I've just had another look at the ticket situation for the Man U game, there are still tickets available. That is very unusual as they normally sell out in the first 15 minutes of going on sale. I checked for a mate at 10:10am this morning and was very surprised at the amount still left then. Loads left for the Stoke game, not so surprising, but still a lot, for the Spurs cup tie. Money's very tight and I think football in general are going to have to look at it very seriously, I think it's already gone past the "working man's" saturday entertainment. I don't want the game I care about to become an elitist pastime, but I fear it's already on that path!
Would love to go to the spurs game but can't afford that price on top of season ticket keep the money just in case we get to Wembley !
Would love to go and good luck to those who go for the tickets. I remember watching Look East earlier this year and cringing at some fair weather fans who had come out the woodwork to watch Norwich play Manchester United at home, standing outside the ticket office openly admitting they last went to Carrow Road in the 04-05 season. I shall be in attendance for the Stoke game upper Barclay. I was fortunate to get tickets for Chelsea away last season but a lot of the big clubs away or at Carrow Road are a complete lottery.
I don't blame the club for charging nearly £50 to watch Man Ure, but £30 to watch a League Cup game with Spurs is taking the p155, as is charging over £40 for games against Wet Sham and QPR. Perhaps it is time to look at the prices of casual tickets if they're not selling out for each home game, as surely it is better to fill the ground by charging a lower price for tickets. I was looking at a report re Villa's defensive problems ahead of Saturday's game and saw you get a 'family ticket' for Villa Park on Sat - £44, which is less than I paid to go as an away fan last season!!!!
i've already decided not to go to the cup game. i can afford to go but it is massively overpriced in my opinion. got to draw the line somewhere... i think the club's pricing is getting very close to the majority of fans 'ceiling', and if prices go up much more, we could start to see a decline in attendances for the first time in donkey's years - and that will be disappointing, especially as it will have sod-all to do with the football on offer.
I can't remember where I heard it but someone made a good comment on the amount of money clubs will receive in the prem from next year, pass it onto the fans and lower the ticket prices for matches. Very good idea in my eyes as times our tough but obviously will never happen!
I'm of the same opinion, I won't ever plead poverty for my football, but I live out on the coast, it's 22 miles to Carrow Road, the £30 for the Spurs game quickly becomes £50/£60 if you add in Petrol, Parking, program and maybe a beer. Thats too much for a mid week, minor cup game which will probably turn out to be a reserve team turn out by both teams anyway!
After my trip round Carrow Road, apart from Players' wages, which is a different topic, I can understand why football costs so much to put on. The amount of staff required on match days is phenomenal, and many have no added value to their jobs other than the immense goodwill they engender. If we were to be relegated, that level of staffing will still be rewuired but the cost the club can charge each game will have to reduce. At L2 level it costs the same to travel to a game as it does to a Prem game. So in reality, that level of football is paying more, assuming the ticket price for a game, £50 in the Prem and £25 in L2 is proportionate. Football is on the verge of becoming a product that even allowing for the emotional dedication of supporters, will be asking too much. And the current image of the game might just be the tie breaker regarding supporters willingness to turn up with their credit cards.
I really do think the club has shot itself in the foot regarding the price they're charging for the Spurs game and find it strange how DM is trying to justify it. I took my lad to the first two games, as we're not season ticket holders and thought that crowds of approx. 13.5K were fairly decent and felt that even if the charged an adult, say £20.00 with kids for a quid. this would be reasonable and we'd maybe draw in 20,000 plus but I'd be surprised if we get 15,000 now. Re. the Man U game, I'm not a season ticket holder (supermember) but after paying £46.00 for my ticket and £18.00 for my 9 year old, for the Liverpool game, I couldn't justify another £65.00 + and I'm sure that for the likes of me and other 'casual' supporters, the club are starting to over charge.
I certainly hope we get less than 15,000 for the Spurs game. After attending the last two rounds, like yourself, I can't afford to go and think the club need a reality check. And, while casual ticket prices don't bother me at the moment (I have a season ticket that cost me just over £200, with us sitting in the corner with an obscured view, and me being under 21), I'm worried that, when I go to University next year I won't get a ticket at all, being a student and all. If I am priced out of going to Carrow Road all season then it will be a pretty sad way for the club to treat someone who's been a season ticket for 9 years before that, but that's life, isn't it?.
I can't remember whether it was 1966 against Blackburn or 1967 against Sheffield Wednesday but the club was having a good cup run. So they decided to double the ticket prices (from 15p to 30p and no half prices, in the Barclay Stand, so don't laugh). There were calls for a boycott of the game but it didn't happen. Mainly because we loved our cup runs and the thought of beating 1st Division opposition was too much to miss. It did however create a lot of bad feeling toward the club. And it took a while for that bad feeling to dissolve. I hope the club hasn't shot itself in the foot by misjudging the mood of the good folk who pay their money willingly. After all, how many clubs, particularly in our position can boast over 80% season ticket holders.
Last time I went it cost me £100 to take the boy to see us get beat by The Baggies.And the seats had restricted view,not that that was much of a loss.
Likewise with me CT, for the Liverpool game, we were in the Community Stand. It just narks me that they want/need to encourage kids to go to these type of games by charging a quid or a fiver but then charge £30.00 + for the adult who has to attend with them!
