Are You Officially Priced Out Yet, Or Almost?

[LoveCity]

No comparisons or mad revenue scrambling would be necessary if the Premier League or government or whoever has the power imposed a cap on how expensive matches can be.

That would actually benefit us since our stadium is growing and our match day revenue isn't high compared to the biggest rip-off merchants, plus we have a comparatively poor (edit: financially, that is!) fan base to our rivals. But more importantly, it would be the right thing to do and might encourage clubs to expand their stadiums if they find them full with generous ticket prices.

 

[Cellarite]

At what point has anybody said they think the club should let us all in for free? You can also compare different times and clubs all you want but for the last time, I don't give a fuck that Southampton at home two years ago cost £1 less nor that Spurs, Arsenal and Chelsea charge more and Stoke charge about the same. It's ALL too much. Ticket prices should cost no more than £35 for an adult an £10 for a child in any stadium in the country.

I can't remember who the buffoon was but he was on this thread saying "Gate money makes no difference to FFP. In fact they could let everyone in for nowt and it would make no difference"
Didn't you see it? You were probably too busy having a rant at the minority. ;-)
Just a thought but why £35?
Why not £25 and a fiver for a kid?
19 x £5 = £95 and it wasn't long ago the kids S/T was £99 was it?

Charging kids a tenner but maybe £150 for a season ticket would be likely to persuade them to go for a season ticket and get right into supporting City.

When I was at high school, I did a paper round and had a Saturday morning factory job. I'd pay a lad to do my rounds on Saturday so was earning about £25 - £30 a week. I bought all the football magazines, went to every single league and cup home match, paid my own bus fares most of the time to get there, bought a programme and went to a number of aways. This was the '90's so not that long ago.

A kid should be able to afford a match ticket out of the money they earn doing a paper round. My lads can't go unless I take and pay for them. They are therefore less arsed about the game and City in particular than I was back when our stars were Keith Curle and Niall fucking Quinn and they have Silva and Aguero prancing around. This short sighted approach from clubs will bite them on the arse when the kids today aren't as bothered about attending every game because they haven't been used to it during their childhood.

One approach they could use is a family season ticket or family match ticket the way most theme parks have to help families with the cost of a day out. If I spend the £57 to watch us against Liverpool, I get to take up to two kids for a tenner each.

I understand the old supply and demand and appreciate that if I struggle to pay for the better things in life then I should've concentrated more at school but they seem to be doing fuck all to secure the future generations of fans.

 

[tregyblue61]

You know, when Curly and Quinn were our heroes, it cost me £32 for 2 adults and 2 kids in the North Stand. Now, if you apply the scenario to the Stoke game from last season it cost £82 this season it's £130. For the Dippers, last season was £128 this season it's £172.

I have 4 grandkids. I would love to take them all in one go but it's a case of taking them one at a time now and then.

The kids of today are our future fans. Football is for ALL regardless of circumstances.

 

[paulchapo]

When i was a kid around 1968 i got spends[pocket money] and i topped this up with caddying a couple of times a week at Didsbury golf club. If my memory serves me well it was 2/6d to get into the scoreboard as a junior,3 shilling to get into the kippax.There was a transfer gate where you could upgrade to the kippax which was 6d.My mate and i would get to the ground really early and jump the wall and get into the kippax without paying,so saving us 6d each.The bus fare from Wthenshawe was 6d each way,a programme was 6d i think,same as a bag of crisps.All in all for about 5 shillings you could get there and back,go to the match and have a drink and a programme.About 25p[i got paid 50p for 3 hours caddying]

It was cheap and you didn't have to buy tickets in advance except for the derby and big cup games,you just turned up and paid at the gate.We were watching a top succesful entertaining team as well in those days.

At the moment football is booming and has been for some time but i wonder if the bubble will burst soon? As FFP closes the door for clubs outside of the top six hardly ever winning anything i think we will see attendances outside of these winning clubs dwindle badly.

 

[FanchesterCity]

I think i am right in saying at the moment we have 36 thousand season ticket holders? So before the stadium expansion and deducting 3 thousand seats for away fans that would be probably a maximum of 9 thousand City fans who have to pay the premium price for a match day ticket.My seat in the South stand level one costs me about £35 a game which IS superb value.

The idea is obviously to get as many season tickets sold as possible so the club have a fixed income to work with.The worry is once they have finished the stadium expansion and maximised the season ticket sales do they then leap in price?

I have to say paying £55-60 a game will be a price too far for me.

