Man City Fans (some) refuse to pay £62 for this Sundays match at the Emirates v Arsenal

[Dick Knights Mumm]

I was going to make a slightly tongue-in-cheek comment about the higher prices, as for our FA Cup game against Newcastle, sorting out the 'customers' (who are influenced by price) from the 'fans' (who attend whatever), but I realise that that would have been even more unfair than I intended it to be! .

I suppose the problem would be the conclusion that the tourists (who pay regardless of price) are the 'fans' and the season ticket holders and other regulars who may baulk at some of the prices being the 'customers'.

 

[Herne Hill Seagull]

Granted, Macroblue, but even London will have a ceiling on prices. We're not the only ones in a recession so, for example, people already shelling out for a break in London will not necessarily be able to afford or stomach such prices on top of what they're already paying to come here. Eventually, the prices will pass a point at which they mean empty seats, even at Arsenal - even to the tourists, how many could they realistically expect to sell at £100 for, for example, Wigan on a Tuesday night? Man City's fans may just be in the vanguard of a fan response that will become more and more common.

 

[SussexHoop]

Man City are at Loftus Road at the end of January and have only taken the top tier of the away end. Tickets for the lower tier now on sale to QPR fans for a mere £50 which comes a few weeks after Spurs at £48 and a few weeks before Man U which I'm sure will be there or thereabouts. In between we've got Norwich at £28. Add on the cost of travel, food and drink and I'd be spending more on football than I do on my mortgage.

Perhaps the tide is turning.

 

[Elvis]

Man City are at Loftus Road at the end of January and have only taken the top tier of the away end. Tickets for the lower tier now on sale to QPR fans for a mere £50 which comes a few weeks after Spurs at £48 and a few weeks before Man U which I'm sure will be there or thereabouts. In between we've got Norwich at £28. Add on the cost of travel, food and drink and I'd be spending more on football than I do on my mortgage.

Perhaps the tide is turning.

You are not alone mate! I really fear that the matchday ticket price could ( if not already ) spiral out of control..

 

[Elvis]

Man City are at Loftus Road at the end of January and have only taken the top tier of the away end. Tickets for the lower tier now on sale to QPR fans for a mere £50 which comes a few weeks after Spurs at £48 and a few weeks before Man U which I'm sure will be there or thereabouts. In between we've got Norwich at £28. Add on the cost of travel, food and drink and I'd be spending more on football than I do on my mortgage.

Perhaps the tide is turning.

You are not alone mate! I really fear that the matchday ticket price could ( if not already ) spiral out of control..

 

[Freddie Goodwin.]

Helped by the amazing Amex, I've more or less given up away games. Great days out but really the whole day package of food, travel, drink & match is something I couldn't really justify.

 

[DanielT]

Did anyone just hear what one of the officials said as he shook hands with Lescott? i only heard a bit of it. i think the lino said "...paid £62 quid for that, go and ..."


Edit: just found out! "go and say thanks to them (their fans) they paid £62 quid for that."

 

[7:18]

I thought Ipswich away was pricey!

 

[1066familyman]

I thought Ipswich away was pricey!

Let's not confuse things...it was!

Hence why I gave it a miss this season having gone on that boiling hot October day last season.

 

[clapham_gull]

Financial fair play can't come soon enough but I'm very afraid that it will be simply be paid for by us.

Wages have to come down to something realistic. We all know what the problem is. It has nothing to do with pies.

 

[Elvis]

BBC News - BBC Sport Price of Football survey 2012

Interesting guide to club season ticket pricing!!

 

[smeariestbat]

BBC News - BBC Sport Price of Football survey 2012

Interesting guide to club season ticket pricing!!

so we have the most expensive pies in english football. But that is one tasty pastry!

 

[Albumen]

Did anyone just hear what one of the officials said as he shook hands with Lescott? i only heard a bit of it. i think the lino said "...paid £62 quid for that, go and ..."


Edit: just found out! "go and say thanks to them (their fans) they paid £62 quid for that."

Awesome! Lino to Lescott: clips - 101GG

 

[Superphil]

Financial fair play can't come soon enough but I'm very afraid that it will be simply be paid for by us.

Wages have to come down to something realistic. We all know what the problem is. It has nothing to do with pies.

What am I missing, what is the problem if it's not wages?

 

[BadFish]

Hmm have they complained about the amount they pay for and to their players? No, thought not. Their club is one of the reasons footballers are paid so much and why clubs have to charge a fortune for tickets. Trying to keep up with Man U, City and Chelsea without unlimited funding inevitably leads to higher ticket prices.

This, the hypocrisy deafening.

The whole thing needs sorting out from top to bottom, hopefully the financial fair play stuff with regulate wages and eventually reduce ticket prices (I assume their will be a hike before wages are reduced though.)

 

[BadFish]

Not really. If footballers were not paid such a ridiculous wage for kicking a ball around then the entire cost of tickets could be lowered across the leagues.

Especially if the figures were not skewed by super rich billionaires paying way over the odds and forcing all the other clubs to play catch up. The fact that a massive club like Arsenal are struggling to compete with wage demands should IMHO cause alarm bells to ring!