Liverpool fan group announces new protest as FSG chief sent direct message over ticket prices

Liverpool supporters are set for another protest during the weekend's game against Crystal Palace as demonstrations against the club's plans to raise ticket prices continue

Liverpool fans are set for another protest against the club's plans to raise ticket prices(Image: Getty Images)

More protests are planned this weekend as Liverpool fans continue to vent their frustrations at the club’s plans to raise ticket prices.

Liverpool announced last month that ticket prices at Anfield would be raised over the next three years in line with inflation. The decision has led to considerable backlash against the club and its owners, Fenway Sports Group, with supporters having made their feelings known.

Protests were held during the recent home game against Fulham. No flags were present as usual in the Kop for the fixture, with the only banner on show displaying the message “no to ticket price increases” being paraded around Anfield to applause from fans.

Supporters groups have called for more discussions with the club’s owners in order to find a solution, although there is no sign of Liverpool or FSG backing down from the proposed increases.

More protests are planned for Saturday’s game against Crystal Palace as a result, with a direct message being sent to Liverpool’s owner John Henry.

Supporters union Spirit of Shankly has announced that placards will be handed out to supporters before the game at Anfield this weekend, with fans encouraged to hold them up during the 13th minute of the game.

The yellow cards bear a picture of FSG chief Henry above the message “caution: Anfield’s sould at risk”.

The back of the cards reads: “Raise your yellow card. Be seen. Be hear. Tell them: enough is enough.”

The latest planned protests come after Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher urged FSG to back down from their plans.

“I don't understand the ticket price thing in terms of how much they are bringing in from sponsorship and the revenue from the Premier League and when you look at wage bills, Liverpool's is right up there with the best,” Carragher told the Liverpool Echo.

Protests were held during the game against Fulham earlier this month

“And this idea that they need to up ticket prices to pay for these players, it's absolute nonsense.

"The supporters are not daft, there's enough out there, the intelligent ones can put the numbers together and say well you're only going to gain an extra [small amount]. So what do you gain from it really?

"The owners might come back and say their tickets are cheaper than Arsenal or Tottenham but it's a north-south thing and that is never going to wash. Unfortunately, they live in London, they can put their prices up and you can't do it here.

"You get it back in different ways at Liverpool, because we are a bigger club than them. We get more sponsorships than them, from whoever it is.

"And when you read about the wages players get, and I am not complaining, I got great wages, footballers deserve what they get, as long as they do their business on the pitch and in the main our players do.

"But no, I just don't think you need the fight with the supporters over it. There's no gain [from it]."