They could sell more seasons tickets, but choose not to. Tourist ticket sales are more profitable. It's a balancing act to get the ratio right though, as some games won't attract as many tourists as others.

I think City's prices will go up, but they'll not want to be seen as exploitative so will be favourable with other top clubs. FFP doesn't help as it's asking us to reduce costs / increase revenues (two sides of the same coin really).

City sellout the maximum 36000 SC's they are allowed to nowadays mate. As for £45 shirts, they are now £55 or if you are a SC holder, 10% cheaper. Still a rip off though imo.

It's a capped figure though, because they COULD sell more, but it's financially prudent not to do so. United are the same, they could sell 75K season tickets, but they don't, because tourist fans make more money.
It's BAD (financially) if a club has the same 47K fans week in week out. We simply don't spend as much as the tourists do. £55 for a shirt now? bloody hell. I think I got married in a suit that cost less than that.
Still, the day they pay a player more than £1000 a week is the day football will die ;-)

 

[greasedupdeafguy]

This is the way forward.

Convert the bottom tiers of both the north and south stand into rail seating. It increases capacity so therefore tickets will be cheaper. More fans mean more merchandise sold and therefore more revenue for the club.

Heard rumours last year united were seriously looking at bringing back standing areas, if they do hopefully that will mean other clubs follow suit.

 

[Questy]

This is the way forward.

Convert the bottom tiers of both the north and south stand into rail seating. It increases capacity so therefore tickets will be cheaper. More fans mean more merchandise sold and therefore more revenue for the club.

Heard rumours last year united were seriously looking at bringing back standing areas, if they do hopefully that will mean other clubs follow suit.

When they took away standing they took away half the atmosphere...

 

[bumbleblue]

Three season tickets and a car park pass, this year the price went up as daughters turned 16, so we changed from plat to gold and binned off the cups, just cant justify the expense. I hadn't realised what single match day tix cost but its all too expensive now.. but I cant see any of it changing unless we all stop going and honestly as soon as we stop some one else will step in.

 

[blueparrot]

They could sell more seasons tickets, but choose not to. Tourist ticket sales are more profitable. It's a balancing act to get the ratio right though, as some games won't attract as many tourists as others.

I think City's prices will go up, but they'll not want to be seen as exploitative so will be favourable with other top clubs. FFP doesn't help as it's asking us to reduce costs / increase revenues (two sides of the same coin really).

City sellout the maximum 36000 SC's they are allowed to nowadays mate. As for £45 shirts, they are now £55 or if you are a SC holder, 10% cheaper. Still a rip off though imo.

It's a capped figure though, because they COULD sell more, but it's financially prudent not to do so. United are the same, they could sell 75K season tickets, but they don't, because tourist fans make more money.
It's BAD (financially) if a club has the same 47K fans week in week out. We simply don't spend as much as the tourists do. £55 for a shirt now? bloody hell. I think I got married in a suit that cost less than that.
Still, the day they pay a player more than £1000 a week is the day football will die ;-)

I think they increased the number of s/c last year to about 39,000. Then the premier league rule a certain percentage have to go on open sale, not sure what that is though. But besides that there has to be enough match day tickets to accommodate people like me that can only attend a few games a year and attract new fans that may buy season tickets in the expanded stadium or again like me decide to join the s/c waiting list.

 

[lancs blue]

When i was a kid around 1968 i got spends[pocket money] and i topped this up with caddying a couple of times a week at Didsbury golf club. If my memory serves me well it was 2/6d to get into the scoreboard as a junior,3 shilling to get into the kippax.There was a transfer gate where you could upgrade to the kippax which was 6d.My mate and i would get to the ground really early and jump the wall and get into the kippax without paying,so saving us 6d each.The bus fare from Wthenshawe was 6d each way,a programme was 6d i think,same as a bag of crisps.All in all for about 5 shillings you could get there and back,go to the match and have a drink and a programme.About 25p[i got paid 50p for 3 hours caddying]

It was cheap and you didn't have to buy tickets in advance except for the derby and big cup games,you just turned up and paid at the gate.We were watching a top succesful entertaining team as well in those days.

At the moment football is booming and has been for some time but i wonder if the bubble will burst soon? As FFP closes the door for clubs outside of the top six hardly ever winning anything i think we will see attendances outside of these winning clubs dwindle badly.

One price comparison from the 60s that younger fans will find scarcely believable was the price of ONE record single (45rpm vinyl) in the mid 60s - 6s 8d! More than twice the cost of junior admission to the terraces at City.