BBC 'Price of Football 2014' - We are top of the league

[The Merry Prankster]

Here is what Paul Barber has to say about it all: https://nortr3nixy.nimpr.uk/conte...and-the-hidden-value-of-supporting-the-Albion

All very true but it is never going to satisfy those (myself included) who want to see cheaper tickets.

 

[GolfingGull]

Would rather pay £30 for a ticket at the Amex than pay £26 to visit a shitehole like Vicarage Road with 1960`s facilities.

 

[Westdene Seagull]

I've been critical of club's ticket pricing in the past but within those articles there is one figure that brings home the challenge the club have - TB paying £544 out of his own pocket for every (persumably season ticket holding ) supporter. So in reality, just to stand still and break even every season ticket needs to go up by £544.

 

[The Merry Prankster]

I've been critical of club's ticket pricing in the past but within those articles there is one figure that brings home the challenge the club have - TB paying £544 out of his own pocket for every (persumably season ticket holding ) supporter. So in reality, just to stand still and break even every season ticket needs to go up by £544.

Or wages come down by the equivalent amount.

 

[Westdene Seagull]

Or wages come down by the equivalent amount.

I'll let you tell the squad they need to have their wages dropped by £11.5m !!!! Agreed though - my example was rather simplistic.

 

[The Large One]

The pies are expensive here - no question, but it must be said that exactly the same pies are on sale at MK Dons - for £3.20.

 

[The Merry Prankster]

I'll let you tell the squad they need to have their wages dropped by £11.5m !!!! Agreed though - my example was rather simplistic.

Let's be simplistic. Assume a 23 man squad (for simplicity); wages down by £500 000. £10 000 a week, less putting (so I've heard) O'Grady on £3 000 a week.

This is still £150 000 a year (perhaps he'd be so disgusted that he'd quit to earn more in the City).

Footballers would still play football whilst "only" earning five times the national average wage.

 

[Rodney Thomas]

Let's be simplistic. Assume a 23 man squad (for simplicity); wages down by £500 000. £10 000 a week, less putting (so I've heard) O'Grady on £3 000 a week.

This is still £150 000 a year (perhaps he'd be so disgusted that he'd quit to earn more in the City).

Footballers would still play football whilst "only" earning five times the national average wage.

Not many could do much else that pays that well..

 

[BBassic]

Their calculator works out my yearly spend, for home games only, at £1,385. Factor in away games and that likely pops up to £1,600.

Expensive passion, this football lark.

 

[glasfryn]

a good saving might be to pay strikers per goal................might just shape their ideas up

 

[Biscuit]

The cheapest season ticket at Brighton and Hove Albion is 36% more than the average comparable cost for the Championship of £343.

Based on last season's results and prices, a home goal cost about £14.68 at Brighton. I imagine that price is going to double for this season,

 

[withdeanwombat]

I've solved this problem by stopping my season ticket and only going to half a dozen home games per season. Also, as I'm now paid by the Government to be old, the tickets are cheaper.

 

[Goldstone1976]

I've solved this problem by stopping my season ticket and only going to half a dozen home games per season. Also, as I'm now paid by the Government to be old, the tickets are cheaper.

Nah, the Government merely distribute the money. It's me who's paying for you to be old. You're welcome.

 

[Ali_rrr]

If anyone is being ripped off, surely it has to be Halifax Town fans? £319 for a season ticket. Ludicrous for that level.

 

[Return of the Rev]

Sticking the lowest admission for adults at the goldstone 1970 into an inflation calculator and it comes out at £4.30 for last year

 

[Dan Aitch]

My biggest reaction to these pieces is a small phrase that was entirely unnecessary and indicative of a mentality that is entirely discriminatory. Yes - more men than women watch football, but did we really need to compare the price of football with the price of women? It's all very 70s and 'take my mother-in-law, please' humour but personally I'd rather not read it. The car analogy was sufficient.

I'm sure that probably makes me in the minority.

 

[Goldstone1976]

PB's points are all valid, imo, making the prices reasonable value for money. However, the implication is that the club has chosen to target middle class folk as new fans. Financially, this makes sense as the middle classes will have more disposable income than lower paid people, but it is akin to engineering a new reality, which doesn't sit comfortably with me. Football used to be a working class game - it is rapidly heading to a situation, apparently encouraged by the club's marketing strategy, where those people will simply be priced out of attending.

Personally, I'd much rather see a model like AC Milan's, where the cost of the cheapest ticket is lowered but the cost of the highest is increased - thus keeping the financials for the club the same. That way, lower paid people can still attend, the middle classes would still probably attend (I would) and the club is no worse off than now. Win, win, win, shirley?

 

[mikeyjh]

PB's points are all valid, imo, making the prices reasonable value for money. However, the implication is that the club has chosen to target middle class folk as new fans. Financially, this makes sense as the middle classes will have more disposable income than lower paid people, but it is akin to engineering a new reality, which doesn't sit comfortably with me. Football used to be a working class game - it is rapidly heading to a situation, apparently encouraged by the club's marketing strategy, where those people will simply be priced out of attending.

Personally, I'd much rather see a model like AC Milan's, where the cost of the cheapest ticket is lowered but the cost of the highest is increased - thus keeping the financials for the club the same. That way, lower paid people can still attend, the middle classes would still probably attend (I would) and the club is no worse off than now. Win, win, win, shirley?

Totally agree, and I think that clubs should think about the retention of their fanbase - Are those for whom football is a hobby going to stick around in the bad times?

 

[Brighton Breezy]

Average TV money for Premier League clubs: £75 million.

Brighton and Hove Albion's TV cash: £4.8 million.

Hardly surprising some top flight clubs can charge less.

 

[Mellor 3 Ward 4]

PB's points are all valid, imo, making the prices reasonable value for money. However, the implication is that the club has chosen to target middle class folk as new fans. Financially, this makes sense as the middle classes will have more disposable income than lower paid people, but it is akin to engineering a new reality, which doesn't sit comfortably with me. Football used to be a working class game - it is rapidly heading to a situation, apparently encouraged by the club's marketing strategy, where those people will simply be priced out of attending.

Personally, I'd much rather see a model like AC Milan's, where the cost of the cheapest ticket is lowered but the cost of the highest is increased - thus keeping the financials for the club the same. That way, lower paid people can still attend, the middle classes would still probably attend (I would) and the club is no worse off than now. Win, win, win, shirley?

Absolutely this.