Tooting Gull
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- Jul 5, 2003
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It is a very good article, and I agree with most of the points raised, was about to post it myself but saw this thread. One which is that it isn't JUST pricing, although that is a factor. Let's be honest, football was a game of the people and hard core support like that will ALWAYS make more noise than a load of more comfortably-off arrivistes who have temporarily ditched their Premier League team and want to be entertained rather than helping to make the atmosphere and occasion. It is becoming like the theatre at times, and that is not what hooked me in to football.
But I think the points Pavilionaire makes are right, and add to the article rather than reject what it is saying. There are plenty of people in Sussex who (understandably) will not pay £35-plus for a ticket to see a Championship game and don't want a season ticket, and ruling those people out on price certainly isn't helping the atmosphere. But there is more to it, and standing, alcohol, transport and exciting football come into play.
But I think the points Pavilionaire makes are right, and add to the article rather than reject what it is saying. There are plenty of people in Sussex who (understandably) will not pay £35-plus for a ticket to see a Championship game and don't want a season ticket, and ruling those people out on price certainly isn't helping the atmosphere. But there is more to it, and standing, alcohol, transport and exciting football come into play.
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