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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
Sport
Stuart Cosgrove

Cost-of-living leaves football fans behind as match tickets become unaffordable

Campaigners say football fans are being fleeced out of too much money for a match ticket

THE price of attending football matches has come under renewed scrutiny as the cost-of-living crisis bites more fiercely into everyday Scottish society.

Yesterday, the St Johnstone ­ultras group Fair City Unity (FCU) boycotted their side’s match at Ibrox ­Stadium ­citing ­“unwarranted and ­extortionate ticket ­pricing” adding “whilst society suffers in a cost-of-living crisis, we feel that clubs are crucial ambassadors to the local ­community they serve and should be leading in the fight of ­making watching live football affordable to all”.

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