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A very intersting article which I read this morning, which was posted on another board but I felt it deserved a thread on here.
It's about German football Dortmund in particular, the ticket prices and setaing/standing issues. Some of it I guess you already know but fasitnating all the same.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/david-conn-inside-sport-blog/2012/dec/02/ermany-bundesliga-noisy-fans
I think the english FA could learn a lot from this to be honest.
Here's just a snipet of the article:-
The fans tell you proudly what they pay for a season ticket: only €190, around €11 (£8.95) a match, to watch Jürgen Klopp's German champions, last season's double winners, who stand top of their Champions League group. During their most recent Bundesliga home game, a 1-1 draw with Fortuna Düsseldorf – whose fans also made a constant, rousing noise – Dortmund's fans observed an uncharacteristic silence for the first 12 minutes and 12 seconds. New proposals to improve security at Bundesliga grounds, aimed particularly at eliminating flares, which are already anyway illegal, are to be discussed by all the clubs on 12 December, hence the 12/12 protest. Supporters groups have interpreted the suggestions, which include searching supporters at "high-risk" games and bans for those who break the rules, as a means by stealth to sedate German football's raucous, standing fan culture, an intention the Bundesliga emphatically denies.
It's about German football Dortmund in particular, the ticket prices and setaing/standing issues. Some of it I guess you already know but fasitnating all the same.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/david-conn-inside-sport-blog/2012/dec/02/ermany-bundesliga-noisy-fans
I think the english FA could learn a lot from this to be honest.
Here's just a snipet of the article:-
The fans tell you proudly what they pay for a season ticket: only €190, around €11 (£8.95) a match, to watch Jürgen Klopp's German champions, last season's double winners, who stand top of their Champions League group. During their most recent Bundesliga home game, a 1-1 draw with Fortuna Düsseldorf – whose fans also made a constant, rousing noise – Dortmund's fans observed an uncharacteristic silence for the first 12 minutes and 12 seconds. New proposals to improve security at Bundesliga grounds, aimed particularly at eliminating flares, which are already anyway illegal, are to be discussed by all the clubs on 12 December, hence the 12/12 protest. Supporters groups have interpreted the suggestions, which include searching supporters at "high-risk" games and bans for those who break the rules, as a means by stealth to sedate German football's raucous, standing fan culture, an intention the Bundesliga emphatically denies.
