FA Cup 3rd Round Draw | Chelsea (H) | 4:30pm, Sun 8 Jan

[M Gaudino]

Cup scheme prices are hardly rewarding

i managed to take my kids to fulham at home last year and it wasnt too bad, maybe £25 adults and £12.50 kids.

Now i wont bother tbh. Cant afford £100 or so

 

[manclad]

wtf are these prices about? almost like a pl game for adults. getting completely priced out of going to any games

I said exactly the same for the Liverpool Carabao Cup game.
I am now in the over 65 price category and for ALL Premier League games my season ticket is exactly half the price of an adult ticket.
Whereas for the Chelsea and Liverpool cup games, I have had a reduction of £2.50 each game.
Fortunately I can afford it, but it really is taking the piss during this cost of living crisis.

 

[AshtonBlueMooner]

I very rarely criticise the club but these prices (cost of living crisis and Christmas) are not thinking of our loyal supporters at all. Rethink needed but won’t happen. Half and half central that day. I’m on the cup scheme with three tickets to pay for so I’ll be there but just poor by the club on this occasion.

 

[berryblue]

Not trying to defend the home cup game prices but probably there is an agreement between clubs before the start of the season. Liverpool and Chelsea will be Category 'A' games and I suppose these away teams would support these prices in there own interest. Was it Scunthorpe one year demanded higher ticket prices than City had decided on.

 

[HelloCity]

This is what happens to prices when we start selling out early round league cup games. Prices go up as they think they can get away with it. They might come down again when we build the expansion since it will be harder to fill otherwise.

 

[Mariosfireworks]

Not trying to defend the home cup game prices but probably there is an agreement between clubs before the start of the season. Liverpool and Chelsea will be Category 'A' games and I suppose these away teams would support these prices in there own interest. Was it Scunthorpe one year demanded higher ticket prices than City had decided on.

Well the club are recording profits, so they could do the decent thing and subsidise the ticket prices for us

 

[Corky]

Not trying to defend the home cup game prices but probably there is an agreement between clubs before the start of the season. Liverpool and Chelsea will be Category 'A' games and I suppose these away teams would support these prices in there own interest. Was it Scunthorpe one year demanded higher ticket prices than City had decided on.

The scunny example was why the FA scrapped the teams agreeing price.

For about 7 years now the home team can set any prices they like providing an adult is a minimum of £10 and concessions are less.

In the league cup it hasn't changed, the home club send the away club their proposed prices and says, what do you think? They tend to be cheaper anyway in the LC and away team tends to agree.

However, given free reign the Chelsea ones have ended up a bit more than the Liverpool ones, so it is down to City. Also, if CB1, for example is £45, that is all that goes into the pot for tunnel club.

 

[Stephen230]

I think we’ve been a bit spoilt with all these cup games for £10 and £15 recently. £22.50, which I know is the cheapest, I’m going to guess is amongst the lowest priced tickets anywhere in the competition that week.

Last time we drew a big side at home in the third round was probably United, 11 years ago and I’m sure I paid about £45 for that game.

Of course it would always be nicer if they were a few quid cheaper, however much they are. But I really don’t think these prices are too bad at all.

 

[Stephen230]

Does anyone know if the Kids Fanzone is open for FA Cup games?
I've booked Fanzone tickets for my grandson before the Everton game on New Years Eve and would like to book for before the Chelsea FA Cup game.
However the website is only showing the Everton game and then the next game showing as available is the Wolves game on Sunday 22nd Jan.
(And I do know that the Kids Fanzone is only open for weekend games,so midweek games are excluded).

I don’t know for sure but it does say it’s open before ALL weekend home matches, without specifying competitions, so you’d have to assume it will be. Just have to keep checking I suppose.

 

[Blue Mist]

Well I might be missing this one unless someone has an idea what I can do.
I'm in the cup scheme but my debit card has changed and to purchase my ticket I need to change the details. The site will allow me to input all the details but then rejects the CVV number. I tried my credit card but it does the same. The money will be taken out on the 12th, I'm abroad until the 15th so can't phone them.