Ticket prices at premiership and Champions League fixtures are set to rise further, in spite of the recent spate of supporters’ protests. A Premier League spokesman said a price hike was inevitable due to the increased cost of security at top level football matches following the renewed threat of Russian, Iranian and North Korean aggression.
This week BAE Systems signed a multi-billion pound defence deal with the Barclays Premier League that obliges clubs to pay for the installation of military equipment such as surface-to-air missile launchers. It is understood stadiums will also be equipped with various nerve and blister agents to be used in the event of a successful enemy takeover of football grounds in England and Wales. Pitches will also be mined this summer to deter hostile combatants from having a kickabout during the off-season.
Representatives of BAE Systems, Lockheed Martin and other major arms manufacturers will be laying a wreath at major football grounds on Remembrance Sunday in commemoration of all the weapons tragically lost in recent conflicts.
However, some anti-war activists have questioned the arms industry’s right to intervene in football. Former CND chairman Bruce Kent described the planned ‘nuclear dome’ over Wembley as a “possible cause for concern”. PM David Cameron addressed the government’s critics on Twitter, branding opponents of the scheme “Britain-hating quislings”. He also described the BAE/ Barclays Premier League deal as “combining two great things that Britain has given to the world: football and war.”
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