Away prices capped

[PeteBlade]

Premier League teams have agreed to cap away tickets at £30 for next three seasons.

Didn't see that coming, Is the tide turning in favour of fans when it comes to ticket prices?

Surely the lower leagues will have to follow suit? I remember Huddersfield being charged £28 to come here a few seasons back.

Hopefully the board are sensible when our prices are announced.

A small victory for the fans for once.

 

[Ricky]

Extremely surprising and welcome news.

 

[Hartley Hare]

Sadly, the way we are going it will be a few years before we can enjoy this welcome concession.

HH

 

[LS5 Blade]

If our crowds drop and our 'Saviours' still have to prop us up with "8 million" a season, we could be in a strange position where it costs more for a Forest Green fan to sit in the Bramall Lane Upper than it does for an away fan to visit the Emerites or Old Trafford???

 

[west_yorks_blade]

Premier League teams have agreed to cap away tickets at £30 for next three seasons.

Didn't see that coming, Is the tide turning in favour of fans when it comes to ticket prices?

Surely the lower leagues will have to follow suit? I remember Huddersfield being charged £28 to come here a few seasons back.

Hopefully the board are sensible when our prices are announced.

A small victory for the fans for once.

It's probably a cap at a minimum of £30.

Check the small print.

 

[Finn Keane o' Balmaqueen]

Still too high though.

They'll soon be problems.

Home supporters paying more than away supporters to watch the same match?

How would you feel if you were paying £10/£15 more than the away supporters at BDTBL?

 

[PeteBlade]

It's probably a cap at a minimum of £30.

Check the small print.

It's a cap at a maximum of £30

 

[PeteBlade]

Still too high though.

They'll soon be problems.

Home supporters paying more than away supporters to watch the same match?

How would you feel if you were paying £10/£15 more than the away supporters at BDTBL?

I feel very very sorry for anyone paying money to watch football at Bramall Lane.

 

[maidmarion]

They have TV money to keep them afloat, teams in the lower leagues still need money coming in through the turnstiles. It's difficult to balance the need for money coming in and a price that won't stop supporters going to matches.

 

[nopigfansintown]

An obvious, if tacit admission, that ticket money is a negligible part of a club's budget at premier league level. I hope that campaign groups now switch their attention to reducing home ticket prices, or getting a fixed maximum amount at least. The big clubs will fight this tooth and nail though.

 

[Sharrowblade]

They have TV money to keep them afloat, teams in the lower leagues still need money coming in through the turnstiles. It's difficult to balance the need for money coming in and a price that won't stop supporters going to matches.

Exactly....Football League Clubs aren't exactly going to be leaping up and down at the holier than holier Premier League Clubs embarking on their 'moral crusade' on ticket prices.

 

[Toledo Blade]

Premier League teams have agreed to cap away tickets at £30 for next three seasons.

Didn't see that coming, Is the tide turning in favour of fans when it comes to ticket prices?

Surely the lower leagues will have to follow suit? I remember Huddersfield being charged £28 to come here a few seasons back.

Hopefully the board are sensible when our prices are announced.

A small victory for the fans for once.

The deal is only for 3 years, this will coincide with the huge pay outs by the TV money to premier league only. While this is good news to the premier league it will have no bearing to the lower leagues, in fact it could be detrimental to the lower league teams as supporters may shift to watch higher league teams, plus it could leave a bad taste in many lower league fans to be paying £22 to £28 for away games. On another topic all premier league teams have frozen or lowered season ticket prices for the next season.

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

An obvious, if tacit admission, that ticket money is a negligible part of a club's budget at premier league level. I hope that campaign groups now switch their attention to reducing home ticket prices, or getting a fixed maximum amount at least. The big clubs will fight this tooth and nail though.

We could charge more than €130 (£104) [for a season ticket]. Let's say we charged €380 (£300). We'd get €2.5m (£2m) more in income, but what's €2.5m to us?"
"In a transfer discussion you argue about the sum for five minutes. But the difference between €130 and €380 is huge for the fans."
"We do not think fans are like cows, who you milk. Football has got to be for everybody."
"That's the biggest difference between us and England."

