Southampton FC: shirt sponsor Virgin Media pays £10 for each ticket for fans to travel to Chelsea

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Virgin Media, the main shirt sponsor of Southampton FC, will pays £10 (€11.50) for each ticket on sale for the club's fans to travel to the game against Chelsea FC (Matchday 34 of the Premier League), which will be played at Stamford Bridge (41,663 capacity) in London (ENG) on 25/04/2017.

The 1512 places available are all offered to fans of Southampton, and thus now cost £20 (€23), while the are sold for £30 (€34.5) by Chelsea. "As a reward for the loyal support shown by the club's fans again this season, Virgin Media is subsidising tickets, meaning savings of up to a third off the initial price," stated Southampton FC.

Tickets for the game away to Chelsea are on sale from 27/03 to 05/04/2017, with a priority list of persons using several criteria: number of matches which they attended in 2016-17, season ticket or not, etc.

A new Southampton FC partner in 2016-17, Virgin Media has amplified the club's fans operations

  • The Virgin Media, a UK telecommunications group, became the main shirt sponsor of Southampton FC for three seasons (2016-2019), on 08/06/2016.
  • Virgin Media has…
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