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Liverpool fans angered by club’s decision to increase ticket prices for next three seasons

Liverpool fans angered by club’s decision to increase ticket prices for next three seasons

Summary

– Pricing changes will be in line with CPI annual inflation rate from January of that year

– Cap placed on the level of pricing increases related to CPI to be applied annually over next three seasons, up to a maximum of five per cent

– Adult general admission ticket prices will rise between £1.25 and £1.75 per person, per matchday

– Adult season tickets will increase between £21.50 and £27 next season – no more than £1.42 per game

– Junior tickets will remain frozen at £9

– Local general tickets remain frozen at £9

– Upper age for young adult tickets will rise from 21 to 24

– Senior concessions age range remains unchanged

– As recently announced by the Premier League, away tickets will remain unaffected

This follows a period of eight ticket price freezes in the last 10 seasons and means adult general admission ticket prices will rise between £1.25 and £1.75 per person, per matchday ticket, while adult season tickets will increase by between £21.50 and £27 next season – which equates to no more than £1.42 per game for season ticket holders.

Any pricing changes will be in line with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) annual inflation rate from January of that year. This means that the inflation rate used for 2026-27 pricing changes will be based on the 12-month CPI rate to January 2026, which was three per cent.

There will also be a cap placed on the level of pricing increases related to CPI to be applied annually over the next three seasons, up to a maximum of five per cent.

Current match ticket prices on the Kop have not risen in more than 15 years, since FSG took ownership of the club – against a backdrop of cumulative inflationary rise across the economy of 45 per cent in that period.

Meanwhile, Anfield matchday operating costs have significantly increased, with rises of 85 per cent since 2016-17, and continued rises in the cost of football operations in general.

In the past four years, utility costs across the club have also increased by 107 per cent and business rates in that same period have grown by 286 per cent, while wages – excluding player salaries – have risen by 73 per cent.

Junior tickets will remain frozen at £9 for the 11th consecutive season and are the same price as local general tickets, which have been available to those with a Liverpool postcode since the 2016-17 season.

The upper age for young adult tickets will rise from 21 to 24 from next season, which increases the number of supporters who are eligible for a 50 per cent discount on adult general admission ticket prices.

The senior concessions age range remains unchanged, despite the club initially exploring options to increase the upper age limit in line with the state pension age.

As recently announced by the Premier League, away tickets will remain unaffected for the next two seasons at least.

The club has engaged with its official Supporters Board over the course of several meetings on ticket pricing, and thanks it for its important and significant contribution.

The Supporters Board has been clear from the outset that its wish was for a ticket price freeze for two seasons, in line with the Football Supporters’ Association campaign against ticket price increases.

However, after careful consideration across several meetings, the club decided this was not considered viable in the highly competitive environment it operates within, as it continues to invest on and off the pitch, and rising costs across the club that are outside of its control.

The Supporters Board also made it clear it was opposed to any inflationary increase being applied for more than one year. However, following due consideration, the club concluded that in order to limit price increases to CPI such increases shall apply for a three-year period.

The 2026-27 general admission season ticket renewal period will open next week and further details will be sent to season ticket holders in due course.

As mentioned, Liverpool fans are angered by the club’s decision to increase ticket prices for the next three seasons…

@Red__Jay: If only our wages increased in line with inflation too.

@MagicManeLFC: Better have a new manager next season to justify it.

@robbohuyton: No other PL club has announced a three-year hike like this. Normalising price rises. Reducing accountability.

@_SamB94: What the fuck was the point in all those surveys & engaging with the supporter groups if this is the outcome

@MeehanLee: Performances atrocious, results awful, Manager clueless with no connection with LFC fans, what you would describe in the US as the franchise player (Mo) leaving, war in Ukraine/Middle East driving CoL up, help for foodbanks at every single game – but yeah lets increase prices.

@Archibald1010: Record profit yet you’re rinsing the fans again, disgrace.

@ishy__andrew: An utter disgrace. Thank god i packed in last season. The direction the club is heading off the pitch is not how liverpool fc should be

@SuperSadioYNWA: You people have some nerve supporters now have to pay extra for the worst football i can remember in my lifetime seriously fuck off 😡😡😡

@iphobin: It’s complete greed/tone deaf to the real world all fans are living. Record revenues, the owners wealth has risen also, at what point do we see the rewards as fans? Don’t leap to the defence of a multi billion pound football club and multi billion dollar owners! @LFC Greed!

@PaulAndo1987: Works out a couple of million more a season. But they’ve just happily wrote off a transfer fee for Salah which could have effectively froze ticket prices for 20 years. Makes sense.

@DarkAndGoldLFC: Fuck off!!! Stop paying insane wage for average players first!

@BenBLFC: By your shit season , you decide to recover money through the fans due to the clubs failures this season, fucking joke… major disconnect between the club & fans

@ReallyJFF: You want people paying more for Slotball?? 😂 After what fans have been subjected to this season, they should be fucking free.

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