• Former defender walks out of Anfield in 77th minute • Ex-manager says ‘fans have every right to protest’

Liverpool are to hold a press conference on Monday afternoon before their FA Cup replay against West Ham on Tuesday with simmering discontent over their proposed ticket price rise refusing to die down.

It is not just the fans who are protesting, with the club’s iconic former defender Jamie Carragher and ex-manager Roy Evans also throwing their weight behind the growing movement.

According to the Liverpool Echo, Carragher, who has a season ticket in the Main Stand, joined the 77th-minute walkout at Anfield on Saturday as 10,000 supporters registered their unhappiness at ticket prices in the new Main Stand rising from £59 to £77 next season.

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With season tickets in the Main Stand increasing from £869 to £1,029 – despite the Premier League attracting an £8.3bn windfall of television money from next season – the club’s owners Fenway Sports Group held talks with senior management on Sunday, raising the possibility of a review into the tickets hike.

After fans had chanted “You greedy bastards, enough is enough”, Evans tweeted: “Liverpool fans have every right to protest today. They’ve always stood up for what they believe in. LFC wouldn’t be what it is without them.”

Liverpool’s former striker John Aldridge joined in, tweeting: “I can understand the walkout! Scousers know how to throw a proper protest. Just horrible when it coincides with a horrible result.”

The exodus appeared to destabilise the players on the pitch, Liverpool throwing away a 2-0 lead against relegation-threatened Sunderland in the absence of their manager Jürgen Klopp who was in hospital having an appendix operation.

Jay McKenna, chair of Spirit of Shankly who helped to organise Saturday’s protest, said: “We don’t have a firm idea of what we will do yet as this has all happened very quickly, so we will take the next two days to take stock and talk to the supporters about what we do next. But we will be taking action because we need to.

“We really need Liverpool Football Club, the owners, and the executives to think to themselves: ‘Is this the right approach?’”