New prices at the lane

[BornOnShorehamStreet]

[QmindsetUOTE="BrownTonge, post: 2174177, member: 17166"]
Leeds is a shithole.

I can assure you it isn't

 

[Ainsley Harriott]

Programmes £3.50. £66.50 for 19 issues.

But for £99 they'll deliver it every morning of the game.

Rip off bastards

 

[BigBed]

You'd still like to think that with £100 million of TV money flowing through the accounts that they'd like to give the fans something back.

Didn't Hudderfield do something when they got promoted

They have, the inability for some to buy tickets.

 

[LoughboroBlade]

We are big time now and with that comes big outlook.

An alternative view from Norwich following their promotion:

We are delighted to confirm that we have decided to cap all casual tickets for home league fixtures at £30.

With away fans now paying no more than £30, we felt it was right to level the playing field in an attempt to make Premier League football affordable for all.

Don’t they realise they’re thinking “small time”?

Frequently Asked Questions: New membership scheme

Norwich City launched it's new membership structure for the 2019-20 Premier League season on Wednesday morning.

www.canaries.co.uk

 

[georgebernardshaw]

And having a shit is free

Gentlemen, be seated and let the matter drop....

 

[Rodley]

Club does need to be careful as the BDTBL atmosphere will be worth points. Drink and ticket prices need to have a ceiling. I’d like to see concessions for 18-25 year olds as well. And ultimately a substantial safe standing section on The Kop.

I’m in a fortunate position but I wouldn’t want people to be priced out. We mustn’t lose the rough and ready feel of BDTBL. We’re old school and proud of it.

 

[Maidenhead]

I looked on Palace site earlier 78 quid for a ticket, ours are dirt cheap side of that.

Ow much?????

 

[benn5712]

Sit at home and illegally stream then tight cunt !

I know someone who watched the Bournemouth match Satdeh that way, and listened to Radio Sheffield's commentary. Radio was 90 seconds in front of the stream.
When Sharp scored I err I mean he/they were screaming GERRITFORRERD ... FFS GERRITFORRERD... GEEEIT SHARPEY.
Couldn't quite understand the delay. Daft twat.

 

[Maidenhead]

[/QUOTE]and no matter what anyone says Leeds is a shithole.
[/QUOTE]

No it's not

It wasn't good 35 years ago but since then it's come on in leaps and bounds and left Sheffield light years behind.

 

[Rodley]

[QmindsetUOTE="BrownTonge, post: 2174177, member: 17166"]
There’s got to be a reason that Sheffield performs really poorly on the league table of Northern cities in terms of investment, tourism, employment etc. I think it’s linked to how generally tight people are.

I worked on a cocktail bar at Tramlines festival a few weeks ago, and it was by far the quietest bar on the whole site. People were literally walking up, seeing the prices and laughing in our faces. I know it’s not cheap but I’ve worked at festivals all over the country and never had a reaction like that.

Enjoyed reading that and yes Sheffield people are reticent to change, we are a glass half empty people I don't think we're tight, more careful. I'd like to add to that if there was a beer tent there surely cocktails wouldn't get a look in, to me Manchester is too busy and no matter what anyone says Leeds is a shithole.

Labour have fucked Sheffield into the ground mate over decades. Why would you invest somewhere where a visit to Town Hall as a private company is guaranteed to be about as friendly a reception as me streaking at Hillsborough in an SUFC hat?

Leeds and Manchester, from an economic perspective, are now decades ahead. With that comes lots of good quality jobs, companies, etc.

 

[SwindonBladeJnr]

If a club doesn’t spend much and has little ambition....then agree it’s greed to charge more.
But if a club is ambitious...wanting to improve a training ground...improve stadium...pay big wages out to players...then it’s a joint effort,
The board should show ambition but also the fans need to show the same ambition instead of settling for the cheap option.

This is eerily close to the justifications Wednesday fans give for Meester Chansiri's outrageous pricing at the sty.

