No, quite a lot of clubs removed concession pricing for some games at the start of the season.
OT ticket price hikes for rest of season
- Thread starter Pogue Mahone
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Price rises for OAP and kids is ridiculous but some people’s view that they have a right to see their team are laughable. You’re a customer. Football tickets are now a luxury.
You do realise you don’t have to go? Maybe if a few thousand actually put in an effort of not going for a few weeks they would eventually buckle on the price hikes. But just like everything in the UK, people moan and still pay.
You do realise you don’t have to go? Maybe if a few thousand actually put in an effort of not going for a few weeks they would eventually buckle on the price hikes. But just like everything in the UK, people moan and still pay.
So are people going to protest the ticket prices by protesting in their thousands inside the ground, having bought the tickets?
I was wondering when the complete dickheads would turn up.
I do worry about what it means for the next generation coming through. There has been a definite shift over the last 10/15 years. Lots of young people's exposure to football tends to be related to YouTube clips or Ultimate Team. I work in education and I'm coming across fewer and fewer younger people who actually go to games. It's too expensive anyway and the price is only going in one direction. The money that would have been spent on tickets is now going on something else instead. All moves like this is going to do is alienate fans. It's putting up barriers to younger fans, whilst also pissing off fans who have been loyal but just can't afford it anymore.
There's also the factor of the way this was handled. It just comes across as very cold. Fans have an emotional connection to their clubs and that should always be respected.
There's also the factor of the way this was handled. It just comes across as very cold. Fans have an emotional connection to their clubs and that should always be respected.
So basically you don't actually have the info about how many have and haven't and just made up the fact that 'United are one of the last clubs left still allowing concession pricing'
Even if this were true (and it's not), it's still a disgrace to do it in the middle of the season with no warning whatsoever
Just Google it, easy enough to do if you really want to find out.
So is this for the rest of this season only or going forward into next season? Me and th lad (6) have managed to get tickets for about 12-13 games this season at around £60-70 for both of us.
If this is the price going forward it will almost double the cost for us because of the daft kid prices.
If it is this season will it also apply to any future European or cup games?
If this is the price going forward it will almost double the cost for us because of the daft kid prices.
If it is this season will it also apply to any future European or cup games?
Game’s well and truly gone.
Maybe you should have done that before making up things that aren't actually true
Why on earth anyone would do that to defend a ridiculous policy change I have no idea
Has it? How?
None of your bad faith nonsense thank you.
Champ's not wrong about the concessions prices going away for other particular clubs, but he's being incredibly lazy about the whole thing. Here are two instances where other PL teams tried to remove some/all of their concessions in certain situations.
West Ham for their home opener against Villa:
Villa's CL ticket prices:
Yep there are a few high profile cases but it's not across the board - yet.
Would love to see some joined up protesting on all of this but will take alot.
Would love to see some joined up protesting on all of this but will take alot.
I don't think this price increase means anything.
This is a new take on this thread to be fair.
Your average fan taking their family is fecked but I guess it opens it up those with big wallets.
I dont know it was an error with the site but when I looked earlier both the Arsenal and City home matches had some child tickets available in the South Stand for £25
Calling it 'lazy' is being very kind!
I'm aware some clubs (a minority) made some moves on concession pricing at the start of the season, but you won't find any who removed all concessions overnight AND did it in the middle of the season with no warning
Even on the graphic you posted for example, Villa still have some discounts on kids tickets - we now have none!
It more than doubled? It's a steep increase but football will carry on, it's not gone.
That's sounds much better.
The game will always go on but part of the club will die with it, I think they are going to wipe out a big group of our supporters in the next year or two, most of them will be local as well.
You are basically going to end up with supporters who have no real attachment to the club.
Madness that ANYONE on this forum would support or defend this
And to watch a team in a huge transition phase. The timing couldn't be better (not).
Its a bit late for that now, we had the chance to get rid of the Glazers and didnt take it
"We" were, are, and will attending matches. Until otherwise, good luck everyone.
That makes me doubt only 3% of tickets being affected as branches must account for a big chunk of that figure alone.
Spurs, Aston Villa, Fulham, Arsenal, Man City, Forest, West Ham, Liverpool, Everton, Crystal Palace, all clubs that have removed concession pricing for all games,
19 out of the 20 clubs have increased pricing across the board for season tickets at the start of the year, including increasing concession pricing where applicable.
They did do it overnight, they just all did it before the season started!
If people have already got their tickets for the games then this raise doesn't apply also.
Again, this isn't a great look for the club, but they certainly are not the only ones doing this.
Thats not true - some clubs are doing away with concession tickets in certain parts of the stadium - but not blanket. You can definitely still buy a concession ticket at Villa still, just not in tier 1 parts of the stadium.
For certain games yes, but not all games.
You can buy a concession ticket for ALL games at Villa mate. Trust me - I have been this season and have a fair few mates who are season ticket holders! (See the graphic on Page 5 of this thread - It's very similar to the PL offerings.
It's not even like we're any good. Charging so much for what is essentially a midtable side is rancid. Same goes for the likes of West Ham etc. Footballs a business, but the disdain these companies have for their customers is horrific.
You're correct on both counts but I wish you weren't.
Working class kids from Manchester/Salford and beyond should be able to attend Old Trafford more than once a season. Its their birthright. Its a fecking travesty that this is being stolen from them.
United, to their credit, have been doing some work locally with schools to get some of these in the ground. They've been supportive of local supporters clubs. All that positivity is now gone.
At least FCUM exists now as a small alternative for those who can't face those prices anymore. It just saddens me that our footballing landscape has changed that much that £66 for kids is now seen as an acceptable price.
The price while high, is understandable given ticket prices in the PL. To do this mid season with immediate effect is a slap in the face to supporters and to get rid out concessionary ticket prices is also very poor from the club.
From a PR perspective, it could have been handled a lot better and the timing of it all, with no consultation or pre-warning is a bad move.
From a PR perspective, it could have been handled a lot better and the timing of it all, with no consultation or pre-warning is a bad move.
This really puts things in perspective.
At some point you will wonder if it's worth it. Like yes, we all love football, and these families will no doubt want their kids to experience what they got the chance to as well, but this isn't 40 years ago where football is the biggest form of entertainment around. There are way more things for younger people to do now, and a lot of other things that less money could be spent on, that they will probably enjoy for longer than 90 minutes as well.
It would be great if ticket sales actually do drop off, and this decision comes back to bite the club, though I have no idea what the demand will be like if more of the current support drops off due to the cost.
The PR from the non football side of things has been dreadful since ineos came in.
I forgot to reply to this earlier, but I'm surprised that you can even afford to go to those matches. I can only afford a TFC season ticket at this point, and even that's getting expensive enough that I need to now cancel a couple of subscriptions for my football fill.
What INEOS is doing is exactly what we've seen happen in the U.S. and Canada already. I wouldn't be surprised if United eventually have the most expensive tickets in the PL, especially if both Arsenal and Spurs can get away with them (despite their recent successes and relatively higher levels compared to United).