Season tickets 2022/2023 (going up)

[Matt_Lcfc]

Yet again, it is a case of not being ungrateful but being more efficient with the money being spent. Feel free to disagree, but I think that most would sacrifice the free warm can of beer we occasionally get for a freeze in ticket prices. Or as above, we could bin the clappers off because they are terrible, cost money and are awful for the environment. 

 

Of course we have fantastic owners, that is undisputed but pricing fans out should be avoided at all costs - especially when ticket revenue makes up a small chunk of the money.

[GlennyFox55]

Appreciate it wasn’t planned with this in mind but it’s grim timing for those fans on lower incomes in the face of the worst potential spending squeeze since the 70s. 

[kingkisnorbo]

I’d also level the state of our wage bill before the club start to eek more money out of supporters. 

[Unabomber]

1 minute ago, moore_94 said:

Even with the price increase our season tickets are still around the 6th most affordable in the Prem (if other clubs don't also increase their prices)

 

https://www.givemesport.com/1736142-man-utd-liverpool-arsenal-season-ticket-prices-of-premier-leagues-20-clubs

 

Clubs most affordable season tickets for this season:

West Ham - £320

Manchester City - £325

Leeds United - £349

Leicester City - £365 - £394.20 after 8% price increase

Aston Villa - £370

Burnley - £390

Southampton - £399

Newcastle United - £417

Brentford - £419

Everton - £420

Crystal Palace - £435

Watford - £496

Norwich City - £499

Manchester United - £532

Brighton - £545

Wolves - £549

Chelsea - £595

Liverpool - £685

Tottenham - £807

Arsenal - £891

And that justifies our increase how? 

[Bayfox]

2 minutes ago, Unabomber said:

How many season tickets are there? 

23000

[grobyfox1990]

3 minutes ago, moore_94 said:

Even with the price increase our season tickets are still around the 6th most affordable in the Prem (if other clubs don't also increase their prices)

 

https://www.givemesport.com/1736142-man-utd-liverpool-arsenal-season-ticket-prices-of-premier-leagues-20-clubs

 

Clubs most affordable season tickets for this season:

West Ham - £320

Manchester City - £325

Leeds United - £349

Leicester City - £365 - £394.20 after 8% price increase

Aston Villa - £370

Burnley - £390

Southampton - £399

Newcastle United - £417

Brentford - £419

Everton - £420

Crystal Palace - £435

Watford - £496

Norwich City - £499

Manchester United - £532

Brighton - £545

Wolves - £549

Chelsea - £595

Liverpool - £685

Tottenham - £807

Arsenal - £891

Burnley at £390 is mental lol. And what are wolves doing!!

[Aus Fox]

47 minutes ago, TrickyTrev Benjamin said:

Apparently going up quite a-bit. So in this shit time in the world where everything is going up massively the club decide this is the right time to put them up. You can’t say anything because you get a mince pie and a can of foster. 

Bloody hell, I’ve always defended the owners and thought they were brilliant. This has completely changed my view of them.

I can’t believe they make you drink Fosters. Time to go!

[grobyfox1990]

4 minutes ago, BenTheFox said:

I actually think the club are in for a big shock if they think the stadium will be full everyweek post-expansion if they are putting the ticket prices up significantly. 

Not sure. Think it’ll still be full of current premier league status continues. There’s a decent season ticket waiting list I think, plus lots of the new seating will surely be corporate friendly. That means more commercial partners to sign on and give free seats too 

[slymunn]

4 minutes ago, Bayfox said:

Lucky you. 

 

Exactly this. Once you start x by 4 for families. It's just another kick in the teeth. I really hope some of this feedback gets back to the club and they have second thoughts. None of us want to go back to the dour championship days but at the same time if we are losing 30 million a season on a regular basis we need to look to in house costs 1st. Not milking the fans to make a minimal indent.

Only mentioned my ticket in that, I don't go on my own. I know there are more expensive tickets available.. the same as children's are cheaper than mine.

 

Just when the change in price is a pint a month...its not much. But then it's not really making too much of a difference to the clubs budget over the year either.

[Bayfox]

2 minutes ago, kingkisnorbo said:

I’d also level the state of our wage bill before the club start to eek more money out of supporters. 

This is the biggest issue for me. The club talk about being self sustainable but we keep paying wages we can't afford. Our wages to turnover ratio is a disgrace. Now I've loved these good times as much as the next man. But the amount I've spunked following our club in recent years isn't sustainable for many.

 

Yet we are paying huge wages when we aren't bringing that money in. Charging the fans a few quid more a month isn't gonna solve the core issue. 

[ousefox]

It's a difficult one from a business perspective. I can't even remember the last time we had an increase which is good. The increase will probably still be below inflation within that time period.

 

BUT, if you believe football clubs should be run with strong morals it's terrible timing and some people may genuinely have to give up their tickets. Particularly families etc.

[Lcfc82]

I’m happy to pay a bit more but understand that others may not be able to.

Would rather the club binned off the clappers, free beers and all the other free tat that they hand out before putting prices up.

[TrickyTrev Benjamin]

2 minutes ago, Aus Fox said:

Bloody hell, I’ve always defended the owners and thought they were brilliant. This has completely changed my view of them.

I can’t believe they make you drink Fosters. Time to go!

