Wolverhampton Wanderers' largest independent supporters group has announced that it will be boycotting the side's trip to Middlesbrough next month in protest at ticket prices.
Tickets for the encounter at the Championship leaders on March 4 have been priced at £32 in what will be one of the Midlands outfit's longest trips of the season.
The game has also been moved to Friday evening to accommodate live coverage on Sky Sports, meaning that travelling supporters may have to book time off work in order to make the journey.
"To have the ticket prices quoted at £32 was the deciding factor and we have now decided to boycott this event," Hatherton Wolves organiser Russ Evers told the Express & Star. "This has obviously inconvenienced those who were planning to go but there comes a time when a stand must be taken. Enough is enough.
"The whole Middlesbrough trip - especially for those who are self-employed - is too much. It could end up costing £32 ticket, £25 coach, £10 taxi home, £25 food and drink and £50 loss of earnings, which equals £142, the equivalent of a week's holiday in Spain.
"Due to the loss this caused and having assessed the desire among our regulars to take a half or full day off work, we still planned on running a trip to Middlesbrough. [But] they would sit in traffic for five hours, get home in the early hours of the following morning and have to organise taxis etc at more expense."
The issue of ticket pricing is a hot topic among Premier League clubs at the moment, with supporter groups protesting at escalating prices despite the league's most lucrative ever TV rights deal coming into force next season.
Neil Wilkes
