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Losing is just part of the beautiful game
KADEEM SIMMONDS argues that calls for fans of losing teams to be refunded for their tickets miss the point of sticking by your club through thick and thin

RECENTLY, contributors to the Star’s sport pages have been stumped trying to work out a question: should fans get their money back when their team is humiliated?

The discussion started when Aston Villa began losing every single week and fans grew more and more frustrated watching their team get pummelled.

Then, when PSG won the French title last month beating Troyes 9-0 away, one writer said that the home fans should be refunded their money as they shouldn’t have had to sit through that kind of loss.

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