Fairness for football fans in the UK

Millions of fans watch the game and put money into the football - and where does most of it end up? - In the pockets of a handful of players at a handful of clubs.

Fairtrade football
The billions of pounds generated from television, merchandising, sponsorship and corporate clients is almost enough to fund the running of every club in the country. There is no need to sell tickets at such a high price as well.

Football clubs keep pushing up prices of tickets - they all say the same thing: 'players are demanding more money and we must pay up in order to compete with the other clubs' - but in reality all that happens is players' wages get more inflated. This vicious cycle must be broken.

What's more... 99% of youngsters who sacrafice 10 years of their life at a club will leave with NOTHING! That's no education, no career prospects, no transferable skills, no nothing. Can this be fair? more...