Team Payers; Meet the Fans Who Dig Deep to Follow Their Side No Matter How Much It Stretches the Budget; Pitching In: From Half- Time Pies to Season Tickets the Real Cost of Loyalty

Evening Times › April 08, 2004

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BETWEEN three and five o'clock each Saturday afternoon is a sacred time for many followers of the beautiful game.

The ritual of turning up at a windswept football ground in the hope their beloved team can come away with three points at the final whistle is as popular as ever.

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Team Payers; Meet the Fans Who Dig Deep to Follow Their Side No Matter How Much It Stretches the Budget; Pitching In: From Half- Time Pies to Season Tickets the Real Cost of Loyalty

But the costs have rocketed in recent years. Gone are the days when, for (pounds) 20, a father could take his son to a home game, buy a programme, a couple of pies at half-time and still have change to go for a pint in the evening. A recent report revealed UK fans will run up (pounds) 1billion debts in a season. Scots fans were the biggest spenders, forking out an average (pou...

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