I kind of understand this as it will be fantastic to see the lads running out as defending champions, but at the end of the day you're paying for 90 mins of football. That's the product, the quality and result isn't guaranteed. We could play terribly - I remember the last game at Maine Road against Southampton. Plus, the Liverpool match was on a bank holiday wasn't it?Prodigal Son said:It's not just to see Southampton is it though? It is a huge occasion. First game of the season as defending champions.
As I said elsewhere it was £52 for Liverpool midweek just after New Year last season.
danburge82 said:The best value for money tickets are the cheapest. We don't have the cheapest.salfordblues said:Our season ticket is best value for money in the league.
When it comes to football it's not like buying your food shopping from Tescos; we go when they're shit, we go when they don't score, we go when we get relegated, we go when we've got no hope...we don't go to see goals and see trophies won...we don't buy food that tastes like shit!
If - like other club's fans laughably say - Sheikh Mansour got bored of City or the oil ran out and he sacked us off and we ended up as a Conference side, I'd still happily go and watch them.
Prodigal Son said:It's not just to see Southampton is it though? It is a huge occasion. First game of the season as defending champions.
As I said elsewhere it was £52 for Liverpool midweek just after New Year last season.
Alan Oakes Shinpads said:Prodigal Son said:It's not just to see Southampton is it though? It is a huge occasion. First game of the season as defending champions.
As I said elsewhere it was £52 for Liverpool midweek just after New Year last season.
On a personal basis happy to pay it for the reason above as well as I will be one of the lucky ones who will be able to say it is the second time they have will have witnessed City start the season as Champions.
First time I was 14 and watched it with my Dad the man who introduced me to being a Blue,he is now sadly stood on the Kippax in the sky .
It has nothing to do with FFP, the increase in match day ticket prices once a fortnight would not pay one of our players each week 13000x£5. Its what happens when you get success, there is more demand, more demand means higher prices. I posted in the other thread about why the sort of loyal supporter we have is not the sort of supporter that maximises revenue, and any successful business has to try to do that in all revenue streams.Burtonblue said:I fear this was always going to happen. Success on the pitch has only happened as a result of significant financial investment. Unfortunately, unlike happened 10 yrs ago with Chelsea, this has coincided with the arrival of FFP thanks to Mr Platini. The club has to balance the books now, hence the hike in ticket prices.
The players salaries are not the issue here. It's all about demonstrating financial growth. The corporate side is where all big clubs make a high percentage of their match day revenue. At City we are currently not able to maximise this due to the ground infrastructure and moves are in place to address this in the stadium expansion plans. Until then, the only way to increase match day revenue is to increase ticket prices. I do believe our owners understand where the club is from and I would not panic just based on ticket prices for the opening match of the season especially when it's our first game as champions.cleavers said:It has nothing to do with FFP, the increase in match day ticket prices once a fortnight would not pay one of our players each week 13000x£5. Its what happens when you get success, there is more demand, more demand means higher prices. I posted in the other thread about why the sort of loyal supporter we have is not the sort of supporter that maximises revenue, and any successful business has to try to do that in all revenue streams.Burtonblue said:I fear this was always going to happen. Success on the pitch has only happened as a result of significant financial investment. Unfortunately, unlike happened 10 yrs ago with Chelsea, this has coincided with the arrival of FFP thanks to Mr Platini. The club has to balance the books now, hence the hike in ticket prices.
bluetonium said:I kind of understand this as it will be fantastic to see the lads running out as defending champions, but at the end of the day you're paying for 90 mins of football. That's the product, the quality and result isn't guaranteed. We could play terribly - I remember the last game at Maine Road against Southampton. Plus, the Liverpool match was on a bank holiday wasn't it?
My point entirely.bluemoondays said:Liverpool make £41m matchday revenue compared to our £27m from a smaller, worse ground. You can't say Liverpool is a more affluent area than Manchester. The rags make £109m (much bigger ground obviously).
It was going to happen