For host cities football fans are simultaneously potential consumers and criminals. But they have rights, and fan zones are a good way of protecting fans, the public and the streets.
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Two days after 12 of Europe’s leading clubs broke away to launch a new competition, they appear to be back in the fold.
Football is supposed to be the ‘people’s game’, but the English Premier League is easier and cheaper to follow if you are a fan of a club based in London or the prosperous southeast.
Holding fixtures abroad may be a money spinner – but it’s not fair game.
There is still a place in a sport that remains connected to communities.
Fans are notoriously reluctant to let their clubs play fast and loose with clever ticket pricing, but it might be better for everyone.
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Executive Director of Postgraduate Programmes, Surrey Business School, Royal Holloway, University of London
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