Pulling a conversation with [MENTION=474]Mr Blobby[/MENTION] and [MENTION=249]edna krabappel[/MENTION] off of Facebook onto here, based on an article that includes this:
"This week, we play Gillingham in the League Cup. It took some time for Spurs to release pricing details. Eight days after the draw, they did. While Spurs wanted to continue with the £20/£10/£5 policy, Gillingham chairman Paul Scally wanted prices to be higher. Negotiations reached stalemate and, with the days ticking away, agreement had to be reached. So prices for the tie will be £25 for adults, £15 for seniors and £10 for kids.
We’re not happy. And we said so. And that led to criticism from some Gillingham fans who said we didn’t realise the tie was a vital payday for their club. Some were angry that we’d just paid £30m for a player but were complaining about a £5 ticket increase.
But it wasn’t Tottenham’s fans who had £30m to pay. It was the club. Too often fans of Premier League clubs are seen as indistinguishable from the clubs themselves, but the truth is that while the self-styled elite are benefitting from unprecedented wealth, the fans are not. In fact, there’s a good argument to say that, with prices rising up to 920% since the Taylor Report was published, fans of Premier League clubs are the most exploited in the country."
I have some sympathy with Spurs fans, but not too much if I'm honest...
1. £25 doesn't strike me as unreasonable.
2. Having had a quick look at Gillingham's site, tickets for their League One games cost £25 at The Priestfield (there are some cheaper tickets too).
3. Part of the romanticism of English Cup football is the bumper pay day that lower league sides get from drawing a 'big club' at home.
4. If the Premier League have finally got their act into gear with regard to ticket pricing, subsidised by the TV billions, then PL fans who benefit from that can afford to lob an occasional extra fiver into the lower leagues.
5. The economics of life in the football league is ticketing is a key income stream, unlike the Premier League.
6. If we were playing Spurs tonight, we'd have 25,000+ paying full Albion ticket prices instead of c7,000 paying £12.
Am I alone?
"This week, we play Gillingham in the League Cup. It took some time for Spurs to release pricing details. Eight days after the draw, they did. While Spurs wanted to continue with the £20/£10/£5 policy, Gillingham chairman Paul Scally wanted prices to be higher. Negotiations reached stalemate and, with the days ticking away, agreement had to be reached. So prices for the tie will be £25 for adults, £15 for seniors and £10 for kids.
We’re not happy. And we said so. And that led to criticism from some Gillingham fans who said we didn’t realise the tie was a vital payday for their club. Some were angry that we’d just paid £30m for a player but were complaining about a £5 ticket increase.
But it wasn’t Tottenham’s fans who had £30m to pay. It was the club. Too often fans of Premier League clubs are seen as indistinguishable from the clubs themselves, but the truth is that while the self-styled elite are benefitting from unprecedented wealth, the fans are not. In fact, there’s a good argument to say that, with prices rising up to 920% since the Taylor Report was published, fans of Premier League clubs are the most exploited in the country."
I have some sympathy with Spurs fans, but not too much if I'm honest...
1. £25 doesn't strike me as unreasonable.
2. Having had a quick look at Gillingham's site, tickets for their League One games cost £25 at The Priestfield (there are some cheaper tickets too).
3. Part of the romanticism of English Cup football is the bumper pay day that lower league sides get from drawing a 'big club' at home.
4. If the Premier League have finally got their act into gear with regard to ticket pricing, subsidised by the TV billions, then PL fans who benefit from that can afford to lob an occasional extra fiver into the lower leagues.
5. The economics of life in the football league is ticketing is a key income stream, unlike the Premier League.
6. If we were playing Spurs tonight, we'd have 25,000+ paying full Albion ticket prices instead of c7,000 paying £12.
Am I alone?
(I just need a few extra facts for my argument)