Wolves 1877 Trust Calls for Ticketing Price Freeze
The Wolves 1877 Trust is calling on the Club to freeze Season Ticket and Match Day Ticket Prices next season following a survey of Trust members and affiliated Supporter Groups. The survey was conducted in March and had over 300 responses from Wolves Fans.
Over 85% of supporters surveyed said the Club should freeze prices for next season with 51% of fans believing that current prices are overpriced. The survey also demonstrates that fans have concerns over facilities at Molineux, with the ground falling behind the times and needing investment and redevelopment.
Wolves 1877 Trust Chair, Daniel Warren, said “As a Trust we listen to our members and affiliates and want to represent their views. After 6 years of price rises, I think the time has come for the club to freeze prices and there’s a clear mandate from the fan base for a price freeze.”
Warren added that “The Club is moving to a more sustainable model in terms of development and recruitment of players and this needs to be reflected in ticket pricing. The Club has often bench marked prices against other clubs; whilst we are not the most expensive tickets in the league, our ticket pricing currently matches our league position”.
Trust Vice Chair Ciaran Barker says “There’s a lot of good will around the fan base at the moment towards Gary and the Team, the Club is at its best when club management, players and fans are all on the same page. The Club needs to reward fans for their loyalty and support and a price freeze would do that, we can’t be used as a cash cow all the time”
A key indicator from the survey was that fans believe that the club should take the local economic position into account. Wolverhampton has high levels of deprivation and poverty, and wages have failed to keep up with inflation; there is concern from the Trust that local fans will be priced out.
Wolves are yet to announce prices for next year, but the Trust is calling for the Fan Advisory Board, set up this season by a Premier League rule change, to be fully consulted on any proposals to change prices before they are agreed and announced.
The Wolves 1877 Trust was set up in 2021 by Wolves fans who wanted to create an independent and democratic voice for the Club’s supporters. There was a growing concern that Football fans in general are not listened to and are not given any say in the running of their clubs whilst being priced out of the game. Since the Trust has been created it has built a working relationship with the Club’s management and has representatives on the Club's Fan Engagement groups and Fan Advisory Board. The Trust is also a member of the Football Supporters' Association. You can join the Trust here: www.wolves1877trust.co.uk