We continue to record data on ticketing point cut-offs for Premier League away games. That information, going back seven years, is available in a handy infographic, which can be viewed at the bottom of this article.
 Ticketing arrangements for the Champions League Final has been a hot topic since Lucas Moura completed his hat trick at Ajax. Each of the competing clubs was to receive just 16,613 tickets of the 63,500 available at the Estadio Metropolitano in Madrid for the showpiece game: roughly 26% per club. The percentage of tickets given to competing clubs has steadily dwindled from over 70% a decade ago to just over 50% last weekend; a trend supporter groups across Europe are determined to see reversed through the continued lobbying of UEFA and tier one sponsors.
 THST has today written to the Executive Board of Tottenham Hotspur FC registering our opposition to proposals for a European Super League and setting out some core principles that any changes to the structure of European Football must address.The full letter is reproduced below.
We are pleased to read the subsequent statement issued by the Premier League, unanimously opposing the proposal to reform club competitions from 2024, and welcome the recognition of fans as key stakeholders in their statement. We will continue to lobby for any changes to reflect the core principles set out below, alongside fellow fan organisations throughout the country and alongside the FSF, who issued their own statement this afternoon.  Updates on:
Champions League Final – Ticketing and allocation Planning for Madrid – Fan advice and information Crowd management at Barcelona: UEFA decision Premier League network meeting – 14 May Catering Meeting at Lilywhite House - 21 May Business & Community Liaison Group meeting – 21 May THST Summer BBQ – Sunday 26 May Football to Amsterdam – Friday 7 June  We took part in a call with Club staff and the police yesterday to address some of the many questions we’ve been asked, and to ensure the Club was aware of a number of supporter issues. The Club has issued detailed advice about travel to Madrid and we strongly advise everyone traveling to read this.
There are few additional points we wanted to inform supporters of.  THST condemns as insulting and utterly inadequate the €20,000 fine imposed on Barcelona by UEFA as a result of events at our Champions League tie at the Nou Camp in December 2018. We are pleased our Club has also said it considers the response inadequate.
 Today we are calling on the main sponsors of the UEFA Champions League to put a proportion of the tickets they have received for the Champions League Final back into the pot for the fans of both clubs. We are making this call alongside Spirit of Shankly, the Liverpool Supporters Union.
 The Club has replied to our call to subsidise ticket prices for the Champions League final. They said: “As you are aware UEFA set both the allocation and the prices. We acknowledge that these prices, along with the inflated flight and hotel prices, represent significant costs for fans.
 Tottenham Hotspur are in the final of the Champions League; a monumental, historic achievement. While the players rightly take the plaudits for a thrilling and inspiring campaign, the fans have also played their part, as the Club has acknowledged.
Now many of those fans are finding the joy at this achievement soured by the prices that have to be paid to attend the final in Madrid.  Tottenham Hotspur Supporters' Trust and Spirit of Shankly joint statement:
This has been a sensational Champions League campaign for Tottenham Hotspur FC and Liverpool FC, with fans of both clubs now looking forward to the final in Madrid on 1 June. But supporters’ joy has been tempered by the extortionate costs of travel, accommodation and tickets – if they get a ticket at all with the measly allocation from UEFA.  The much-loved end of the football season social is back for the fourth year running as THST teams up with the Antwerp Arms to host its Summer BBQ on Sunday 26 May 2019.
In what promises to be the biggest and best event so far, we have an afternoon jam-packed with entertainment for you, including:  Updates on:
Trust social media Stewarding at our new home Ticketing: processes and resource Monthly catering survey 1882 offering Haringey SAG meeting – 1 April Case work Planning for Manchester City games and West Ham United Business & Community Liaison Group meeting Crowd management at Barcelona: update on formal complaint to UEFA White Hart Lane station ticket office: an update  Updates on:
Board to Board meeting with THFC: 12 March Season ticket pricing, match day pricing and process THST Board meeting: 18 March Premier League meeting with fan reps: 21 March Business & Community Liaison Group meeting: 19 March Metropolitan Police IAG meeting: 11 March Sponsorship of Spurs Ladies v Sheffield United: 24 March  Now the Club has announced a price freeze on Season Tickets for the 2019/20 season, and announced match day pricing for the remainder of the current season, we can take a considered view of what this means for supporters.
We have made no secret of our view that season ticket prices are too high at our new stadium. So we are pleased ST prices have been frozen for next year and thank the Club for that decision.  On the evening of Tuesday 12 March 2019, representatives of the Trust Board met with representatives of the Spurs Executive Board and senior Club staff for a scheduled 'Board to Board' meeting. The following notes from the session have been signed off by both the Trust and the Club.
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