Priced out? | Club announce that matchday tickets being reduced by up to 43% (p93)

Just had a look on the caf to see how much they were laughing at us.

Anyway, they have a very similar thread on there about being priced out of football but instead of them discussing ticket prices, they are discussing the high cost of tv packages. Made me laugh.
 
The cup and away tickets are far cheaper in real terms than they were 20 years ago, last nights match was exactly the same as I paid for Arsenal reserves Home LC in October 2004. It was £25 same seat and it was seen as very expensive so we barley got 20k turn up.

Spurs away in the LC was £37 and people complained, but it was £27 away there in the LC in 2003 which would be £48 now. Then later that season it was £20 for the FAC replay there, which was kept to be the same as City's prices in the original tie, but was seen as cheap, but that would still be £35 now.

Remember Brum away in the league £40 in 2004 - £70 now with inflation.

The big bump has been match ticket, cat A was £28 in my stand in 2007/08 before Cook got it up to £48 within 3 years, and it would be £44 now, not £70+. Season tickets have gone up 160% since we started at the new stadium compared to around 75% inflation, but as they were frozen for so long in the initial years, the rises since 2009 have been well in excess of double inflation.

The UCL prices really dropped as we were ripped off originally, but it was 3 group games for £50 around 2018 or 2019, which has close to doubled in 5 years. But looking back TNS away was £25 if you didn't buy before the first leg, £20 if you did. Just under 7k went from City.

As is likely to be pointed out the ticket is only part of the price and other costs have often gone up more than the tickets, especially longer distance trains and people needing hotels, when the Home Office and Local Authorities have booked most B&B, Travelodge and cheap hotels to meet acute housing needs.
 
BungleBear said:
The cup and away tickets are far cheaper in real terms than they were 20 years ago, last nights match was exactly the same as I paid for Arsenal reserves Home LC in October 2004. It was £25 same seat and it was seen as very expensive so we barley got 20k turn up.

Spurs away in the LC was £37 and people complained, but it was £27 away there in the LC in 2003 which would be £48 now. Then later that season it was £20 for the FAC replay there, which was kept to be the same as City's prices in the original tie, but was seen as cheap, but that would still be £35 now.

Remember Brum away in the league £40 in 2004 - £70 now with inflation.

The big bump has been match ticket, cat A was £28 in my stand in 2007/08 before Cook got it up to £48 within 3 years, and it would be £44 now, not £70+. Season tickets have gone up 160% since we started at the new stadium compared to around 75% inflation, but as they were frozen for so long in the initial years, the rises since 2009 have been well in excess of double inflation.

The UCL prices really dropped as we were ripped off originally, but it was 3 group games for £50 around 2018 or 2019, which has close to doubled in 5 years. But looking back TNS away was £25 if you didn't buy before the first leg, £20 if you did. Just under 7k went from City.

As is likely to be pointed out the ticket is only part of the price and other costs have often gone up more than the tickets, especially longer distance trains and people needing hotels, when the Home Office and Local Authorities have booked most B&B, Travelodge and cheap hotels to meet acute housing needs.
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As you've alluded to ticket prices is only half the battle. Real life will always take precedence for people and quite probably the excess income that used to be there for a lot of people probably isn't these days.
 
bennyboy said:
I joined the Blackpool supporters club due to high prices of hotels on a Friday and Saturday.
Usually use Travelodge but they are too dear on both of these nights.
Blackpool you can get 3 nights for the price of 1 night in Manchester.
£14 return for a well run supporters bus makes it a no brainer.
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I thought you were in Scotland mate?
 
Beaker said:
Where have you seen that?
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Here you go mate: https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...raise-member-ticket-prices-remove-concessions

They brought it in with immediate effect sometime on Tuesday evening I think. My boss at work - a United fan - turned 66 in July so he was paying the concessionary price previous to this decision. He paid extra for an elevated membership at the start of the season that gave him more priority for tickets than standard members and has picked up a fair few tickets this season via their ticket exchange - in one instance as late as the morning of a match. For Sunday's game he was actually deliberating earlier on Tuesday whether to go as there were tickets showing at £40 for Over 65s. He was only holding back because he knew someone who might have a spare ticket in corporate. Now he has to pay £66 going forward for every game he wants to attend and he said they can go and fuck themselves. It's not like he can't afford it but he said that's not the point and he's right, it isn't.

So basically a United member who wants to go to a league game with their son/daughter for the rest of this season has to shell out £132 for an adult and child ticket.
 
youngbob said:


Solidarity with our brothers and sisters in the United, Everton, and Liverpool fanbases.

Glad fans are finally showing signs of coming together on this.
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Something to chant about instead of watching the inevitable.

Something to focus on as well in a long, off season. How the operate with this new stand may be make or break.
 
M18CTID said:
Here you go mate: https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...raise-member-ticket-prices-remove-concessions

They brought it in with immediate effect sometime on Tuesday evening I think. My boss at work - a United fan - turned 66 in July so he was paying the concessionary price previous to this decision. He paid extra for an elevated membership at the start of the season that gave him more priority for tickets than standard members and has picked up a fair few tickets this season via their ticket exchange - in one instance as late as the morning of a match. For Sunday's game he was actually deliberating earlier on Tuesday whether to go as there were tickets showing at £40 for Over 65s. He was only holding back because he knew someone who might have a spare ticket in corporate. Now he has to pay £66 going forward for every game he wants to attend and he said they can go and fuck themselves. It's not like he can't afford it but he said that's not the point and he's right, it isn't.

So basically a United member who wants to go to a league game with their son/daughter for the rest of this season has to shell out £132 for an adult and child ticket.
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That’s fucking mental!!!

Have they stopped wanking themselves silly over poaching Berrada now?

On a serious note supporters of all clubs need to get together over this shit.
 
youngbob said:


Solidarity with our brothers and sisters in the United, Everton, and Liverpool fanbases.

Glad fans are finally showing signs of coming together on this.
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If fans could drop their tribalism just a bit it would make a huge difference. There are lots of issues making life difficult for match-going supporters. Ticket prices, shambolic over-priced transport, kick-off times, food and merchandise costs. The authorities have fleeced supporters for years by using the age-old "divide and conquer tactic." We all need to work together on this battle.
 
Mutd are saying it only affects 3% of tickets so it is okay. Most available tickets include a museum trip and cup of tea so are marked up to £400.

I reckon Omar said if Mutd play away tickets cost that much or more at clubs like City, but the concession removal is another thing. I know some clubs have really low prices for concessions, like the £9 Liverpool ones, but in reality the supply is extremely low and the majority of day tripping kids will be on adult tickets there.
 
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