Price of Football - BBC survey (6 Viewers)

[oldskyblue58]

Makes interesting reading .......... kind of contras those moaning on the radio, forums etc that we are most expensive etc ..... clearly we are not

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19842397

In league 1 there are 20 teams with cheapest season tickets more expensive

12 whose most expensive season ticket is more expensive than ours

12 more expensive on cheapest match day ticket

3 with match day highest price more than ours at £25

13 where cheapest overall cost on the day is more expensive

in fact there are even teams in League 2 where it is more expensive.

The cheapest day out at Sheffield United makes interesting reading though considering they get the biggest crowds in the division

 

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[speedie87]

Been saying for a few years now our season tickets are really cheap. The club shouldn't have reduced them like they did a few years ago, they didn't sell enough new ones to cover the extra revenue they would have received off those people who would have bought regardless at the old price

 

[wingy]

Been saying for a few years now our season tickets are really cheap. The club shouldn't have reduced them like they did a few years ago, they didn't sell enough new ones to cover the extra revenue they would have received off those people who would have bought regardless at the old price

Yeah reducing down two summers ago may have increasd sales by 2K. for one season but from an already low point of around £15 per match ,by the time you factor in interest for borrowing against ST sales I'd be surprised if actual income raised from ST sales generated £10+ to throw at team affairs ,no wonder we had to sell turner and Juke.

 

[Covstu]

interesting read this, i just hope the people that come on here read this and see how reasonable our tickets are compared to other clubs in our league (and lower!). The end of the day it is all relative, yes it is very expensive game to go and watch full stop but this is the going rate to pay for high wages.

 

[scroobiustom]

bbc declared that a bury ticket was more expensive than a Barcelona one - talk about media spin!

 

[covcity4life]

still think 22 is a bit steep but not the worst i guess

 

[wingy]

bbc declared that a bury ticket was more expensive than a Barcelona one - talk about media spin!

Probably true for Bayern ,My stepson watched a match there 3-4 years back for around 9 euros.

 

[Astute]

Barrow AFC
£ 290.00
£ 310.00
£ 14.00
£ 15.00
£ 17.30
£ 2.50
£ -
£ 0.80


Coventry City
£ 253.00
£ 391.00
£ 18.00
£ 25.00
£ 26.00
£ 3.00
£ 3.00
£ 2.00


Barrow is the nearest football club to where I live. Our cheapest season ticket £253, theirs £290. Cheapest ticket is £14. All this for non league football. There are 46 clubs in Div4 and Blue Square Prem. Only 20 of them out of them two divisions below us have a cheaper season ticket. We can go to home games for just over a tenner, but some say that it is too expensive.

 

[wingy]

Barrow AFC
£ 290.00
£ 310.00
£ 14.00
£ 15.00
£ 17.30
£ 2.50
£ -
£ 0.80


Coventry City
£ 253.00
£ 391.00
£ 18.00
£ 25.00
£ 26.00
£ 3.00
£ 3.00
£ 2.00


Barrow is the nearest football club to where I live. Our cheapest season ticket £253, theirs £290. Cheapest ticket is £14. All this for non league football. There are 46 clubs in Div4 and Blue Square Prem. Only 20 of them out of them two divisions below us have a cheaper season ticket. We can go to home games for just over a tenner, but some say that it is too expensive.

Its too cheap and is harming the club,why have they adopted this policy ,putting us in a weaker position than some of our competitors,increasing the need to sell players ,demand rent reductions ,it could almost be argued that they are indeed using the council to bail out the club,which of course is illegal.

 

[Nick]

So now we should put the prices up?

 

[Astute]

How could they put the price up this season after getting relegated? There was many saying it was too much for Div3.

 

[wingy]

I was refferring to it happening while we were in the championship,its too cheap even now and certainly was last summer ,barely a tenner a game per ST assuming they're all full price adult when factoring in the borrow against ,meaning 8.5-9k. ST sales barely generated £1M.,poor business accumen in my eyes.

 

[Nick]

If the prices were put up people would just use that as an excuse not to go though.

 

[wingy]

If we had retained the previous level we may have kept Turner or Juke or both or hired a real manager,and may have kept an extra 4000 bums on seats this season.

 

[Big Mo]

If the prices were put up people would just use that as an excuse not to go though.

People have been using it for years, strangely the cost of a day out to the emirates isn't a problem though...

