Open Letter on Season Tickets and Pricing | Club announce price freeze on "general admission season tickets & PL match tickets" for next season (p163)

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Club could have easily responded to City Matters
a very longtime ago stating that there would be no increase in season ticket pricing. IF, that was their intention. The "reasons" for stalling the meeting, eg progress of North Stand Extension, Charges etc is all just fog. By all means, delay
a meeting where the more nuanced aspects of ticketing for 25/26 could then all be finalised. However, announcing a price freeze at earlier stage, would I am sure led to City Matters still
being fully engaged and not led to OSC fallout.
It seems more likely to me that the Club had no intention to freeze pricing and was hoping the
extended delay would place Club in more favourable CL qualifying position to support, [in board eyes], a modest/moderate % increase.
CL qualifying positions will not be confirmed
for sometime and of course our position could
become more negative too in that time. I would be more than surprised if the Club did not apply
an across the board 3-6% increase for 2025/26.

Even if they’d said, ‘We are very sorry, but we have already decided to put ticket prices up next season, details will follow soon. However, we will be willing to meet earlier with you next season and discuss this going forward’.

At least it would be acknowledgement of fans’ requests. At least it would be communication, and not dismissive distain.

 

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Going back over ten years it has varied from April to June it seems, there is not set time or any obvious reason to it.

Which is something that should also be ironed out.

Fans should know years in advance what’s going on, when things are going to happen, what prices are going to be…

None of the secrecy, and element of surprise and disappointment when it’s thrust upon fans out of nowhere, where it takes a certain percentage of the fanbase over their threshold.

 

[Corky]

Which is something that should also be ironed out.

Fans should know years in advance what’s going on, when things are going to happen, what prices are going to be…

None of the secrecy, and element of surprise and disappointment when it’s thrust upon fans out of nowhere, where it takes a certain percentage of the fanbase over their threshold.

I don't think the club think there are fans like that due to the demand for expensive final tickets etc, and they did get most on instalments which is a common sales technique, so the monthly amount of £2-£4 doesn't seem much. They aren't exactly concerned about 2% of fans quitting though are they, as they think they will make more money not having them

The club used to let us know early when they needed the money more, and you knew over a year in advance what the price would be as there was 2 prices, early bird (for circa April payment) and standard, and you knew that the year after last season's standard prices would become next season's early bird. I Paid double for my season ticket in 2002/03 as it meant the price would be held for 2003/04 (well I already paid) Prices were frozen for 4/5 years from Keegan to Sven, then Garry Cook made ticketing very secretive, no price lists from 2009 for PL games, claimed to be dynamic.

When Leeds were really skint (early 2000s) they brought out 20 year season tickers, which cost 10 x the price of your season ticket and you paid it all up front. If your team are struggling off and on the pitch you get a better deal.

 

[Dodge]

Which is something that should also be ironed out.

Fans should know years in advance what’s going on, when things are going to happen, what prices are going to be…

None of the secrecy, and element of surprise and disappointment when it’s thrust upon fans out of nowhere, where it takes a certain percentage of the fanbase over their threshold.

Any club that slaps NDA's on stakeholder meetings cannot be truly invested in engaging with its supporters. That's about the long and short of it I'm afraid.

We're now, to coin the media phrase, Police state owned. Shrouded in secrecy and self-interest with bean counters ruling the roost. Ran like a multinational corporate machine, with maximum monetisation as its core value.

The problem for the club is that it's customers aren't corporations, they're people and this is where the business plan is flawed. People with emotional ties to the club. Generational ties that are the lifeblood of football in this country.

The clubs problem with people is that they are unpredictable. Flight or fight is the base instinct of human beings.

Time to fight for me, engage in some good old Mancunian anti-establishmentarianism and protect what's left of our club for future generations.

We just need a leader and no runners.

Power to the people.

Up the fucking Blues.

 

[Stephen230]

I don't think the club think there are fans like that due to the demand for expensive final tickets etc, and they did get most on instalments which is a common sales technique, so the monthly amount of £2-£4 doesn't seem much. They aren't exactly concerned about 2% of fans quitting though are they, as they think they will make more money not having them

The club used to let us know early when they needed the money more, and you knew over a year in advance what the price would be as there was 2 prices, early bird (for circa April payment) and standard, and you knew that the year after last season's standard prices would become next season's early bird. I Paid double for my season ticket in 2002/03 as it meant the price would be held for 2003/04 (well I already paid) Prices were frozen for 4/5 years from Keegan to Sven, then Garry Cook made ticketing very secretive, no price lists from 2009 for PL games, claimed to be dynamic.

