Twenties plenty

[Padge_DRFC]

Just came up on FB Reading essentially told every championship team. If you charge our fans 20 quid we'll do the same. Sadly only 3 teams agreed.

Is this still ongoing in terms of pushing this? Seems years ago since the premier league capped at 30 quid. My mate who's a Sheff UTD fan says he probably spent more on tickets in the Championship because most clubs charge over 30 odd quid now.

[rich1471]

Last I heard only 4 clubs had signed up to the agreement 

[Keenstonian]

Most clubs have moved from twenties plenty to greedies needy.

Who cares about the supporters?i

[silent majority]

Just came up on FB Reading essentially told every championship team. If you charge our fans 20 quid we'll do the same. Sadly only 3 teams agreed.

Is this still ongoing in terms of pushing this? Seems years ago since the premier league capped at 30 quid. My mate who's a Sheff UTD fan says he probably spent more on tickets in the Championship because most clubs charge over 30 odd quid now.

It’s a difficult one.

When we first started the campaign we targeted the EPL clubs because they could afford it based on the increase in revenue streams that they got from Sky etc, and the fact that ticket revenue isn’t that crucial to them.

So, to move the campaign to the EFL proved problematic because the revenue streams from tickets were much more vital to those clubs. Not only that but trying to reach agreement with a myriad range of supporter organisations throughout the EFL was also difficult. As a spokesperson for 20s plenty I hosted numerous seminars up and down the country where I tried to gain support for a campaign and found little enthusiasm. Some clubs don’t charge very much and there was no support there, some charged obscene amounts but supporters tried to justify it by claiming it was helping there club to gain promotion from whatever league they’re in.

In the end we decided it was easier to operate a campaign at individual clubs and through local supporter organisations which has been a limited success. We had some success at DRFC where we reached reciprocal agreements with some clubs, and we’re trying to do it again this season.

It’s not gone away as a campaign, but it’s being handled as and where necessary, including one off games at Wembley where again we’ve had some success.