Whilst I'm not comparing the situations at the respective clubs, I do think it's a slippery slope once a fanbase stops questioning/challenging the ticket pricing and structure and simply stumps up regardless.

The reality is that £5-10 differences on a match day ticket can make a big difference to the affordability for some fans, but in the grand scheme of things makes sod all difference really to the club whilst it is in receipt of the funds the PL brings.

 

[Flatulent_Bob]

There was no need to increase ticket prices and the reality that there are quite a few space invaders still left on the online ticket site tells its own story.
Ticket income is now an afterthought and it was just greed putting the prices up.

Still trying to ring some mileage out of poor ticket sales despite everything that’s been happening this week?
We’ve pretty much sold out against Palace. We’ve previously regular ST holders who missed out this season, regular fans queuing for those held back as per the PL rules and it’s also a time of year where people are still traditionally on holiday.
The only reason we haven’t sold out before today is due to the ticketing policy which was to try and reward those with points and stop daytrippers
Whatever your thoughts on it’s success against the aims, there is clearly a very high demand which wouldn’t be helped by subsidising away fans, especially when it wouldn’t be reciprocated for our fans away. Given all the evidence we have to hand, it would seem pricing is pretty much bang on and cheaper than most in our league.

 

[Rodley]

What went wrong when councillor Scrivens and the Lib Dems ran Sheffield council then ?

All those public realm improvements were a right bag of shire.

 

[Topplayersleave]

You could pick a League One club and go and watch them if everything's good as long as it's cheap

However we've spent enough time down there thanks to the cheap as chips options

 

[Rodley]

This is eerily close to the justifications Wednesday fans give for Meester Chansiri's outrageous pricing at the sty.

Whilst I'm not comparing the situations at the respective clubs, I do think it's a slippery slope once a fanbase stops questioning/challenging the ticket pricing and structure and simply stumps up regardless.

The reality is that £5-10 differences on a match day ticket can make a big difference to the affordability for some fans, but in the grand scheme of things makes sod all difference really to the club whilst it is in receipt of the funds the PL brings.

Completely agree. The fuck everyone else is a Wendy trait. We’re the poorer club from a poor city. Need to remember that.

 

[Harrisblade]

Yes I am!
Wernt we one of the one of the clubs with the highest percentage of income due to ticket sales/ merchandise etc?
Don't you think the club should give a little back instead of tryin to fleece us Wendy style?
£10 to have the premier league crest on shirt
No 10% of at superstore etc etc
Wait till the new owners take over
This is just the start, if we stay up, another hike inevitable
But never mind eh?

Wendy are being fleeced as fans of a tin-pot Championship club.
We're being fleeced as fans of a club that has reached the PREMIER LEAGUE.
Different in every way!

 

[Blend-it-like-Harris]

Brilliant news about the smoking AND Vaping ban!

 

[Pedro's Winger]

If a club doesn’t spend much and has little ambition....then agree it’s greed to charge more.
But if a club is ambitious...wanting to improve a training ground...improve stadium...pay big wages out to players...then it’s a joint effort,
The board should show ambition but also the fans need to show the same ambition instead of settling for the cheap option.

Let's say the difference is £2m over a season. Our turnover this season is probably going to be at least £130m.
It's greed and nothing to do with ambition.
Similar with the membership card at £40 for the possibility of getting tickets, just no need for that.
I'm ok because I've got a season ticket but I look at the prices and think there's no way I'd be able to go every week otherwise.

 

[Pedro's Winger]

Still trying to ring some mileage out of poor ticket sales despite everything that’s been happening this week?
We’ve pretty much sold out against Palace. We’ve previously regular ST holders who missed out this season, regular fans queuing for those held back as per the PL rules and it’s also a time of year where people are still traditionally on holiday.
The only reason we haven’t sold out before today is due to the ticketing policy which was to try and reward those with points and stop daytrippers
Whatever your thoughts on it’s success against the aims, there is clearly a very high demand which wouldn’t be helped by subsidising away fans, especially when it wouldn’t be reciprocated for our fans away. Given all the evidence we have to hand, it would seem pricing is pretty much bang on and cheaper than most in our league.

