shewore said:
Good afternoon lads/ladies.
I run shewore.com, saw a bit of traffic here so thought id come on and say hello, I will not take credit for the article as was written by one of my writers, matt.
Firstly The Arsenal's ticket prices are without question a joke and I tip my hat to everyone who boycotts games at our bowl. Personally I have never paid over £50 for a home game and never will pay more than that. I'd rather sit in the pub, which a lot of the old skool AFC fans do these days.
My one hope is one day fans from all clubs get together and protest about what I can only call the greed and abuse of loyal fans. Until we all get together and make a stand things will only get worse.
I agree that nothing will change unless swaths of empty seats become the norm in away sections of stadiums around the country as a result of fans refusing to attend!
With all the will in the world though I don't see this happening anytime soon forcing clubs or the governing bodies to act and cap away ticket prices at a reasonable level.
Sky call the shots nowerdays anyway and so will BT in the near future!
(BT's £897 million needs paying back somehow ......guess who'll get the bill?)
Just look around at the next game! Many more supporters Than ever before are 'white collar' workers with more disposable income! They're (we're) older and are financially more secure, kids have left home or no longer financially dependant and folks in their 40's/50's+ are making up more and more of the gate!
In short, some of those that can afford it will still go, tourists will pay through the nose and go!
They won't care about any supporters movement built on loyalty and fair play which means staying absent!
Prices WILL climb and there'll be no sentiment thrown away fans way at the cost of a diminishing balance sheet!
Prices for away and home fans in this country need to fall and fall fast 'cos if they do continue to rise at the rate they have football will shoot its self in the foot.
Sky, BT, the premier league, UEFA, the FA will only take action if away areas are EMPTY (even then home clubs will fill empty seats with their own fans!! ...we do it!) and that will take organised, countrywide, co-ordinated action and that's one hell of a big ask!
Personally, I was the OP that made the thread about the £62 seats at the Emirates last season!
I'm a supporters club official who's job it is to find out ticket prices in advance of publication (it's not difficult) and inform our members of what they need to pay overall for ticket & travel.
I didn't go that day and I'll probably never go to the Emirates ever again because, even though I can afford it, I feel like I'm being taken for a mug being asked to pay £62!
It'll be £62 again this season (unless the club subsidise) and I won't be going again!
....plenty will though (and I don't criticise them for that), but we are where we are and it'll take a backlash of grand proportions to change anything!
