It's Not the Tourists Ruining Anfield, It's the Ticket Resellers!

It's Not the Tourists Ruining Anfield, It's the Ticket Resellers!

“Anfield is not the same anymore,” commentary legend Clive Tyldesley wrote on Substack in March, because “our relationship with our football heroes has changed…It’s now up to them to give us something to get excited about.”


But when I asked Liverpool fan and prodigious observer of the game Laurence McKenna whether he agreed with that diagnosis, he offered a different one: It’s not the tourist fans making their pilgrimage to Anfield who’ve dented the famous atmosphere, and it’s not necessarily some growing sense among those in attendance that they’ll cheer when they’re entertained. It’s the ticket resale platforms, Laurence said, who are all too willing to fill up the home sections with away fans and change the makeup of the collective Anfield organism.


For more on the deep history and changing dynamics of Liverpool’s famous stadium, check our Cathedrals feature:


https://www.thefootballweekend.com/p/liverpool-anfield-champions-league-night

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