Nothing to do with messing up the ticket sales.
It's about clubs, including us, charging people far too much to watch a game of football particularly when TV income will be many tens of millions more than ticket income.

 

[jt64]

'In the soundbite, from last year, he says: 'We could charge more than £104. Let's say we charged £300. We'd get £2m more in income but what's £2m to us?

'In a transfer discussion you argue about that sum for five minutes. But the difference between £104 and £300 is huge for the fan.

'We do not think the fans are like cows, who you milk. Football has got to be for everybody.

'That's the biggest difference between us and England.'

Well, it's a bit more than 104 quid now given that quote was from before when the pound went down the toilet, but there's a clue as to why they can do that:

That's their stadium plan. Red = 70 euros a ticket. Orange = 60 euros a ticket. But hey, that little yellow terrace area behind the goal is cheap! If you already have a season ticket there, that is, otherwise fuck off to the expensive seats. And while we're at it, we'll be the only club in the division that doesn't throw in transport to the game because we're so nice to the fans

 

[Numpty's Dusty Ruts.]

Labour have fucked Sheffield into the ground mate over decades. Why would you invest somewhere where a visit to Town Hall as a private company is guaranteed to be about as friendly a reception as me streaking at Hillsborough in an SUFC hat?

Leeds and Manchester, from an economic perspective, are now decades ahead. With that comes lots of good quality jobs, companies, etc.

I think you'll find that Leeds and Manchester both have Labour councils. The difference is that they have vision.

 

[bypassblade]

and no matter what anyone says Leeds is a shithole.
[/QUOTE]

No it's not

It wasn't good 35 years ago but since then it's come on in leaps and bounds and left Sheffield light years behind.
[/QUOTE]
Sorry mate just don't like the place, and I've worked there as I said Manchester okay but hectic.

 

[bypassblade]

I can assure you it isn't

Oh I know you'll assure me mate but don't like the place, love Sheffield but for some strange reason (Labour) it's stagnated and they're doing it up 30 years too late.

 

[Blade56]

I was much more content under Clough, Adkins, Weir and Adams because they were sooooooooo bad they kept us in the pisspoor L1 and the club felt it appropriate to fix season ticket prices, let students in for a quid and we played on a muddy pitch whilst wading ankle deep in urine in the Victorian bogs.
Ah the good old days, who wants success and the improvements that come with it?

 

[Flatulent_Bob]

Nothing to do with messing up the ticket sales.
It's about clubs, including us, charging people far too much to watch a game of football particularly when TV income will be many tens of millions more than ticket income.

Then why mention the spaces specifically in the case you were trying to make?
If your point is that all PL teams should cap ticket prices at say £25, I’d suggest most would agree with you.
Or the PL could remove the requirement to hold back tickets for sale and let us maximise season ticket holders which gives even better value for money.

There was no need to increase ticket prices and the reality that there are quite a few space invaders still left on the online ticket site tells its own story.

 

[CrookesBlade]

And having a shit is free

...and you’ll want to do that contactless.

 

[Pedro's Winger]

Then why mention the spaces specifically in the case you were trying to make?
If your point is that all PL teams should cap ticket prices at say £25, I’d suggest most would agree with you.

If tickets were £25 I think it's likely the ground would already be sold out.

 

[Ainsley Harriott]

Let's be reyt, it isn't a rip off is it. You need to buy a ticket. Everything else is choice. I don't want to pay £5 a pint, but as a functioning alcoholic I probably will.

 

[Rodley]

I think you'll find that Leeds and Manchester both have Labour councils. The difference is that they have vision.

It’s not an overwhelming Labour majority. It’s not the delusions of grandeur. It’s not the entrenched political dogma that trumps everything else, including the future prosperity of the city.

 

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