I can't remember if I paid £350 or £375 last season for my ST, but either way £390 is a rise and that is disappointing. Presumably the price will rise well over £400 if the Club wins promotion. I would have been happier seeing prices frozen.
It's all bull**** and the figures will be rejigged on a takeover, of that I am sure. Other than too many, but how many people will buy these tickets with the knowledge that we are being taken over?
Only if you go to them all. If it turns out that I've been jackassed by Roland I'll return to boycotting next season.
I think Elfs has got his big rod out today. Does “boycotting” include buying a programme every home game
Before my head ends up on a spike outside the Tower of London I will indeed be renewing my season ticket this weekend. Not trying to wind anybody up - remember Elfs did ask the question. Makes sense to me to renew before May when the prices could well go up again, and when I have something to do I tend to try to get it done promptly rather than leave it until later, because I am quite forgetful.
What's happened to all the anti Duchatelet diatribe that you came out with on here? As I have said,in the past,it is up to each individual to make their own decision to buy or not to buy, that is the question. @lardiman you have seemed to have had a transformation from Saul to Paul on the road to Damascus.
The last time I wore a Charlton shirt to a football match was our last game at Anfield before relegation. #donotwearcoloursasstopsyougettingboozersawayfromhome
Roland appears to be having trouble selling up, so you have to conclude there is a realistic chance of his still being here next season. In which case we know what to expect, the best players being sold and replaced with cheaper ones and loanees, little work being done at Sparrows Lane, and what little information does come out of the club lacking any shred of integrity. Whoever the manager is will be sawn off at the knees in January after being given false promises. I'm not paying for that, and if he does sell up after S/T prices go up I don't mind paying a bit extra.
Message from CARD. The Coalition Against Roland Duchatelet is urging Charlton fans to refuse to pay the club’s owner for his own incompetence by not renewing season tickets until the club is sold. The club today announced price increases of up to 35% for adults on a like-for-like basis with 2017/18, blaming “higher security and counter-terrorism requirements, inflation and the increase in the minimum wage”. A CARD spokesperson said: “The only things missing from this litany of excuses are Brexit and the weather. The club is running a huge operating loss because Duchatelet continues to waste vast amounts of money through his own abysmal management. Any cost increases are trivial by comparison. “Now supporters are being told they must stump up more to fund Duchatelet’s incompetence. With new owners that would be a price worth paying, but as it stands he will be making fools of fans if they renew now. “He is threatening people with increases, but just a week ago the club was saying that it didn’t even know if he would still be the owner by today. Now it has gone quiet on that again. It also claimed players could not be signed for fees in January because he was selling. What about the summer? How can fans take anything the club says seriously? “We want to see as many season-ticket holders as possible at The Valley under new owners, but we would urge people to hold on to their money until they can be sure it won’t be going to Duchatelet. Why reward him for the damage he has done?” Adult prices at The Valley have been increased by up to 14 per cent on last season, when they also came with the benefit of six months’ free access to Valley Pass – worth £36 – if renewed before the initial deadline. That means the rise is 35% on a like-for-like basis for an adult seated in the lower north stand or family stand. Fans in the cheapest blocks in the east and west stands are being asked to pay 13 per cent more than last season (25 per cent with the Valley Pass element). CARD said: “We recognise that many of Charlton’s prices are cheaper than at other clubs, but those clubs will have a chairman, a chief executive and a finance director. Duchatelet is saving far more by having no senior staff than he will raise with these increases.” “We would urge fans to hold off and wait to invest in the future, rather than pay him for his mistakes.”
An accurate summing-up of Roland's stewardship, but people have the right to make up their own mind how to spend their own money.
i dont care what CARD says, or what the club says. i wont buy one while roland is still here, that includes next season. in any event, mines only going to be £150 for anywhere in the ground thanks to the NUS gods.
