Season Ticket Renewals - small increases (again)

[Lonsdale Blue]

Only a small increase but they add up and my season ticket has gone up by £300 in 7 years. We are seeing the best football we have ever seen and the club know most of us will accept the increases. I do think they are hard to justify in this economic climate though.

 

[PragueBlue]

Due to me being a lazy Fu*ker - what are the prices for adults in 111. I swear the official site like to make things difficult

£655 I think.

 

[7evens]

It’s not the price, it’s the principle. Instead of just doing something nice and giving the supporters a bit of a break financially, the club have once again decided to increase prices by the tiniest amount just to scrape that extra bit of cash out of everyone. And then we’ll be told a dozen times this season about how “important” and “valuable” the fans are. They only want your money.

 

[UUJblue]

I think the impact of this increase will be felt in the Champions league scheme. Many will consider not paying out 100 for 3 games and instead pick the best tie if we get an easy group as champions for 40/50 instead.

 

[stan bowles]

It's a simple equation either pay the prices or give up your seat if you don't wont move to a cheaper one, all the moaning of what we paid back in 2012 or so is stupid, back then we were emerging from a middle to lower premier league side now we are possible the best club on and of the field in Europe, we charge less than all the other top six premier league teams most of which have not had the success we have had since 2012. If you think our owners were going to keep the prices significantly lower than our main rivals you need to give your head a wobble, we are a business and cant afford to lose thousands perhaps the odd million a year to our rivals. We may have a counties wealth behind us but we are run as a sustainable business! Would you rather watch crap each week or pay a competitive amount with a varied price range to watch what we have now and the great facilities we now have that will only improve over the next few years?

I haven't done any moaning. I've already said that I think the price increase was "fair". I was replying to someone else who was commenting when I said Khaldoon wasn't able to be quizzed about the increases because he's already done his end of season interview. Some fans on here are unhappy about their increases and if that means diehard and long standing fans can't afford to keep going then that will affect the atmosphere and the numbers attending games and that's regrettable. I also fully understand that we're not operating at the level of Burnley or Southampton where TV revenue virtually covers all of their expenditure and that if we want to attract top players who want top wages to compete at the highest level that revenue has to go up and part of this of course is season ticket prices. Mine has gone up £20 each of the last two seasons and for the time being I can afford to keep going. A freeze would be very welcome but a moderate increase of £2 per month for me is something I am prepared to withstand.

 

[SouthStandStander]

What will approx £700,000 do to improve the club? We could probably sign up a new tooth pick partner and it will give us more money.

Might pay towards the cost of all the free flags and scarfs the fans are given at all the big games. They ain't free to make. Stop moaning and just enjoy the football we are lucky enough to be seeing.

 

[Fred_Quimby]

It’s not the price, it’s the principle. Instead of just doing something nice and giving the supporters a bit of a break financially, the club have once again decided to increase prices by the tiniest amount just to scrape that extra bit of cash out of everyone. And then we’ll be told a dozen times this season about how “important” and “valuable” the fans are. They only want your money.

What about Tesco? Isn't it time they gave their customers a break and not put prices up? same with Asda, trains you could go on forever. City have a business to run and every business has costs which go up from year to year. But there again it is the 'principle'. Get real everyone. If you don't like us playing the best football in the world then go down to Hough End and watch the Sunday league. I for one am only to happy to keep stumping up the extra. It is not the end of the world. I will just go without my bag of chips once a week. In fact I don't think the price increase per game is even that much.

 

[tedmak]

If you are in a Cup scheme you are first on the list for a ticket depending on your points. (Up to now?)

An interesting one. This year I think the two clubs got 17000.Knock off 3000 for club sponsors, staff and players would mean about 14000. Don’t know how many are on the cup scheme but looks like it could be tight.
For the domestic cups being on the scheme always works.

 

[Wilmslow Road]

It's a cunning trick, a stealth increase every year so you don't complain.
Mine and my Daughters have gone up £10. each, some slightly more so they craftily divide people by staggering the prices.
To my mind it's a dirty trick by some gobshite to justify his role in the Club.
Khaldoon probably knows nothing about it.

 

[liamctid]

Stop moaning and just enjoy the football we are lucky enough to be seeing.

Wow