Here we go again - off again at a tangent on one irrelevent point as to whether you make more money on food than you would getting an extra £10 a head out of 500 people. I repeat for the umpteenth time that is not my main point. I accept the PR points, the benefits to our fans etc etc and whilst I agree with Munky, as I think most would, that we would get 20k+ if not a full house at £20 a head, that is just another point regarding not maximising a profit potential. You consistently side step my original main point on the reason why I think the pricing is illogical so I make it again. Isn't it illogical that I would have to spend more to sit down and watch Lowestoft v Lewes in the Ryman League on Saturday than I will to watch a Premiership side in the 4th round of the FA Cup the following week?
well go and watch lowie then if you're so unhappy that you feel cheated at having to pay £10 LESS than you think you should unbelievable.
All a bit bizarre, this. The club get pilloried for charging £30 to see Spurs in the CO cup, then kicked in the gonads for (only) charging £10 to see Luton in the early rounds of another cup competition. I'm afraid, Mr McNally, you can't please all of the people all of the time!
I think it is odd 1950, but I think everyone realises it's not a long term change - more a one-off gesture and not something to get too stressed about.
the reason it is illogical is because lowestoft charge at least £10 too much to watch a level 7 football match. i've played at the equivalent to level 9 myself and there's no way i'd pay anywhere near that kind of money to watch someone as poor as me! norwich v luton at £10 is brilliant value for money. norwich v man city for £25 (season ticket value per game) is excellent value for money. norwich v man city for £60 is not good value for money (which is why many fans complained) and neither is norwich v luton at £20+. i repeat - they are a non-league side. luton fans may think that they'd pay any price at all to watch a premier league team against their side but the vast majority of the fans who will be in attendance that day will be home fans. we look after ourselves first and foremost - not luton. and can i just say that i'm absolutely staggered that this decision by mcnally has alienated some fans. you don't know when you're onto a good thing, you really don't. cromer is right - you can't please all the people all the time.
I see some Luton fans are saying it's too cheap as well, as had the ticket price been higher, then Luton would have earned more from it. Good decision by DM and co IMO!!!
if luton fans are so upset by this, how about they all pay an extra tenner themselves, direct to their own club? deal? would certainly be interesting to see how many of their fans do so. likewise, let OUR fans do it. i reckon less than 20% of away fans would pay the extra and 1% of home fans would bother.
Morecambe offered FREE admission to home fans for their match with the Daggers on Tuesday - they got 4,029, the highest of the season by a margin. Yet the stadium holds (according to wiki) 6,476 ?! Why no full house?
their grounds too big for them! nice little stadium by the way - not seen a game there yet but had a look around.
Great idea - they could also go to more games and would increase their normal revenue, as opposed to basing it all on an FA Cup run.
no way?! talked that up. lets see how generous their fans feel now shall we? and as JR says above, if they feel that hurt by the pricing then why not go to a few more games rather than just the one against the premier league club? really annoys me how fickle these people are...
interesting piece on ticket prices in general: http://thetwounfortunates.com/revis...utm_campaign=revisiting-the-price-of-football especially fascinating when you see how much cheaper premier league clubs could afford to charge ticket prices at next season yet still reap the same income from each match. i bet that doesn't happen though...!
