The Bear Posted 3 August Share Posted 3 August 9 hours ago, OadbyBlue said: Fullkrug will bang them in for a year or 2. Smart signing £27m for a 31 year old isn't that smart IMO. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post davieG Posted 3 August Author Popular Post Share Posted 3 August @The Bear The Football Community · This is sad to see... Unfortunately this will continue to happen as the Premier League greed takes over and pushes the working class out of stadiums. One positive is that Stevie has later confirmed he will be taking his son to watch Non-League Hednesford Town FC on the weekends 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davieG Posted 3 August Author Share Posted 3 August At first I thought this was about the exorbitant ticket prices the clubs are charging. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm5251vgp8ro Football fans warned over Premier League ticket scams Thousands of young people in the UK were tricked into paying money for non-existent Premier League football tickets last season, according to an estimate by Lloyds Bank. It said that football ticketing fraud against its customers was up by around a third compared with the previous season, and warned fans to be on their guard. Banking industry group UK Finance said that tickets sell out quickly, and criminals can take advantage of people looking for offers. It urged social media firms to take more action to stop fraud, and asked customers to be vigilant. About 6,000 UK football fans fell victim to fraud last season, Lloyds Bank estimated. It analysed its own fraud figures, and made the estimate about fraud suffered by customers of all banks based on Lloyd's market share - it has about a fifth of UK current accounts. That means at least 1,200 Lloyd's customers were scammed last season. More than half of the people getting scammed were between 18 and 34 years old. Its customers lost £177 on average, but for some people it was more than £1,000. Criminals were most likely to target fans of the biggest teams, and supporters of Arsenal and Liverpool fell victim most often. About 56% of the scams started on Facebook Marketplace, and a further 26% began on X (formerly Twitter). Earlier this year Lloyds Bank estimated that Taylor Swift fans lost more than £1m to ticket scammers ahead of her UK tour. How did the scams work? Criminals create fake posts on social media or online marketplaces to advertise tickets that do not exist, often with pictures of real tickets to convince the buyer they're genuine. The victim is then tricked into making a payment, usually by bank transfer. Once the money has been transferred, the fraudster just disappears, and the victim gets nothing in return. The problem with bank transfers is they are not designed for online transactions, so it is more difficult to get your money back once it has gone. The banks can pay victims back, but the transactions don't have the same protections as buying something with a bank card, for example. What can fans do? Liz Ziegler, fraud prevention director at Lloyds Bank, said "missing out on the big match after falling victim to a ticket scam can be devastating". She advised fans to stick to official ticketing channels and to avoid deals that look too good to be true. UK Finance said fans should stop and think before parting with any money. It said it was fine to refuse requests, and fraudsters will probably try to rush you or panic you into making a decision. You get extra protection if you use a credit card to make a purchase between £100 and £30,000. Premier League advises fans to buy directly from clubs or authorised ticket partners. A spokesperson for the banking industry body said that last year customers lost nearly £86m to so-called "purchase scams", with nine out of ten scams starting online. "Tech and social media companies need to step up and tackle the criminality which is taking place on their platforms and contribute to cost of reimbursing victims," the spokesperson said. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LcFc_Smiv Posted 3 August Share Posted 3 August 17 minutes ago, davieG said: At first I thought this was about the exorbitant ticket prices the clubs are charging. