
The session lasted several hours with feedback gathered on:
- principles of Premier League football
- Premier League & PGMOL Competition Guidance
- Participant Behaviour Charter
- VAR Protocol (Visit link for information on how VAR is currently used in the Premier League
Most Premier League supporters’ trusts sent delegates to the session which was led by the Premier League’s Chief Football Officer, Tony Scholes, and its Director of Football Operations, Simon Morgan.
Some of the topics included A/V presentations, including clips from matches.
At various points delegates were surveyed on their opinions with the feedback provided on the day forming part of a wider consultation with Premier League club staff, including players and managers, that will help it evaluate the effectiveness of current processes, and to shape any proposed changes ahead of next season.
Media log
Why Premier League clubs want to kill off season tickets – is yours at risk? | Daily Mail Online
Beyonce, NFL and boxing help make Tottenham Hotspur Stadium a cash machine – The Athletic
Tottenham season ticket price increase: Supporters Trust ‘disappointed’ – BBC Sport
Tottenham fans hit back at ‘unacceptable’ season-ticket price increase – Evening Standard
Spurs and Arsenal ticket price hikes – fan groups hit back – Football Supporters’ Association
Tottenham fans’ group ‘hugely disappointed’ by increase on season ticket prices | Wandsworth Times