Peter Ward
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There's an interesting piece in today's Guardian revealing that many Premier league clubs charge up to £600 (that's West Ham) for mascot places, thereby excluding many disadvantaged kids. What's Albion's policy anyone?
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Does the Albion charge for children to be mascots?
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Norman Baker suck my lozenge
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Hastings gull
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There's an interesting piece in today's Guardian revealing that many Premier league clubs charge up to £600 (that's West Ham) for mascot places, thereby excluding many disadvantaged kids. What's Albion's policy anyone?
Look at the club site and go to Young Seagulls on the fans section. there are two mascot packages -not cheap! My son was a mascot in the mid 1980s -it was free, he got a full kit given to him and we had free drinks in the player's bar afterwards. Danny Wilson was the then captain and came up to us to wish us all the best.
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Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Agreed.
With the mindboggling MULTI-MILLIONS of pounds pouring into PL clubs, for them to charge families £600 to have their kid as a mascot is absolutely shocking scummery of quite EPIC proportions.
rouseytastic
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Correct. My eldest boy as picked free for the Blackpool game. Had a great day. I think if I'd paid it would have set me back several hundred quid. And there's a 'captains mascot' package which gets you food as well for about £100 more.
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Randomly I got a call from Albion office a week before the Tottenham game offering my boy the chance to be the only mascot for the game for free (we already had tickets so I guess they just went down the list of away fans under 10 and picked a name).
It was great experience considering it didn't cost us a bean unlike the Tottenham mascots who had all shelled out a lot of money (as I kept being told by various mascot parents) but I'm not sure it was worth the £££'s they'd spent. We went into the Tottenham and Brighton changing rooms before the game along and out into the pitch with the players while I stood on the touch line doing the proud dad thing.
It was great experience considering it didn't cost us a bean unlike the Tottenham mascots who had all shelled out a lot of money (as I kept being told by various mascot parents) but I'm not sure it was worth the £££'s they'd spent. We went into the Tottenham and Brighton changing rooms before the game along and out into the pitch with the players while I stood on the touch line doing the proud dad thing.
Pistol Knight
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A Gold & Silver package at Palace!!
ITS FOR KIDS the supporters of the future FFS
Another alarming thing was Chelsea being the FIRST PL club to pay its staff the "living wage" up from MINIMUM WAGE!! how can PL clubs justify paying shit wages to its staff, the £££££'s are rolling in!!
ITS FOR KIDS the supporters of the future FFS
Another alarming thing was Chelsea being the FIRST PL club to pay its staff the "living wage" up from MINIMUM WAGE!! how can PL clubs justify paying shit wages to its staff, the £££££'s are rolling in!!
Peter Ward
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I'm sure Bloom, Am Express et al would be embarrassed by this fleecing of young seagulls if it was publicised. Its a complete disgrace. I'd be up for a petition.
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Two free and nine paid positions, I believe.
beorhthelm
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its hardly fleecing is it if people willing pay, and do so happily to plan a special day rather than wait on the off chance they get picked amongst dozens, hundreds, of others for the occasion to come up for free.
Man of Harveys
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Charging 350 quid is a complete disgrace IMHO.
Someone whose son was a mascot at the Millwall game last Friday mentioned something about they had drawn their name out of a hat or something. He was very proud for his son but confesses quietly that he is (gasp) a Palace fan... but his kids aren't!
Thunder Bolt
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There are 11 mascotsfor each game. Nine are paid for, but two are drawn from the Young Seagulls membership, so therefore free.
Gullflyinghigh
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- Apr 23, 2012
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Yep, but not even remotely surprising is it?