…..I’ve posted about the ‘tourist model’ plenty on here and interesting to see BBC also mentioning it. I’d be certain there’ll be plenty of tickets available for their next few home games. It’s sustainable through good time but tourists will stop attending if the entertainment/experience isn’t there;
BBC Radio 5 Live commentator and senior football reporter Ian Dennis speaking on The Commentators' View podcast about protests against ticket-price increases: "We've got to be very, very careful that, and this isn't just at Liverpool, but there are a lot of Premier League clubs that are going down the road of trying to tap in to the tourist fan, those that just come over for the weekend.
"From a commercial point of view, I can see the value of it, but I think from a football point of view, where football matters most, and that comes from the soul, then I think it's really worrying because you can't ignore your loyal match-going fan. You can't show them the sort of like disdain that some owners are looking to try and do and it has a knock-on effect as well with the atmospheres.
"The atmospheres are not as good as they used to be because you're now getting supporters who are just coming in for the experience and don't ignore your loyal, hard-working, hard-paying, match-going supporter that has followed that club with devotion year after year, season after season, through the good times and the bad times they've been there no matter what and I think we can't ignore the supporters.
"That's why when they had the campaign about 20s plenty I'm fully behind the supporters' initiatives to try and say 'no we're the ones that matter', not not the ones who are flying in from abroad for a weekend away with a group of supporters.
"It's the supporters then who will pay the hard money will follow their team home and away, come what may."
BBC Radio 5 Live commentator and senior football reporter Ian Dennis speaking on The Commentators' View podcast about protests against ticket-price increases: "We've got to be very, very careful that, and this isn't just at Liverpool, but there are a lot of Premier League clubs that are going down the road of trying to tap in to the tourist fan, those that just come over for the weekend.
"From a commercial point of view, I can see the value of it, but I think from a football point of view, where football matters most, and that comes from the soul, then I think it's really worrying because you can't ignore your loyal match-going fan. You can't show them the sort of like disdain that some owners are looking to try and do and it has a knock-on effect as well with the atmospheres.
"The atmospheres are not as good as they used to be because you're now getting supporters who are just coming in for the experience and don't ignore your loyal, hard-working, hard-paying, match-going supporter that has followed that club with devotion year after year, season after season, through the good times and the bad times they've been there no matter what and I think we can't ignore the supporters.
"That's why when they had the campaign about 20s plenty I'm fully behind the supporters' initiatives to try and say 'no we're the ones that matter', not not the ones who are flying in from abroad for a weekend away with a group of supporters.
"It's the supporters then who will pay the hard money will follow their team home and away, come what may."
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