Greed in football

The title is a phrase which you hear thrown about a lot, I certainly agree with it. But are Arsenal fans the only ones that are suffering? Because certain factions amongst our support believe us to be the only ones who are being taken advantage of,  the other day I spoke to a Man City via twitter who was moaning about away tickets prices,  I then explained Arsenal fans have suffered this for years,  sadly that's the price of being a successful club but is it?

Arsenal played Fulham Saturday cheapest tickets was £35 still pretty expensive right?  If you compare the price to Leyton Orient who play Division 1 football 2 leagues below us,  how much was their cheapest ticket £25!! Wow that's a tenner cheaper than our game vs Fulham. Greed is amongst all clubs not just our own club, we need to look at the bigger picture here. Until football fans as a whole stand up to the people who rob us because our love dictates that we have to see a game and at any cost, we will continue being ripped off.

In Germany fans of teams boycotted the game for 2 week's to make a stand against the greed in their game. I have been to Germany and few times now, their tickets prices are ridiculously low they get free travel with a match day ticket, the German game has benefitted the fans have benefited from it.  I am not asking you to boycott games but I am asking you to make a stand,  myself I never buy a programme or food in the ground. Now imagine if say 45,000 of the fans at the Grove boycotted Programmes and food it would hit our greedy chairmen in the pocket.

Football is a sport first then a spectator sport second I'm not an idiot I believe we need TV coverage and sponsorship and businessmen involved in the game. But you take away the people who truly love the game the supporters,  the game would be nothing. It's time the fans where treated with respect and the importance we all deserve. It's time to make a stand but in the right way

Tony Briggs
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I am disgusted by yesterday

No I'm not talking about the pitiful performance by our Team. But by various fans, I won't call them Gooners or Supporters. These people are what is wrong with our home support. 25 minutes or so in we concede a free kick on the edge of the area. Some idiot shouts 'OI you useless Spainish C##t get on your line'.
At the time Almunia had done nothing wrong. I have no problem with people slagging off a player admit it we all do at some point. But why do you need to bring in the fact that he is Spanish. This same supporter has been calling Arshavin a lazy Russian C##t all season. I tell you what next game one word out of turn next game I will expose you on my blog.

Ok as we all know there ain't much to talk about concerning the game it was woeful. But teams will drop points Man utd will drop points be realistic. The league may seem out of reach at the moment that could change Man Utd still have to play us and Chelsea yet

Anyway with 5 minutes left on Phillip Dowd watch. Someone shouted out towards Wenger. 'fuck off out of our club, you French Wanker....We want our Arsenal back' What Arsenal is that then mate? The one what allows zenophobic insults? Let me tell you I hope and pray we don't get your Arsenal back. Because thats the day I will no longer goto football matches. No one is above criticism not even a man who brought 2 Doubles and a unbeaten season. I'm by no means a paid up member of the AKB but I has respect for a man who brought great football and trophies to our club.

Going back to the 'we want our Arsenal back' comment. I hear this alot I still don't know what it means? I can only assume that means they want us to spend money? But you tell me when Arsenal was prudent with money? In the 30's we was known as the Bank of England club maybe back then. But the comments come from 50 year olds and younger. I also hear they want David Dein back if Dein ever came back it would be with the Russian fella no one seems to want. So that rules that out.
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