{
  "id": 2455245,
  "title": "Soccer ticket crackdowns and price hikes are excluding traditional fans",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/soccer-ticket-crackdowns-and-price-hikes-are-excluding-traditional",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-21T23:40:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-08-soccer-ticket-crackdowns-price-hikes.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The new season of the English Premier League is almost ready to kick off, and with it comes another annual cycle of the national game. Each August brings hope and expectation for supporters, with an opportunity to start anew. But rather than excited anticipation, frustration, anger and anxiety are the overriding emotions of many fans.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}