No offence it doesn’t effect you in the slightest. How about the people who fork out every season in season tickets and away tickets ? 

[Matt_Lcfc]

5 minutes ago, Voll Blau said:

If people are "happy" to pay more they should just make a donation to the club off their own backs.

 

Many of your fellow fans aren't fortunate enough to make a choice on whether they're "happy" to spend more on tickets or not.

This. The overarching view of so many being happy / accepting for a price increase just simply would not exist in other fanbases. 
 

I genuinely think that people are scared to criticise the club as they are concerned about coming across as disrespectful. 
 

You can be grateful for what the owners / club have done but also give criticism. Those two things are not mutually exclusive.

[kingkisnorbo]

2 minutes ago, Bayfox said:

This is the biggest issue for me. The club talk about being self sustainable but we keep paying wages we can't afford. Our wages to turnover ratio is a disgrace. Now I've loved these good times as much as the next man. But the amount I've spunked following our club in recent years isn't sustainable for many.

 

Yet we are paying huge wages when we aren't bringing that money in. Charging the fans a few quid more a month isn't gonna solve the core issue. 

Yeah. My eyes watered when I read that recent financial report. 

[Aus Fox]

2 minutes ago, TrickyTrev Benjamin said:

No offence it doesn’t effect you in the slightest. How about the people who fork out every season in season tickets and away tickets ? 

My apologies, just trying to offer a bit of a light hearted joke. I have no opinion on the price rise and avoided making any comment about the issue itself. Just feel a bit sorry for anyone drinking Fosters… even if it’s free.

[tom27111]

Without wanting to sound insensitive, if this is really bothering you, I hope you never have to buy a train season ticket.

 

Prices rise. If you're a home owner, I'm sure you wouldn't be happy if your property was valued today the same as it was 5 years ago.

 

[Unabomber]

Sometimes some peoples justification of any of the clubs bad decisions is mental. You can disagree with the things they do and still be a fan you know! 

[fox_up_north]

I'm finally in the position to justify one but I'd be spending about £30 a game in petrol, based on current prices. £60 a month minimum that could go towards my heating bill :-( 

[Bayfox]

2 minutes ago, tom27111 said:

Without wanting to sound insensitive, if this is really bothering you, I hope you never have to buy a train season ticket.

 

Prices rise. If you're a home owner, I'm sure you wouldn't be happy if your property was valued today the same as it was 5 years ago.

 

What a strange argument. How is my house price relevant? My mortgage payment is still the same however much my house is worth 

And even if I sell my house the next house I buy has a relevant cost. I'm not looking to change my football club 

[Unabomber]

6 minutes ago, tom27111 said:

Without wanting to sound insensitive, if this is really bothering you, I hope you never have to buy a train season ticket.

 

Prices rise. If you're a home owner, I'm sure you wouldn't be happy if your property was valued today the same as it was 5 years ago.

 

What have house prices got to do with football clubs increasing prices for fans whilst paying their players and staff mental wages? 

[hejammy]

The argument for 'it's nothing for the club' is quite redundant too. It's a business. You try to make money wherever you can. They've not increased the price for a significant amount of time. So this is one avenue they can increase revenue. Obviously this is not the only thing they'll do to increase revenue. It's one of many and as the old saying goes... Every penny counts. 

If you think about it more as value for money then you'll be better placed to judge. Also the argument for family of 4 etc is nonsense. You could be a single person or family of 8. Just because you have multiple people in your family does that mean you should be entitled to a bigger discount (or a reduction in the increase?) 

People often forget it's a business. If like the other poster said it's an increase of £3 a month and you have a family of 4. That's £12 extra a month. If your financial situation doesn't allow you to stretch to that then I'm sorry you should really be thinking about if you should have a ticket or not. Some things in life are more important. Ofcourse if you still want to then it's upto you if you want to make sacrifices elsewhere, for example £12 is probably one less lunch out for the family of 4 to a fast food place per month. 

 

If the club kept increasing the price year on year and we were one of the more expensive ones I'd understand the outcry, But as they haven't done that and then people complain, I'm sorry but in my opinion that's just being unappreciative and not living in the real world. 

 

It's not nice but it's life. It's not about pricing people out, it's about sustaining a business and our football club. 

Edited 9 March 2022 by hejammy

[BenTheFox]

8 minutes ago, tom27111 said:

Without wanting to sound insensitive, if this is really bothering you, I hope you never have to buy a train season ticket.

 

Prices rise. If you're a home owner, I'm sure you wouldn't be happy if your property was valued today the same as it was 5 years ago.

 

My response to that is a romantic, idealistic and downright delusional one. For some people, watching Leicester City is the one thing they can cling to and is the only escape from their problems. I am in a more priveledgee position than that but for the club to potentially take that away from someone is pretty devastating. 

[Bayfox]

21 minutes ago, Unabomber said:

Is Brendan not paid like £10m a year? 

Pay him 9 job done sure he will manage. Afterall his house is worth more than it was when he joined

[hejammy]

2 minutes ago, Unabomber said:

What have house prices got to do with football clubs increasing prices for fans whilst paying their players and staff mental wages? 

Paying the prices for players and staff and season ticket costs are 2 seperate issues. You pay the going rate. For example do you complain about how much Patterson is getting paid to be Batman when going to the cinema?