ticket prices for semi- final

Marvin said:
There might be some legit. grumbles in there, but you've ignored the obvious reason: the Wembley thrill factor has gone for many. We spent lifetimes nurturing dreams of going to Wembley etc, and we've done it.
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For me there is no thrill factor in 'just' going to Wembley, for a semi final, never has been.( The ground, not the actual semi final ) I can't make the semi final anyway and won't get a final ticket. But a semi final at Wembley has no more attraction to me than a semi final anywhere else just more expensive. whereas if it's for a final then it's different. I know it gives others that maybe haven't been to Wembley a chance, and I'm sure we will sell out now they are on general sale.
If I was one that expected to get a final ticket though I would probably save myself and my money for that. that's where expectation has changed things we don't expect the semi final to be the end of the road anymore,
 
lancs blue said:
There are a few points to bear in mind that account for quite a bit of the variation -

1. That 63,000 crowd was for the derby, there was probably at least 15,000 rags in the ground.
2. A much lower proportion of S/T holders, we only had about 10,000 then compared to 44,000 now so there was a much higher proportion of pay at the gate spectators.
3. For the vast majority of people it was a cash-based society, no plastic, if you didn't have the money on Saturday morning you weren't going to the match (unless you jibbed in!)

The last two home games you refer to were both night games - Thursday and the following Monday - plus we were the outsiders for the title at that point, we'd dropped 3 points in two away games and it looked as if we'd blown it. Leeds and the rags were the favourites at that point but both dropped key points around that weekend which left us in pole position although we still had to win two difficult away games to clinch it.
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Absolutely fair points, every one of them. It's just that, sometimes, people would have other people believe it was 80000 every week, free pies and beer, everyone staying to the end and nobody getting on players backs. Time plays funny tricks on the mind!!
 
Cheadle_hulmeBlue said:
you could argue city fans are worse off or prices are having a bigger effect. pretty much everything from ticket cost to food cost has gone up since the last semi final.
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Lots of different elements at play I would think. i doubt cost is why Arsenal have struggled to sell their allocation. Most of them are just totally pissed off with em at the moment.
 
Cheadle_hulmeBlue said:
you could argue city fans are worse off or prices are having a bigger effect. pretty much everything from ticket cost to food cost has gone up since the last semi final.
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And real wages have gone up too: that is wages adjusted for inflation. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39576856 I know football fans are never typical, but I doubt money has got anything to do with change in demand for FA Cup Semi-final tickets although of course for a lot of people it is too expensive. It would have been too expensive last time as well
 
Millwallawayveteran1988 said:
Lots of different elements at play I would think. i doubt cost is why Arsenal have struggled to sell their allocation. Most of them are just totally pissed off with em at the moment.
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We do actually have more fixtures these days ie more cup runs etc, we have 54000 coming to most home games, so more fans turning up more often does have an effect on what people can or cannot afford. Pretty sure had bluemoon been around in the 50s 60s 70s 80s we would be hearing a lot of moaning about something or other. Its human nature lets enjoy the ride .Looks like level 1 is sold now. 3 less blocks showing in level 5 .
 
Bert Trautmanns Helemet said:
If anyone thinks that there isn't a disconnect between the long serving loyal fans and the club these days they really do need to wake up and open their eyes. The disconnect has never, ever been greater. The reason that we are struggling to sell our allocation of semi-final tickets at Wembley is not down to the fans being self-entitled or complacent with success in recent years - far from it. It's due to the loyal fans of many years being treated like shit by the club and therefore simply refusing to shell out a lot of money to support a club they no longer have a close affinity with. It's due to long standing fans not being able to get tickets for away matches as a big chunk of them are now dished out to the corporates. It's down to the fact that when they do manage to get a ticket for an away game when they get there the away end is filled with tourists (the recent Arsenal & Chelsea games being a perfect example) who must have got their tickets from resale agencies that have been supplied by the club. It's due to no longer having a real & direct relationship with the club as the virtually all of the communication the club has with the fans is via social media. It's due to long standing, season ticket holding fans of 30 & 40 years being turfed out of their seats with virtually no notice so the club can build even more corporate areas. It's due to the sterile, orchestrated 'Match Day Experience' that is now required to be the norm. It's due to loyal, match going fans being turfed out of the ground and banned by jumped up Showsec stewards for minor misdemeanors at the direct instructions of the club. Yes - the attendances will hold up and probably get bigger as we are now a global club that tourists want to visit and watch a game at (when they eventually find their seats) but the atmosphere will become more and more sterile. More and more less passionate and more and more neutral. If that is what the club wants then that's fine and that is exactly what they are getting. But don't expect hard working people to cough big money to watch a game when they are effectively being told they are not welcome anymore. The fans will support the team until their dying day but their attitude to the club will become more and more indifferent and more and disconnected just as it is now. The club need to realise that eventually you reap what sow and what they are now reaping is not what loyal blues of many years want to see or be a part of. That is why we have struggled to sell our allocation of semi-final tickets this time. In previous times we would have been queuing around the stadium for 6 and 7 hours to get a ticket and loving it! The fact is the club don't give a shit about the fans anymore and the fans are reciprocating that feeling in spades.
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You make some very good points and I agree with almost everything you say.

However, if any, or all, of these issues stop someone going to the semi final, they're a bit half-hearted and should probably man-up.
 
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