Organisers of a protest rally against the escalating cost of ticket prices have accused English Premier League clubs of “pure greed”.

An estimated 400-500 supporters from various clubs took part in a demonstration outside the competition’s headquarters in London on the day fixtures for the 2013-14 season were published.

A delegation comprising representatives of fans’ groups from Liverpool, Manchester United, Tottenham and Arsenal, as well as the Football Supporters Federation, also met with Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore.

The aim was that the league would agree to help fans pressure individual clubs into lowering prices.

The rally was organised by the Liverpool group Spirit of Shankly and their spokesman James McKenna said: “It (ticket pricing) has got out of hand. There is more money than ever coming into football clubs – there is this new TV deal bringing in so much money – but they are charging us more and more.

“It’s pure greed and supporters have had enough of it.”

The EPL has previously said it encourages “stretch pricing”, where a range of prices are offered to ensure those with lower budgets are catered for.

A statement read: “While it is for individual clubs to set their ticket prices, we agreed with the group that we would further encourage stretch pricing at our clubs in order to make Premier League football available to a wide range of supporters”.