DarrenFreemansPerm
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Criminally this is the ultimate nail on the head.
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Paul Barber speaks out on bus price increase etc
- Thread starter Brighton Breezy
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Criminally this is the ultimate nail on the head.
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
FFP = Rip the supporters off, no more, no less. It was meant to be a means to curtail playing budget and transfer fees not stripe the fans to the bone
portslade seagull
Well-known member
Did you not pay for your own travel to the Goldstone RIP or the Withdean ??
Return of the Rev
Well-known member
As a protest i will be leaving games on 75 minutes this season
supaseagull
Well-known member
Absolutely spot on.
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
As a protest i will be leaving games on 75 minutes this season
the earlier u leave the easier it will be to spot you lol
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
you have stripes on your bones too? impressive
supaseagull
Well-known member
Travel to and from games was included in the ticket prices when we were at Withdean.
The goldstone shut 16 years ago...we've had two recessions since then so it's incomparable.
Return of the Rev
Well-known member
I will be wearing my duck flowered shoes and my pepper smelling hat
And my t-shirt which says"THE HONEYMOON IS OVER"
And what were ticket prices like at those 2 stadiums? Much more reasonable. Being asked to pay the scandalous ticket prices, a mandatory booking fee AND travel to and from the ground IS going to price people out of attending. And then the club WILL be losing out big time.
clapham_gull
Legacy Fan
- Aug 20, 2003
- 25,877
You can't withdraw permission it's too late. But you can enforce a planning condition.
Grombleton
Surrounded by <div>s
- Dec 31, 2011
- 7,356
This. When did people get soft? I totally understand that the club seem to be pushing costs onto the fans, but this is something that has been generously sorted by the club in the past, so it's only going back to how things were.
It's not perfect, but it's a leisure activity and the club doesn't owe us anything (it's a business, remember) and if it helps us stay within FFP, then it's (regrettably, in my view) got to be done.
Pavilionaire
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- Jul 7, 2003
- 31,269
If subsidising travel was a planning requirement for the stadium then plainly the notion of FFP wasn't factored in.
My personal experience is I drive from Ashington solo to the ground and park in the Bridge car park. So with the travel element of the season ticket that I don't use, plus the £13 a shot parking charge plus c. £9 for petrol that's £26 in travel costs for a 30-odd mile round trip.
My personal experience is I drive from Ashington solo to the ground and park in the Bridge car park. So with the travel element of the season ticket that I don't use, plus the £13 a shot parking charge plus c. £9 for petrol that's £26 in travel costs for a 30-odd mile round trip.
DarrenFreemansPerm
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Do we really need to pay Barber a handsome salary for his efforts, couldn't we just brainstorm the most sinister way to exploit fans and then
forward it on to the club. All in the name of FFP, of course
forward it on to the club. All in the name of FFP, of course
Sheebo
Well-known member
- Jul 13, 2003
- 29,319
Absolutely spot on.
clapham_gull
Legacy Fan
- Aug 20, 2003
- 25,877
We all know what the problem is, will the football industry ever wake up to it.
The inflated salaries demanded by players and agents appear protected in the face of either recessional factors or financial conditions of membership like FFP.
It's not just the owners fleecing us, let's face it. It's the players and it's time the fans woke up to it.
The inflated salaries demanded by players and agents appear protected in the face of either recessional factors or financial conditions of membership like FFP.
It's not just the owners fleecing us, let's face it. It's the players and it's time the fans woke up to it.
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Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
It will when it is too late
The use of sustainable public transport was part of the planning application, but I don't believe that 'subsidised' travel was a condition (even though it was part of the ticket price at Withdean).
The cost of the deal with B&H buses was always unsustainably high, and the club would never have met the costs unless we were all charged a ridiculous levy, so this was always going to happen.
That said, the clubs PR is coming across as bloody awful at the moment - and somebody needs to get a grip of it, because the corporate bollocks we kept getting fed at the moment is not going to wash for long.
The cost of the deal with B&H buses was always unsustainably high, and the club would never have met the costs unless we were all charged a ridiculous levy, so this was always going to happen.
That said, the clubs PR is coming across as bloody awful at the moment - and somebody needs to get a grip of it, because the corporate bollocks we kept getting fed at the moment is not going to wash for long.
Albion Dan
Banned
When you consider that the total club saving from the new bus charge is probably about £300k, then consider that is just over half a year of Ryan Harleys wages......
I hope the club make sure their signings really count this year, we certainly cant afford to carry passengers, and certainly need some kids coming through.
I hope the club make sure their signings really count this year, we certainly cant afford to carry passengers, and certainly need some kids coming through.
beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
- 36,019
i know your're technically right, but theres no provision to actually make that the objective is there? like having wages and other playing side costs capped at a % of revenue?
on the other hand, they have excluded things like capital expediture, for stadiums and training facilites exempt from the sums right? for most clubs this travel thing isnt an issue as they never had a subsidy, so we are an edge case the rules didnt allow for.