Wolves fans pay-per-view boycott raises more than £11,000 for city food bank

Rather than forking out £14.95 to watch the behind closed doors fixture, fans were urged to give the money to The Well project, a charity which delivers 9,500 food parcels a year to homes in the city.

The campaign, started early last week by Wolves fan Kim Smith and backed by the Wolves Fans Parliament, eventually raised a total just shy of £11,500.

Representatives from the Football Supporters Association were due to meet with the Premier League today as they continued to make the case against pay-per-view.

The Premier League’s decision to charge £14.95 for matches not chosen for live broadcast has sparked fury with Albion and Villa fans among the worst affected.

Top flight clubs are set to review the policy at a meeting later this week but they will first hear from the FSA, who were left furious by the lack of consultation prior to the original decision and have organised a nationwide boycott of PPV games.

While every Premier League match was screened live by either BT Sport, Sky Sports or the BBC when football resumed after lockdown in June, no long-term agreement was put in place for the 2020-21 season.

This weekend will be the fourth round of top flight fixtures in which five of the 10 matches are only available via the PPV platform.

That has so far included every game involving Albion and Villa, with fans of both clubs required to pay £59.80 if they wanted to watch all four matches.

The Premier League must now decide whether to continue with the PPV scheme after the forthcoming international break or make changes in the face of fierce fan opposition.