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

Beaker said:
I'm not sure where that 98.2% statistic comes from, but I find it difficult to believe. Let's face it, when the extension is open, we'll struggle to get past 90% the way we are going. Then, in years to come, when we've lost an entire generation of potential matchgoers and the coveted tourists have moved on to the next fashionable thing, we'll be in a right mess.

There is no justification for the current short-sighted ticketing strategy. None. Not from a commercial or moral viewpoint.
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Reported attendances are based on tickets distributed, not actual bums on seats. If no season ticket holders turned up, they'd still report all 36k. If they send 1,000 free tickets to schools, colleges and universities, and 5 people turn up, they'll still count it as 1,000 attendees.
 
Prestwich_Blue said:
Reported attendances are based on tickets distributed, not actual bums on seats. If no season ticket holders turned up, they'd still report all 36k. If they send 1,000 free tickets to schools, colleges and universities, and 5 people turn up, they'll still count it as 1,000 attendees.
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Despite this, I don't see it hitting 98.2%. Perhaps the Premier League matches earlier in the season, but not for the three cup competitions or the final few months of the league.
 
mexico1970 said:
100%

Coming to a match is to experience the atmosphere, take the core fans away there will be nothing for the tourists to witness.
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Exactly, despite Omar Berrada's apparent preference for it (let's count our blessings he's fucked off), we saw during lockdown that football without fans is actually pretty dull. These people are so consumed by instant money, it's actually quite revolting.
 
Beaker said:
Exactly, despite Omar Berrada's apparent preference for it (let's count our blessings he's fucked off), we saw during lockdown that football without fans is actually pretty dull. These people are so consumed by instant money, it's actually quite revolting.
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I agree, but if these people are only going to be in a job for seven or eight years, and can gradually increase prices in that time, then they will. What happens afterwards is someone else's problem.
They treat us like customers but expect us to behave like fans.
 

Real Madrid have set a new record for their highest-ever ticket price, charging a minimum of €125 to fans hoping to attend this month’s game against Arsenal.​


Real have set prices in their fourth tier at €125, with tickets in the lowest tier costing €450.
 
BlueHammer85 said:

Real Madrid have set a new record for their highest-ever ticket price, charging a minimum of €125 to fans hoping to attend this month’s game against Arsenal.​


Real have set prices in their fourth tier at €125, with tickets in the lowest tier costing €450.
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That's disgusting, suppose their factoring loss of no semi final monies.
 
BlueHammer85 said:

Real Madrid have set a new record for their highest-ever ticket price, charging a minimum of €125 to fans hoping to attend this month’s game against Arsenal.​


Real have set prices in their fourth tier at €125, with tickets in the lowest tier costing €450.
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This is the template the fuckers are trying to bring in here. The face value of the semi tickets I had in the Bernabeu almost 10 years ago was 175 or 185 Euro. Absolutely disgusting.
 
BlueHammer85 said:

Real Madrid have set a new record for their highest-ever ticket price, charging a minimum of €125 to fans hoping to attend this month’s game against Arsenal.​


Real have set prices in their fourth tier at €125, with tickets in the lowest tier costing €450.
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Fucking hell
 
1894 on Twitter : No announcement so far on season ticket availability. We will now consult with our members and the wider fan base on whether further action takes place at the Villa game.
 
Manchester1894 said:
The damage is done. No average family is taking their kid to see a match at £70+ an adult and £40+ for a kid regularly. Maybe as a one off. But would you buy a membership to do a one off and add nearly £40 to the ticket price. No. We've absolutely destroyed future generations attending.
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When I started going in 1968 it cost me 2/6d in the scoreboard end and 3 shilling in the Kippax for a junior. That was pre decimalisation of course. It's a long time ago now but I think my weekly spends just about covered a game when you added in bus fares, a programme and a cup of Bovril or a bag of crisps at halftime. If we had two home games in a week I had to hope my dad would fork out more money to let me go. Later I started doing a bit of caddying at Didsbury golf course on a Sunday morning to help fund extra games.
Even with inflation I doubt a kid today is getting £40 a week pocket money so how could they afford to go?
 