When Leeds were really skint (early 2000s) they brought out 20 year season tickers, which cost 10 x the price of your season ticket and you paid it all up front. If your team are struggling off and on the pitch you get a better deal.

That sounds like a tremendous offer. 10 years at frozen prices, followed by 10 years free. Never heard that mentioned before.

 

[Edghill OG]

That sounds like a tremendous offer. 10 years at frozen prices, followed by 10 years free. Never heard that mentioned before.

Fair old lump to stump up front though and might not work out that great if you snuff it.

 

[Stephen230]

Fair old lump to stump up front though and might not work out that great if you snuff it.

Well yeah, if they offered it now, I’d probably pass.

But if you were young, I’d definitely get that money from somewhere. Anywhere.

 

[Tim of the Oak]

That sounds like a tremendous offer. 10 years at frozen prices, followed by 10 years free. Never heard that mentioned before.

Leeds also sold a load of shares to fans and those shares became worthless.

 

[dannybcity]

Can we please not forget, we're after a date for the meeting, off the back of the letter than still hasn't received a formal response. The club haven't even formally acknowledged the fact we're withdrawing from meetings and sadly this is part of the problem. None of us want to create negative news stories in the local press but City Matters in its current form only has a very limited amount of leverage.

 

[Damocles]

Can we please not forget, we're after a date for the meeting, off the back of the letter than still hasn't received a formal response. The club haven't even formally acknowledged the fact we're withdrawing from meetings and sadly this is part of the problem. None of us want to create negative news stories in the local press but City Matters in its current form only has a very limited amount of leverage.

I want to create negative news stories.

I want rolling 24 hour coverage on Sky Sports News that calls the club disgusting sellouts and personally link this to Sheikh Mansour.

I want Ferran Soriano, Roel De Vres and Danny Wilson to be getting egged in the street.

I want the entire world to know what is happening here and who is at fault for it.

 

[carlosthejackal]

Is the club actually in a position to announce season ticket prices ? With the charges and possible consequences unknown .

 

[Edghill OG]

Leeds also sold a load of shares to fans and those shares became worthless.

Effectively a half price season ticket for 20 years is still nothing on those 10k Mike Ashley gave away for free at the barcodes.

 

[Tim of the Oak]

Effectively a half price season ticket for 20 years is still nothing on those 10k Mike Ashley gave away for free at the barcodes.

I think the Leeds scheme also had an impact of restraining ticket increases for fans who weren't part of it. I've posted before that a dozen or so years ago our season card prices were broadly comparable with Leeds. Now many of our season cards are approximately double the cost of theirs. Obviously, we've had tons of silverware in the meantime.

 

[Oldtraffordblue1]

Is the club actually in a position to announce season ticket prices ? With the charges and possible consequences unknown .

When (IF) we win the case maybe some of the damages (not legal costs) can be used to freeze season and match tickets and even reduce kid prices, hopefully this is what they are waiting for!

 

[Damocles]

Is the club actually in a position to announce season ticket prices ? With the charges and possible consequences unknown .

Yes. They can announce anything they want at any time. The idea that prices should linked to whether the decision makers have cheated or not is absurd

 

[gingerprince]

They don't and havent needed any additional information, be that charges decision or CL qualification or a date on north stand opening etc to simply confirm to City Matters and Fans that there will be no price increases on season tickets for 2025/26. That statement could have been released a longtime ago along with a statement that they will be confirming ALL
2025/26 ticket details at a later date [once north stand date or other finalised].

 

[Corky]

That sounds like a tremendous offer. 10 years at frozen prices, followed by 10 years free. Never heard that mentioned before.

Ticket Exchange - Leeds United

www.leedsunited.com

It is mentioned at the bottom of the page but they must be in their last year now.

When they were liquidated soon after they were honoured by the new club, but that was the risk and why the deal was so good.

 

[CoventryBlue]

I think it was lies about the OSC getting a seperate assurance of the meeting causing the OSC to not join the boycott. No mention of that from Kev Parker on Cheeseman podcast at all so what gives??

Fair play to Dante, Brian for fighting the good fight. Clear the OSC have different aims to the rest of the fan groups

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

If prices don't come down, not just frozen, then good luck filling the ground when the expansion is complete.

I know a good few blues who wanted to go to the Brighton game for instance but wouldn't pay £60+ and I don't fucking blame them.

 

[Tim of the Oak]

If prices don't come down, not just frozen, then good luck filling the ground when the expansion is complete.

I know a good few blues who wanted to go to the Brighton game for instance but wouldn't pay £60+ and I don't fucking blame them.

They should fill their boots with £30 tickets for Leicester at home mate.