I'm in Scotland over the festive period and decided to watch Aberdeen play St. Johnstone. There are two things I want to discuss about this game; ex-Canaries and ticket prices. Firstly the game finished 2-0 to Aberdeen with the home side very much the better team and David Goodwillie scoring a fantastic acrobatic overhead kick in the first half and Aberdeen sealed the three points in injury time on the counter - something I would like to see us do. Aberdeen defender Ashley Taylor was outstanding and won man of the match (sign him up Neeyul). In St. Johnstone's starting 11 were two familiar names to me; Lee Croft and the legendary Simon Lappin. Lappin was easily their best player but was unable to prevent their defeat. It is good to see him getting first team football and I for one will always remember him as a true NCFC legend for his selfless service to the club. He popped up in all sorts of positions playing in central midfield, at left back and on the left wing over the course of the game. Reminded me of his versatility when he played for us. The ticket prices at Pittodrie were IMO much better value than those at Carrow Road. £20 for adults (30-35 for our game against Huddersfield) and a very reasonable £13 for students and under-18s down to £6 for under 12s. For many people ticket pricing is not an issue, but for me it is the single-biggest obstacle to me watching Norwich games. I only get to one or two games per season and for me £35 is a lot of money. On top of this I'm sure our ticket prices have got more expensive over the last couple of years. I am especially disappointed that after we drop down a division we don't lower our ticket prices. Of course with or without me Carrow Road will be full every time but I would love to watch games there more often, especially as streams can be hard to come by for Championship games. Watching Aberdeen play was much better value for me and the game was no less 'entertaining' to me for those to whom 'entertainment' is an issue. With regards to this it seems crazy to me that you could buy two or three tickets to watch Bayern Munich or Barcelona play for the price of a single ticket at Carrow Road. Norwich is my City and my team but I can't help but wonder why we (and many English teams) have to charge so much for match tickets.
I was at this game too (the OP is my brother!) and I agree about the ticket prices. The game was very entertaining despite the high numbers of long balls from both sides. Aberdeen have been my second team for my whole life having visited the city ~twice a year and until recently they were really struggling. Last time I saw them (same time last year) they were awful to watch and the ground was half empty with no atmosphere. Things have changed quite a bit; they play some nice stuff at times, the stadium was packed and the atmosphere was better then any Norwich match in my recent memory. Just goes to show how fast things can change in football!
Well, I originate from about 60 miles NW of Aberdeen and I supported them from a very early age - most of my mates at school supported either Rangers or Celtic. I watched every game of their cup run in '67 I think it was. I'm sure no Dons fan could ever forget their triumph in winning the Cup Winners Cup in '83 with none other than Alex Ferguson as their manager and with players such as Gordon Strachan, Willie Miller and Alex McLeish. I was deleighted to see them sitting at the top of the SPL (courtesy of Celtic's game being cancelled)!!!
