| Our ticket prices for away fans 01:47 - Dec 8 with 2739 views | The_Romford_Blue |
Just seen we are charging Stoke fans £38. How on earth can we justify that? I know we’re not the only club to do it but £29 for a pensioner ticket to watch second tier football for a midweek game 250 miles away doesn’t sit right with me. Two weeks before Christmas as well to add insult to injury.
I’d be disappointed if Stoke did that to us and moan about it on here. Seems only right to do the same on the 0.001% charge someone with any standing at the club sees it and takes a step back to think about how ridiculous and borderline extortionate £38 is as a price.
Do better Towen. |  |
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| Our ticket prices for away fans on 04:36 - Dec 8 with 2010 views | bluelagos |
I don't understand how the Prem has a £30 cap for away fans but nothing similar for lower levels in the league.
Towen, like many clubs quite happy to fleece away fans which is disappointing but not surprising. Our away end has a very poor reputation too so not like we are giving away fans top facilities either. |  |
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| Our ticket prices for away fans on 06:13 - Dec 8 with 1881 views | Benters |
It is a lot of dosh modern times innit.
Not a cheap day out anymore is it.
I have never been in our away end the view looks alright though from some of the videos I’ve watched,not sure what the facilities are like in it though. [Post edited 8 Dec 6:21]
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| Our ticket prices for away fans on 06:20 - Dec 8 with 1870 views | Blue_Heath |
WE charge our own fans £38/£43 so why not away fans? |  |
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| Our ticket prices for away fans on 06:32 - Dec 8 with 1826 views | Benters |
| Our ticket prices for away fans on 06:20 - Dec 8 by Blue_Heath |
WE charge our own fans £38/£43 so why not away fans? |
Is that how much it costs now !? | |
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| Our ticket prices for away fans on 06:38 - Dec 8 with 1816 views | Pendejo |
| Our ticket prices for away fans on 04:36 - Dec 8 by bluelagos |
I don't understand how the Prem has a £30 cap for away fans but nothing similar for lower levels in the league.
Towen, like many clubs quite happy to fleece away fans which is disappointing but not surprising. Our away end has a very poor reputation too so not like we are giving away fans top facilities either. |
The answer to that is very straightforward; EPL has better sponsorship & commercial revenues
I'm sure I read somewhere that most clubs could allow fans in for free such is the negligible income from this source; see Bournemouth & Brentford league position against that of teams with stadia capacity 2 or more times higher (of course quality recruitment plays it's part, but in theory neither should be able to survive) |  |
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| Our ticket prices for away fans on 06:40 - Dec 8 with 1803 views | ITFC_Forever |
A) This is not new news, we have been ripping away fans off for years (other than when we were in the Prem and had no choice).
B) Stoke is not 250 miles away. |  |
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| Our ticket prices for away fans on 06:42 - Dec 8 with 1790 views | ITFC_Forever |
| Our ticket prices for away fans on 04:36 - Dec 8 by bluelagos |
I don't understand how the Prem has a £30 cap for away fans but nothing similar for lower levels in the league.
Towen, like many clubs quite happy to fleece away fans which is disappointing but not surprising. Our away end has a very poor reputation too so not like we are giving away fans top facilities either. |
Because away fan ticket revenue is a minute proportion of income to a Prem club compared to a Football League club, so they can afford to do so.
As already stated, that’s how the likes of Brentford and Bournemouth can compete comfortably at that level. | |
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| Our ticket prices for away fans on 06:44 - Dec 8 with 1793 views | Pendejo |
Without EPL income streams, do we want Ashton target top 2 tier players for recruitment or are we buying the Portuguese fella from Boreham Wood?
I don't like the match day pricing, but I understand the need for revenue to recruit & maintain the squad and management team | |
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| Our ticket prices for away fans on 06:46 - Dec 8 with 1793 views | WestStanderLaLaLa |
There is no defending the Adult price. Our concession prices are cheaper than many though. An adult (£30) and a 18 year old (£28) for our game at Leicester is £58, it’s £62 (36 + 26) for Millwall. Stoke are paying us 38 + 11 £49. Doesn’t make our adult prices right. If there is ever a cap in the championship, watch the concession prices increase. Hopefully the independent football regulator will get to grips with this. |  |
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| Our ticket prices for away fans on 06:49 - Dec 8 with 1761 views | Benters |
| Our ticket prices for away fans on 06:40 - Dec 8 by ITFC_Forever |
A) This is not new news, we have been ripping away fans off for years (other than when we were in the Prem and had no choice).
B) Stoke is not 250 miles away. |
Roughly 200;miles to Ipswich. | |
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| Our ticket prices for away fans on 07:03 - Dec 8 with 1704 views | Kieran_Knows |
The new training ground won’t pay for itself. |  |
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| Our ticket prices for away fans on 07:24 - Dec 8 with 1652 views | Churchman |
| Our ticket prices for away fans on 06:20 - Dec 8 by Blue_Heath |
WE charge our own fans £38/£43 so why not away fans? |
If that’s what we charge our supporters, why not the away mob?
