Season Tickets - 2023/24

[Corky]

Looks like a lot of clubs are putting prices up for next season. Just had a quick google and Forest are putting prices up about 20% and Fulham 18%!!

I had a look at Fulham the other week due to their new stand along the Thames. About 45% of the new stand, all the centre, you can't buy a season ticket, and the rest of the stand ranges from £1,250 to £3k with about 6 price ranges, and there isn't that much difference in the seats. Those prices and the 18% rise are for renewing season ticket holders, so implies the new STs will be more.

I suppose a small ground in the the richest location, they have a bit of relative success and want to milk it. Let's hope they are already at the Regatta tomorrow.

 

[urban genie]

I had a look at Fulham the other week due to their new stand along the Thames. About 45% of the new stand, all the centre, you can't buy a season ticket, and the rest of the stand ranges from £1,250 to £3k with about 6 price ranges, and there isn't that much difference in the seats. Those prices and the 18% rise are for renewing season ticket holders, so implies the new STs will be more.

I suppose a small ground in the the richest location, they have a bit of relative success and want to milk it. Let's hope they are already at the Regatta tomorrow.

They have gotten peltlers for their pricing and the increases made

 

[Bluemanc100]

Not sure if you are talking about SS3 tickets or value gold? My post said there were value gold tickets for £299 last season ( I can confirm that they cost this as I bought one) and also low price tickets for SS3 also. I used to have a ticket in SS3 for 3 seasons and that started at £299 but went up slightly. If you are talking close to £400 for a season ticket there, then that is one of the lowest price season tickets in the PL still.

Had value gold for a few years with our kid and we were often sat apart, we finally got seats together in SS3 then we were offered the seats permanently for £275 I think at the time.. our kid passed away last June but I transferred the seat to my son (I should have left it in the original name as we lost all the points) and I think the seats will be £385 this time.. Still a bargain IMHO

 

[John Wayne]

Turns out he was referring to matchday entry prices at Brunton Park. Would that sound right ?

It's £21 on the day for terracing. That might compare with the back of SSL3, but not the front. But you have to compare like for like - matchday entry prices at City for league games won't likely drop below £60 for any game next season.

The price hikes are wrong, but they're nothing new. The more insidious headline in all of this is the apparent end of the season ticket as we know it. The club are happy to sell season tickets for the 14 games that are less likely to attract tourists ("we need you there for Brentford at home on Tuesday 16th January"), but you will be ripped off if you want to see us against the five most appealing teams ("but we'll give you first refusal for your regular seat for just £70").

 

[BamberBridgeBlue]

The working man’s game, my arse.

Or working persons, whatever.

Ooohhhh Jim……..(said in the voice of Sue Johnston, AKA Barbara).

 

[Big Joe Corrigan]

It's £21 on the day for terracing. That might compare with the back of SSL3, but not the front. But you have to compare like for like - matchday entry prices at City for league games won't likely drop below £60 for any game next season.

The price hikes are wrong, but they're nothing new. The more insidious headline in all of this is the apparent end of the season ticket as we know it. The club are happy to sell season tickets for the 14 games that are less likely to attract tourists ("we need you there for Brentford at home on Tuesday 16th January"), but you will be ripped off if you want to see us against the five most appealing teams ("but we'll give you first refusal for your regular seat for just £70").

Exactly, spot on mate.

 

[Eccles Blue]

I used to help people who were unemployed and/or in debt for a local charity. When discussing budgets etc people would say they were struggling to buy food etc but they often had a mobile phone, they went to the pub and they would buy takeaways. The thing is life is about what is a priority to you as an individual. I see people here moaning about the increase in ST prices and complaining about the expensive drink and food at the stadium and saying how they are struggling to afford it. Well dont buy drinks bring your own dont buy food bring your own those savings alone should pay for any increase in your ST. Its up to every individual to make their own choices

That is all very well but they don't let you take either food or drink into the stadium now.
Before anyone says well eat it, drink it outside before you go in, some people have to go straight from work and get there just before kick off. We used to be able to take food and drink in and I cannot understand why that was stopped.

Personally I am 'lucky' in that I have a medical exemption for taking in a bottle of water but it can be a hassle explaining this to the security.

