ewe2
Well-known member
The club have got this one wrong.
I bet some people will pay it though - and I bet some will say that those people who are complaining are just moaners who should just shut up and support the club FFSIf anybody pays this, they're letting down the whole fanbase.
I understand the club has to make money. I get it. The Championship is expensive. I can even (just about) tolerate them pricing a £10 Nike teamwear shirt at £45. We've sacrificed any kind of caring about quality/design/individuality for the sake of "Nike shifts units, so **** everything else". Fair enough. That's football.
But to target a group of people so important to the club. To take something aimed at KIDS. To take something which is free, charging £250 per PERSON and chucking in a programme for good measure. That is 100% taking the royal piss out of fans. But worse, it's a sign that somewhere in the club, there's somebody who thinks they can milk the fans for all they possibly can and sod the consequences for those who can't afford it.
It's families FFS.
Those of us who battled to get the Club to agree to Dick's Bar opening on match days will have something to say if it is taken away from us.There may also be a waiting list of supporters for a 1901 lounge which the club thought they could create a space for such supporters. Financial it makes sense as all of those who previously used this bar have alternative options in their respective concourses just without the seating.
I wouldn't be suprised if they closed Dicks bar and ushered those fans into a concourse.
As supporters we have got a plush new stadium with incredible facilities which hardly any other general supporters would have free access to at many other stadiums across the country
Those of us who battled to get the Club to agree to Dick's Bar opening on match days will have something to say if it is taken away from us.
Seems a shame, it was a pleasure to take my son in there following the 4 hour car journey from Wales. We'll use the Swan now instead.
Nice one BHAFC.
I'm not paying a fee to enter when you can get a decent pint and burger across the road. If it's still free to use I'll use it.i may have missed something, you will not go there because the club is charging a fee to reserve a place? or are they actually charging entry now (not said in the article)
So post-match families can go in an ( improved ? ) East Stand bar no matter where they sit in the ground.
No idea I don't go out of my way to try and get in the family stand bar with likely kids running around.They always could though, couldn't they?
I think the reaction to this need to be tempered with asking how many free supporters bars has the club provided to fans in its entire history?
Having 1 these days must be quite unique in itself, even back in the day supporters club bars at stadium were rare, especially just bowling up like at Dicks.
So to provide 2 bars for free on match days is probably unique throughout football, coupled with keeping concourses open well after games - we must surely be one of the most fan friendly clubs in the country in that regard.
I'm not sure where £250 comes from, and for me massively expensive, but I can understand it, and respect people who were using it for free. However given the above can't say I'm either angry or surprised. We still offer more than this club has ever done in its history. Live bands and drinks outside, Dicks bar, concourses - we are a spoilt bunch if you step back.
This with Whistles and Bells on it, we are spoils as fans and unfortunately not many clubs do anywhere near as much for their fans as we get. It only takes a few trips to away grounds to see how good we have it
This with Whistles and Bells on it, we are spoils as fans and unfortunately not many clubs do anywhere near as much for their fans as we get. It only takes a few trips to away grounds to see how good we have it