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Because at £28.50, we're unlikely to sell many on the upper tier either?
Huddersfield fans complaining about the away ticket prices and boycotting
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Because at £28.50, we're unlikely to sell many on the upper tier either?
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Can we please get back to encouraging away fans to boycott our ground because we have the cheek to charge similar prices to what they will charge us?
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I think what's really pissed them off is that:
a) United fans can get tickets for £26 on the Kop - United fans know that it's not really a comparison in terms of view/facilities
b) The Bury match is a category C so their visiting fans are being charged £14 (which coincidentally, is a fiver cheaper that Huddersfield's cheapest Cat C prices in an uncovered stand)
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You get what you pay for at BDTBL end of chat
Quiff Boy
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a good friend of mine is an hudders fan and i went to a few matches with him last season. i seem to recall tickets there for most home matches (sat & tues) were about £25
somewhere around the £20-25 seems about average to me. it's still expensive, granted, but it's all relative isn't it?
interesting about the bury match though, linz. i guess the smaller teams are typically a few quid cheaper than everyone else, regardless of what category match it is...?
somewhere around the £20-25 seems about average to me. it's still expensive, granted, but it's all relative isn't it?
interesting about the bury match though, linz. i guess the smaller teams are typically a few quid cheaper than everyone else, regardless of what category match it is...?
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Interesting to look back at the figures from this thread: http://www.s24su.com/forum/showthre...-of-going-to-the-match-BBC&highlight=cheapest
We're third cheapest, Huddersfield are fourth most expensive.
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Category C prices are £14 for away fans/home fans on upper tier anyway... I've got the price list in front of me. £13 on the Kop for that one.
We're third cheapest, Huddersfield are fourth most expensive.
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Category C prices are £14 for away fans/home fans on upper tier anyway... I've got the price list in front of me. £13 on the Kop for that one.
super_pig
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maybe it is all part of a 'cunning plan' to keep opposition supporters away so that we have more chance of winning 
Coily
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It was the same last season as well as I recall, £34 being the top priced ticket. But - and I might be wrong - we didn't actually price any games as Cat A last season, what with us being fucking rubbish and all, so these prices are a shocker all round.
I don't blame Huddersfield fans for being annoyed and threatening to boycott the game, but do they realise that the same charges apply to us too? I could look at the links provided to check of course, but life is surely too precious to waste any of it reading their demented ramblings.
That table is not relevant. It has created a myth that we are one of the cheapest clubs and lazy journalists have bought it.
It relates, I believe in United's case to two matches per season. It makes no effort to look at average prices so it is meaningless in this context.
If you follow the same logic that we one of the cheapest I am afriad you can equally say we are the second most expensive club in the league.
The prices for rthe Hudds match are ridiculous. I don't care if people can find another club that charges more or the same or a bit less. It doesn't make it right. Football has become bloated and out of touch and some our attendances this season will reflect this.
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£28.50 to sit in the lower tier of Bramall Lane to watch League 1 football? Scandalous. The HTFC fans will be even more annoyed once they've been and found out how little legroom they've got. If it's packed quite full, you end up with your knees grazed or stood up for 90 minutes. Sat in there for the England U21 match that Naughton played in the other year, I've got short legs and I was struggling.
I don't get this 10% business. United are charging £26 for the SUFC fans on the Kop, £24 with a member card. So why have they added £2.50 to the price for the Huddersfield fans? Especially on the lower tier? It strikes me that SUFC know they aren't taking much on SUFC pay on the day tickets so they're bumping up the price of the away end.
IMO, the away ticket prices should remain the same all season. Every team should notify the Football League of their prices in the away areas of the ground. It could be different prices for the upper/lower decks or standing/seated areas but as long as these are clear at the start of the season, it is fine. Then you can charge three prices for the home fans if you wish to (Category A, B and C for example) BUT the away fans all pay the same price regardless. I reckon that some the of the HTFC fans might see the difference between the Bury price and their price and - rightfully so in my opinion - are upset that they're being punished for being a bigger name club.
I don't get this 10% business. United are charging £26 for the SUFC fans on the Kop, £24 with a member card. So why have they added £2.50 to the price for the Huddersfield fans? Especially on the lower tier? It strikes me that SUFC know they aren't taking much on SUFC pay on the day tickets so they're bumping up the price of the away end.
