CLUB YOUR FANS Tours price hike shock
Bronson grief for tragic wife
FOOTIE fans are having to dig even deeper for stadium tours at Premier League clubs.
Super- rich Manchester United, Liverpool, Spurs, Arsenal and Manchester City are among those hitting supporters with higher prices, Sunday People research shows.
The rises are despite a huge £2.5billion in TV rights being shared among the 20 clubs in the league last season.
Martyn James, of consumer complaints site Resolver, said: “Football clubs would do well to remember that they’re nothing without their fans.
“Hitting them with yet more price hikes for stadium tours is an insult when they’re rolling in cash from TV rights.”
The walkabout at Man United’s ground has soared to £30 from £18 last season.
And a “legends” tour of the Old Trafford stadium – fronted by former players such as 1983 and 1985 FA Cup winner Norman Whiteside – now costs £140, u up from £120.
Cham Champions League winners Liverp Liverpool have increased their standar standard stadium tour fee from
£17 to £20, even though they received the HEARTBROKEN Charles Bronson wrote to wife Paula Williamson the day before she passed away.
Britain’s most violent prisoner, 66, ended their nine-month marriage last year but they kept in touch.
He warned the former Corrie actress she’d be dead in two years if she didn’t give up booze.
The 38-year-old was found dead biggest portion of the TV cash – £152million. Supporters must pay £30 to look round Spurs’ new Tottenham Hotspur Stadium – up from £20 at their old home, White Hart Lane. A tour at nearby Arsenal has risen from £23 to £25.
The price at league champs Man City has also increased from £23 to £25, but they cut the cost of their legends tour from £95 to £70.
City also charge a £2.50 booking fee on the phone.
Leicester have raised their standard tour price from £14 to £15, Brighton’s is up from £13 to £15 and Southampton’s has gone from £15 to £17.50.
But Chelsea (£24), West Ham (£17), Burnley (£10) and Wolves (£5) are among those who have frozen their prices. Everton have actually cut theirs from £20 to £15.
Liverpool declined to comment. Man United, Arsenal, Spurs, Man City, Brighton, Southampton and Leicester did not respond to requests for comment. The guided tours usually last around 30 minutes. at home in Stoke-on-trent, Staffs, after a suspected drugs overdose last Monday.
The news was broken to Bronson hours later in his cell at HMP Woodhill, Bucks.
He then called mum Eira, 88, who said: “I could tell Charlie was upset. He’d only written to her the day before.
“He never said a bad word about her. They just split up because she took drugs.
“I was very sad to hear about Paula as she was a nice girl. We kept in touch.”
Bronson is now romancing a 63-year-old Joan Collins lookalike from Manchester.