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.  
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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: 

• Fixture rescheduling for broadcast – meetings with BT Sport and the Premier League – 11 and 19 April
• Premier League Structured Dialogue meeting – 25 April
• Financial Analysis of THFC’s Annual Results 2015-16
• Virgin Media subsidy for Leicester away – 18 May
• West Ham United policing meeting – 11 April
• Arsenal police advice ahead of NLD  
• Meeting with the Board of THFC – 2 May
• THST and AAA End of Season Party – 28 May 

At this Saturday's home game against Bournemouth, supporters of Leyton Orient FC will be collecting for their Regeneration Fund.

Fans will be aware of the dire situation The Os are in, and the Regeneration Fund is being built up to enable fans to relaunch the club if it goes into liquidation, administration or there is a negotiated sale involving the Supporters' Trust. It should be stressed that none of the money raised will be used to pay the current owners' debts. Full details about the fund are here. 

We know there are strong links between supporters of Tottenham Hotspur and Leyton Orient, so when the Leyton Orient Fans' Trust got in touch with us and with THFC, we were only too pleased to help them, and we are very grateful to THFC for giving LOFT collectors permission to do a bucket collection at the Bournemouth game. 

We'll be asking our colleagues at Bournemouth's Cherries Trust to support the initiative too. Please do give what you can to the LOFT collectors. 

THST board
​10 April 2017