Away the lads

After last week's depressing arrests stat, some more positive fan-related news on the PR front: according to the Independent, we're set to offer a pioneering arrangement whereby we charge £20 a ticket to away supporters of any club that reciprocates the offer for our own.

If this does become reality, then fair play to the club for being forward-thinking - even if they, like the rest of the top-flight clubs and the Premier League itself, are only reacting to the pressure applied by the Football Supporters' Federation's Twenty's Plenty campaign, rather than being proactive. The FSF have already hailed the potential significance of our move, one which would do much to protect that increasingly endangered species, the away supporter, by helping to ensure affordability.