Amid the frustrations at Anfield on Saturday, there was one pleasing sign for Liverpool fans.
Jamie Carragher, former club captain and one of Liverpool’s best-loved former players, joined fans who had left on 77 minutes in protest at rising ticket prices.
Comparing the Premier League club to lottery winners reluctant to first look after their own, Carragher explained his decision to join the 10,000 or so who left Anfield early.
‘The new television deal, which will see £5billion pumped in domestically and another £3bn from overseas, means 20 clubs have won the lottery. So why are they not taking this chance to look after the fans?’ Carragher wrote in his Daily Mail column.
He explained how the new £77 matchday tickets, despite only being in place for certain games, price out the ordinary working people who have supported Liverpool for years or decades. However, he did admit walking out ‘wasn’t a nice experience.’
‘The pictures you will have seen were visually striking — and they struck a chord with Fenway Sports Group, the club’s owners — but it wasn’t a happy atmosphere inside the stadium as fans argued with each other,’ he wrote.
‘For a short time, it took me back to 2010 when the reign of previous owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett was falling apart. That was an awful time and this situation cannot be allowed to escalate. There can be no denying, however, Liverpool have got this wrong.’
