Semi Final tickets (Merged)

[1_barry_conlon]

Shouldn't you be in bed, it's a school night.

Your clearly up your own fucking arse, so your happy to pay rag prices for tickets, I'm fucking chuffed for you, your obviously have money to spend, what do you want, a fucking paper hat?

You're right, i disappeared up it when i learnt accountancy you thick tosspot. And yeah, i'm f'kin loaded so i could spend it on a paper hat if i wanted, obviously something you can't do as you've obviously not got a pot to piss in as well as not being able to read and digest what people have said over the prices.

Any chance of you doing one up your own jacksy to save us more shite that you're spouting?

 

[lancs blue]

£22, the price of my ticket for a seat in a shitty ground in London to watch bleeding GILLINGHAM in the THIRD DIVISION play-off final 10 years ago.

Ten years later £40 for a proper Cup semi-final against the vermin seems reasonable to me in comparison, not cheap but not extortionate either.

South Stand and North Stand are getting ripped off.

More than day trippers pay for the league games.

Season ticket holders pay to watch City.

Still £81 for the semis is harsh.

£20 CP, £12.50 Ful, £15? SU, £20 AFC is less tha £67.50 for rounds 2, 3 ,4 and 5.

We will only get cheated away too.

City could have set the prices low and starved united of cash.

By the way united fans get their home tickets £5 cheaper than us.

No, because both clubs have a say in setting ticket prices for Cup ties, so we couldn't have done.

 

[birchvillablue]

Your clearly up your own fucking arse, so your happy to pay rag prices for tickets, I'm fucking chuffed for you, your obviously have money to spend, what do you want, a fucking paper hat?

You're right, i disappeared up it when i learnt accountancy you thick tosspot. And yeah, i'm f'kin loaded so i could spend it on a paper hat if i wanted, obviously something you can't do as you've obviously not got a pot to piss in as well as not being able to read and digest what people have said over the prices.

Any chance of you doing one up your own jacksy to save us more shite that you're spouting?

Thanks for that, I'm really pleased your an accountant and have a few bob, thats really good news, glad you could share that with everyone.

 

[Corky]

£22, the price of my ticket for a seat in a shitty ground in London to watch bleeding GILLINGHAM in the THIRD DIVISION play-off final 10 years ago.

Ten years later £40 for a proper Cup semi-final against the vermin seems reasonable to me in comparison, not cheap but not extortionate either.

South Stand and North Stand are getting ripped off.

More than day trippers pay for the league games.

Season ticket holders pay to watch City.

Still £81 for the semis is harsh.

£20 CP, £12.50 Ful, £15? SU, £20 AFC is less tha £67.50 for rounds 2, 3 ,4 and 5.

We will only get cheated away too.

City could have set the prices low and starved united of cash.

By the way united fans get their home tickets £5 cheaper than us.

No, because both clubs have a say in setting ticket prices for Cup ties, so we couldn't have done.

We agreed to their maximum price and set our hugest ever cup price with a 60% increase on the last highest price. I think thye agreed to get as much money possible.

And we still pay more than united fans over the two legs. Fantastic.

 

[lancs blue]

We agreed to their maximum price and set our hugest ever cup price with a 60% increase on the last highest price. I think thye agreed to get as much money possible.

And we still pay more than united fans over the two legs. Fantastic.

Source?

 

[blueday]

How does one go about finding the total number of accrued loyalty points?

 

[Corky]

We agreed to their maximum price and set our hugest ever cup price with a 60% increase on the last highest price. I think thye agreed to get as much money possible.

And we still pay more than united fans over the two legs. Fantastic.

Source?

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Their members and season ticket holders get the prices on that list which is the maximum. We pay £5 more, even though it will be season ticket holders who get them.

Previous aways with similar discounts for aways at Bolton in CC and Blackburn in FAC when our season ticket holders got the same discounts as home fames.

Note no tickets for £42 there. We get the £36 and £37 plus £5. Have a look at the rows in front of the City fans, £27!!!! (same seats £40 for City fans at home leg in effect).

We have been had.

 

[cleavers]

All this complaining, its a semi-final, we've not had one for 29 years, and in that 29 years prices for semi-finals have gone up a little, blame City for not making a semi-final !

Those complaining will really have a complaint if we get to the final, don't expect any change out £50 for the cheapest in the gods wembley ticket.

 

[*singingtheblues*]

When you put it like that Corky, well I think you may have a point.

Looks quite the piss take.

 

[John Wayne]

The people who say they'd be willing to pay "a ton" for a ticket because "it's our first semi-final in 29 years" had really be careful for what they wish.

To some people, paying £40 seems reasonable - largely because it is the going rate at other Premier League clubs - not least the fans of the "big boys". To others, a price increase of 100% on the previous round is deeply insulting. It is unprecedented and out of character if you go by recent behaviour of the ticket office. Either way, it has come as a surprise to most people, whether or not each individual thinks it is justified.

Top-flight football in England is expensive to watch. I find that £40 for a ticket for ANY game in the Premier League is ludicrously expensive - but because it is the norm, many people are willing to accept it and pay it. For example, if £40 is the cost of a standard away ticket, fans start to think that £35 is cheap. A few years ago, there was uproar when Wigan charged £35 for City fans at the game. Give it a few years and £50 will be the norm and £45 will be considered par. Can it really keep on rising against a backdrop of economic downturn and a relatively low rate of inflation?

For a number of years now, Premier League football has increasingly marginalised fans who do not earn a lot of money. As the most popular sport in this country, the "working class" game is edging towards elitism. Once the game for the "haves and have-nots", it is now insulated from reality by a vulgar commercial bubble. It is the only industry in the world that has defied recession - wages continue to rise, transfer fees hit new heights, and agents line their pockets. But for many, it is the last thing they'd surrender - "You'll take my house and car before you take my season ticket" is a prevailing attitude amongst many supporters.

I grew up watching football. It is the game I love and has been a big part of my life. Like many here, I've experienced happiness and disappointment in all my years of watching football. But I have a life away from the game and am more willing to question whether or not it matters to me that much that I'd go against my principles and pay the most I've ever paid for a ticket for a home game. The more pertinent issue is not the affordability of a one-off game at £40; it is that this is yet another indication that the club is content to drastically move towards extortionate pricing synonymous with England's most prestigious clubs (within the space of one round of the tournament).

In sum, I think fans are well within their rights to voice concern over these prices. They should not be attacked by those whose willingness to pay is unconditional. But for those whose willingness to pay is unconditional, I ask you now whether or not you'd be happy to see your season ticket go up from £369 to £500-£600 for next season. After all, that's what the fans of the "big boys" pay.