[AST] Henry Winter talking to AST members now in tonight’s meeting warning that there is a real threat of Arsenal home games being taken overseas. We will urge the MPs to adopt the relocation clause in the Football Governance Bill that would act as a check on this action.
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As an American… I think English games should be played in England. It’s just a money play. Those that say that it will improve access I think are completely underselling how much it would cost to go to an actual competitive game in the US when it already costs hundreds for shitty seats at a friendly. You’re also just adding travel time and limiting recovery in an already congested fixture list that doesn’t prioritize player welfare.
The only person who wins when they come to the US is Ticketmaster. Arsenal will have zero control over ticketing and supporters will get taken for everything by scalpers.
If you thought the super league protests were bad, wait until you see this
Is it confirmed to be the US? Seems like when this happens it’s usually a gulf state.
Just take one of games to the states.
Community shield final, FA cup final, one of the EU finals.
How about they play super bowl in Helsinki? It NBA finals in Birmingham?
Ewwwww I’d rather they just come here (USA) during preseason.
Fuck this
The money men kill everything eventually
As a supporter based in the US, fuck no.
I rather have the team play in optimal conditions, if I want to see them I’ll fly over.
It’s not like we can afford it if Ticketmaster gets their hands on it anyways.
Owners: we will limit the number of games in a season if the games can all be played 3000km apart…
So will the club fly us season ticket holders over and pay for our hotels?
I’m sure I’m in the minority but there is a way to do this that is not radical. You can make it one of 19 home games. Then next year you make it an away match. Don’t make it a match against a rival, schedule against a newly promoted team. If I’m to compare to the NFL they have 8 or 9 home games. And some sacrifice that for an international game. They are trying to grow the game. If the PL wants to strengthen their hold as the most popular league in the world then these are steps to do so. It can also be scheduled to happen before an international break to help with the travel aspect and not rushing back to try and play the next week.
Look sure realistically and logically it should not happen. I’m just a realistic and kind of expecting it considering how much US influence there is with ownership in the PL.
Am I the only one that read this as Henry Winkler instead of Winter?
How on earth do they keep this fair competition-wise? Even if they say you play the same team home and away but in the states. There are harder away games than others
There is a 0% chance the British Gov will allow this. 0%.
Not really home then is it
Firstly it’s a dumb idea which will hopefully get the same level of vitriol the super league idea got. This isn’t a franchise sport, we’re not San Francisco Arsenal or whatever. This creep of maximising money and profit out of things that are supposed to be fun and enjoyable needs to stop. First they’ll want 1 game a season then it’ll end up with 2 and then more and more, it won’t stop until they’ve bled it dry.
But to play devil’s advocate let’s assume this daft idea actually happens, there are so many issues that need resolving just from a UK fan side like are they reducing the cost of the season tickets and membership? Who’s sacrificing home games to play away and how do you make it fair? What time are kick offs? West coast USA games could be 8 hours difference to the UK so are they kicking off at 9am so it’s 5pm here? Does playing games abroad mean the 3pm Saturday blackout in the UK is removed (it’s ridiculous it’s still in place anyway). I’m sure there’s plenty more issues but that’s just a handful off the top of my head.
Wondering why the Fonz was talking today.
I love arsenal and I am a gunner through and through but I do not want any games, let alone home games, being played in the US. If it isnt champions league the games should stay in the UK. (I am from the states btw)
who the fuck suggest this shit?
Premier League and FA Cup games must stay in England. No discussion to play them abroad.
If they want to put competitive games overseas get rid of the league cup and make a new competition and play those games in different continents. That might disrupt the league season but if they want more money they’ll find a way.
I feel.ike this AST stuff is just Tim Payton trying to use a grievance so he can try be the gooner representative again
I’m sure the players would love even more travelling than they already have to do…
I’m also a Baltimore Ravens fan and they lease their stadium from the state of Maryland. As part of that lease, the Ravens cannot play a home game in any other stadium. I hope Arsenal are successful in this.
I wanted to go to the Philly game. Still might. But fuck $250+ tickets for a fuckin pre season game. They’ll charge 1000 dollars for a PL game.
No. I have nothing but love for all the foreign Arsenal fans, but this club is an inseparable part of the North London community and has been for over 100 years. It would be an incredible betrayal of that community to move important games to other countries.
I think the Kroenke’s have invested well, but the problem with American owners is you can tell they’re always itching to try and change the club and the sport to appeal to an American audience. They’d move this club to New York and rename it the Manhattan Musketeers if they could get away with it.
This would be a god damn fucking travesty
Did we not see the issues the extended preseason schedule in the US caused the last 2 years? This will be even worse. And I say this as an American. It’s gonna be a mess logistically, jet/travel lag is going to affect players, recovery time will suffer, etc. I think their are more cons than pros, money be damned.
As a US based fan I’ve always wanted to see Arsenal in person. That dream however does not mean I want to see league games in the US, that would be stupid. Really hope this doesn’t happen.