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At last - a victory for fair play; FANS FORUM SATURDAY Mania will bring you the latest on the issues affecting real fans with a weekly column from the Football Supporters' Federation -- the organisation that campaigns for you.


SPURS supporters are celebrating a small victory for common sense this week with the Office of Fair Trading's ruling that the club's "no returns or refunds under any circumstances" condition is unlawful.

Now when a game is moved from its original time and/or day (usually to suit TV, but sometimes at police insistence), fans can ask for a refund TO REFUND. To pay back by the party who has received it, to the party who has paid it, money which ought not to have been paid.
     2. On a deficiency of assets, executors and administrators cum testamento annexo, are entitled to have refunded to them legacies
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This is only fair. Fixture An article in the nature of Personal Property which has been so annexed to the realty that it is regarded as a part of the real property. That which is fixed or attached to something permanently as an appendage and is not removable.  lists have increasingly become works of fiction with absolute pearls such as York City v Torquay United in the Conference being moved to a Sunday night Sunday Night, later named Michelob Presents Night Music, was an NBC late-night television show which aired for two seasons between 1988 and 1990 as a showcase for jazz and eclectic musical artists.  for television.

This is the wake-up call that clubs need to start thinking more about their most loyal "customers".

We were starting to wonder when we'd see breakfast time kick-offs.

Believe it or not, there are places in the world where that's been happening for years - 8am starts on Sundays are not unknown in Ecuador.

Man United fans have given up trying to get their club to see sense about its "automatic cup ticket scheme" and have consulted m' learned friends.

Led by the Manchester United Supporters' Trust, they are taking legal action to stop the demand that season ticket holders sign up in advance to buy tickets for all home cup matches. For such "loyalty" they don't even get a guaranteed seat for the big matches. Good luck to them, we say.
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Title Annotation:Sport
Publication:The Mirror (London, England)
Article Type:Column
Date:Dec 6, 2008
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