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Is Football for a Fiver the ticket for outpriced fans?
DAN NOLAN finds out about the supporter-led history of Charlton's cut-price matches, and how they might offer a model for others to tackle turnstile costs
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AWAY days have taken a toll on my pocket almost as much as my patience lately. So it’s a rare blessing that I’ll be through the Valley’s turnstiles for a fiver on Saturday.
That’s, obviously, not including a London return ticket (£7.20), pre-match refreshments (£20 or so in the Anchor & Hope), something at half-time and something else to mull over afterwards.
That’s expensive enough — and for fans travelling down from Blackburn to Charlton it’ll spiral upwards. On any away day, getting through the turnstiles should be the least of fans’ worries.
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