It seems like Liverpool fans have had the impact they would have wanted and the world is finally listening to them: Ticket prices are getting ridiculous.

Liverpool were 2-0 in the 77th minute and then the Kop walked. Paparazzi and press flashed and recorded as the decibel level around Anfield dropped lower and lower and lower.

Then the noise levels erupted - Sunderland scored. And when Jermaine Defoe turned Sakho to smash home a late equaliser, the only thing you could hear into the Anfield sunset was the cheers of Sunderland supporters: "We are staying up, say we are staying up" they shrilled.

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This was the impact that supporters groups Spirit of Shankly and Spion Kop 1906 would have wanted. Off course they wanted their team to win but without the famous Kop crowd, Liverpool couldn't perform.

Say what you like about the importance of fans but without them, football becomes 22 players running around a pitch and nothing more. Fans are the colour, the passion and the voice of every single football club in the world and without them the game becomes meaningless and empty.

The build-up was tense and nobody could have predicted what could have happened. After all, there had never been a walkout at Anfield before. Ever. This was new territory for the Reds' fans and despite how bad it has been in the past, the supporters have always stood by their players.

But this was nothing to do with the players, management or results on the pitch. This was direct action in protest to the movements made by the Fenway Sports Group, who raised ticket prices to as high as £77  for one game this season. £77 - let that figure settle in your mind.

For two matches at Anfield at that price you can get a season ticket at non-league Hereford FC, who are regularly cheered on by over 3,000 fans at their romantic Edgar Street home. Yes, they are in the ninth tier of English football but that's what makes the revival all the more pleasing and it's an absolute bargain.

An £8.5billion TV deal has just been put into practise and still these greedy owners feel the need to raise prices for the true figures behind the club. They know people will pay, its in their blood to watch their team, at whatever the price.

But this is manipulation and tactlessness at its finest. There is no need to raise the prices just because they know people will pay it. These are their fans, their people and to treat them like this warrants such a response.

Emergency meetings and executive discussions will follow, but that has little importance compared to the events that took place during the walkout.

Up to 10,000 Liverpool fans left the ground and the world watched in awe as they did so. If there is a particular group of supporters that can make an impact its Liverpool fans.

And as they continue to wave their black flags and fight against the modern-day treatment of fans I'm sure the rest of the country will stand with them as they do so.

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