Tensions have been running particularly high after chief executive Alistair Mackintosh indicated that fans supported rising prices and that tickets 'probably could be priced higher.
Fans protested near the ground and inside Craven Cottage last month after being charged £160 for seats in the Riverside Stand for their 1-0 defeat to Manchester United - with junior prices hitting £80.Â
All adult season tickets have seen an 18 per cent price increase and Dan Crawford, editor of the independent supporters’ blog HammyEnd, told the Evening Standard that Fulham are 'the most egregious example in the top-flight of profiteering.'Â
Now a fresh wave of complaints have arisen on X, formerly Twitter, in the wake of Khan's Christmas message.Â
'Out of touch. Shock,' wrote one fan.Â
'Unless he mentions the ridiculous comments from Ali Mac or ticket prices then we don’t wanna know,' one said.Â
'Out of touch billionaire who cares more about PR than sustainable ownership,' another wrote.Â
'Man doesn’t care about your supporters,' another said.Â
One had a direct piece of advice: 'Sort your ticket prices out.'
One tweet had an image of Scrooge from The Muppet Christmas Carol, captioned: '"...with today being the Eve of the home match"'.
Chief executive Mackintosh caused uproar when he suggested that supporters could even be in favour of rising ticket prices.
The Fulham Supporters’ Trust (FST) met with the club via video conference earlier this month, and the meeting notes record his response when asked about the issue.
They read: 'In response, AM questioned whether the Trust was representative of the wider fanbase on pricing.Â
'The Club had received many expressions of support about its pricing approach [as per Mackintosh]; they had sold more season tickets than targeted this season; and higher priced games were selling out quickly and probably could be priced higher and still sell out.'Â
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