Statement regarding 2013/14 ST Price increases

Tottenham Hotspur Supporters’ Trust
Statement re: THFC Season Ticket Prices 2013/2014
13th March 2013

The Tottenham Hotspur Supporters’ Trust Board would like to express our disappointment at the Club’s decision to increase Season Ticket prices by 3.3% for the 2013/14 campaign.

We had hoped that Tottenham Hotspur would follow the lead of Chelsea and Arsenal and freeze prices, in a gesture of goodwill toward the fans, many of whom are already suffering as a result of the challenging economic climate.

Whilst prices have been frozen for Juniors and Senior Citizens, the Trust is firmly of the opinion that this freeze should have been applied across the board, not solely for concessions.

In real terms, the increase will add around £33 to the cost of an average Season Ticket. Whilst this is, undoubtedly, a small amount to the Club, it is more than the cheapest Home ticket available this year.

Given the increase in Television revenue next season, we are of the opinion that some of this benefit could, and should, have been passed on to those who make White Hart Lane the ground that it is.

Whilst this decision has now been made, and we were not given the opportunity to exert influence on it, we are keen to gauge supporters’ reactions to this announcement and will feed back to the Club to demonstrate how fans are affected by such decisions.

We look forward to working with the Club on future issues that affect supporters, and hope to be involved early enough to have a real and positive impact on any discussions before a conclusion is reached.


For further information, please contact:
Darren Alexander – Joint Chairman, THST
darren_alexander@btinternet.com
@darrenla / @THSTOfficial

Ellie Kershaw – Board Member (Strategy and Community)
neverred@live.co.uk

Katrina Law – Board Member (Ticketing and Safety)
Jkatrina71@gmail.com
@katspur71 / @THSTOfficial

Tonights Game against Real Madrid

Guys and Girls going to the game tonite - lets make it all about spurs and not about anything/anyone else. The Club are under tremendous pressure from the FA and UEFA to clamp down on the Adebayor song. I understand the all the arguments about it not being intentionally racist but other bodies dont see it that way. A number of stewards will be wearing recording devices on their heads today and I personally would hate to see anyone lose their entitlement to attend games at whl because of it. COME ON YOU SPURS

THST responds to Wembley Champions League Rumours

The club has confirmed to THST that it is not looking to play CL games at Wembley instead of WHL, as had been rumoured. Recognising the unique atmosphere that WHL creates, they are working hard to make sure The Lane is ready to host CL matches

Darren A

Pitch Talk

Trust Chairman Bernie Kingsley will be appearing on the Tony Livesey show on 5Live tonight after 11pm to discuss the wembley pitch

Darren A
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Semi-Final Latest Developments

In response to hearing that Portsmouth were planning to sell extra tickets for the semi through general sale, he Trust contacted THFC to raise the issue of security and fairness.

 

We received this reply back from The Ticket office manager:

 

We have been in discussions with The FA this morning about this and can confirm that tickets will now only be available to Portsmouth supporters (or people who are on their database).

 

The issues with their initial intentions were obvious in terms of security and segregation and they have therefore been advised this morning that they are not allowed to go on an open general sale for Sunday's match. It is highly unlikely that the tickets they were selling were in a neat block to allow them to allocate to us to sell on.


We have been in constant dialogue with The FA since our qualification to make it clear we would accept further tickets for us to allocate to our supporters whenever possible.

Lauren
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Latest THFC/THST Meeting is Tonite

At 6.30pm, representatives from The Trust Board will meet with the Board of
THFC to discuss a varied agenda including amongst other subjects, the
stadium and future club sponsors



Representing THFC: Daniel Levy, Donna Cullen, Matthew Collecot, Ian Murphy
and Jonathan Waite



Representing The Trust: Bernie Kingsley, Derek Ridgers, Daniel Wynne, Darren
Howlett, John Tumbridge and two Trust members drawn at random from
applicants, Andrew Winton and Robert Papier



Lauren

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Fulham Replay News

The Club have kindly just sent us the following :

Tottenham Hotspur v Fulham
FA Cup 6th Round Replay
Wednesday 24th March, Kick off: 7.45

Ticket Prices:

East/West Stands - £30
North/South Stands - £25
Concessions - £10

Platinum and Gold One Hotspur season ticket holders that are signed up to the automatic payment scheme will have the funds taken for their tickets in the next 24 hours. In the event of payment details being declined, an email will be sent to the email address registered on the Club database. Any season ticket holder that does have a problem with their payment going through will be able to purchase their usual seats during the Silver Season Ticket holder sales window detailed below.

Silver Season Ticket holders not on the automatic payment scheme will be able to purchase their regular seat for this match from 9.30am on Thursday 11 March until 9.00pm Sunday 14 March.

One Hotspur Lilywhite and Bronze members will be able to purchase tickets from 9.30 am Monday 15th March until 5.00pm Wednesday 17th March.

All remaining tickets will go on sale from 9.30am Thursday 18 March.

http://www.tottenhamtrust.com/jointrust.asp


Darren A.