FA Cup Semi Final draw - Brighton

[worsleyweb]

Crikey, I've heard this story more times than I've heard Dave Whelan mention his broken leg! Not to mention your story about getting food poisoning in Turkey ha ha

I am here to protect others

 

[MillionMilesAway]

Is there a list of pubs that have been allocated already?

For the cup final last month, it was out at the end of the week before, or from the website.

 

[Silva's Magic Boot]

£65 for a ticket behind the goals is an absolutely disgraceful price, no wonder hardly any have been sold. Shame on the FA

 

[M18CTID]

£65 for a ticket behind the goals is an absolutely disgraceful price, no wonder hardly any have been sold. Shame on the FA

I remember paying £50 for a decent seat in the lower tier in 2011 for the semi against the Rags, and £75 for the final in a similar seat and thinking it was expensive but as it was all new to a lot of us, I was happy to bite the bullet. Those same semi-final tickets are now £65 each as you say. I think for a few years after 2011 they froze the prices for the semi and final but they've put them up a few times since that freeze, and with Wembley no longer being the novelty that it was for many of our fans the trend of people forking out for the expensive seats first and foremost has now been reversed with many now opting for the cheap seats. Brighton fans, on the other hand and like us in 2011, have snapped up the expensive tickets and a few thousand cheap ones remain.

 

[kippaxwarrior]

Just bought my ticket in 515 for £30 and just booked the coach with Thomas Cook (although it's a Swans coach) for £20.

£50 for ticket and travel isn't too shabby

 

[Silva's Magic Boot]

I remember paying £50 for a decent seat in the lower tier in 2011 for the semi against the Rags, and £75 for the final in a similar seat and thinking it was expensive but as it was all new to a lot of us, I was happy to bite the bullet. Those same semi-final tickets are now £65 each as you say. I think for a few years after 2011 they froze the prices for the semi and final but they've put them up a few times since that freeze, and with Wembley no longer being the novelty that it was for many of our fans the trend of people forking out for the expensive seats first and foremost has now been reversed with many now opting for the cheap seats. Brighton fans, on the other hand and like us in 2011, have snapped up the expensive tickets and a few thousand cheap ones remain.

FA rely on monetising novelty in these sort of games. Like you say with Brighton fans snapping up the best seats first, it's easy to justify those prices for a "once in a lifetime" game. When you look at them objectively they're absolutely stupid prices for a poor view in a non-final , especially when you already have transport costs to consider.

 

[dadnlad]

loads saying once in a lifetime for Brighton fans lets hope so or some embarrassed faces on this thread
typical city will never leave me a feel a wigan Scenario longer game goes 0-0

 

[Deleted member 77198]

£65 for a ticket behind the goals is an absolutely disgraceful price, no wonder hardly any have been sold. Shame on the FA

Can see why so many aren’t bothering.

City really should have helped out though!

 

[remember arthur mann]

Just bought my ticket in 515 for £30 and just booked the coach with Thomas Cook (although it's a Swans coach) for £20.

£50 for ticket and travel isn't too shabby

Me too, 509 £35 ticket, £10 TC coach, hopes it's not that double-decker with the bruiser driving it !!

 

[Tim of the Oak]

Me too, 509 £35 ticket, £10 TC coach, hopes it's not that double-decker with the bruiser driving it !!

It’s the 3 wheeler with the bruiser driving it!