EPL Clubs To Maintain £30 Cap On Away Tickets For Next Three Seasons

EPL clubs agreed to maintain the £30 ($39M) maximum price cap on away tickets for the next three seasons, according to David Conn of the London GUARDIAN. The league confirmed the measure will continue following the monthly meeting of the 20 clubs in London on Thursday. The £30 maximum was introduced for the '16-17 season following years of protests and criticism at "steepling inflation by some clubs" of more than 1,000% since the EPL was formed in '92. In Jan. '13, hundreds of Man City supporters who normally traveled to away matches refused to pay £62 for a ticket at Arsenal, and Man City "sent back a third" of its allocation. The same month, the Football Supporters’ Federation launched a Twenty’s Plenty campaign, arguing for a £20 away ticket maximum, based on a similar campaign in Germany to "keep football accessible" (GUARDIAN, 2/7).