It’s something that can often be overlooked amid the Premier League’s constant stream of games and drama, but there has been a serious undercurrent to this season. The 2024-25 campaign has so far witnessed more supporter unrest than any since the Super League was launched. The season was already framed by collective fan movements over ticket price rises, building to outright demonstrations at Leicester City, Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea, while fostering further unease around Manchester United’s redundancies instigated by co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe.
That lamentable latter story has Geoff Walters thinking, especially given his role as professor in sports business at the University of Liverpool.