Uli Hoeness, General Manager Bayern Munich

 

[blade too long]

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/35764007

Sheffield wednesday will officially be the dearest away tickets in England then, next season

 

[him behind you]

If our crowds drop and our 'Saviours' still have to prop us up with "8 million" a season, we could be in a strange position where it costs more for a Forest Green fan to sit in the Bramall Lane Upper than it does for an away fan to visit the Emerites or Old Trafford???

Yeah but it will be easier to get a ticket her a than at the Emirates

 

[SB_90]

well done to premier league for acting on it because ticket prices were getting ridiculous didnt man city get charged 70ish pound this or last season because I think I remember the fuss of man city subsidising some of the cost but really not to much because with the 5 billion deal that might rise to 8 billion once the overseas tv deals are included. Then theres likes of man utd/city arsenal chelsea Tottenham who have kit deals of £20/30m a season & champions league money were man city have currently earned 23m (providing the expectantly beat dynamo kyiv)

The gate reciepts for the big clubs are now such a minor % of their income as the Bayern Munich president said that clubs wont miss 2m but the fans would miss another £200 & Heard someone on radio talking about ticket prices Mightve been Colin Murray said that hypothetically they could let lets fans in for free

 

[super_pig]

they are buying fans to make a good atmosphere for the tv. someone once mooted that sooner or later football won't actually need the actual fans at the game as their revenue will be from tv. they will have to hire fans as props to make an atmosphere for the telly.

 

[Tyler Durden]

I wonder if fans in Germany are seeing this news and thinking, "Aww, £30? Bless".

As somebody once said, you can't stick a knife 6 inches into someones back, then pull it out 2 inches and call it 'progress'.

 

[Harry's Game]

They could play in empty stadiums next year and clear a massive profit with the ludicrous amount of TV money on offer next seaon in the Premier.

 

[west_yorks_blade]

So it's 50% higher than the '£20's plenty' campaign was pushing for.

Nice of the money grabbing bastards to listen, while fantasising about what to spend their Sky money on.

 

[Hartley Hare]

Twenty is plenty
Thirty is dirty
Forty is naughty

Clever, hey?

HH

 

[UpTheClough]

Does this really change anything at all? Premier league games are the best attended and for the most part teams sell out their away allocations very quickly regardless of price. It's not as if this cap at £30 will now suddenly get an extra 3000 away fans to every game as stadiums aren't half empty every week. (Villa and Sunderland apart). It would make a much bigger difference in the football league capping pries at £15-£20 as there is scope for getting more fans into grounds. But all this really is (like some have already said) the premier league saying gate receipts are irrelevant now we have our new TV deal.

 

[Sheffsteel]

Premier League teams have agreed to cap away tickets at £30 for next three seasons.

Didn't see that coming, Is the tide turning in favour of fans when it comes to ticket prices?

Surely the lower leagues will have to follow suit? I remember Huddersfield being charged £28 to come here a few seasons back.

Hopefully the board are sensible when our prices are announced.

A small victory for the fans for once.

I went to the same Huddersfield game and it cost me £26 after getting my £2 membership discount, so it was exactly the same price for away sans as home fans.

This new PL initiative was done to make sure the atmosphere remains good with regular packed away ends. Still too high even at £30. I'm sure I read somewhere that the overseas income from Hong Kong alone covers the admission for all away fans at every match in the PL in a season.

In the PL it will be generally cheaper for away fans then home fans. Clubs outside the PL won't implement this otherwise some home fans will go in the away end to save money.

 

[Sheffsteel]

Does this really change anything at all? Premier league games are the best attended and for the most part teams sell out their away allocations very quickly regardless of price.

I'm sure that was the argument used by PL clubs that disagreed.

You are using a commercial logic so you would recommend prices at some clubs be put up to £70 a match because many fans can easily afford £70, what about £100 a match.

The point of the £30 cap isn't for short term business based, it's just good will towards the fans and recognising that they need to be mindful of prices for the long term.