So, yes I see your reasoning @chesterguy but know the other side of that coin. (pardon the pun) :-)

 

[Eccles Blue]

Some of the ticket price issues could make you laugh or cry. I was helping a guy with issues get into the ground on cheap tickets. He grassed me up to City for selling to him at below face value. He didn’t mean any harm lol.

Good grief, I've given mine for free sometimes this season. I'll be in big trouble!!! :-)

 

[BLUE PEANUT]

Just had a questionnaire through from club, usual guided questions about how are team, how exciting is the football, how likely are we to win anything. I did manage to include disgust at season card increases, real Madrid ticket shambles, city matters and the proposed hospitality at front of new North stand level 2.
The cynic in me sees this as just another box ticking exercise, and something that despite the feedback is something that will be ignored

 

[bluebanana83]

Any news on Value Gold?

Is it still being offered at £299 or has it gone up to £399? Or just scrapped completely with the Silver 14 match season tickets the only offering outside standard season ticket prices?

 

[JGL07]

'Fortuna For All': Fortuna Düsseldorf to host five more free fixtures in 2025/26

Fortuna Düsseldorf will continue their pioneering 'Fortuna For All' project in 2025/26, inviting fans to attend five free home matches following the success of the initiative since its launch in 2023.

www.bundesliga.com

Not sure if anyone else has posted this earlier. Or if I've copied the link correctly. It's an article about Fortuna Duesseldorf making all games free to all fans next season and raising the lost revenue in a different way.

That may work for a German Second Division team whose average attendance is half the capacity of their stadium.

I would be delighted if anyone could explain to me how the hell that would work with a club who have some like like 98% of the tickets sold each match?

It reeks of publicity seeking to me?

 

[chesterguy]

Can it with this deserving vs. undeserving poor rhetoric. It's not relevant here and implies you don't think poor people are allowed to have leisure time and enjoy life. Sounds like you're doing alright, and good for you mate, but I'd argue the majority of people are one pay check away from homelessness and you won't want someone saying "Well, we all make our own choices" if it ends up being you next time.

Yes also if you cannot afford shoes go barefood, or make your own.

how far do we take the you are not worthy enough to enjoy one thing in life and deserve social exclusion because of wealth only, society really hasn't progressed much if so.


Spectator football was created for the common man, woman and child as a social leisure activity for the masses, not a priced out exclusive event.

The rule often quoted is we are all only 3 paydays from being homeless. But Im sorry but that is exactly my point if the match becomes too expensive for me I wont pay it simples

The thought that by putting up prices people are being socially excluded is absolute nonsense. Going to a football match is a leisure activity and therefore is a non-essential choice item so that you have money to pay for essentials then that is what one should do

 

[Stoned Rose]

Mine has gone up, a bit. Few quid per game when the maths is done.

For the football I’m witnessing and the feeling of being part of such a wonderful club I’m more than happy to pay it.

 

[Nickyweaves]

The club’s business strategy is clear. They have a very attractive product that is in demand across the world. The problem is that the legacy supporters have most of the seats and they do not spend as much as tourists. The question is how do you reduce the number of legacy supporters, and free up seats for the higher paying tourists.

1. Increase the SC and match day tickets every year. Each year some legacy supporters will be shaken loose and free up seats. A financial crisis? Excellent! Should be a bumper crop of non renewals.
2. Relocate people from the best seats and sell them to corporate.
3. Tempt people to downgrade to silver and don’t tell them it is a one way journey. Added plus that you then can charge them full price for the top six, and if they don’t buy them then it is more for the tourists.
4. Don’t sell any new SC. Why would you undermine your own strategy.
5. Ignore ticket points when selling the big glamour games to Cityzens. More chance of tourists attending plus more memberships sold.

The problem with a stadium full of tourists is the effect on the atmosphere but when you have your manager criticising the fans then maybe that doesn't look like such a problem. Hopefully, they may have realised how important that is from recent games.

The other problem is what happens if Pep leaves and the trophies dry up. We don’t have to be talking relegation here, we just need to become like the rags and North London. Top six but never really challenging. Then the tourists may drift away and suddenly you have empty seats. Will the loyal fans you priced out come back? Not unless the prices are reduced which of course will never happen.

They see us as customers not fans. If you can sell to higher paying customers that is a win.

 

[OB1]

Looks like a lot of clubs are putting prices up for next season. Just had a quick google and Forest are putting prices up about 20% and Fulham 18%!!

