You might have heard that yesterday Brentford were doing a "pay what you want" day with half the money going to charity(I think) although unfortunately the game got called off. A friend got me the ticket and paid £15 each for them which seems a decent price to pay for a football match. If I'm honest I'd have probably paid a tenner and then got a program some food and a drink to lessen my guilt. So anyway, if you were able to pay what you wanted at Spurs how much would you think is fair to pay? Would you pay different prices for seating in different areas? I think £20 is a fair price for Premier League football and maybe stretch to 30 for East stand seats and £50 if you want to sit around the dugout in the West stand. Basically that leaves tickets very affordable whilst keeping the system of paying more if you want an extra like a better view or getting close to the bench. I feel like the cheaper tickets starting at over £30 now is too much, I know it's only a fiver more now but when you could get a ticket for £27 you didn't feel fleeced. Over to you...
honestly? a football match as a spectacle for me is worth about a tenner for the top teams..with a free programme thrown in. food a nice quid for a burger,pie etc. the argument of subsidising wages cant come into this as it is that reason alone why we get fleeced..if they got paid less we would pay less. Is the reason why i pick and choose my matches and go if and when it suits me. Sometimes i think football teams dont need their fans anymore..the players is what its about and the club as a money maker to feed the players bank accounts...the older i get the more cynical i get even about the things i love.
For the benefit of those who don't know, Spurs' ticket prices range from £32 up to a whopping £81. Depending on what category the game is, the cheapest is £32, £37 and £48 in the lower tier behind the goals and ascending to £47, £58 and £81 in the upper tier of the west stand. There are kids prices but these only apply to the north (Paxton) stand. Watching football is no longer a cheap hobby and I feel these prices are not geared towards the average family man who wants to take his kids to watch PL football. Initiatives like Brentford's are to be applauded and I believe the minimum asked for was £1 and advance ticket sales totalled just 500 short of their ground capacity. How much would I pay ?? I like to think if the normal fee was say £20, then I'd pay that.
based on this season for entertainment value, 7.99 with a free bagel, programme & 30% discount voucher in club shop.
I'll give thee thruppence for the cheaper seats, a shilling for the mid seats and might even stretch to half a crown to sit with the pilchard sarnie brigade.
Mention of the club shop reminds me, I was in there recently and can you believe they sell Tottenham Hotspur grass seed ! "Make your garden look like White Hart Lane" it says on the packet .
Don't like to remember how much my ticket costs but a colleague (not a member I think) picked up a couple of tickets for the Coventry FAC for £20 each which I thought was damn good value. PL and later FAC / EL games would obviously come in dearer, but not excessively so. So I guess I am in the same ball-park as YV.... BTW - Just bought tickets for a (not top level) rock concert in October at £60 each plus booking fees - now THAT is extortion!!
Blue square bet south,games are £10 to £12 pounds,for adult's,and some of the football they play is pretty good.
The difference at that level and the PL, is there are league rules on admission prices. There is a minimum and maximum clubs are allowed to charge and if a club wishes to do a special reduced prices like Brentford wanted, they have to get permission from the league.
I don't think GBP 50.00 for a Premier League match is unreasonable these days, especially when you compare the price to a West End show or a top concert.
Ok then. When I started going to WHL, from memory, I think entrance for kids was 1s 3d just over 6 pence in today's money.
Maybe from your perspective or mine it isn't THFC but for many football fans on min. wage this is close to 25% of their weeks salary just for ONE ticket, so no chance to take their family. Football is the peoples game and it's now out of reach for many of 'the people'. A west end show or a concert is a luxury item, football is a bit more than that for many.
For Chelsea I wouldn't pay more than £25. All things considered a day out at the football shouldn't cost more than £50. I'd probably pay about £15 for Brentford.
When I started going to WHL in the mid-90s it was £20 a ticket, which seemed quite reasonable, so the rate of inflation would make it £32 today. Instead, the equivalent seat for a game in the equivalent price band is £44.
I take your point, but player's transfer fees and wages have increased far more than inflation since the mid-90s.
Yeah but at a show or concert that you've decided to buy titckets four you're pretty much guaranteed to be entertained. Plus an audience full of people who aren't that bothered about the show but had the money for tickets won't affect the quality of the performances at a matinee of The Lion King or whatever. I'd maybe pay 20 for a gig or a play (wouldn't want to go to some massive gig or a West End show) and I guess that seems just about OK for football. Actually scratch that - a tenner. Pay the players half what they get now and have the game as available as a quick trip to the pub.
