[GocartMozart]

I must repeat that under no circumstance do I want to see any muppet comments in this thread. No muppetry

Liverpool fans start new club

AFC Liverpool are the latest 'fans' club after the success of first AFC Wimbledon and then FC United and they have applied to the Vodkat North West Counties League Division Two to enter a team for next season.

But unlike FC United - formed in protest at the Glazer ownership - AFC Liverpool hope to flourish alongside the club and have been launched purely to give fans a team to watch outside of the big Premier League prices.

Club spokesman Alun Parry told the Daily Telegraph: "This has nothing to do with the ownership issue, it's about affordability. I've been going to Anfield since the late Seventies when I was six years old. A season ticket in the Kop cost £45 in 1985, today it's £650, which I know is a lot cheaper than some other Premier League clubs, but in inflation terms Eighties prices should equate to £98 today.

"We aren't blaming the club, we realise they have no choice, but the sad fact is that a whole community is being denied the opportunity to grow up in the 'match-going' culture. The average age of a Premier League supporter is now 43. At a recent game I spotted only two children, so kids who can't afford to go are forced to learn what it means to support a club from one source - television.

"Far from wishing to be estranged from the club, we are hoping that Liverpool will look upon us as a little brother."

Liverpool fans start new club | Liverpool | English Premier League | Football News from TEAMtalk

I really didn't think the prices were that absurd, even when I went over as a yank, I thought the prices were in the ball park relative to what I pay at an American sporting event. Of course American sporting events are souless and have been gutted by American corporations, but still.

[Torque]

Alright, they can't pay that kind of money for a season ticket. But does the new team do any good? Who's gonna pay a couple of pounds to see some unknown players play some crap football, when they can stay home, in their armchair and watch their favorite team playing.
Creating this new team sounds really stupid to me.
If I was in this situation I would save the money I would pay to watch the new team and buy a ticket to watch the favorite team playing in the PL against a strong opponent.

[Iron_Maiden]

AFC Liverpool will become a feeder for its well-known parent club,as far as I understood from this.

Watching a team outside of the Premier League prices means also watching a team outside of that quality.

This club will have to struggle in the inferior division,but... could find itself popular because of the solid foundation the PL team has.I think there is not only a question of money,payment standard in the PL,but it s all about someone who wants to make a name for himself by using wisely the image of the parent club.

Unfortunately today,football education is too much walking hand-in-hand with money....

[cbud003]

It's kind of decent that they are trying to make things more affordable but I am looking for quality. The Premier League is no doubt the best in the world. I'll throw down the cash for something that I think is a good product and the Premier League is just that, a good product.

[cbud003]

Second thought, it's a great idea. The scousers are fuckin' terrible and it gives the supporters something else to watch without puking.