Member

There is more that pulls people together on this issue than divides us across the Houses, but one of the good negotiations that I managed to conclude with my club was to allow advance purchase of tickets, with a special early availability for overseas fans. Our argument was that if you were having to get them three weeks before a fixture, you would spend a fortune on the flight. If you can save £500—that is the figure I cited—on coming from Oslo or Stockholm to a football match in England, you are likely to spend that £500 anyway, possibly on the club merchandising, much to the delight of the club, but certainly in the vicinity.