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 We have a treat in store for those of you not at Craven Cottage on Sunday – and one which will help the Annie to boot! You’re invited to an exclusive live screening of our away match with Fulham on Sunday 20th January, in the company of the Club’s legendary former captain, Gary Mabbutt.  Updates on:
New Year’s Party for Spurs Fans at Boxpark Wembley – 29 December 2018 Crowd management at Barcelona – 11 December 2018 Manchester United at Wembley – 13 January 2019 Events cap at Wembley Stadium Scheduling of the FA Cup Third Round match v Tranmere Rovers – 4 January 2019 Business Community Liaison Group Meeting – 11 December 2018 Wembley restricted bag policy: an update  Updates on:
Wembley restricted bag policy Wembley events cap Ticketing THST analysis of THFC’s financial update Business Community Liaison Group meeting – 20 November Unified Football Supporters’ Organisation – National Council appointment Richard Scudamore’s golden handshake PSV away ticket collections – 24 October FOI update – West Ham United in the Carabao Cup THST Auditors – an update THST Board Meeting – 26 November Advice for fans attending the upcoming derby games at the Emirates  We’ve taken part in the usual discussions with the police and both Clubs ahead of the upcoming Premier League and Carabao Cup games against Arsenal at The Emirates Stadium.
Both games are Category C-IR matches, with police wearing level 2 uniform with baseball caps, as is normal for a derby. There will be 30 Spurs stewards present at Sunday's league game, increasing to 45 for the Cup match on 19 December, clearly identifiable in yellow tabards. Both games have sold out.  Updates on:
Stadium announcement and refunds THST meeting with the Board of Tottenham Hotspur FC – 9 October Bag policy at new stadium Return of the Spurs Beat: Members’ Event – 16 October Fan rep meeting with the Premier League – 11 October Planning meeting for West Ham away in the league and cup – 17 October West Ham away in the Carabao Cup: FOI request Arsenal in the Carabao Cup Business Community Liaison Group meeting Crowd management v Liverpool at Wembley – 15 September Proposed closure of White Hart Lane station ticket office BACS refund schedule for league matches moved to Wembley  This is a report of the meeting held between the Boards of THFC and THST on Tuesday 20 February. In line with normal practice, both sides have agreed this is an accurate representation of discussions.
This is a long read, with an accompanying document setting out in detail the proposals THST made on concessionary pricing. Please take the time to read both documents carefully before raising any questions. We will be holding a members meeting on 12 March, please keep an eye on your inboxes and our website for details, at which issues arising from this report can be discussed. In the meantime, we’ll do our best to answer any questions you have within the constraints of our available time as volunteers. Season Ticket prices for Tottenham Hotspur’s year at Wembley Stadium have been announced today by the Club. THST has been discussing pricing for our year at Wembley with THFC for some time. So now we want to set out clearly what we lobbied for, and make our position clear on what has been announced.
We are pleased that fans will once again not be facing real increases in the price of their Season Tickets, and that top-line prices are lower than this year. Our minimum objective was ticket price parity and that has been achieved and, in most cases, exceeded. However, we have mixed feelings about the overall packages on offer and would have expected the pricing to have been more in line with the proposals we submitted last month. In brief, the headline developments are: • No Season Ticket seat at Wembley will cost more than the equivalent price at White Hart Lane, accounting for the loss of two cup games. The majority will cost less • Every Season Ticket holder will have the choice to move into a seat at the price point they prefer, starting at £695 • Up to 18,000 new Season Tickets will be opened up to the waiting list giving Bronze members the opportunity to start their Season Ticket life this summer • Concessions for Juniors and Seniors will apply throughout the stadium However, once the loss of two cup games, extra travel costs for many fans, and the more expensive facilities at Wembley are factored in, any reduction in the cost of attending a match for the majority of General Admission fans is negligible. We would have liked the Club to have gone further. However, our dialogue with the Club has resulted in some significant concessions being secured from the original proposals we were presented with, demonstrating the value of those discussions. Let’s look at the key points in more detail.  Updates on:
 As part of the Twenty’s Plenty campaign, fans successful in getting tickets to the away Premier League game at Leicester City on 18 May 2017 will be able to claim up to £10 of the price of their match ticket back.
The ground-breaking initiative is possible thanks to a partnership between Virgin Media and the Football Supporters’ Federation that subsidises the cost of all tickets down to £20 at a single away fixture for all Premier League clubs.  Here’s some information for fans ahead of Saturday’s FA Cup semi-final against Chelsea. We understand the Club will also be issuing advice and information before the game, so please keep an eye on the Club website.
With time short and both sets of supporters familiar with Wembley Stadium, reps from fan groups, the police, Wembley National Stadium Limited and the clubs opted not to meet but instead to share the messages through the channels available.  In November, representatives of the Chelsea Supporters' Trust, Spirit of Shankly, THST and the Football Supporters' Federation met with senior Executives from Sky Sports to discuss the impact of the rescheduling of Premier League matches for broadcast on match going fans, particularly away supporters. A further meeting was held on 22 February, with comment to follow.
