i have been having discussions today with several football fans of premiership clubs,spurs arsenal chelsea qpr and all of them i have known for donkeys years, and i was amazed to hear that after being season ticket holders for twenty odd years they have all had enough of being ripped off by their respective clubs.take a look at at englands wembley world cup qualifier and see how many seats were empty around the ground ,has the bubble burst or is it the recession hitting home.a lot of these fans have followed their clubs home and away as well as in europe and have now had enough.is it time for the fa and or the clubs to finally wake up and realise that the working class can no longer afford to watch 3 games a week ,what with the price of tickets ,travel etc is it now time that football comes into the real world and finally realises that us football fans have had enough or am i dreaming that the crowds are dwindling.
i think there is one simple answer - ticket prices are FAR too high! it costs £21 for an adult to watch wycombe, a lot more compared to other types of entertainment out there. with unemployment on a high people just dont have the money, and after the olympics many are becoming fed up wiht football and footballers attitude. i still think the easy way is to drop the prices to attract back occasional fans to clubs like wycombe and to allow loyal fans to afford to follow
Prices do seem ridiculously high.. I suppose they will charge whatever they can get for admissions. If they halve the prices they will need to double the attendance. That won't happen so it's a case of finding that price that brings in the most income. Maybe if footballers didn't get paid such ridiculously high wages ...................
I know a lot of people who are fed up with watching football because it's no longer a contact sport and fouls get given for a shoulder barge and players like Ronaldo and Ashley young havn't helped with diving(or cheating?)to win cheap free kicks and penalties.I'll stop now as i'm getting angry!
I was watching Gordon Taylor chief exec of the PFA on hardtalk and he didnt seem to give a t*ss that players wages were taking such a huge proportion of footballs turnover.
I was surprised that he didnt understand that if clubs are going to the wall because of the wage bill they are unable to employ players .You wont get the goose to carry on laying golden eggs by squeezing it to death.
Problem is many players / officials in the game are so financially comfortable already that they are not even bothered if things implode in the next 5 or 10 years. Those with major influence can probably already afford to never work again or could adapt their finances within a year or so to accomodate it. I read a survey recently, which showed the average annual wage to be £26,500. The average League 2 wage is approx double that figure. I am not saying that at our level it is disproportionate bearing in mind the length of a footballing career. Sadly it is only those on £!00k a week that get the column inches and what do they care!
