Evo1883
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Peg me doug
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Ccfcisparks
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exactly. king is clearly trying to diversify revenues
David O'Day
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The also do have tickets much cheaper than £60 but these are mostly gone where they were available.
But the ticket prices in their Stupid stand with the pool etc. are really a good comparison to anything
Also when I lived in Wandsworth their were loads of working class Fulham fans
Brighton Sky Blue
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Oversimplified example but…
Selling 2350 tickets @ £45 each raises as much as 3000 tickets sold @ £35 each.
You roughly break even if you sell 650 fewer tickets as a result of the higher price just on ticket sales, but then you’re also missing out on people spending in the ground on top.
It seems to be a marginal gain for some very bad PR.
Selling 2350 tickets @ £45 each raises as much as 3000 tickets sold @ £35 each.
You roughly break even if you sell 650 fewer tickets as a result of the higher price just on ticket sales, but then you’re also missing out on people spending in the ground on top.
It seems to be a marginal gain for some very bad PR.
Ccfcisparks
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But we’re selling out so for now it’s a non argument
if we weren’t then it’s a different story but King and his team will have clearly done sensitivity analysis at the start of the year to decide on pricing
David O'Day
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Do you have the figures for in ground spend? The bluenoses said they'd not spend a penny in the ground then drank like fish
Evo1883
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We didnt sell birmingham out , but thats a whole other long winded boring argument
Mucca Mad Boys
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We’re not and if we were, the pricing would reflect that. Currently, our games are oversubscribed so demand is higher than the supply. If were Blackburn, we’d probably need to do ‘kids for a quid’.
Likewise, our STs are probably a lot cheaper than Ipswich’s (without looking).
There’s a lot of noise regarding the pricing and in reality, most games are Cat B where prices are reasonably and more less at the league’s average. Sam with our ST pricing so the big decisions the club have made are vindicated.
Sky Blue Goblin
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Thought I’d have a look and all bar the family zone adult which is £407 are over £500. With the most expensive being £655. Note that these are for renew so maybe even more expensive
Grendel
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I can see why you’ve never had a senior job in actual businesses
David O'Day
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ipswich? don't think they went to General sale
Mucca Mad Boys
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Football fans continue to moan about ticket prices and continue to pay the price of admission. They’re like smokers “I won’t pay ‘x’ for a pack of 20” but continue to do so.
The same people crying to hilltop about £45 football tickets were happy to pay hundreds for an Oasis ticket. Unlike Taylor Swift or Oasis, their tours are not loss making, football is.
There’s an entitlement of football fans who demand more and more from owners but kick off at any insistence that they may need to pay more. If you want £10-15 tickets, go to the local NL team.
Football is one of the only entertainment products whose prices have barely gone up since 2008. Everything else, including the running of a football club, has.
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Brighton Sky Blue
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How do German clubs manage not to charge extortionate prices?
Ccfcisparks
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compare the money being banded around that league
Sky Blue Goblin
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Might not have, just taken from their renewal prices on their website for this year
Brighton Sky Blue
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One of the biggest in Europe but one that’s largely avoided whoring itself out to tycoons and celebrating clubs who spend way beyond their means.
This is where giving rim jobs to the likes of Wrexham leads to.
Mucca Mad Boys
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There’s a general trend across Europe is that transfer spend of the league and season ticket prices are correlated. At a guess, FFP in the UK has an undue burden on clubs to have strong balance sheets, an extra million or two on ST sales is needed more than it was say, 10-15 years ago.
Clubs like Munich and Dortmund also have caps on their ST, around 40-50% of their stadium capacity. So their cheap ST prices are subsidised by charging high rates for single tickets in the name of “accessibility”. Do you want the club to cut ST numbers to 12-16k rather than 24k if it meant single ticket prices were £30-35?
Bearing in mind a ST works out at £20-24 per game.
Brighton Sky Blue
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I assumed that the answer lay in German clubs being allowed to sell far more in the way of standing tickets than we can.
Bayern and Dortmund could charge significantly more for their tickets than they do and still sell the same numbers.
COVKIDSNEVERQUIT
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People talk about the Fulham prices, what do the fans pay at Tottenham and Everton's new shiny stadiums, with increased capacity 
Mucca Mad Boys
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That’ll certainly play into it. The crux of the point was that they have a smaller % of ST so they can profiteer off tourist fans.
As @Ccfcisparks said, there’s also a lot less money in the league, partly because they have a 50+1 rule for owning clubs. It’s a trade-off, do you want to be at the top table of European football or cheap tickets? (As a league)
Brighton Sky Blue
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The Bundesliga ranks very highly still. When you put questions like this to German fans, overall they would actually prefer to keep their setup even if it meant their clubs being a bit less successful in Europe. Similar to when they’re asked about allowing more billionaires in to knock Bayern off their perch.
English football has totally whored itself out which has brought in a lot of trophies, but seriously distanced the game from the traditional supporter. We applaud the Wrexhams, Birminghams and Bournemouths and then act surprised when we get a Sheffield Wednesday.
Major Tom
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A year since Robins sacking. only Clive came out of that forum with any decency as he played the neutral card.
pusbccfc
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Yeah, you're correct. Although on average they are wealthier, there's still a decent number of working class fans. Same with Chelsea.
Until we reach the promised land for away fans which will be oversubscribed any way, so just the moral argument rey?
shmmeee
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The Bundesliga is the top division and has European competition and the support of the nations largest enterprises as well. A more apt comparison would be the second division. The fact you’re comparing the Championship to Europes top leagues shows the problem.
clint van damme
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I'm trying to think about when we're not doing so well.
Ccfcisparks
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That’s thinking for the sake of it. If we got relegated for example the prices would drop.
clint van damme
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Its almost as if I've already seen the club go to the wall due to spivs, hubris and short term thinking.
Ccfcisparks
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i’d suggest him buying the stadium is far more of a net positive for the club long term and shows despite your criticisms doug is thinking for the future
Mucca Mad Boys
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There is that much money in English football, the top end championship teams can outspend lower to mid table teams in Germany, France, Italy and so on.
The ‘English Tax’ isn’t on English players per se, it’s that Prem team just have the muscle to demand ridiculous fees.
clint van damme
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I haven't criticised King.
I've said several times I don't blame him for what he's doing.
I dont agree and I don't think it's a good long term strategy (he's done lots that will benefit the club long term), but understand he's not thinking long term as he won't be here long term.
Mucca Mad Boys
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I don’t buy into this idea that King is in this for the short term. Owning a Prem team must be somewhat lucrative!