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Tottenham Hotspur Football Club Board to Board Meeting Minutes and Report Tuesday 28 February 2017 Tottenham Hotspur Football & Athletic Co Ltd, Lilywhite House, 6pm  Updates on:
New Spurs Stadium Away travel: Sunderland and Liverpool FA Cup pricing and sales mechanism Premier League Trusts Meeting with Supporters Direct TV fixtures and broadcast picks Home ballots and half season memberships Catering  On 16 November THST reps Martin Cloake, Kevin Fitzgerald and Katrina Law attended a meeting at Stamford Bridge along with officials from both clubs, the Metropolitan police, British Transport Police, local council and reps from the Chelsea Supporters' Trust to discuss the game this weekend.
 With ticketing at Spurs such a hot topic, we were delighted to secure the most senior ticketing executive at THFC – Ian Murphy (IM) - as a guest speaker for our latest Members’ Meeting. This took place on Tuesday evening, 15 November, in the function room of the William Blake pub on Old Street. Around 50 Trust members took the opportunity to question Ian on ticketing specifics in person with several others sending questions in advance on email.
THFC’s Head of Supporter Services, Jonathan Waite (JW), was also on hand to respond to any broader, customer service questions. The meeting was chaired by Trust co-chair Martin Cloake (MC) with fellow co-chair Kat Law (KL) explaining the Trust position on several issues during the discussions. It was a lively event and we’ve tried to include as much detail as possible in this report.  Updates on:
THST Members’ Meeting – 15 November London Football Fan Forum – 6 October Police Safety Forum – 3 October Battle of the Somme: Centenary commemoration – 19 October Catering Meeting with THFC and Levy Restaurants – 2 October  Tottenham Hotspur Supporters’ Trust
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club Police and Safety Forum Report Monday 3 October 2016 Tottenham Hotspur Football & Athletic Co Ltd, Lilywhite House, 6pm  Before our latest meeting with the Spurs Board, we canvassed Trust members and the wider fan base for questions they wanted asked at that session.
We were overwhelmed with a large number of detailed ticketing queries, which were better suited to a dedicated ticketing discussion than to the more strategic meeting of the two Boards. So, we spoke with senior THFC ticketing and supporter services staff separately to cover off as many queries as possible. Here’s what was discussed, which we hope you’ll find useful.  Tottenham Hotspur Supporters’ Trust
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club Board to Board Meeting Minutes and Report Monday 19 September 2016 Tottenham Hotspur Football & Athletic Co Ltd, Lilywhite House, 6pm  THST was among the fan groups who met senior representatives of the Premier League in late July. The meeting was the first to be held following the call by the Government's Expert Working Group on Fan Engagement and Supporter Ownership for improved dialogue between the PL and supporters' organisations.
We reported back on the meeting in our July newsletter, and had hoped to give a fuller report back soon after. It's taken the PL the best part of seven weeks to produce a somewhat cursory account of the day's discussions, and we have made our view clear that meetings should be reported back on much sooner in future if they are to retain validity in the eyes of supporters. We are grateful to the Football Supporters' Federation for publishing a more informative account of the meeting. Topics discussed were away ticket prices, kick-off times, Safe Standing, the Independent Football Ombudsman, the Living Wage and B teams in the EFL Trophy. There was also some discussion on the process of future meetings. THST was encouraged by the progress made on Safe Standing, and this is something we've followed up at Club level. This meeting was a first step in what could be a mutually beneficial process, and we'll be looking for improvements in future. THST Board 7 September 2016  For the past three seasons, tickets for domestic home Cup games at White Hart Lane have been priced extremely competitively, with every match hosted at Tottenham last season charging just £10 for seniors and £5 for juniors in all areas of the ground. The FA Cup third round tie against Leicester City last January, for example, saw adults charged £20 for their seats.
 The Premier League's away ticket price cap of £30 has been a welcome development. But our aim, alongside other fan organisations and the Football Supporters' Federation, has always been to reduce the price of going to the game. And it seems clear there is still work to do in this area. For our opening game against Everton this Saturday, for example, those fans travelling by coach to Goodison Park will see the saving on their away ticket swallowed up by the increase on last season's coach fare.
This is because the Premier League decided to replace the Away Supporters' Initiative, which many clubs used to subsidise coach travel, with the £30 price cap. Each club seems to be taking a different approach now, and THFC has indicated that while it will not be subsidising coach travel as it did last season, it will look at subsidised travel for those games that are impossible to travel to and from using public transport. The Club felt subsidising the relatively low number of fans using the coaches across the board was not fair. We have raised the point that it seemed to consider the move fair for the last three seasons. We have also been in touch with Thomas Cook Sport, who run the coaches our fans use to away games, and are club sponsors.  Spurs fans are largely satisfied with the match day atmosphere at White Hart Lane, and like the efforts made to boost visual displays of support with flags and banners. And there’s still very strong support for a safe standing area in the Club's new stadium.
The latest Tottenham Hotspur Supporters' Trust (THST) end-of-season survey, completed by more than 1,600 fans across June & July, shows that 70% were satisfied with the match-day atmosphere at White Hart Lane last term.  We were delighted to see the details of ticket pricing for the Club’s Champions League games at Wembley announced yesterday. Multi-game packages on offer to Season Ticket Holders and One Hotspur Members mean fans can see all three Champions League group stage games for as little as £70, with concessions half price throughout the stadium
What’s more, with a 90,000 capacity available for each game, many more fans will now have the chance to go and support the team.  Tottenham Hotspur Supporters’ Trust
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club Board to Board Meeting Minutes and Report Tuesday 24 May 2016 Tottenham Hotspur Football & Athletic Co Ltd, Lilywhite House, 6pm |
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