beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
- 36,023
so whats stopping you?
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Do you think Brighton fans are being mugged for their money?
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so whats stopping you?
What a load of romantic drivel!
Firstly, with regard to 'county' teams, this is football, not cricket. Also, why does it matter that it is Brighton? I live in Mid-Sussex and have supported the Albion for nearly 40 years, makes not difference that I have never lived in Brighton. What about the history of these Sussex clubs that you dismiss just because you have a romantic notion of how football should be run. Yes, some people in Bolton will chose to support Utd or City or any other club but there are still people in Bolton who support Bolton! Same as if you had a county team, nothing to stop someone supporting another more successful county.
Your last sentence is the only bit of sense!
Green Cross Code Man
Wunt be druv
We already are a Sussex wide club. I remember a few years ago in a survey, Brighton fans were proportionally more likely to come from Eastbourne. That is why we sing Sussex by the sea and not Brighton by the sea!
Bladders
Twats everywhere
No, but far less pie and beer for me this season, will put that towards away days
The Camel
Well-known member
Excellent answer.
Return of the Rev
Well-known member
no! i think mr bloom is getting mugged if anyone.
grubbyhands
Well-known member
Now that is a considered and correct answer.
Return of the Rev
Well-known member
Gave up our s/t in esu and will not be paying £100 per game to take my sons who are both still in full time education! No more amex for me this season
Wellesley
Well-known member
- Jul 24, 2013
- 4,973
He's a Brighton fan.
Tricky Dicky
New member
No, of course not. You choose whether to go or not. If you don't want to pay, don't.
Shuggie
Well-known member
Yep, we're being mugged, shafted and roasted by the man who contributed £10,000 per STH to build what we have. Admittedly he now owns it but at least he used his own money. Unlike Glazer who effectively completed the takeover of MU with the club's own cash. Have you noticed what has happened to ticket prices elsewhere? Man City boycotting away games at Arsenal? Chelsea fans unable to afford to go to games? Random example from the lower reaches of the league: Fleetwood Town minimum £20 per game.
Do you not think what we have is worth a few quid more per game than Withdean?
Unlike a mugging, you are not being forced to part with your money.
Do you not think what we have is worth a few quid more per game than Withdean?
Unlike a mugging, you are not being forced to part with your money.
- Jun 27, 2012
- 14,626
Lewes FC is fan owned. It has 800+ owners who pay £30 a year.
Its £11 for a ticket to stand or sit at the Dripping Pan. Harveys is cheaper than at the Amex and you can drink it it from the stands in a plastic glass if you wish.. Lewes brief and unsuccessful season in the Conference was as recently as 2008/9.
Actually its quite easy to see a fair few Lewes games in a season and combine that with the Albion. Non League Day is a good day to start. Lewes are playing Wingate and Finchley...
http://www.nonleagueday.co.uk/
MattBackHome
Well-known member
- Jul 7, 2003
- 11,876
If you think you are being mugged by the club then I submit that you have never actually been mugged - the two are about as different experiences as you're likely to get.
Milked not mugged, but that has just meant I haven't purchased the new shirt (which i would have worn with pride during football training, but last years is still good to go with a better sponsor logo) and I no longer buy food or drink on concourse. I have a budget, I wont go over that. If I thought I was getting value for money then i would be persuaded to stretch that budget. I feel my season ticket gives me value for money, I enjoy the rollercoaster that is the Albion win or lose, but i don't have to spend money on substandard services elsewhere around the stadium.
Frampler
New member
Football fans in general are constantly mugged to pay the ever-increasing wages of mediocre players, and the dodgy payments that their agents demand. I don't see how the Albion has any choice other than to charge the prices it does when it's spending 90% of turnover on wages - the business is losing money, and needs to increase revenue to curb those losses.
Ryman Premier, one below the Conference South.
Cheeky Monkey
Well-known member
- Jul 17, 2003
- 23,879
Hull v Stoke this weekend in the Premiership is £16 per adult ticket ANYWHERE in the stadium, with concessions priced at £5-£10. I know it's not a glory fixture as such, but then neither, for my money was Sheffield Wednesday, for which our cheapest ticket was £30.
Guy Fawkes
The voice of treason
- Sep 29, 2007
- 8,297
When we 1st moved to the Amex, we would have been more than happy to have become an established Championship team and that is exactly what we have become. I don't get this throwing of toys out of the pram by some because we arn't a Premier League side and therefore we have been lied to / mugged / conned or whatever. I'm happy to watch Championship football at the Amex and don't think that reachhing the top flight has to be achieved at all costs.
If we want a competitive squad and a chance of promotion, then the club has to try to rasise this money from somewhere.
- we don't get parachute payments so this has to be matched from other sources if we want to compete
- Our commercial income doesn't match a parachute payment
- Where else can this income come from if not through match ticket prices / merchansising, food and drink, etc.
- We only have a guarenteed 23 home games a season in which to make this income, so with a limited timescale our opportunities are limited.
- We have to employ staff even when the game is on and they are left standing around doing nothing (catering staff) this is still an overhead and therefore has to be recovered through the prices charged before anyone can make a profit (shops tend to only have staff working when open and generating an income)
- We still have operating overheads that don't disappear (lighting, maintainance, etc)
If those who want a competitive squad and compete with the teams with parachute payments, who want us to go up. - How else can the club fund this if not throuugh higher costing food / drink / merchandise / tickets, etc?
It amazes me how many want us to be in the top flight and are very vocal about this but equally vocal about boycotting the clubs sources of income generation (food / drink, etc) which would be used to fund their dream. They seem to think that we arn't being susidised enough already by Tony Bloom, and he should throw even more money into the club to cut the cost for us fans even further whilst providing a very competitive squad with promotion a realistic target. (Its a bit like wanting the top of the range Laptop from PC World, only being willing to pay the price for the cheapest laptop and expecting PC World to make up the difference in price and if we don't get this, we will boycott them and feel we are being ripped off)
If we want a competitive squad and a chance of promotion, then the club has to try to rasise this money from somewhere.
- we don't get parachute payments so this has to be matched from other sources if we want to compete
- Our commercial income doesn't match a parachute payment
- Where else can this income come from if not through match ticket prices / merchansising, food and drink, etc.
- We only have a guarenteed 23 home games a season in which to make this income, so with a limited timescale our opportunities are limited.
- We have to employ staff even when the game is on and they are left standing around doing nothing (catering staff) this is still an overhead and therefore has to be recovered through the prices charged before anyone can make a profit (shops tend to only have staff working when open and generating an income)
- We still have operating overheads that don't disappear (lighting, maintainance, etc)
If those who want a competitive squad and compete with the teams with parachute payments, who want us to go up. - How else can the club fund this if not throuugh higher costing food / drink / merchandise / tickets, etc?
It amazes me how many want us to be in the top flight and are very vocal about this but equally vocal about boycotting the clubs sources of income generation (food / drink, etc) which would be used to fund their dream. They seem to think that we arn't being susidised enough already by Tony Bloom, and he should throw even more money into the club to cut the cost for us fans even further whilst providing a very competitive squad with promotion a realistic target. (Its a bit like wanting the top of the range Laptop from PC World, only being willing to pay the price for the cheapest laptop and expecting PC World to make up the difference in price and if we don't get this, we will boycott them and feel we are being ripped off)
P.C. Beard
Member
- Aug 8, 2011
- 41
I paid £2.60 for 9 chips, whatever way you spin in that's a rip off.