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Cost of football crisis banner last night in block A 10:27 - Jan 21 with 2043 views

harrygunter

That was an odd one.

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Cost of football crisis banner last night in block A on 15:37 - Jan 21 with 232 views

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Cost of football crisis banner last night in block A on 14:54 - Jan 21 by E_I_E_I_E_I_O
Seems a fair point and ironically look at all the empty seats yesterday. That along with the stupid prices for all the food and drinks for mediocre offerings. What baffles me is they could sell drinks and food much less and make more by selling more. Not strategic at all.

"What baffles me is they could sell drinks and food much less and make more by selling more. Not strategic at all."

That's far from a given though. If you reduce pricing by 20% (so for a £5 'food item' it would now cost £4), you need to increase volume by 25% to achieve the same revenue. Would £1 make that much difference? For a sale of 5,000 'things', that's 1,250 more you need to sell, just to keep the revenue the same, not 'make more'.

A 50% reduction (which is significant, and may well increase sales by a reasonable number) would require a 100% increase in volume (just to make the same revenue, not more), which is increasing sales from 5,000 to 10,000.

Cost of football crisis banner last night in block A on 20:57 - Jan 21 with 134 views

BlueBadger

Cost of football crisis banner last night in block A on 11:04 - Jan 21 by Zx1988

For the same fixture in 2024, the attendance was 28,001 (albeit at the start of March).

There are no directly-comparable mid-week fixtures from the 2023/24 season, however the attendance for the Rotherham game on 20th February was 28,026.

It's difficult to draw conclusions based on the lack of a January mid-week fixture, but there's certainly evidence that one could use to suggest that increases in ticket prices are playing a part.

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Accidental double vote. Meant to uppie, obvs.

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Cost of football crisis banner last night in block A on 22:21 - Jan 21 with 99 views

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Cost of football crisis banner last night in block A on 10:41 - Jan 21 by rkc123
I think it is always appropriate. I went to the Bristol City home game two years ago on a Tuesday night and I think my ticket in the Alf Ramsey Stand lower was £23, I believe the cheapest ticket last night was £38? A 65% price increase for the same fixture in the same league over just two years seems like a good enough reason for the banner. [Post edited 21 Jan 10:42]

I paid £25 to watch those bits of Grimsby v Barnet that were not obscured by a pillar.

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Cost of football crisis banner last night in block A on 10:41 - Jan 21 by rkc123
I think it is always appropriate. I went to the Bristol City home game two years ago on a Tuesday night and I think my ticket in the Alf Ramsey Stand lower was £23, I believe the cheapest ticket last night was £38? A 65% price increase for the same fixture in the same league over just two years seems like a good enough reason for the banner. [Post edited 21 Jan 10:42]

Posted this before but worth a reminder:

Coventry charging Birmingham fans reasonable prices! by C_HealyIsAPleasure 2 Sep 2025 16:16
Haha indeed but that’s why I’m surprised, I’d have thought the further hike in prices this year would have got more pushback given the way last season unfolded and relegation

Using Southampton at home as an example, equivalent tickets in upper Churchmans:

2023/24 - £34
2024/25 - £36
2025/26 - £43

Scale of increase just seems to have slipped completely under the radar

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