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Liverpool and Everton fans will be part of a huge protest against football ticket prices.

More than 1,000 men, women and children are set to march on the Premier League headquarters in London next month.

They are campaigning for lower ticket costs in all leagues, particularly the Premiership.

Delegations from Anfield and Goodison Park will be among the demonstrators.

Roy Bentham, from the Spirit of Shankly fans’ group, said: “It will be a peaceful march against current ticket prices, which are extortionate.

“I am organising a bus for Liverpool fans to join the march and the Blue Union are looking to do something similar.”

A march against ticket prices was also held last year.

Afterwards football chiefs announced they were giving each Premiership club £200,000 to knock off ticket prices for fans.

Demonstrators are hoping for a similar outcome after the next march on August 14.

Mr Bentham said: “A lot of fans are being priced out of the game.

“We have some of the most expensive tickets in Europe.

“We won’t take this any more so we are making a stand.

“This year we want seven figures for each club so they can take a decent amount off the cost of a ticket.

“The Premier League is tied up in so many mega sponsorship and TV deals that they can afford to make it cheaper for fans.

“At the moment there is a huge chasm between clubs, players and their fans.”

The march has been organised by the Football Supporters’ Federation. It is hoped fans from each Premier League club will join the protest.

The federation said in a statement: “The game is swimming in money like never before, with clubs pocketing record amounts from broadcasting deals while squeezing everything they can out of their fanbase with some of the highest ticket prices in a generation. Something has to give.

“There is little sign of anything being done to make life easier for the lifeblood of the game – the match-going supporter.”