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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  It’s been quite a season, and our final home game is fast approaching. Support for the team this year has been fantastic, and so THST has been working with the Club to see if we can close the season in style at White Hart Lane.
To celebrate a memorable campaign, the Club is encouraging flags and banners into the stadium for Sunday’s final home game of the season vs Southampton. We have arranged some new flags for the occasion, some of these feature designs sent in by fans when we crowd sourced designs for the surfing flag. There will also be a large number of blue and white colour block flags. These will all be available in the Park Lane Lower. JOINT STATEMENT PREMIER LEAGUE TICKET PRICES TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR SUPPORTERS’ TRUST THE FIGHTING COCK ARSENAL SUPPORTERS’ TRUST ARSENAL INDEPENDENT SUPPORTERS’ ASSOCIATION Ahead of the coming weekend’s North London Derby, organisations representing supporters of both Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal are making an unprecedented move to speak with one voice on ticket pricing. Fans of the respective clubs agree about nothing generally in the football world. In this case, however, we believe that the game is in danger of pricing out its most loyal and dedicated fans in this country. Many can no longer afford to regularly attend the game that they love.
Both clubs, along with the other eighteen Premier League members, have an opportunity to address this issue, given the huge increase in broadcasting revenue that will accrue from the new collective domestic and overseas contracts. We back the call of the Football Supporters’ Federation, already supported by a large number of Premier League clubs, for a price cap on tickets for visiting supporters at all Premier League games. We believe that such a cap is the fairest way to reward those supporters who spend much time and money following their clubs all over the country, irrespective of how they choose to travel to games. We also believe that there should be a considerable increase in the amount of money set aside for the Away Supporters’ Initiative (ASI). In the absence of any other proposal that would be as fair and as effective for supporters, we would urge our own clubs not to block a proposal that would benefit all fans. We also believe that the TV money coming in to the game should be used to address concerns over home ticket pricing. At Arsenal this could mean a minimum of a freeze on all home ticket prices for the duration of the TV contract, until May 2019. At Tottenham Hotspur this could mean no rise in the real cost of attending home games during our season away from White Hart Lane, and the adoption of a genuinely accessible pricing policy at our new stadium. We would welcome discussions on home ticket pricing as well as issues relating to rewarding loyalty and cutting the cost of attending matches for younger and older supporters, who are often on low incomes. We believe that we speak for the wider fan bases of both clubs, as well as our members, on the issue of ticket prices. A move to lessen the burden on supporters is in the enlightened self-interest of both clubs. The TV product depends not only on full stadiums but passionate, loud crowds as a major part of its appeal. High visiting supporter attendance is crucial to this, as is the attendance of younger less affluent fans. The measures that we propose will promote both. The forthcoming Premier League shareholders’ meeting presents an important opportunity. We hope it is seized. THST The Fighting Cock AST AISA 4 March 2016  The Board of the Tottenham Hotspur Supporters' Trust met with the Executive Board of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club on 20 November 2014 for a scheduled Board to Board Meeting.
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1. Stadium Development/ Ground share 2. High Road West Regeneration proposals 3. Community Meetings 4. THST Members’ Meeting 5. Response to Labour Party proposals 6. Response to proposed overseas Premier League matches 7. Haringey Independent THST column 8. Other: Small Shareholders Association, Fan Identity Questionnaire, The Drum, THST Board Meeting, Board to Board Meeting, Expert groups  Tottenham Hotspur Supporters’ Trust News
August 2014 Updates on: 1. Meetings - Affordable Football for All: FSF March and PL Meeting on 14 August 2. Policing – West Ham United on 16 August 3. StubHub price cap 4. Fan Survey Results 5. Surfing Flag Result |
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