How Long Can This Go On?

Not the best seat!

This photograph of a seat in Liverpool's New Stand, in which executive boxes may cost £500k over three seasons, made me think how long it will be before there is a reaction by fans.

Watching the recent TV series of  'Class of 92' reminded me of watching youth football, the passion, excitement, ease of parking and last but not least the value for money of it all. 

Paul Scholes has recently stated his views about watching Salford City. " I don't find watching elite football as interesting to watch any more, especially in England. I probably do enjoy watching Salford more. I park up behind the goal and get out of my car. I genuinely get more enjoyment from watching my son's team. It's all about money and sponsorship in England these days, rather than football.
This became apparent with the recent Transfer Window and the amount of money spent on players who are just not worth it.

In Liverpool we have seen the formation of City of Liverpool F.C. The first meeting that led to the formation of the club was proposed in October 2014 by Paul Manning and present at that 1st meeting, were Peter Furmedge, Martin Jones, Kevin Morland & Nicky Allt. A number of names such as "Liverpool City FC" and "Merseyside FC" were considered before the club was officially established in May 2015 as "City of Liverpool FC". The club chose to play in the colour purple due to it being the civic colour of the city.

Simon Burton, formerly of Runcorn Town, was appointed as the first manager of the club in March 2016. They now play in the Hallmark Security League First Division and their mission seems to be to reconnect football with its roots.

They already have more than 1,100 paying members, most of whom had never been to a non-League game before but enjoy their matchdays at the Delta Taxis Stadium in Bootle.

So will football return to the days when fans mixed with players before and after the game and enjoyed a feeling of belonging to 'their' club? If the Premier League continues to make itself unaffordable to the average punter you never can tell.