Good point well made. Though I'm not sure the City one is correct, they're amongst the cheapest season tickets in the league.
It is right. For all their moaning about the prices up the Arse, I don't think many Manchester City fans realise that they charge the likes of Arsenal, Liverpool, etc (the 'category A' sides) just shy of £55
Good point but are these different fans to those who want their team to sign the best players in the world and pay their massive wages We are not fans we are customers , if people pay the money then the tickets are not overpriced , the only way to make any point is stop buying the tickets
Sadly, it will be ignored as always. Those prats behind the scenes care of only one thing - money. If there is less coming in than before, then prices increase.
One of the most pointless threads i have seen. All business's are supply and demand, more people demand Man Utd tickets so surely their ticket prices are higher? This is a business to, and Big clubs will charge more, the banner would make more sense if it compared Wigan to someone who had a similar demand for tickets etc..... I know you hate Sky, but it makes sense, supply and demand.
Back in 2009, I was a student and twice paid £47 to watch us at Stamford Bridge. It's just not right. Had it not been for the fact that the first time was in our first Premier League season, and the second the opening game of our relegation season, I wouldn't have bothered If we go up, I'll probably do Swansea, Norwich and perhaps Southampton and Reading if they don't go down. They're the ones I've not been to out of the 20. Old Trafford would be tempting as I only went once, but it's an overpriced ****hole.
Football is too expensive across the board, but if we're comparing teams I think Arsenal and Liverpool are two of the only red herrings. Their fanbases are large and loyal enough that the clubs could probably sell out season tickets which work out at £90 per game, and the owners know it. For most other clubs, supply, demand and local factors work reasonably well in controlling prices (relative to other clubs at least). Fans of Manchester clubs and Chelsea willingly pay to watch their teams win things on a fairly regular basis, the bulk of that support have a large disposable income, but most of those people wouldn't pay top dollar if the success dried up. Wigan on the other hand is a relatively poor area with a well followed rugby team and located the shadow of more successful football teams, so it would be commercial suicide to significantly change prices regardless of how the team is doing.
