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Not this Sailor,I just love going out the Albion.
Pretty pink fairy
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Return of the Rev
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I put the entrance fee to football from the Goldstone 1975 into the inflation calculator and it would now be £6.05! Someones getting ripped probably tb and fans tbf.
Tooting Gull
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- Jul 5, 2003
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I get the issue of striking a balance with season ticket holders - but I'm afraid at the Albion some season ticket holders seem to have just got used to paying too much to watch Championship football. And you can't NOT try and regenerate support (essential) just to keep them happy. Without that affordable route to watching Albion, for mainly new but also existing fans, you are just storing up problems for the future support level.
The point is you shouldn't just charge the most you can, simply because you can get away with it. If you are a community club, and that means something rather than is just a mantra, you can't rule out large chunks of the community with your pricing.
This initiative is to be welcomed, and credit where it's due to the club. Prices, especially for individual matchday tickets, are way too high at Brighton even taking into account the travel element. I have been very critical of some of the pricing on here before, and frankly I'm surprised more aren't. Maybe it is the lack of any real competition nearby at Championship level or above, or some affluent areas in the region.
But not everyone is loaded in Sussex and people shouldn't have to pay £35 as an adult for a one-off match. It is too much, so this Flexi4 at £25 a match for an adult is a step in the right direction.
Personally I see this as another example of how the club are getting it right this season, on and off the pitch. They got it wrong last season in many ways, not just results, but it seems to me there have been some discussions at high level about how to do a lot of things better this season and this is one example.
The point is you shouldn't just charge the most you can, simply because you can get away with it. If you are a community club, and that means something rather than is just a mantra, you can't rule out large chunks of the community with your pricing.
This initiative is to be welcomed, and credit where it's due to the club. Prices, especially for individual matchday tickets, are way too high at Brighton even taking into account the travel element. I have been very critical of some of the pricing on here before, and frankly I'm surprised more aren't. Maybe it is the lack of any real competition nearby at Championship level or above, or some affluent areas in the region.
But not everyone is loaded in Sussex and people shouldn't have to pay £35 as an adult for a one-off match. It is too much, so this Flexi4 at £25 a match for an adult is a step in the right direction.
Personally I see this as another example of how the club are getting it right this season, on and off the pitch. They got it wrong last season in many ways, not just results, but it seems to me there have been some discussions at high level about how to do a lot of things better this season and this is one example.
- Jul 10, 2003
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Have you seen the price of Taylor Swift concert tickets ?
(Not that it matters to me because I never go to see her
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(Not that it matters to me because I never go to see her
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Return of the Rev
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The Birdman
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i think BG has a good point as the youngster may one day become season Ticket holders but famileys have huge pressure on incomes. I want more fans in our ground hate seeing empty seats.
The Merry Prankster
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I like this post very much.
Really?
My season ticket is £550, others pay £465. That is for 23 matches and includes train travel from Worthing, which would ordinarily cost £7.30 per match or £167.90 over the course of the season, meaning I'm paying £16.61 for my seat for each game. Those in the North Stand (and similar) who have the same sort of travel will be paying £12.92 per match. That's pretty reasonable for what we have, I think.
Tony Meolas Loan Spell
Slut Faced Whores
Carry on as we are and tickets will be like gold dust anyway!
In all seriousness tooting is spot on where not everyone can afford a season ticket. The monthly dd certainly helps me.
In all seriousness tooting is spot on where not everyone can afford a season ticket. The monthly dd certainly helps me.
Return of the Rev
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I now watch non league and worked out to contribute the same % of gate money at the Albion my ticket would have to be between £12500 and £15000! just a thought
I now watch non league and worked out to contribute the same % of gate money at the Albion my ticket would have to be between £12500 and £15000! just a thought
Get in touch with Paul Barber - I'm sure he'd be happy to make that arrangement for you.
Pork Knuckle Pete
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- Nov 1, 2010
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So, this latest club initiative has reduced prices but still stops Das Reich going to matches. Have I got this right?
Bold Seagull
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Championship football and football in general is too expensive for fans, but it needs football to address this, not individual clubs.
If BHA took a lone stand on revenue, then we'd have a less able squad, a less competitive squad.
In comparison to other clubs at this level we are a tad expensive, but not excessively so. It will need a collective stand to make football affordable.
If BHA took a lone stand on revenue, then we'd have a less able squad, a less competitive squad.
In comparison to other clubs at this level we are a tad expensive, but not excessively so. It will need a collective stand to make football affordable.
nwgull
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Sounds like they've struck a perfect balance, eh?
Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
I now watch non league and worked out to contribute the same % of gate money at the Albion my ticket would have to be between £12500 and £15000! just a thought
Conference South prices are around £12 - £16 per match these days.
Return of the Rev
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I'm sure he would
If he could confirm travel from my front door to inside the ground in 10 minutes and complete freedom to watch from any part of the ground would be nice,plus assurances that my money would not be thrown at some cocky little blighter for one weeks work i'm in
Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
I'm sure he would
You obviously don't watch Whitehawk then!!!
Not far off what the match price works out at, travel excluded, at the Amex......Burgess Hill games are £10. I don't think we are being ripped off really (and we all have a choice)
Tooting Gull
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- Jul 5, 2003
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But you're just thinking about you - and this is the problem. If you live, or can travel from, the optimum place (ie at the edge of the zone), and you can afford a season ticket, you aren't doing too badly. But thousands of fans, or potential fans, don't. They live closer, or further away, and the actual matchday ticket price is key. You haven't included the individual matchday prices in your calculations, and you need to. Geography is also a factor.