I’ll be back over the Christmas period and will be going to games paying £45 a ticket and it doesn’t bother me a jot.
Occasional fans should be paying a lot more than season ticket holders who support the club every week and hand over their money when there is no cash flow during the summer.
Season tickets are great value and that should remain the same.
The issue is definitely kids tickets but we fucked that up ourselves with adults getting the cheap tickets.
You’re spot on. People are talking on here like this is every game.
People who attend more than 12 games a season should have a season ticket anyway.
For those who can’t/don’t want to attend every game, go to one of the many non A+ games instead.
I’d like to remind everyone that we’re a quarter of the way through the season already and had only one A+ game
3 by Christmas. Leicester in mid Jan. I'd imagine Wrexham last game too.
People are talking on here like this is every game.
The underlying issue is not what is happening this season.Which means 18 home games where these prices don’t apply
I agree, I'm not sure of an exact amount but the championship needs a cap.100%.
Imo any away ticket over £35 not including fees etc I'd say is very steep.
Fair price should be £30 capped for all of EFL.
Makes for a better product and chance of fuller away ends.
Which means 18 home games where these prices don’t apply
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.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.
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
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.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.
So we go all out to make a moral standpoint, no one else does, and we end up with a crap teamThe 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.
The categorising of fixtures is more daft than the pricing.
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.
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
The point is, West Brom should not be Cat A+.
There are plenty of games throughout the season that people kids can go to and it not be £35.
We could do with the cash, and more away fans tend to improve the atmosphere anyway.I don’t care if not a single away fan turns up let them boycott we need the ground to be hostile and horrible to play at. This is our chance and we need to do everything to take it.
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
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.
Its NOT away fans. Its all fans
We have to get out of this mindset of "Doug is fleecing away fans"
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.Its NOT away fans. Its all fans
We have to get out of this mindset of "Doug is fleecing away fans"
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
It's demand based.It doesn’t really make any decent sense to categorise any league game above another. You’re essentially placing particular teams on higher pedestals.
It will sell outHas 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.
Not sure that bothers the money men. But maybe they’d be better to focus on how to get bums on seats in the areas of the ground currently empty.
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.
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.
My season ticket cost the same in 2007 as it does today?
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