pusbccfc
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3 by Christmas. Leicester in mid Jan. I'd imagine Wrexham last game too.
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3 by Christmas. Leicester in mid Jan. I'd imagine Wrexham last game too.
bigfatronssba
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Which means 18 home games where these prices don’t apply
mmttww
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No one is doing that. People aren't loving the club price gouging at Xmas and have pointed out that £35 for a kid to watch second tier football is a p*sstake.
Flying Fokker
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The underlying issue is not what is happening this season.
Ticket prices are historically high. Compare prices in the 80s /90s to today and we are paying more with inflation factored in.
For example 1980 League Cup Semi-final. Arguably a A+ match cost £4 in the west end. £23 quid today.
£5.50 seat. £31.35.
SkyBlueMatt
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I agree, I'm not sure of an exact amount but the championship needs a cap.
I've always thought when I've bought away tickets, 30-34 is expensive. Anything more is taking the p*ss.
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pusbccfc
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It's alright because Bristol City is £37.
skybluelee
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Speaking as a non-STH I can just about begrudgingly get on board with paying £45 for 2nd tier football for me but £35 for kids is obscene and so far out of kilter with the rest of the league it surely needs to be looked at.
Sky Blue Pete
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These are why we need a proper voice with the club and the forum is the main way at the moment
The argument for a maximum price for children’s tickets is really important
The argument for a maximum price for children’s tickets is really important
pusbccfc
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Whenever it's been brought up, the question gets brushed under the carpet. The last Doug Q and A, he answered some tough questions but none about ticket prices.
chiefdave
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Think we're kind of missing the actual issue. There's a bigger question around the price of football ticket being supressed below market value and that's going to become the bigger issue.
We have a mindset that football is a working class sport and therefore ticket prices should be set at a certain level. However increasingly those in charge are not of that mindset. We've seen in the last couple of decades and increased focus on hospitality and that focus now seems to include getting the most you can out of casual fans.
We've seeing top clubs putting in conditions to make life difficult for season ticket holders so they can reclaim the seats to sell to tourists or casual fans who will happily pay a premium.
The CEO of Live Nation was talking about this recently and point out that courtside seats for the NBA go into the thousands and this should be the model other clubs & sports should be looking to emulate.
World Series tickets, which is currently taking place, are going for over $10K.
Think if we don't have this discussion with those in charge we're just going to see things get worse and worse but I'm not sure the conversation from the fans side can just be 'twenty is plenty' or similar as that runs the risk of just being ignored.
bigfatronssba
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So we go all out to make a moral standpoint, no one else does, and we end up with a crap team
bigfatronssba
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Thats been going on for decades.
When I first started going you could only get a ticket to see us against Man Utd if you had a stub from our game against Wimbledon
bigfatronssba
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It is a p*sstake I agree. But equally so it isn't the end of the world. That in itself isn't pricing people out of going. There are plenty of games throughout the season that people kids can go to and it not be £35.
Having a season ticket has to make financial sense, otherwise people wouldn't bother
pusbccfc
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The point is, West Brom should not be Cat A+.
bigfatronssba
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If pricing was the same for every game, this is a fixture that the club anticipate having higher demand for than average.
If you're going to have a category system, it makes sense for this to be a higher price than average
mmttww
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Xmas football is a big thing for a lot of people. Price gouging families at a time of year when they'll be under financial pressures already is sh*t. End of.
We could do with the cash, and more away fans tend to improve the atmosphere anyway.
bigfatronssba
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Scrap the 18-21 reduction, and use the money generated from that to lower U-18 prices
Londonccfcfan
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This is a big issue..doesn't directly effect me. Although does impact me if I want to buy a ticket for friend to join me.
This should be brought up at the fan forums with Doug by various fan representatives
This should be brought up at the fan forums with Doug by various fan representatives
bigfatronssba
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Just take your mate to one of the cheaper games
Senior Vick from Alicante
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Has the club indicated the reason for the high away pricing for fans? WBA are looking to boycott as a response but is the pricing based on an average that others are charging and have home tickets been averaged in the same way? We presumably now have a mortgage to pay on the ground which is an understandable reason for the prices, success comes at a cost unfortunately.
bigfatronssba
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Its NOT away fans. Its all fans
We have to get out of this mindset of "Doug is fleecing away fans"
pusbccfc
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A lot of our fans are saying it doesn't effect them because they pay £19 a game with a season ticket though?
NortonSkyBlue
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An alternative point of view.
If we reach the premier league within the next couple of years my season ticket is free. Happy days.
If we reach the premier league within the next couple of years my season ticket is free. Happy days.
Senior Vick from Alicante
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I know, my point was more to the fact that is it comparable or are we one of the most expensive tickets for away or casual supporters and the reason for it. Until we know that and the reason were all speculating, the only thing I can find is that the average in the championship is £36.79 for an on the day purchase all though due to demand these are going up. Last year we had the joint highest ticket for away with QPR but Sheff Utd were charging up to £52 for home fans.
Tommo1993
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It doesn’t really make any decent sense to categorise any league game above another. You’re essentially placing particular teams on higher pedestals.
Sky_Blue_Dreamer
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It's demand based.
There's more likely to be a higher demand for a game on boxing day, so you can set a higher price. Some teams, such as local derbies, are likely to attract more demand than ones from further afield. So again higher prices.
It's not about putting teams on a pedestal and claiming they're better, it's all about the likelihood of whether you can sell the tickets at a higher price.
alexccfc99
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It will sell out
They were on about boycotting a few years ago when we played them just before Xmas and they hired Corberan, won a few games, shot up the table and sold the allocation out
Grendel
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We nearly sell out every week. What are you on about?
Grendel
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My season ticket cost the same in 2007 as it does today?
Tommo1993
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Like I said, absolutely no decent sense.
Evo1883
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Sure but the cost of living in general is much higher , if they rose with the cost of living over that period stadiums would be empty
Grendel
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You are economically illiterate.