paulchapo said:
When I started going in 1968 it cost me 2/6d in the scoreboard end and 3 shilling in the Kippax for a junior. That was pre decimalisation of course. It's a long time ago now but I think my weekly spends just about covered a game when you added in bus fares, a programme and a cup of Bovril or a bag of crisps at halftime. If we had two home games in a week I had to hope my dad would fork out more money to let me go. Later I started doing a bit of caddying at Didsbury golf course on a Sunday morning to help fund extra games.
Even with inflation I doubt a kid today is getting £40 a week pocket money so how could they afford to go?
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Add to that that we used to just go with our mates generally with no adult supervision, there were a lot more 14-15 year olds and younger at the ground too.

Now they go with their parents if their parents can afford to take them.
 
mexico1970 said:
Add to that that we used to just go with our mates generally with no adult supervision, there were a lot more 14-15 year olds and younger at the ground too.

Now they go with their parents if their parents can afford to take them.
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That’s the one thing I notice whenever I watch the 3rd and 4th Division round up.

Often groups of young kids, usually at the front or near the away fans.

You never see that in the Premier League or even at most Championship grounds anymore.
 
Stephen230 said:
That’s the one thing I notice whenever I watch the 3rd and 4th Division round up.

Often groups of young kids, usually at the front or near the away fans.

You never see that in the Premier League or even at most Championship grounds anymore.
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We were caught that way, the matchday experience with your mates all traveling down to the ground and part of it all.
 
paulchapo said:
When I started going in 1968 it cost me 2/6d in the scoreboard end and 3 shilling in the Kippax for a junior. That was pre decimalisation of course. It's a long time ago now but I think my weekly spends just about covered a game when you added in bus fares, a programme and a cup of Bovril or a bag of crisps at halftime. If we had two home games in a week I had to hope my dad would fork out more money to let me go. Later I started doing a bit of caddying at Didsbury golf course on a Sunday morning to help fund extra games.
Even with inflation I doubt a kid today is getting £40 a week pocket money so how could they afford to go?
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My very first game at Maine Road was a combined xmas and 11th birthday present. 1975
 
mexico1970 said:
We were caught that way, the matchday experience with your mates all traveling down to the ground and part of it all.
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That was it. A mate would say, "Fancy going to Maine Road today?" There would be a discussion on who we were playing and if it was going to be a good game. Eventually they'd mither you to death and convince you it was a good idea. Then it was scrambling around to get the money together to go and if successful you hopped on a bus and off you went. Cash at the turnstiles easy.
Now you need a membership, a ticket, a credit card to buy anything in the ground that's if you could afford any of it. Insane.
 
paulchapo said:
That was it. A mate would say, "Fancy going to Maine Road today?" There would be a discussion on who we were playing and if it was going to be a good game. Eventually they'd mither you to death and convince you it was a good idea. Then it was scrambling around to get the money together to go and if successful you hopped on a bus and off you went. Cash at the turnstiles easy.
Now you need a membership, a ticket, a credit card to buy anything in the ground that's if you could afford any of it. Insane.
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Some people say times have changed and that's the way it is now, I say they shouldn't have changed and it's still the way it should be.
 
Manchester1894 said:
The damage is done. No average family is taking their kid to see a match at £70+ an adult and £40+ for a kid regularly. Maybe as a one off. But would you buy a membership to do a one off and add nearly £40 to the ticket price. No. We've absolutely destroyed future generations attending.
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100%. I said this when it all came in, got laughed at on here by some. They made it as awkward and costly to buy a ticket as they possibly could. Maybe earnt them a few quid straight off, but has potentially lost us A generation of fans already.

We had two 10 year olds in the family who were mad about going to games. 6 of the extended family would go maybe 9/10 times a year (early rounds of the cup/few league and early CL) up to a few years ago. Now at nearly 12 their out of the habit of going and so dont (due to having to buy a membership and then the high price of tickets). Out of the 6, i now go on my own, occasionally when a mate gives me their ticket. I know were not the type of fans that spend £100’s in the club shop every time we go, but surely alienating a significant chunk of the local fan base is not a sensible long term strategy!!
 
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