Prestwich_Blue
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I've been in the same seat since I moved in 2006/7, I'm well over 21 so there's been no category change and in that time it's nearly doubled.
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Seasoncard Renewals 2017/18
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mancityvstoke
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mines nearly doubled since 2011
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At the end of the day the club know that the increase isn't big enough to put people off renewing or signing up for their season card
We are just customers to the club, its the same up and down the country , especially at the bigger clubs. The club execs are probably targeted on increasing revenue year on year, this will be just another way for them to hit their end of year bonus
What is a crying shame is that we have the owner and resources to do things differently, we could have been seen as a role model club , one that treats their fans as part of the big city family instead of just a number on a spreadsheet. We have become exactly what we used to ridicule the rags for
The positivity that was around the club in the summer of 2012 seems to have been squandered
We are just customers to the club, its the same up and down the country , especially at the bigger clubs. The club execs are probably targeted on increasing revenue year on year, this will be just another way for them to hit their end of year bonus
What is a crying shame is that we have the owner and resources to do things differently, we could have been seen as a role model club , one that treats their fans as part of the big city family instead of just a number on a spreadsheet. We have become exactly what we used to ridicule the rags for
The positivity that was around the club in the summer of 2012 seems to have been squandered
HelloCity
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I'm fully against any increase in ticket costs. I believe we're already at the limit of what is acceptable, reasonable and affordable to the average person.
I've got a reasonably well paid job and I can afford my ticket no problem, but I care about those that can't. I've always been brought up with the thinking that we have to look out for our own and I'll stand by any City fan who vents their frustrations at increased ticket prices.
Some fans seem to only care about themselves and have laughed off increases as 'Well, it's only £15 a year!', but it's not about that. It's about the direction the ship is heading. We're on a staircase at the moment and at the top of that staircase are super expensive season tickets, each step we take is another step closer to the top and before you know it, time flies, and you're at the top of the stairs paying through the roof. That's why people are upset, not because of the 'low' amount of the increase, but because of the journey and direction the ticket prices are heading towards.
As a supporter it makes you feel like you're not important, that you're just a customer. When you see these mega TV deals there is absolutely no reason to increase ticket prices further. When you go to the match having paid so much money to be there, you EXPECT to be entertained, you EXPECT to win and the EXPECT to play well on each occasion, and that's hammered home by knowing that the players are on hundreds of thousands of pounds a week. That's what is killing the atmosphere in England. The expectation based on ticket prices and player wages, along with long time, local and die hard fans being slowly driven away by the cost.
The best atmosphere we've ever had at the Etihad was against Hamburg in the Europa League and it's no coincidence that the tickets for that game were a fiver each. It brought in loads of locals, people who can't usually afford it and it made people feel like they weren't just customers. Fans didn't sit on their hands demanding to be entertained because they'd paid through the roof, they came as fans having paid a nominal entrance fee and wanted to cheer the team on loudly because of that.
I've got a reasonably well paid job and I can afford my ticket no problem, but I care about those that can't. I've always been brought up with the thinking that we have to look out for our own and I'll stand by any City fan who vents their frustrations at increased ticket prices.
Some fans seem to only care about themselves and have laughed off increases as 'Well, it's only £15 a year!', but it's not about that. It's about the direction the ship is heading. We're on a staircase at the moment and at the top of that staircase are super expensive season tickets, each step we take is another step closer to the top and before you know it, time flies, and you're at the top of the stairs paying through the roof. That's why people are upset, not because of the 'low' amount of the increase, but because of the journey and direction the ticket prices are heading towards.
As a supporter it makes you feel like you're not important, that you're just a customer. When you see these mega TV deals there is absolutely no reason to increase ticket prices further. When you go to the match having paid so much money to be there, you EXPECT to be entertained, you EXPECT to win and the EXPECT to play well on each occasion, and that's hammered home by knowing that the players are on hundreds of thousands of pounds a week. That's what is killing the atmosphere in England. The expectation based on ticket prices and player wages, along with long time, local and die hard fans being slowly driven away by the cost.
The best atmosphere we've ever had at the Etihad was against Hamburg in the Europa League and it's no coincidence that the tickets for that game were a fiver each. It brought in loads of locals, people who can't usually afford it and it made people feel like they weren't just customers. Fans didn't sit on their hands demanding to be entertained because they'd paid through the roof, they came as fans having paid a nominal entrance fee and wanted to cheer the team on loudly because of that.
I honestly didn't know that some have had that level of increase. So nearly 100% increase in 10 years. Wow. 7% pa compounded. If mine had gone up that much I certainly wouldn't be happy.I've been in the same seat since I moved in 2006/7, I'm well over 21 so there's been no category change and in that time it's nearly doubled.
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An IN TOUCH fan great post mateI'm fully against any increase in ticket costs. I believe we're already at the limit of what is acceptable, reasonable and affordable to the average person.
I've got a reasonably well paid job and I can afford my ticket no problem, but I care about those that can't. I've always been brought up with the thinking that we have to look out for our own and I'll stand by any City fan who vents their frustrations at increased ticket prices.
Some fans seem to only care about themselves and have laughed off increases as 'Well, it's only £15 a year!', but it's not about that. It's about the direction the ship is heading. We're on a staircase at the moment and at the top of that staircase are super expensive season tickets, each step we take is another step closer to the top and before you know it, time flies, and you're at the top of the stairs paying through the roof. That's why people are upset, not because of the 'low' amount of the increase, but because of the journey and direction the ticket prices are heading towards.
As a supporter it makes you feel like you're not important, that you're just a customer. When you see these mega TV deals there is absolutely no reason to increase ticket prices further. When you go to the match having paid so much money to be there, you EXPECT to be entertained, you EXPECT to win and the EXPECT to play well on each occasion, and that's hammered home by knowing that the players are on hundreds of thousands of pounds a week. That's what is killing the atmosphere in England. The expectation based on ticket prices and player wages, along with long time, local and die hard fans being slowly driven away by the cost.
The best atmosphere we've ever had at the Etihad was against Hamburg in the Europa League and it's no coincidence that the tickets for that game were a fiver each. It brought in loads of locals, people who can't usually afford it and it made people feel like they weren't just customers. Fans didn't sit on their hands demanding to be entertained because they'd paid through the roof, they came as fans having paid a nominal entrance fee and wanted to cheer the team on loudly because of that.
casserole of nonsense
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You missed the bit where the elite ignore or insult anyone who questions their elitist attitudes.I don't see any difference between the concerns of City fans over this grab and those people who voted Brexit or Trump?
There comes a time when people feel nobody is actually listening to them anymore, simply because the elite feel they can just keep doing what the hell they like, without fear of consequences.
cheddar404
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I honestly didn't know that some have had that level of increase. So nearly 100% increase in 10 years. Wow. 7% pa compounded. If mine had gone up that much I certainly wouldn't be happy.
I wouldn't be able to tell you which year it was but behind the goal lower tier used to be £350 and my South Stand seat for next year is £615 for gold.
tolmie's hairdoo
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mines nearly doubled since 2011
I take it your wages haven't?
And yet the TV deal is worth £5bn more since 2011.
mancityvstoke
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exactly................It's not this £15 increase ...it's the slow increases over years and it's coming to a head....along with the fucking MATCH DAY EXPERIENCEI take it your wages haven't?
And yet the TV deal is worth £5bn more since 2011.