Priced out?

Just had a look on the caf to see how much they were laughing at us.

Anyway, they have a very similar thread on there about being priced out of football but instead of them discussing ticket prices, they are discussing the high cost of tv packages. Made me laugh.
 
The cup and away tickets are far cheaper in real terms than they were 20 years ago, last nights match was exactly the same as I paid for Arsenal reserves Home LC in October 2004. It was £25 same seat and it was seen as very expensive so we barley got 20k turn up.

Spurs away in the LC was £37 and people complained, but it was £27 away there in the LC in 2003 which would be £48 now. Then later that season it was £20 for the FAC replay there, which was kept to be the same as City's prices in the original tie, but was seen as cheap, but that would still be £35 now.

Remember Brum away in the league £40 in 2004 - £70 now with inflation.

The big bump has been match ticket, cat A was £28 in my stand in 2007/08 before Cook got it up to £48 within 3 years, and it would be £44 now, not £70+. Season tickets have gone up 160% since we started at the new stadium compared to around 75% inflation, but as they were frozen for so long in the initial years, the rises since 2009 have been well in excess of double inflation.

The UCL prices really dropped as we were ripped off originally, but it was 3 group games for £50 around 2018 or 2019, which has close to doubled in 5 years. But looking back TNS away was £25 if you didn't buy before the first leg, £20 if you did. Just under 7k went from City.

As is likely to be pointed out the ticket is only part of the price and other costs have often gone up more than the tickets, especially longer distance trains and people needing hotels, when the Home Office and Local Authorities have booked most B&B, Travelodge and cheap hotels to meet acute housing needs.
 
BungleBear said:
The cup and away tickets are far cheaper in real terms than they were 20 years ago, last nights match was exactly the same as I paid for Arsenal reserves Home LC in October 2004. It was £25 same seat and it was seen as very expensive so we barley got 20k turn up.

Spurs away in the LC was £37 and people complained, but it was £27 away there in the LC in 2003 which would be £48 now. Then later that season it was £20 for the FAC replay there, which was kept to be the same as City's prices in the original tie, but was seen as cheap, but that would still be £35 now.

Remember Brum away in the league £40 in 2004 - £70 now with inflation.

The big bump has been match ticket, cat A was £28 in my stand in 2007/08 before Cook got it up to £48 within 3 years, and it would be £44 now, not £70+. Season tickets have gone up 160% since we started at the new stadium compared to around 75% inflation, but as they were frozen for so long in the initial years, the rises since 2009 have been well in excess of double inflation.

The UCL prices really dropped as we were ripped off originally, but it was 3 group games for £50 around 2018 or 2019, which has close to doubled in 5 years. But looking back TNS away was £25 if you didn't buy before the first leg, £20 if you did. Just under 7k went from City.

As is likely to be pointed out the ticket is only part of the price and other costs have often gone up more than the tickets, especially longer distance trains and people needing hotels, when the Home Office and Local Authorities have booked most B&B, Travelodge and cheap hotels to meet acute housing needs.
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As you've alluded to ticket prices is only half the battle. Real life will always take precedence for people and quite probably the excess income that used to be there for a lot of people probably isn't these days.
 
bennyboy said:
I joined the Blackpool supporters club due to high prices of hotels on a Friday and Saturday.
Usually use Travelodge but they are too dear on both of these nights.
Blackpool you can get 3 nights for the price of 1 night in Manchester.
£14 return for a well run supporters bus makes it a no brainer.
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I thought you were in Scotland mate?
 
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