Are You Officially Priced Out Yet, Or Almost?

[mrtwiceaseason]

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.

Buying the record would be classed as a" treat" whereas going to the football on a Saturday with your dad and brothers was" just what you did on a Saturday " it was traditional..
I suppose if you say a CD is roughly £10 and the footie for a junior is now £29 its totally reversed today

 

[CheethamHillBlue]

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.

I can remember going on day trips to Blackpool in the 60's. For most of us, that was the family holiday - or tradition.
Now for some it's a 2 week All Inclusive in Spain for £2500 or a real treat would be Florida at £5k.
The world's changed and although it's clearly not for the better in a lot of cases, we HAVE to accept it.
Because, like most people agree on here someone is waiting for a given up ticket.

Buying the record would be classed as a" treat" whereas going to the football on a Saturday with your dad and brothers was" just what you did on a Saturday " it was traditional..
I suppose if you say a CD is roughly £10 and the footie for a junior is now £29 its totally reversed today

 

[St Helens Blue (Exiled)]

Going to the league matches at the Etihad should not be classed as a treat .
Going to Wembley is a treat,going abroad watching City is a treat.

A family holiday is that a treat? I thought that is what most families who can afford it do each year.

To me as a father I don't see taking my 2 sons and daughter to the game as a treat I see it as something that I want them to be able to do when I am not here anymore. My eldest is 14 yrs old,he already understands how much tickets cost and sometimes he pays for his own wembley ticket out of his savings,pocket money etc. He understands the value of money.

Anyone who is sympathising with the clubs pricing is simply that rich that they don't give a fuck or lack the understanding that it shouldn't cost what it does on an individual match by match basis to go to the game.

 

[CheethamHillBlue]

Going to the league matches at the Etihad should not be classed as a treat .
Going to Wembley is a treat,going abroad watching City is a treat.

A family holiday is that a treat? I thought that is what most families who can afford it do each year.

To me as a father I don't see taking my 2 sons and daughter to the game as a treat I see it as something that I want them to be able to do when I am not here anymore. My eldest is 14 yrs old,he already understands how much tickets cost and sometimes he pays for his own wembley ticket out of his savings,pocket money etc. He understands the value of money.

Anyone who is sympathising with the clubs pricing is simply that rich that they don't give a fuck or lack the understanding that it shouldn't cost what it does on an individual match by match basis to go to the game.

A family holiday is what most families who can afford to do go on each year. NOW.
In the 60's (as the poster said) things were different. Holidays were non existent or were day trips on the sharrer.
Kids went to football on their own sometimes and paid on the gate.
Those times are both long gone.
I wish i was as rich as you think i am, SHB. I do sympathise with people who are priced out from going or taking their kids to a match BUT NOTHING IS GOING TO CHANGE FROM THE CLUB.
That's what i keep saying as no one has come up with an alternative suggestion the club would accept.
IMO.

 

[mancityvstoke]

I was priced out years ago but still manage to go........................................I'm an addict what can I say

 

[adr2.8i]

Part of the trouble is that for us "oldies" we all remember standing up in a football ground and paying peanuts for the privilege. I used to go with my dad to Cardiff city and i remember standing up there for around £2. Even up until the late 1990's it was still only about a tenner. I had a season ticket in 1998 coz all my mates had one for £119, the cheapest one now in Cardiff is £439.

Football has boomed over here since the Premier League started. Top foreign players coming over here on their big wages meant that clubs would have to get extra money from somewhere, and its the clubs fans who end up paying for it with increased ticket prices and increased merchandise prices. And as demand grows for tickets then the clubs can basically charge what they want for a match day ticket. Its great for the clubs but not so great for the fans who want to go but cant afford to go. for every working man who wants to take his son to the footy but cant afford it, the clubs know theres a tourist out there who will gladly stump up the match day ticket and whilst they are here why not buy a £50 shirt etc..

You would have thought with all the TV revenue and sponsorship and merchandising that comes with success in the premier league, top clubs could afford to lower ticket prices. I dont believe FFP is much of an issue. I put it down simply to player wages and bonus' and greed by the clubs. Some players earning £1 million pound every month is absurd. I believe that player wages should be capped. Any human can have a great living on just £10k a week for example. Why do clubs need to pay out £250,000 per week?? When's it going to stop?? £1million pounds a week?? The figures are mind boggling.

It may not happen in my lifetime but the bubble will burst one day. There must be a tipping point somewhere.
All it would take is for one of the elite of English football to go bust then things would change im sure.

 

[mrtwiceaseason]

I class anything EXTRA that I buy for the kids as a treat .as I said earlier going to the match on Saturday was traditional it has now become a massive for me and the 2 kids treat.we moved over to s/t 2 years ago after 4 years of match tickets a lot of that time we were paying £20 adult £5 kids in the family stand that's how we managed to go if we were paying current match prices we would be finished !! People are saying about the £57 adult but totally over looking £29 kids tickets our next generation priced out .my lads season ticket works out at £6.31 a match

 

[chris85mcfc]

Is it the price of season tickets or single matchday tickets that are getting peoples backs up?

My season ticket works out at £34 a game which im happy with, but if i wasn't a season ticket holder im not sure id pay £57 for the Liverpool game

My take is that they are making season tickets look better value and trying to encourage non s/t holders to get themselves on the waiting list

I'm not priced out at the moment, but i guess if it starts getting silly over the next 5 years then i might have to have a re-think

 

[mrtwiceaseason]

Is it the price of season tickets or single matchday tickets that are getting peoples backs up?

My season ticket works out at £34 a game which im happy with, but if i wasn't a season ticket kholder im not sure id pay £57 for the Liverpool game

My take is that they are making season tickets look better value and trying to encourage non s/t holders to get themselves on the waiting list

I'm not priced out at the moment, but i guess if it starts getting silly over the next 5 years then i might have to have a re-think

I would say its match day tickets mate .as an example 3 seasons ago myself and 2 kids were paying £30 a match in the family stand that's what tempted us in and got the kids trained into going the matches.this time it would be £117 for us 3 against the dippers .we wouldn't have started going to games at these prices and my two would of been lost to city

 

[chris85mcfc]

Is it the price of season tickets or single matchday tickets that are getting peoples backs up?

My season ticket works out at £34 a game which im happy with, but if i wasn't a season ticket kholder im not sure id pay £57 for the Liverpool game

My take is that they are making season tickets look better value and trying to encourage non s/t holders to get themselves on the waiting list

I'm not priced out at the moment, but i guess if it starts getting silly over the next 5 years then i might have to have a re-think

I would say its match day tickets mate .as an example 3 seasons ago myself and 2 kids were paying £30 a match in the family stand that's what tempted us in and got the kids trained into going the matches.this time it would be £117 for us 3 against the dippers .we wouldn't have started going to games at these prices and my two would of been lost to city

Like i said, personally i wouldn't pay £57 to go and watch the Liverpool game if i didnt have a s/t

I'm in the CL scheme, but after last season where I paid £99 for the CL bundle I couldn't help but think id have rather just gone to the Bayern game and paid £45 and watched the other two games at home and saved myself about £50

Thats what im thinking of doing this year, come out the CL and just go to the game against the more attractive team in our group

Luckily for me i don't drink or eat at the ground its a case of 'get in and get out'