Supporters of Manchester City plan a demonstration against the club's ticket policy during next week's home game against Leicester City.
The Premier League champions have been heavily criticized for signing an official club partner agreement with third parties Ticket Agency Viagoto towards the end of a season that is gebarked by unrest from Thuisfans.
A call for action by three Fangroeps has those who attend the competition on Wednesday to stay away from their seats for the opening of nine minutes – nine that mean the number of external ticketing partners city use.
Fans insist that tickets that are sold on those websites, often at bloated prices, turn out to be harmful to the experience of attending home games in the Etihad Stadium. And they claim that re -sold tickets do not reach those of a city beliefing force.
One supporter of Real Madrid was seen who received a haircut in the stands in the night of their Champions League-Knock-Out match, while a Liverpool fan was attacked in February in the home side of their 2-0 win in February.
'We have seen a record numbers of road fans in the house and ends, many of which have used external agencies to obtain tickets at bloated prices,' read the statement of 1894, Trade Union Blues and the MCFC fans' Foodbank.
“This has caused safety problems and distrust with supporters who are not willing to use the ticket exchange of the club for fear of where their ticket will end – another ticket partner can only add to this.”
City has an emergency meeting with the Fan Advisory Board of the club, City Matters, one day after the Leicester match before announcing the ticket prices next season.
All the Etihad blocks still have available for Leicester. Prices vary from £ 30 to £ 68 for general access, although only two blocks offer the cheapest tickets.
The city insists that all tickets on Viagogo will be hospitality packages, and are not general admission and subject to a fixed price limit.
The Football Supporters Association said: 'Many clubs have their own internal ticket resale platforms so that supporters can pass on tickets to each other at nominal value.
'Why does a club have to involve a third -party company whose some reason for existence is to increase prices and to take advantage of matches?
“Instinctively, it feels unfair for clubs to punish supporters to pass on tickets at nominal value to friends or family members while combining these companies.”
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