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[Football] Higher away ticket prices next season







Neville's Breakfast

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If it does happen it's such a p**s take considering all the cost of living problems

It could be argued that football is a luxury, and away games even more so. The ticket cost is often quite a small component of the total cost of the day. Clubs might, for this reason, take a chance on increasing prices. It would though be a risky commercial decision. It’s not a piss take though because you can choose not to go to football whereas you can’t choose not to eat or heat your house.
 


chaileyjem

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It could be argued that football is a luxury, and away games even more so. The ticket cost is often quite a small component of the total cost of the day. Clubs might, for this reason, take a chance on increasing prices. It would though be a risky commercial decision. It’s not a piss take though because you can choose not to go to football whereas you can’t choose not to eat or heat your house.

The £30 cap is going to be confirmed (again) at the next shareholders meeting, and Albion froze their season tickets for next season even with high inflation. Perhaps they are already too high but Albion at least really aren’t taking a chance on increasing prices…this thread title is very misleading.
 


Neville's Breakfast

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The £30 cap is going to be confirmed (again) at the next shareholders meeting, and Albion froze their season tickets for next season even with high inflation. Perhaps they are already too high but Albion at least really aren’t taking a chance on increasing prices…this thread title is very misleading.

Indeed. I was just doing a ‘what if’ to the fake news.
 






nickbrighton

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and a simple "?" at the end of the thread title would have made it accurate, but less provocative.
 


Wardy's twin

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As in previous seasons - so to suggest it’s “dwindling “ is not correct.

I suspect there has been some dwindling but that probably started after year 1 or 2 i.e. pretty sure we took 3k to Liverpool, Manu and City in the first year in PL but not last year, though I would have thought our away attendances rose a bit last year.
 














drew

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I suspect there has been some dwindling but that probably started after year 1 or 2 i.e. pretty sure we took 3k to Liverpool, Manu and City in the first year in PL but not last year, though I would have thought our away attendances rose a bit last year.

Both Man U and Man C were rearranged to mid week fixtures last season which would have a huge bearing on sales.
 


Guinness Boy

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Train prices are a bigger constraint.

This. The trains for Leeds were absolutely ridiculous otherwise we would have gone. I don't currently drive and my lad is sick on coaches, but I've always gone either on trains or, sometimes in the old days, in a minibus with a group of mates. Even split tickets worked out over £200 for me and the lad together.

Unless you're an uber fan in the top tier there's no point booking train tickets before the points bands come out, by when all the cheap offers are gone.
 


BN41Albion

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In London we sold out but elsewhere up north like leeds, wolves, Leicester etc, we sold out a reduced allocation

Ah I get you. I don't travel away much anymore but I remember a fair amount of grumbling about barber taking a reduced allocation when we couldve sold more, though!
 




drew

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This. The trains for Leeds were absolutely ridiculous otherwise we would have gone. I don't currently drive and my lad is sick on coaches, but I've always gone either on trains or, sometimes in the old days, in a minibus with a group of mates. Even split tickets worked out over £200 for me and the lad together.

Unless you're an uber fan in the top tier there's no point booking train tickets before the points bands come out, by when all the cheap offers are gone.

£200? We went via Doncaster and cost from KX was about £55. Add in about £12 for the return to KX on Thameslink. That said, I agree trains direct to Leeds were a lot more.
 


Guinness Boy

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£200? We went via Doncaster and cost from KX was about £55. Add in about £12 for the return to KX on Thameslink. That said, I agree trains direct to Leeds were a lot more.

Interesting. I only planned a direct route. I'll have to get a bit more creative on split tickets and trainline.

That said, you seem to go everywhere, so presumably booked those early, and doubling both of those, because there's two of us, is nearly £140. Can't do that week in, week out.
 


drew

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Interesting. I only planned a direct route. I'll have to get a bit more creative on split tickets and trainline.

That said, you seem to go everywhere, so presumably booked those early, and doubling both of those, because there's two of us, is nearly £140. Can't do that week in, week out.

We do travel to most but in terms of booking, we book when we know we've got match tickets which is about a month before. In the good old days you could book advance tickets three months prior to a game but too many get rearranged now.

That said, this year has been pretty dire for train travel as, apart from the London games, I can't think of one away journey that hasn't been affected by engineering works.
 


Doonhamer7

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We've come to the end of the season and with no confirmation of the £30 cap being renewed beyond This season, I'm assuming we might have to pay a lot more for away games next season.

Huge shame if this is the case, our away support recently has been dwindling a little bit so this could shatter the away attendances for us and all around the pl

note: title is misleading apologies and anyway looks like ticket prices will remain the same as per other posters

I don’t think a Say £5 increase is going to ‘shatter’ the away attendances those that want to go to an away game (drink a pint less saves the money) - cost of getting there and other cost of living will have a bigger impact
 




drew

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I don’t think a Say £5 increase is going to ‘shatter’ the away attendances those that want to go to an away game (drink a pint less saves the money) - cost of getting there and other cost of living will have a bigger impact

£5 a pint! I'm guessing you've not bought a round in Burnley!!!
 




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