Now pricing in general is a different matter. Is £38/£43 too much for live professional sport or is it just a reflection of prices in general? An afternoon with some chums cost me £30 yesterday afternoon. I guess the cost of stuff really relates to one’s income.
Instinct tells me that we certainly shouldn’t be charging any more than that. Pricing in general - get rid of OAP discounts, reduce cost for children and peg prices at £40/£35? Maybe standardise pricing through the different divisions? As somebody with a discounted ticket that’d hurt me but it’s just ideas.
Lastly I’d charge Norwich supporters double for wearing offensive shirts. |  | | |
| Our ticket prices for away fans on 07:25 - Dec 8 with 1638 views | ITFC_Forever |
| Our ticket prices for away fans on 06:49 - Dec 8 by Benters |
Roughly 200;miles to Ipswich. |
155. | |
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| Our ticket prices for away fans on 07:31 - Dec 8 with 1614 views | goperryrevs |
| Our ticket prices for away fans on 06:20 - Dec 8 by Blue_Heath |
WE charge our own fans £38/£43 so why not away fans? |
Because there's no such thing as an away season ticket.
Home fans for clubs can gain bulk discounts by having a season ticket.
Away fans tend to go to many games, so the equivalent measure is that ticket prices should be cheaper than a one-off home ticket. | | | |
| Our ticket prices for away fans on 07:48 - Dec 8 with 1565 views | andytown |
I think we have to charge away fans the same as what we charge home fans in the equivalent area of the stadium. So, we could charge away fans less, but we’d have to lower the home fan prices as well. EFL rule as far as I know. | | | |
| Our ticket prices for away fans on 07:55 - Dec 8 with 1530 views | Funge |
| Our ticket prices for away fans on 07:25 - Dec 8 by ITFC_Forever |
155. |
Its 155 miles if you go in a completely straight line - which, unless you're Denise Coates in her B365 helicopter, no Stoke fans will.
Almost 200 miles for the normal Joe on the A14/ M6.
Charging away fans £38 to sit in a 50 year old stand seems like bullsh1t to me, but I may have made my views on Ashton clear before. |  | | |
| Our ticket prices for away fans on 08:18 - Dec 8 with 1447 views | Axeldalai_lama |
Seems a lot. But is it? How much does the average day out cost? And what would be a fair price? A fiver less? A tenner? Maximum. That's a burger or a pint. The world is an expensive place, or rather the UK is an expensive place. How much does an away day cost 'these days'? It's no longer a cheap day out in any respect. Fuel food drink etc etc. |  | | |
| Our ticket prices for away fans on 08:21 - Dec 8 with 1434 views | Leaky |
Well we paid £47 at Leeds in promotion season |  | | |
| Our ticket prices for away fans on 08:46 - Dec 8 with 1361 views | BlueForYou |
I buy home tickets for £34 with the 65+ discount. It works for me as I can't get to every match. That's not unreasonable. The away section has a really good view of the pitch, so it's definitely not unreasonable for them. |  | | |
| Our ticket prices for away fans on 09:17 - Dec 8 with 1285 views | Wright1 |
Because that's how much a ticket costs in that stand. It's how much I pay to sit in that stand. I don't understand this idea that we should subsidise other teams fans' away days which seems to have become widespread.
Football tickets should be cheaper for everyone - but away fans don't deserve special treatment. | | | |
| Our ticket prices for away fans on 09:20 - Dec 8 with 1261 views | ArnieM |
| Our ticket prices for away fans on 04:36 - Dec 8 by bluelagos |
I don't understand how the Prem has a £30 cap for away fans but nothing similar for lower levels in the league.
Towen, like many clubs quite happy to fleece away fans which is disappointing but not surprising. Our away end has a very poor reputation too so not like we are giving away fans top facilities either. |
Might be because there’s far more money at PL so clubs are “ compensated”, maybe?, |  |
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| Our ticket prices for away fans on 09:40 - Dec 8 with 1200 views | Danny_G |
| Our ticket prices for away fans on 07:48 - Dec 8 by andytown |
I think we have to charge away fans the same as what we charge home fans in the equivalent area of the stadium. So, we could charge away fans less, but we’d have to lower the home fan prices as well. EFL rule as far as I know. |
It’s actually the opposite. You can’t charge away fans more for equivalent home seating (though plenty of clubs seem to manipulate this rule and get away with it). There’s nothing to stop any club doing the opposite and charging away fans less.
I think a fair rule would be to charge away fans no more than the cheapest price charged to home fans anywhere in the stadium. It’s not like they have any choice about where they sit. | | | |
| Our ticket prices for away fans on 09:55 - Dec 8 with 1125 views | Guthrum |
Inflation innit. |  |
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| Our ticket prices for away fans on 10:24 - Dec 8 with 1058 views | DinnernotTea |
Will be shocked if there's more than 500 away fans on Wednesday.
If you stuck at £30 would a) more away fans turn up b) would they then buy a beer/pint etc
Thus gaining the precious £8 extra per person the club are trying to make.
Anything above £30 by any football club for away fans is rank. | |
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