 

[Tad]

I wonder where these "cheapest tickets" are though. Bet its somewhere where binoculars are a must. I think tickets are too expensive in football in general.

 

[oldskyblue58]

Would £300 a season ticket have been unreasonable this season or last (thats £13 per game)? This season assuming 7000 season ticket holders that would have meant an additional £274k in income after taking out the VAT. Not massive money but it all helps.

You look at the list and somewhere like Yeovil is more expensive ......... compare the facilities and it doesnt make sense. Or did they know at the time that the product on the pitch wasnt going to be good enough under the set up we had

It is hard to argue that a season ticket at CCFC on cost alone isnt good value in the current market place imo

 

[Wrenstreetcarpark]

German clubs are owned by the supporters: average ticket £9.

 

[WestEndAgro]

Season Tickets at the Ricoh ARE exceptional value, I'm flabbergasted that we have so few season ticket holders
£13.00 a game cannot be perceived as anything other than a Bargain, and for that reason I'm in. PUSB

 

[oakey]

The people who complain prices are too high are often the same people who, every day mind, walk across the road from their workplace, which contains a kettle and a kitchen of sorts, to spend £2.50 on a coffee in a cardboard cup, £2 on a cake and crisps, £2 on a sausage roll or pasty. They then, with a straight face, talk about being skint and not going out this weekend as a result.
Comedy gold.

 

[Stevec189]

Would £300 a season ticket have been unreasonable this season or last (thats £13 per game)? This season assuming 7000 season ticket holders that would have meant an additional £274k in income after taking out the VAT. Not massive money but it all helps.

You look at the list and somewhere like Yeovil is more expensive ......... compare the facilities and it doesnt make sense. Or did they know at the time that the product on the pitch wasnt going to be good enough under the set up we had

It is hard to argue that a season ticket at CCFC on cost alone isnt good value in the current market place imo

Or if my very dodgy maths is correct 1 player on £5K a week?

If 5000 city fans signed a direct debit for £1 per week we could probably fund our very own player and if we are honest most would not miss £1 per week - they lose that down the back of the sofa! Again just a thought......

PUSB

 

[wingy]

Or if my very dodgy maths is correct 1 player on £5K a week?

If 5000 city fans signed a direct debit for £1 per week we could probably fund our very own player and if we are honest most would not miss £1 per week - they lose that down the back of the sofa! Again just a thought......

PUSB

Maybe this is where the offer of fan shares comes in??

 

[Nick]

Would the fans get a share if he was sold for lots of profit if they had paid for him?

 

[Astute]

Would the fans get a share if he was sold for lots of profit if they had paid for him?

If we did I would be happy to put in much more. Then reinvest in more players

 

[MusicDating]

Trouble is, no one would believe SISU if they said they'd put the money toward a player!

 

[Stevec189]

Only fund the wages of a player we wouldn't own them. There would be a level of Trust that it was spent on a player but I do believe there is mileage in this idea. PUSB

 

[The CableGuy]

So now we should put the prices up?

They can't win. For years people have been asking for cheaper tickets, and now its too cheap?

Imagine the potential crowds at CV6 with those prices as soon as a whiff of success* is inhaled.

*Longer than a 5 game unbeaten run.

 

[hill83]

Our season tickets are very cheap compared to a lot of other clubs. Personally I don't think I'd be prepared to pay the walk up costs per game, but the season ticket pretty much pays for itself.

 

[Paxman II]

The issue is how to sell the season ticket in times of austerity?
There are not many out there that can afford £300 up front during such difficult times.

The West Midlands has also got one of the highest rates of unemployment in the country. The money is not there. People will pick and choose a few games a season. Only brilliant form on the pitch now will get a lot of those people digging deeper into the piggy bank to attend any more games.

 

[psgm1]

Makes interesting reading .......... kind of contras those moaning on the radio, forums etc that we are most expensive etc ..... clearly we are not

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19842397

In league 1 there are 20 teams with cheapest season tickets more expensive

12 whose most expensive season ticket is more expensive than ours

12 more expensive on cheapest match day ticket

3 with match day highest price more than ours at £25

13 where cheapest overall cost on the day is more expensive

in fact there are even teams in League 2 where it is more expensive.

The cheapest day out at Sheffield United makes interesting reading though considering they get the biggest crowds in the division

YET AGAIN totally missing the point!