Fulham's ticket prices are high compared to ours. I had to buy seats with the home supporters for tomorrow.

 

[urban genie]

The rule often quoted is we are all only 3 paydays from being homeless. But Im sorry but that is exactly my point if the match becomes too expensive for me I wont pay it simples

The thought that by putting up prices people are being socially excluded is absolute nonsense. Going to a football match is a leisure activity and therefore is a non-essential choice item so that you have money to pay for essentials then that is what one should do

And that is what many have done and are going to do, give up their match going to prioritise daily living costs, bit why do they have to? and tgat is the wider point some seem to be missing.

With real time wages decreasing and in some cases dropping by 2-3% and many low paid workers whose pay has increase by no more than 1% a 7-10% price shows a lack of both undersatnding or care by the club.

the very simple give up one thing to pay for another isn't the point, the point is a rise like this in the countries present economic clusterfuck and cost of living crisis is tone deaf and shows a distain or not arsed attitude towards loyal fans

 

[uwerosler28]

The club’s business strategy is clear. They have a very attractive product that is in demand across the world. The problem is that the legacy supporters have most of the seats and they do not spend as much as tourists. The question is how do you reduce the number of legacy supporters, and free up seats for the higher paying tourists.

1. Increase the SC and match day tickets every year. Each year some legacy supporters will be shaken loose and free up seats. A financial crisis? Excellent! Should be a bumper crop of non renewals.
2. Relocate people from the best seats and sell them to corporate.
3. Tempt people to downgrade to silver and don’t tell them it is a one way journey. Added plus that you then can charge them full price for the top six, and if they don’t buy them then it is more for the tourists.
4. Don’t sell any new SC. Why would you undermine your own strategy.
5. Ignore ticket points when selling the big glamour games to Cityzens. More chance of tourists attending plus more memberships sold.

The problem with a stadium full of tourists is the effect on the atmosphere but when you have your manager criticising the fans then maybe that doesn't look like such a problem. Hopefully, they may have realised how important that is from recent games.

The other problem is what happens if Pep leaves and the trophies dry up. We don’t have to be talking relegation here, we just need to become like the rags and North London. Top six but never really challenging. Then the tourists may drift away and suddenly you have empty seats. Will the loyal fans you priced out come back? Not unless the prices are reduced which of course will never happen.

They see us as customers not fans. If you can sell to higher paying customers that is a win.

It's the silver season ticket that's the biggest piss take, if it was a choice between silver or gold for the fan fair enough, however its now impossible for a fan to buy a ticket that covers every league game unless you are lucky enough to already have one. Is there any other club with this model that effectively forces fans to pay whatever the club wants for the top 5 games even after buying a sc, much worse than the forced cup schemes other clubs have implemented in my opinion.

 

[LucahArchie10]

Bottom line is we could well be watching the best football team on the planet. When that happens things change. We can gripe all we want, but if we don't go, there will be two or three people to take our place. Its the price of success. And in comparison to other clubs our prices are good.

The club are simply looking at every avenue to help pay the new wage contracts for maybe 3-4 players

Haaland for example could be looking at a new 5 year deal with £100.000 pay rise, Ake another £50,000 added & Berny if he stays could cost another £50,000 & then the Bellingham deal will be £175,000- £200,000 a week at least
Hitting fans at an average of say £70 gives them a decent start £3m + & that's how they look at it imo

It's madness as Gundagun, Laporte, Cancelo, Phillips, Berny & some kids all look like they are going which frees up way enough for everything we need to do this Summer, above will bring in at least £200m in transfers & £800.000 a week in wages

Win the the trebble & the turnover in prize money will be £250m at least

Just crazy taking more from the fans but sadly we are no better than the prawn sandwich brigade imo

This new £300m stand, hotel etc aint coming from 1 person

 

[inchy14]

Mines gone up £40 or 8 pints in the ground a season, seeing as the beers pretty shit I’ll cut back on that. That’s something we could all do whilst still attending and that’s something that they’d notice, no point not buying the tickets as someone will just take your place, can’t do that with the booze or food or programmes.

 

[arcademik70]

Looks like a lot of clubs are putting prices up for next season. Just had a quick google and Forest are putting prices up about 20% and Fulham 18%!!

What did Google say Spurs and Brentford are doing next year with prices? Good to have balance week?

Did Google also say how many teams have had year on year increases every single year like we have since the takeover?