Henry Haizelden

Arsenal season ticket holder

[Henry Haizelden @hhaizelden97]

@HLTCO Nothing to do with that club is sensational

[Henry Haizelden @hhaizelden97]

@gunnerpunner Currently 2 points better off than last season from those fixtures so plenty to be positive about, you aren’t going to beat teams like Brighton away from home every year

[Henry Haizelden @hhaizelden97]

@AFCFixtureNews I’ve stayed near Universita station before and it’s a good busy spot, just booked one near there for this trip. Probably only 10 min walk from the pick up point

[Henry Haizelden @hhaizelden97]

@DarrenArsenal1 Got myself up to 12 over the last couple of years and most of mine have been Europe trips or league cup games like Port Vale. Could be even higher as missed a couple that went low to 0 and reds. It’s very doable just have to commit

[Henry Haizelden @hhaizelden97]

To Budapest, we’re on our way 🔴⚪️

[Henry Haizelden @hhaizelden97]

@DarrenArsenal1 Away concourse in Madrid was a thing of dreams, everyone believed it

[Daily Mail Sport @MailSport]

Forget 'Set Piece FC', Arsenal have won the title without '115 charges' lurking in the margins like Man City, without buying their own women's team like Chelsea, without petro-dollars behind them. That should be celebrated, writes IAN HERBERT https://t.co/z0bdODbQb3

[Henry Haizelden @hhaizelden97]

Same mate

[Premier League @premierleague]

Never change, @erling 😆

[Central @WestHam_Central]

WATCH: Declan Rice’s first and last ever trophy won as a professional player.

[Henry Haizelden @hhaizelden97]

We’ve done it 🔴⚪️

[Aston Villa Updates @avfcbreaking]

There was a time when a European final belonged to the supporters who dragged their club there.

Not anymore.

When Aston Villa were handed roughly 11,000 tickets for a Europa League final in a 70,000-plus stadium, the number itself told the story. UEFA can package the event however it likes — “festival of football”, “European showpiece”, “global celebration” — but the modern European final is no longer built around supporters. It is built around clients.

The supporters fund the journey. The corporates inherit the destination.

Villa fans will have spent thousands following the club across Europe. Flights, hotels, time off work, loyalty schemes built over years. Yet when the final arrives, huge sections of the stadium are reserved for sponsors, hospitality guests, executives, delegates and “neutral” allocations that often end up on resale sites within hours.

And supporters are expected to accept it.

UEFA’s defence is familiar. Sponsors fund competitions. Broadcasters need space. Hospitality drives revenue. All true. But football crossed a line when the event surrounding the final became more important than the supporters inside it.

The optics are awful because fans can see it themselves.

A finalist gets 11,000 tickets while corporate packages costing thousands remain available. Genuine supporters scramble through ballots with lottery-like odds, while neutral areas fill with tourists taking photos during the warm-up.

And UEFA wonders why resentment grows.

Supporters are constantly called “the lifeblood of the game” until ticket allocations are discussed. Then they become an inconvenience to work around premium inventory.

Football did not become Europe’s dominant sport because sponsors created atmosphere. The noise, colour and emotion UEFA sells globally every season is generated by match-going supporters — the same people increasingly pushed aside at the biggest games.

The “neutral fan” concept is perhaps the biggest fiction of all. In theory it promotes access. In reality it fuels resale markets, inflated prices and thousands travelling ticketless out of desperation.

UEFA could change it tomorrow. Finalists could receive 70 per cent of the stadium combined. Corporate sections could shrink. Hospitality would still exist.

But that would mean sacrificing revenue.

And modern football has shown repeatedly which side wins that argument.
#AVFC #scfreiburg

[WelBeast @WelBeast]

If he sets up a GofundMe to raise the £2.35M I’ll gladly chip in and rally others to do so as well.

No one should go to prison for making the game affordable and accessible to everyone.

The only reason he’s going to jail is because he took profits off greedy broadcasters.

[Henry Haizelden @hhaizelden97]

@AFCFixtureNews Got a £76.48 return to Valencia from Gatwick 29th-1st. Looking at around £20 each way for the train

[Henry Haizelden @hhaizelden97]

@AFCFixtureNews I connected in Madrid and no need to queue as went through security other end for anyone else doing similar. Just walked out in Lisbon 👍🏻

[Henry Haizelden @hhaizelden97]

@ceejayhazeley We want a song of the day not this

[Henry Haizelden @hhaizelden97]

@DarrenArsenal1 Thanks for the response 👍🏻

[Henry Haizelden @hhaizelden97]

@aliladiere That mentality is why Pochettino’s Spurs did nothing. I don’t think Liverpool fans regret winning the league cup in 2024 or the cup double in 2022 without the league title. Aim to win everything you’re in.

[HLTCO @HLTCO]

People don’t “want” to use dodgy sticks to watch sport but with the prices as high as they are, multiple packages needed to watch the different leagues and no legal way to actually consume the 3pm kick-offs on a Saturday, it’s an inevitability.

Most coppers own one themselves.

[Henry Haizelden @hhaizelden97]

There’s not many players better than Martinelli and Trossard than Martinelli and Trossard when both Martinelli and Trossard are fit