Joe Ellis

Wed 10 August 2022 13:10, UK

Rangers could take on St Johnstone on Saturday (13 August) with very few travelling fans from the Saints in the away end at Ibrox.

The Fair City Unity, a fan organisation for St Johnstone, released a statement via their Twitter account to attack the ticket prices for the weekend’s clash and urged the rest of the fanbase to do the same.

Away fans at McDiarmid Park only have to pay £20 for a match ticket but Rangers are charging £31 for the weekend’s game which Fair City Unity describe as “extortionate.”

“In response of this week’s announcement of unwarranted and extortionate ticket pricing for Saturday’s match at Ibrox, the group have made the difficult decision in boycotting the fixture,” they said.

“We urge fellow St Johnstone supporters to take the same action.

“Whist society suffers in a cost of living crisis, we feel that clubs are crucial ambassadors to the local community they serve, and should be leading in the fight of making live football affordable to all. Twenty’s plenty.”

Fair point

It is difficult to argue that the St Johnstone fan group are wrong on this because there should be parity across all clubs in the Premiership.

No club’s supporters should have to spend more than any others to watch every away game throughout a season so the SPFL have to do something to put a set price for every adult ticket.

£20 should be the perfect number because it will still allow profits to be made while not completely ripping off fans from all over the country.

Rangers, in particular, are not reliant on the income from away fans to the point where they have to charge so much for their attendance.

The club should be looking to reevaluate their pricing for away fans because it could lead to the rest of the Premiership upping their own prices out of spite and that will cost Light Blues fans more than the Saints.

In other Rangers news, Alfredo Morelos has been the subject of some surprising transfer interest that would see him leave European football altogether.