Derby fans up in arms with regard to ticket prices for our match with the Rams and Stan Collymore is too. I know ticket pricing is something that he's always banging on about and I tend to agree with him tbh. What do others think ? http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/Der...n-angry-fans/story-26045115-detail/story.html
Let's be honest, our ticket pricing is absurd considering the level of football we play at. However, we are not alone in charging top dollar to away fans and it annoys me that we seem to be singled out by fans and the media. I did laugh a few weeks back when Ipswich fans kicked off about the £40 they were being charged, completely ignoring the fact we (not me, I didn't go) were charged £43 for the reverse fixture. I believe Derby charged some of our fans (for a game that was televised at an early time) £33 - is that not too much as well? The crux of the matter is that ALL football matches (or near as damn it) are vastly overpriced. Norwich are in a fairly unique position, certainly in this division, whereby if away fans choose not to pay the excessive amount, those tickets will happily be snapped up, at full price, by our contingent. We've had a full house in every game this season except where the away team has bought too many tickets and failed to sell them without returning any. Supply and demand and all that.
I agree that it's too much for a championship game and Derby fans have my sympathy re prices - I think in reality £30 would have been more realistic. It;s OK of Derby don't take their full allocation, as it will leave more seats for home fans!!! Perhaps someone could tell me when last we had fewer than 26,000 at any of our home games!!!
I'd also like to say, that considering travel expenses that Norwich fans have to pay compared to other clubs who have many games at nearer distances, I'd suggest it is Norwich fans who fork out more than any other fan in the whole country. No idea if true but wouldn't bet against it. Yet we still average 2,000 away from home. Staggering really.
They better hope they don' t go up then as it's not going to be cheaper in the Prem. As home fans we have every right to complain about prices but the few home games that i have been able to go to I was just thrilled to snap up a ticket.. We are not lining the pockets of some despot millionaire we are paying towards the wages of our players. IF we do go up it would be decent of the club to freeze the cost for a few seasons with the stupid money involved after the new TV deal though.
Certainly any other Championship fan I'd have thought. Obviously some fans in the PL like from Newcastle or Swansea may well pay more (though obviously they have four fewer away games...) but it's difficult to know for sure. Mind you, our club seems to nearly always offer free coach travel, which might help a lot.
other than perhaps Middlesbrough, but then again they're happy to pay just to get away from Teeside for a day
Geographically surely the worst placed clubs for travel would be Torquay United, Exeter City, Carlisle United and Plymouth Argyle and on that basis would have furthest to travel and have the highest cost per fan. However, in terms of totals spent ( number of fans x cost) then our 2,000 away-day regulars must be up there for grossing the most, certainly in the Championship.
It's a much bigger issue than just us. We have high casual ticket prices in home seats as well. Last season we were charged £48 for man united away in the league cup. I was living relatively close to manchester at the time but refused to pay that out of principle. Clubs will carry on charging as much as possible until there's major change, because they can.
The most striking thing about this is that Stan Collymore spends £20 on food at a ground. Fat bastard. It is a hard situation. Clubs are businesses (when they want to be) and as such it all comes down to supply and demand. If they can sell them for that price, then why not? It would after all be a poor business that sells goods for less then they can get for them. Clubs who don't have mega rich owners have to get finance from somewhere, tickets are clearly a main income stream. While players are paid massive wages then high ticket prices is obviously going to occur. Sadly then the fact people are paying high prices for tickets seems to justify (in footballs eyes) the huge wages players receive. I would be amazed if this new TV deal reduced the price of tickets seeing as the previous deals have not done so.
Of course prices won't be reduced. Wages will account for the extra revenue from Sky and the punter will get screwed ad infinitum for all they can get of us. Let's face it, it is only because of the emotional ties to our club that we even consider coughing up the money in the first place. If the same offer was pitched to us by something that we have less affinity for like a bank or a supermarket we would either go elsewhere or not bother at all. The relationship between fan and football club is pretty unique and it is milked to the nth degree.