IMO, the away ticket prices should remain the same all season. Every team should notify the Football League of their prices in the away areas of the ground. It could be different prices for the upper/lower decks or standing/seated areas but as long as these are clear at the start of the season, it is fine. Then you can charge three prices for the home fans if you wish to (Category A, B and C for example) BUT the away fans all pay the same price regardless. I reckon that some the of the HTFC fans might see the difference between the Bury price and their price and - rightfully so in my opinion - are upset that they're being punished for being a bigger name club.
blade too long
we go again
we will get to pay more at most grounds in this division
because we are perceived as a big draw
surely its a compliment to huddersfield and last seasons performances we are asking more
if Hudders were as poor a draw as Bury are perceived to be , we wouldnt be charging what we are
and we only charged a tenner for a couple of games last season to massage gates where necessary , its market forces
because we are perceived as a big draw
surely its a compliment to huddersfield and last seasons performances we are asking more
if Hudders were as poor a draw as Bury are perceived to be , we wouldnt be charging what we are
and we only charged a tenner for a couple of games last season to massage gates where necessary , its market forces
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I remember going to Newport Away, think it was a night match, the end was split Uniteds side was £2.20 to get in and the home fans only paid £1.80 to gain admission a whopping 25% more 
blade too long
we go again
didnt we lose 4-0, was probably the worst ever united display I ever saw port vale boxing day apart
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moaning football fans ? ..... can't fookin stand em !
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Is it not £26 for members and £28 without?
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Nope... it's £26 on the Kop, £24 for members.
It is, however, £28.50 for United fans on the Westfield Corner and upper tier... so not just a case of making more off the away end.
DuncDisorderly
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The Westfield Corner is nice. Its where I go. You seem to get a better class of supporter up there. Not for us the common booing and cat calling. If the midfield isn't getting the upper hand, some mysterious force causes us to 'tut' in unison, and if we fall a goal behind some of us have been know to rise from our seats and read verses by Alexander Pushkin to relieve our agony...
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I suspect the view is slightly better in corner. Linz - just accept we are ripping HTFC fans off, it might come as a breath of fresh air to you, criticising the club and standing up for people like yer sen who love travelling and watching football.
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if udders charge the same for us when we travel there,then i think thats fair.
at the end of the day,its a local derby,in which usually produces good games between udders,but im sure we wont be complaining when we travel to the mcalpine or whatever they call it nowadays,its games between two of the fancied teams of the division.
They`re paying to watch a match in the best ground in the division,i dont see why they are making a deal of it.
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£26 to sit on our kop for a 3rd division match is a joke. Grading games is a bit shit in my eyes too. Who says games against local teams are better? Does anyone on here really have a local rivalry with Huddersfield that would make them itch to go to that game? I don't. All games should be priced the same, with the better stands being a bit more expensive. Throw the odd inducement related game in so I can bring a lapsed mate, a few quid a kid ones and hey presto you encourage consistent attendances.
And saying us and hudd are rivals for promotion so it should cost more doesn't wash either.
And saying us and hudd are rivals for promotion so it should cost more doesn't wash either.
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Erm... someone asked a question and I answered with the facts. No need to turn it personal.
Unless of course, you can confirm that it isn't the same price for United fans on the corner? Otherwise I suggest that you wind your neck in.
super_pig
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>The Westfield Corner is nice. Its where I go
best seats in the building.. plus you don't get incinerated in the sun and drowned in the rain.. the viewing angle is near perfect.. just don't tell anyone.. i may be back next season.. the 'gerrit dahn't pitch' mob are doing my head in already on the kop
best seats in the building.. plus you don't get incinerated in the sun and drowned in the rain.. the viewing angle is near perfect.. just don't tell anyone.. i may be back next season.. the 'gerrit dahn't pitch' mob are doing my head in already on the kop
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You made the additional comment 'so we are not making more off the away fans'. I think we are ripping them off - do you? Do you think the lower tier is same as the corner?
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I think football tickets are a rip-off. However, I don't see them as a stick to batter just United with especially as a travelling fan I paid £23 to watch United at Oldham, I've paid £28 to see United at Ipswich in the past and a tenner to watch our kids play a pre-season game at Alfreton. People either realise it and pay it, like we do, sacrificing other expenditure. Or they decide they can't justify it and don't go. The only people who want to arrange boycotts and encourage them are the ones who want to feel better about they themselves not going. One match and a couple of hundred people isn't going to make a great deal of difference when the problem is endemic.
Your suggestion was that United were ripping off away fans over and above home fans. My point was that they aren't.
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Yep, Kop is £26 I believe for the Hudd match, that is what we should be charging their fans, not £28.50 on some scandalous basis that the lower tier is the same stand as the top corner. In other words I think we are ripping em off, conning em in and falling back on daft rules. For some reason you don't - fair enough, all clubs are up to it - I agree there no problem. I'd be interested to know if you think lower tier is the same as top corner and do you think price should be the same?
£23 at Oldham is just about OK isn't it for L1 football?
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