Price of Football

[TightEnd]

If you pay on the day at Southend Utd, an adult has to fork out £22 to watch some dire hoofball.

But you do get to see rastafish junior in action.

I can't help but wonder what his goal-celebration might be like...

Who is rastafish junior, may I ask?

Gavin Tomlin, see video above

Now of Southend

[Doobs]

I think Footy in this country is at a real tipping point, no longer (for me anyway) can you just casually go watch a football game without having to think about the costs for you. Fans seem to be getting dissatisfied with pricing, players, clubs in general and less willing to accept the crap fans have had to take over the years. Until the wage cap is brought in and pricing of tickets for working class families is more a level that does not break the bank crowds will keep declining and the makeup of supporters attending the games will keep evolving away from the traditional ones we say 20 years ago (Roy Keane spoke about this famously I seem to recall).

Take away the Bates thing at Leeds, the cost of me going to see Leeds with any member of my family or children is a days wage. The cost to see the World and English Rugby league champions the Leeds Rhinos is roughly 3 days wages for the WHOLE season with my two kids included for next to nothing!  No brainier for me, my guess is more and more football fans seek out other sports to get their fix as a cheaper alternative.

Bradford City £200 a season.  Fiver for under 11s.  Come over to the dark side

[Acidmouse]

I think Footy in this country is at a real tipping point, no longer (for me anyway) can you just casually go watch a football game without having to think about the costs for you. Fans seem to be getting dissatisfied with pricing, players, clubs in general and less willing to accept the crap fans have had to take over the years. Until the wage cap is brought in and pricing of tickets for working class families is more a level that does not break the bank crowds will keep declining and the makeup of supporters attending the games will keep evolving away from the traditional ones we say 20 years ago (Roy Keane spoke about this famously I seem to recall).

Take away the Bates thing at Leeds, the cost of me going to see Leeds with any member of my family or children is a days wage. The cost to see the World and English Rugby league champions the Leeds Rhinos is roughly 3 days wages for the WHOLE season with my two kids included for next to nothing!  No brainier for me, my guess is more and more football fans seek out other sports to get their fix as a cheaper alternative.

Bradford City £200 a season.  Fiver for under 11s.  Come over to the dark side

I have been a few times since Parkinson took over, hes a good friend of my uncles so we get freebies lol..

[Royal Flush]

Maybe if ticket prices go up enough we can price out the thugs and be allowed to enjoy a drink whilst watching our national sport again?

[TightEnd]

Maybe if ticket prices go up enough we can price out the thugs and be allowed to enjoy a drink whilst watching our national sport again?

pricing out families far more

the thugs will always find a way to go.

[Acidmouse]

Maybe if ticket prices go up enough we can price out the thugs and be allowed to enjoy a drink whilst watching our national sport again?

are thugs poor?

[class]

If you pay on the day at Southend Utd, an adult has to fork out £22 to watch some dire hoofball.

But you do get to see rastafish junior in action.

I can't help but wonder what his goal-celebration might be like...

Who is rastafish junior, may I ask?

Gavin Tomlin, see video above

Now of Southend

I thought that was the case, but did not want to assume!

He is due a goal soon, it's definitely not through the want of trying from what I've seen of him at Roots Hall!

[Snowball]

It's no wonder the atmosphere at games in the Premiership are so poor, the working class man has been priced out of it.

[DungBeetle]

Meh - whoever said supply and demand is spot on.  If the stadiums were half full then prices would plummet, mainly because Sky won't pay top dollar for games if there is no stadium atmosphere.

[TightEnd]

http://leesohproppingupthebar.wordpress.com/2012/10/18/is-football-socially-cleansing-the-game/

[Doobs]

 

http://leesohproppingupthebar.wordpress.com/2012/10/18/is-football-socially-cleansing-the-game/

He lost me right at the start. 

[Woodsey]

http://leesohproppingupthebar.wordpress.com/2012/10/18/is-football-socially-cleansing-the-game/

Who cares as long as the chavs don't turn up at rugby or cricket 

[horseplayer]

yep the good old days

racism at a large percentage of games vile language and a decent chance of being beaten up if you happened to look at somebody in the wrong way

[Tal]

yep the good old days

racism at a large percentage of games vile language and a decent chance of being beaten up if you happened to look at somebody in the wrong way

...but enough about the dressing room at Stamford Bridge...

[Sheriff Fatman]

On Saturday, I shall be heading down to The Valley with a group of mates for Charlton vs Barnsley which, due to a promotion for that game, is costing £5 per adult ticket.  Add on the £28 return train fare from Leeds to London and it's still cheaper than the £36 that I refused to pay at Elland Road a couple of weeks ago.

I'm not the only one who made a similar decision - I think we'll take a bigger away support to Charlton than we did to Leeds, which would be ludicrous if equally priced.  It just goes to show the impact of pricing and it's ironic that we've had consecutive games which are at the opposite extremes of the scale.