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Anyway, gutted Liverpool dropped 2 points this weekend, but Villa did play well, and our formation in the first half was all wrong. I do think our equalising penalty was a penalty, because the keeping took his ankles, but he was heading away from goal, so I guess it could be called a soft one.

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Posted by Tottenham Hotspur Supporters? Trust 20th January 2014

Tottenham Hotspur Supporters? Trust launches ?Stop StubHub?


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The FSF opposes ?legalised touts? who are more concerned with making money than getting tickets into fans? hands at a reasonable price, so it?s great to see one of our affiliates launching a campaign on this issue. Find out more about Tottenham Hotspur Supporters? Trust's ?Stop StubHub? campaign below?


Having received headline data on StubHub sales for the first six Premier League home games of this season, it is clear that the StubHub resale platform is pushing up the price of tickets to watch Tottenham Hotspur.


The evidence provided shows that 91% of tickets are being sold above face value. At the two category A games included in the data, Chelsea and West Ham United, tickets were sold at an average price of 135% and 53% above face value respectively.


These figures show that StubHub and Tottenham Hotspur Football Club (THFC) are misguided to continue insisting that that the high prices shown on the StubHub platform do not equate to actual sales.


The evidence is clear for all to see.


A system in which 91% of tickets are being sold at above face value, and substantially more in a significant number of cases, is not one that supporters' organisations can back.


We also believe the Club should be concerned at the fact that 19%, almost one-fifth, of season ticket holders have not been able to make one or more of the opening six league games of the season.


We note the Club intend to make changes to ticketing T&Cs to prevent abuse of the ability to relist tickets on the StubHub platform, also known as ?flipping?. We are not confident that a fair and transparent method of identifying what is legitimate relisting and what is abusive relisting exists. The Club is, in our opinion, dealing with a symptom of the StubHub system, which it has willingly agreed to.


We believe a ticket exchange should be a service to supporters, not a means of pushing up ticket prices or generating additional revenue.


In support of the campaign against licensed ticket touts, the FSF said: "Fans already find ticket prices more than demanding enough. The introduction of an additional level of profiteering at our expense can only serve to price more fans out of the game, and must be resisted".


We, therefore, call on THFC to end the partnership with StubHub at the earliest opportunity and, instead, to work with supporter groups, the FA and Premier League in their efforts to establish a genuine ticket exchange scheme that does not drive up prices or incentivise fans to exploit fellow fans.


The FSF blog is the space to challenge perceived wisdom, entertain readers and inform our members. The views expressed are those of the author and they don't necessarily represent FSF policy and (pay attention journalists) shouldn't be attributed to the FSF.


Thanks to Action Images for the image used in this blog.


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Ladygooner Wrote:

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> Well done Sunderland! What a penalty shoot out



Indeed. I'm struggling to think of a shoot worse than that one. Jason Puncheon must be feeling like a penalty taking genuis after watching that limp display. It's good to see that Moyes has finally grasped the enormity of the task in in hand. He is definitely the man most qualified to take United on to realising their dream. Exactly what that dream is only he knows. The reds keep marching on, on on, as a certain EDFer has been known to say.

Jah Lush Wrote:

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> Yeah, she's gone quiet hasn't she.


LM hasn't posted on this thread for yonks and yonks, nothing to do with Utd's current form. Football isn't the be all and end all for everyone.

Well done to Sunderland, they deserved to go through. They've already beaten City this season, so the final might not be as one sided as pundits are suggesting...remember Wigan Bluey? ;-)

red devil Wrote:

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> Jah Lush Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > Yeah, she's gone quiet hasn't she.

>

> LM hasn't posted on this thread for yonks and

> yonks, nothing to do with Utd's current form.

> Football isn't the be all and end all for

> everyone.

> Well done to Sunderland, they deserved to go

> through. They've already beaten City this season,

> so the final might not be as one sided as pundits

> are suggesting...remember Wigan Bluey? ;-)



You've hit a nerve Jah

Platini's fall from one of my heroes to corrupt, interfering, I know best bureaucrat has been terrible. Absolutely magnificent footballer and in 1986ish when England played the ROW to mark some centenary he famously turned down any fee as "i've never had the honour of playing at Wembley in my career" in contrast to Maradonna who asked for some outrageous payment...But now.......

Be nice to think Hodgson would put out a team of kids to show what the FA thinks of such a ridiculous commercial con trick - but they'll probably steal the idea and use it to get England playing as many money-spinning friendlies as possible.


eta - just read it and we don't play them anyway but the principle still stinks.

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