Sure it is about average for this league, but performances aren't!

Besides prices in general are too much!

How do you not get this?

Whichever team you support - it costs about £60 with drinks etc.

IT IS TOO EXPENSIVE!!!!!!

For old gits with no mates it may well be affordable.

But if you have family commitments wasting £60 watching a team play badly for 45 minutes and listening to morons moan about plastic fans etc etc - no thanks

I can think of hundreds of better ways of spending that kind of money and being entertained.

Cov simply aren't woth the money at the moment.

And judging by the falling crowds, I'm in the majority here!

After all with av gates of 10k, when we were getting 15k just last year, thats a MIN of 5k who agree with me.

People with lives are NOT going to waste that kind of money on watching bilge.

 

[ajsccfc]

You're such a twat.

 

[Mucca Mad Boys]

YET AGAIN totally missing the point!

Sure it is about average for this league, but performances aren't!

Besides prices in general are too much!

How do you not get this?

Whichever team you support - it costs about £60 with drinks etc.

IT IS TOO EXPENSIVE!!!!!!

For old gits with no mates it may well be affordable.

But if you have family commitments wasting £60 watching a team play badly for 45 minutes and listening to morons moan about plastic fans etc etc - no thanks

I can think of hundreds of better ways of spending that kind of money and being entertained.

Cov simply aren't woth the money at the moment.

And judging by the falling crowds, I'm in the majority here!

After all with av gates of 10k, when we were getting 15k just last year, thats a MIN of 5k who agree with me.

People with lives are NOT going to waste that kind of money on watching bilge.

Why don't you bring pack lunch and buy drinks from Tescos, that's what I do when I take my little brother, I don't eat at the game unless it's subway before or a pack lunch.

You aren't worth Cov, just making excuses not to go.

 

[hill83]

YET AGAIN totally missing the point! - He created the thread so it is you missing the point

Sure it is about average for this league, but performances aren't! - Subjective and nothing to do with cost

Besides prices in general are too much! - I disagree

How do you not get this? - It's an opinion, there is nothing to 'get'

Whichever team you support - it costs about £60 with drinks etc. - Probably about right

IT IS TOO EXPENSIVE!!!!!! - I disagree

For old gits with no mates it may well be affordable. - No need

But if you have family commitments wasting £60 watching a team play badly for 45 minutes and listening to morons moan about plastic fans etc etc - no thanks - Nothing to say here

I can think of hundreds of better ways of spending that kind of money and being entertained. - Congratulations, is one of those moaning on here?

Cov simply aren't woth the money at the moment. - I disagree

And judging by the falling crowds, I'm in the majority here! - True, badge on it's way Edit: Actually not true, if crowds are down from 15k to 10k the majority still decide to go! Badge withdrawn

After all with av gates of 10k, when we were getting 15k just last year, thats a MIN of 5k who agree with me. - Many reasons for people not going, you can't claim they all agree with you

People with lives are NOT going to waste that kind of money on watching bilge. - So are you saying people who go to support their team don't have lives? Interesting

I've responded in red.

 

[oldskyblue58]

There is no yet again :facepalm: there never was a first time ........... that honour was all yours or have you forgotten .... clearly memory is a problem, could have sworn you said you were not coming back on the forum last time

chap you have already proved that maths isnt your strong point why keep doing it........ I would say 10k out of 15k is approx 66.67% and a majority that dont agree with you.

The figures are factual, from a respected survey, and per ticket and all i did was provide those figures with a little comment that is my opinion. I am entitled to my opinion. If you are spending 60 quid on just you going to the match then i would suggest citizens advice they do some great free advice in budgeting expenditure.... maths not being your strong point

Why keep complaining .............. clearly you dont really want to be there ........... clearly you only want to support them if you are in a nice little cotton wool world where no one bothers you and the football is in your dreams. If you dont want to go then dont go with the attitude you display I can not imagine anyone will miss you. Or is it no one wants to be near you billy no mates?

I dont understand your need for aggressive posting ............ frankly dont care either .......... I havent gone out of my way to antagonise you, dont know you and frankly if you think a few pixels from you on a screen have any relevance to me you are just a tad deluded

I am sure i am supposed to annoyed and put in my place but to be honest am sitting here laughing ......... you sir are a self made man

 

[kg82]

You're such a twat.

Bingo, complete tool