Respect The Fans Campaign

[school_of_science]

I know I've posted it before, and thanks to everyone who has signed the petition and sent suggestions, but I know there are more blues out there who haven't signed, so I'm hoping after this update on the campaign I can persuade more people to sign the petition and help spread the word.

The most common reason I've heard from people not signing the petition is that it won't change anything as is a waste of time. Whilst this may end up the case, I'm determined that it won't end up like that and the more backing the campaign gets, the more likely it is that it will possibly change something. I have contacted several public figures, including relevant MPs, and after some positive feedback I'm hoping that we will be able to publicly announce some political backing. In addition to this I've been in contact with the Football Supporters Federation, and hopefully they will be able to back the campaign. In addition to this the campaign has been on over 30 football websites so far and gained 1140 signatures so far. I'm confident that the campaign will not just be another online petition campaign, and I hope with growing backing from public figures, football organisations and fans that the campaign will gain the support to force the FA to take note and take a fresh look at allocations.

I'm hoping this does not remain just another online petition, but help is still needed. If you have not signed the petition already, please do. If you are in a supporters club or football organisation who may want to assist, if you know any public figures or ex players who may want to support the campaign and help increase exposure of the campaign, or have any suggestions, please contact the campaign at respect_campaign(at)live.co.uk

Thanks For Your Support.

To All Football Fans,

The road to Wembley, the chance to walk down Wembley way, to look up at the archway, to sing with your family, friends and fellow fans to support your team in a final, that's the pinnacle of every football fan's dreams. Unfortunately that is a dream that doesn't become reallity for many fans due to poor allocations.

The FA have called for respect in football. Respect referees, respect competitions by not fielding weakened teams, they've used the tag line 'Lose Respect, Lose the Game'.

After recently seeing at first hand in the FA Cup Final what happens to fans season after season in domestic Wembley games, we believe the respect in the game should be extended to the fans.

Each season upto 16 of the 92 league clubs will play a major game at Wembley, whether in the FA Cup, Carling Cup, play offs or community shield, and most of these clubs and their fans will have some form of problems with the FA over the poor allocations as many match going fans unfortunately miss out on being able to watch their team in what is most likely to be their biggest game of the season at our national stadium.

We understand the financial problems with the FA, and we understand the need for Club Wembley, but what is unexplainable is upto 23000 tickets given out to people who have little interest in the game itself and inevitably via an extortionate price tag, the tickets go back into the hands of the fans of the clubs playing. If most of these tickets will be taken up by fans anyway via touts, then surely the FA should cut out this extortionate middleman and supply the tickets directly.

The Respect Campaign is calling for a rethink from the FA about a fairer allocation, a look into who deserves to be counted as the football family, a greater protection of fans from touts, and a general show of more respect to the life blood of English football, the fans.

If you want to support the Respect Campaign, please sign the online petition part of our campaign (link below) or visit http://www.respectcampaign.com/

http://www.petitiononline.com/facup71/petition.html

Thanks For Your Support

 

[Goat]

won't change anything as is a waste of time

 

[school_of_science]

won't change anything as is a waste of time

Possibly, but with the potential backing of the FSF who supported a campaign against the 39th game which helped effectively stop that idea before it started as well as potential backing of MPs the campaign is hopefully beginning to gain some weight.

Obviously the amount of backing the campaign gets will ultimately determine the chances of success, but having seen and heard of so many die hard blues missing out or paying hundreds to get in or ending up with fake tickets, I decided I had to do something, there may only be a slight chance of changing it if we do something, but there is absolutely no chance of anything changing if we do nothing.

 

[Goat]

It sucks, but it would cost the FA too much money, so it isnt happening.

 

[school_of_science]

It sucks, but it would cost the FA too much money, so it isnt happening.

Not necessarily. The tickets are sold to the football family etc at face value, they can be sold at the same price to the fans of the teams playing without any financial impact on the FA. Likewise I'm sure the corporate sponsors don't sponsor the FA Cup or Carling Cup for the tickets, they sponsor them for exposure, so I doubt a sponsor would suddenly offer hundreds of thousands less if they weren't given 10/20 seats for the final.