The Premier League clubs currently wallowing in a bottomless trough of riches from the Sky and BT deals have, once again, delivered a gratuitous two-fingered salute to their faithful fans by voting to veto a proposal to cap away ticket prices at £30. No prizes for guessing that Arsenal who charge from £64 for 'visitors' led the opposition to the motion which fell short of the 14 votes required. It has to be said QPR are not much better with current ticket prices for home supporters, I'm beginning to find the £10 tickets at Dulwich Hamlet quite tempting... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sp...g-boys-vote-proposal-cap-away-tickets-30.html
At Watford the owners struck deals with teams like West Bromwich Albion so that away tickets for both games were £20 or so. I don't think you need to guess some of the clubs that refused to reciprocate......
While people pay to go they'll charge what they can. Very few clubs give a toss if it's you or a Japanese tourist in the seat. In fact they'd probably rather have the place packed with tourists if it means selling more tat in the club shop beforehand.
Simple solution for Liverpool after the 77th minute walkout. Raise the prices to £90. (Unashamedly half-inched from Twatter)
In the middle east such as Saudi Arabia it is not uncommon to find domestic football matches being televised from virtually empty stadiums.
looking at the faces in the ground watching the mercenary footballers in Man. City shirts, I'd hazard a guess it wouldn't take too much more to boycott their games. The money they earn it was a disgrace watching that performance against Leicester. I think we know the feeling, Bosingwa Traore etc.
There's a great show on Talksport tonight with Stan Collymore talking about ticket prices. He's really letting rip at the English clubs in comparison to German ones.
The Gooners earn over £100m a year from gate receipts alone and they still have one of the longest waiting lists for season tickets. It goes to show that there are people out there who have enough money to afford what ever prices clubs charge and for that reason I can't see the Premier League changing things. If you compare football ticket prices with concerts or the theatre it doesn't work out too badly for 90 minutes of entertainment. Sadly that is the market clubs are competing in as the variety of other options to spend our cash on is ever growing. I can see owners pulling out of clubs if the fans are able to dictate the cost of admission. If there is a taste for change them maybe start with the ludicrous amounts of dosh the clubs pay their players.
And the greed is not just in the PL......Europes elite chasing a break-away from Champions League http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35535729
It's inevitable really, look at most of the big players and they are ruining their domestic leagues. Bayern are virtually unbeatable in Germany, PSG are 24 points clear in the French League and unbeaten, Juventus, after losing three games at the beginning of the season have won 13 on the trot. Add to this the usual Barca and Real procession and it's really only the Premier League that has stuttered from the usual suspects this season. These big guns have been having regular meetings over the years and if UEFA don't dance to their tune they'll pick up their ball and go and play elsewhere. That's why FFP is no longer an issue in the Euro competitions. It's only a matter of time and it could spell the end of international competition as players would be outside UEFA/FIFA remit...
Fair play to Liverpool, have announced they've scrapped the price increases and will reduce lowest season ticket price. Hope QPR are watching...
Tennis anyone? please log in to view this image Tennis ball protest halts Dortmund match Borussia Dortmund fans threw tennis balls onto the pitch during their German Cup victory over Stuttgart in protest against ticket prices. Supporters also boycotted the first 20 minutes of the 3-1 quarter-final win. They are unhappy at the rising cost of attending Bundesliga games, with a quarter of away tickets for Tuesday's match costing 70 euros (£55). On Saturday, Liverpool fans staged a walk-out during their home game against Sunderland in protest at ticket prices. please log in to view this image A banner in the Dortmund end says 'football must be affordable' Dortmund fan Marc Quambusch, a member of the campaign group behind the protest, explained why some supporters chose to miss the opening 20 minutes. "Obviously it's not something we want to do, but we feel we have to do it," he told the BBC World Service. "We don't feel very good about not supporting the team for the first 20 minutes, but it has to be." Quambusch also backed the decision of thousands of Liverpool fans to leave the Sunderland match early. "It's always good to see fans protesting against bad conditions and, yes, they have our solidarity," he said. "I hope it is inspiring other fans to join them and to protest as well. I love English football but it is killing itself." Why tennis balls? please log in to view this image According to Quambusch, fans were being ironic. He says Germans use the expression "great tennis" to describe something very good. So throwing tennis balls, he says, was a way of telling Stuttgart that their prices were too high. "It was an idea to make it clear that enough is enough," Quambusch told BBC Radio 5 live. But aren't prices pretty fair? There is the perception in Britain that tickets don't cost that much in Germany, but that's wrong, says Quambusch. "When it comes to standing tickets, it's ok," he said. "But you don't have so many standing tickets. It's not cheap, in a way." What happened in the game? please log in to view this image Dortmund took the lead against Stuttgart with a fifth-minute strike from Germany international Marco Reus. The home side, who had won their previous four Bundesliga games, drew level in the 21st minute thanks to a Lukas Rupp effort. Goals from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang - his 30th of the season - and Henrikh Mkhitaryan secured Dortmund's place in the semi-finals. please log in to view this image http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/35464102
