Following Liverpool’s 77th minute walkout in protest to extortionate ticket prices, our friends in Germany Borussia Dortmund seem to have taken it one step further.
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Angry at Stuttgart’s £15 standing ticket and £30-£55 sitting ones, Dortmund fans entered the ground 20 minutes late and then hurled tennis balls onto the field.
The referee had to stop the game, whilst a Dortmund banners was unveiled which read: “Football should be affordable”.
.@BVB fans halt the first half at @VfB by throwing tennis balls onto the pitch to protest at ticket prices. https://t.co/wocu1FhBgW
— BT Sport Football (@btsportfootball) February 10, 2016
Dortmund coach Thomas Tuchel backed his supporter’s right to protest.
“We always want the support of our fans, from the very first minute,” he said, reported by the Mirror.
“That’s a sign of solidarity. You know you are not alone on the pitch, and normally you can rely on our fans. And definitely a boycott would have an influence.
“We understand their concerns, but despite that we would like to have their full support.”
It seems like Liverpool’s protest has started a stone rolling that will hopefully change the way football clubs treat the group which makes it possible: fans.
Don’t let it stop.