Is it just me or is this "example" being set by some clubs of reducing ticket prices just a big PR exercise? It is season tickets that are being reduced in price, and if you can't afford a ?33 ticket 5 or 6 times a season how is reducing or freezing a ?600-1200 season ticket going to help? It's particularly odd when you consider teams such as Tottenham have waiting lists for season tickets as the number issued each year is controlled in order that ordinary club members, i.e. those who can't afford season tickets, can go to games. Yes, Tottenham could state it was reducing or freezing season ticket prices but last years holders would be the only people to benefit, and i don't think this is the point of the "cheaper ticket" campaign. It is all very well jumping on the price freeze bandwagon but what is the real issue here? yes tickets cost but if i want my team to compete at the highest level it needs revenue, and as it stands our stadium is near to capacity every week, cheaper tickets is not going to help me get to more games i struggle to get them as it is. Yes, it would be nice if my tickets were cheaper but then what would i be sacrificing? I don't want a new foreign billionaire owner who doesn't understand my club or a new stadium named after a sponsor so my last refuge is the knowledge that every single overpriced seat is sold and the money is going to the club i have loved since i was a child.
Decent thread Ben, but you cannot justify why prices in England are so much more expensive than our European Counterparts. There's not much difference between La Liga and the Premier League and I would much rather watch Barcelona at The Nou Camp than Mansfield Town (The Sterling equivalent). Food, transport and even petrol prices are more closer to our European counterparts than Footy ticket prices. Is the Premier League really that good?
I appreciate the comment but can't get my head around the financial implications. Barcelona currently stands as the second richest football club in the world, it achieves this without a major shirt sponsor, in fact the club and its players donate money to UNICEF, which is featured on its first team kit. The Camp Nou has a capacity of nearly 99,000 which has a significant maintenance overhead and yet somehow manages to charge the same as Mansfield Town? I think i want their accountant!
While I agree that premiership football is expensive, I think your Mansfield-Barcelona comparison is way off. Mansfield prices are set at a static £16, whereas Barcelona vary their prices match by match i.e Non Members prices: Real Madrid £49-114 Deportivo £20-59 Mallorca £33-84 * all prices taken from Mansfield and Barca website Personally I support a non-league team ( £12 per match ), so perhaps someone else can compare the Barca prices to Premiership. I know some teams vary their prices and charge more when the Big Four visit.
I think it's a bit stingy varying the prices although i can see were their coming from. My Local team <font color=""Lime"">Plymouth Argyle</font> Lower their prices if it is on TV. E.g. sky sports. It's a pound for a kid if your with a paying adult. If it's not on tv then its 6 quid for an under-16 and 19 for an adult. This is how clubs should treat their fans IMO
