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In The Red: Liverpool FC | Liverpool FC Commentator Neil Atkinson On The Rise of Money in Soccer | 5

Business Movers

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History, Business, Entrepreneurship

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2024

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Podcaster and author Neil Atkinson discusses how big money has changed soccer, and how Liverpool went from a club in crisis under one set of American owners to English champions under another.

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Join Wundry Plus in the Wundery app or on Apple Podcasts. It's February 6th, 2016 at Anfield, almost five and a half years after George Gillette and Tom Hicks were forced

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out as owners of Liverpool Football Club.

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It's a gray winter day in the northwest of England. Liverpool is two goals up against Sunderland

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with around 15 minutes left in the second half.

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Two middle-aged men watch the game from the cop,

0:51.0

the famous stand where the most passionate Liverpool fans gather.

0:55.5

But today, even though the cop is packed, its usual red banners and flags are missing

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and the fans are strangely quiet. The older man turns to his friend. are Tool has recently announced controversial plans to raise ticket prices at Anfield.

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The most expensive ordinary seat at the stadium is set to increase from 59 to 77 pounds.

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In response, Spirit of Shankly and other fan groups have organized a protest, a symbolic

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walkout in the 77th minute.

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But many Liverpool fans are still divided over whether this show of dissent during a game is the right thing to do.

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Ah, shouldn't we focus on supporting the team?

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That's what the owners are counting on.

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We have to show them that they can't get away with us.

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Yeah, but it's inflation, isn't it?

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Everything's going on.

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Not by this much.

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I first started coming here in 84.

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