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West Ham Fan's letter to the board.
- Thread starter surrey jim
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bhaexpress
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According to the BBC Ricky Hatton has cancelled his box at Man City after they hiked the price from £22,000 to £39,000. One of these days Premier league clubs might realise that there's a limit to how many times they can rip their fans off. We shouldn't get smug though as the same sort of thing could happen here. Whilst we have a rich and generous benefactor Man City have a vastly more wealthy benefactor.
All the time Premier fans are wiling to accept the prices they're asked to pay then more fool them. A lot of people won't go to Withdean because of the cost, could Falmer have the same problem down the road ?
All the time Premier fans are wiling to accept the prices they're asked to pay then more fool them. A lot of people won't go to Withdean because of the cost, could Falmer have the same problem down the road ?
Barry Izbak
U.T.A.
Spot on.
However, whilst Premiership prices are disgusting, they are not unjustifiable because all the time they are selling out the stadium at £50 a ticket, why would they sell the same seats for £30?
I know a West Ham fan who gave his son a choice between a replica shirt and a match ticket for his 9th birthday. The sensible kid chose the shirt "because that would last all season and West Ham would probably lose anyway".
sir albion
New member
The average wage here in reading is 34k but hey you wouldn't think that and im sure its bollocks
Its very worrying how clubs get away with silly prices in such hard times
Its always been a lower to middle class sport and saly its changing.
Its very worrying how clubs get away with silly prices in such hard times
Its always been a lower to middle class sport and saly its changing.
Buzzer
Languidly Clinical
- Oct 1, 2006
- 26,121
"He could of brought"
Honestly, I don't mean to be mean but I'm genuinely gobsmacked.
bhaexpress
New member
I would think that if they condescend to reply at all the writer will get a patronising couple of paragraphs packed with total bullshit.
Its always been a lower to middle class sport and saly its changing.
I cannot talk for the Premiership but IMHO I dont think the class of football has changed or is changing that much in the Football League. The game has certainly sifted out the monied 'lower to middle class', but this is all.
surrey jim
Not in Surrey
- Thread starter
- #49
Whilst we're talking about wages, Our last regime (the icelandics) did some survey and worked out that the annual wage of the average WHU supporter was £60k pa. Maybe they were getting a bit muddled with the average IQ of a WH supporter...60 !!!!
Is it average wage of a fan or a supporter who goes regularly? and with regards income how many are being honest about income? I know I never am
Barrel of Fun
Abort, retry, fail
Just out of interest - why do you say that? One could argue that if they didn't get the money from Sky then the admission prices would be higher to cover the shortfall.
I'm NOT saying you're wrong BTW, but I'm abivalent towards Sky, I don't think they're the Great Satan that some people think they are.
PS - Yes I am a subscriber, but I don't watch the Premiership!
Lincoln Imp
Well-known member
- Feb 2, 2009
- 5,964
If born and bred West Ham supporters are having to pay these prices just to follow a team they have some connection with then I feel very sorry for them. If they live in Sussex and have no connection with WHU apart from the fact that they like to pose around wearing Upton Park merchandise whilst telling the world they are true football experts and going to one or two games a year then the more they pay the better as far as I'm concerned.
The Spanish
Well-known member
i think you will find a lot of the 'Dockland and City Folk' are west ham fans already without being tapped into. Where do you think West Ham fans work? Pie and mash shops and in black cabs?
Exactly right. So this bloke thinks it is too expensive? Oh well, that frees up a couple of seats for those who don't. Sadly, there are still plenty of premierleague fans willing to pay over the odds. Until people stay away, prices will continue to rise. I expect these prices will seem cheap in a couple of years (unless it all goes tits up before then, of course. Here's hoping).
And petrol. But you're right: the tickets are that price because they can sell them at that price. After all if you're a 'loyal fan' you'll pay whatever it costs to watch your team. (Ditto spending £40-odd every couple of years on £2 worth of sweatshop-produced nylon. Triple that if you're going to buy home, away and 'change' shirts)
Hopefully there will come a point when football fans realise that if it is so obscenely expensive, they won't actually go any more.
Something fairly drastic needs to happen with regards to the way the game is structured in order for it to change, and that will only come about after a season or two of declining gates at the highest level.
Whining on an internet blog isn't going to have an awful lot of impact, but collectively not bothering to go to a game might.
Something fairly drastic needs to happen with regards to the way the game is structured in order for it to change, and that will only come about after a season or two of declining gates at the highest level.
Whining on an internet blog isn't going to have an awful lot of impact, but collectively not bothering to go to a game might.
We all admire your personal sacrifice, in being at the very VANGUARD of this protest, over the last three years
Tony Meolas Loan Spell
Slut Faced Whores
We all admire your personal sacrifice, in being at the very VANGUARD of this protest, over the last three years
bhaexpress
New member
Well done, I'm glad somebody got the point !
sydney
tinky ****in winky
you don't watch the premiership.....f*** me you are one weird mother ain't ya...
fair play to the bloke for taking the time to write the letter BTW.