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm5251vgp8ro Football fans warned over Premier League ticket scams Thousands of young people in the UK were tricked into paying money for non-existent Premier League football tickets last season, according to an estimate by Lloyds Bank. It said that football ticketing fraud against its customers was up by around a third compared with the previous season, and warned fans to be on their guard. Banking industry group UK Finance said that tickets sell out quickly, and criminals can take advantage of people looking for offers. It urged social media firms to take more action to stop fraud, and asked customers to be vigilant. About 6,000 UK football fans fell victim to fraud last season, Lloyds Bank estimated. It analysed its own fraud figures, and made the estimate about fraud suffered by customers of all banks based on Lloyd's market share - it has about a fifth of UK current accounts. That means at least 1,200 Lloyd's customers were scammed last season. More than half of the people getting scammed were between 18 and 34 years old. Its customers lost £177 on average, but for some people it was more than £1,000. Criminals were most likely to target fans of the biggest teams, and supporters of Arsenal and Liverpool fell victim most often. About 56% of the scams started on Facebook Marketplace, and a further 26% began on X (formerly Twitter). Earlier this year Lloyds Bank estimated that Taylor Swift fans lost more than £1m to ticket scammers ahead of her UK tour. How did the scams work? Criminals create fake posts on social media or online marketplaces to advertise tickets that do not exist, often with pictures of real tickets to convince the buyer they're genuine. The victim is then tricked into making a payment, usually by bank transfer. Once the money has been transferred, the fraudster just disappears, and the victim gets nothing in return. The problem with bank transfers is they are not designed for online transactions, so it is more difficult to get your money back once it has gone. The banks can pay victims back, but the transactions don't have the same protections as buying something with a bank card, for example. What can fans do? Liz Ziegler, fraud prevention director at Lloyds Bank, said "missing out on the big match after falling victim to a ticket scam can be devastating". She advised fans to stick to official ticketing channels and to avoid deals that look too good to be true. UK Finance said fans should stop and think before parting with any money. It said it was fine to refuse requests, and fraudsters will probably try to rush you or panic you into making a decision. You get extra protection if you use a credit card to make a purchase between £100 and £30,000. Premier League advises fans to buy directly from clubs or authorised ticket partners. A spokesperson for the banking industry body said that last year customers lost nearly £86m to so-called "purchase scams", with nine out of ten scams starting online. "Tech and social media companies need to step up and tackle the criminality which is taking place on their platforms and contribute to cost of reimbursing victims," the spokesperson said. Absolutely mad the money people are willing to fork out to watch the likes of Arsenal, City, Liverpool etc. As good as they are, their just another team? I can't believe anyone is stupid enough to fork out 1k let alone be scammed in the process! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OadbyBlue Posted 3 August Share Posted 3 August 1 hour ago, The Bear said: £27m for a 31 year old isn't that smart IMO. Yea I didn’t see the price at that point I’m a big fan of him but that money could definitely be better spent. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJFox Posted 3 August Share Posted 3 August On ESPN right now, Man City up 2-0 in the 5th minute against Chelsea. Two terrible giveaways by Chelsea passing it around the back… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HEGGSY Posted 3 August Share Posted 3 August Chelsea 2-0 down against Man City already, a pen and giving the ball away from playing out from the back. He's being found out already 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimJams Posted 3 August Share Posted 3 August Is he? Or are his players being found out? Players at that level should be able to pass it around the back with ease. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HEGGSY Posted 3 August Share Posted 3 August Just now, JimJams said: Is he? Or are his players being found out? Players at that level should be able to pass it around the back with ease. Both Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrispinLA in Texas Posted 3 August Share Posted 3 August 8 minutes ago, NJFox said: On ESPN right now, Man City up 2-0 in the 5th minute against Chelsea. Two terrible giveaways by Chelsea passing it around the back… Its in Spanish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrispinLA in Texas Posted 3 August Share Posted 3 August 9 minutes ago, NJFox said: On ESPN right now, Man City up 2-0 in the 5th minute against Chelsea. Two terrible giveaways by Chelsea passing it around the back… Just went to the English channel now 😂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimJams Posted 3 August Share Posted 3 August He's got Gusto at LB and that's going how you'd expect. Also started with Lavia, Caicedo, KDH and Fernandez. Gusto just put in a great cross as I'm thinking wtf is he doing on the left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimJams Posted 3 August Share Posted 3 August 7 minutes ago, CrispinLA in Texas said: Just went to the English channel now 😂 Mines just switched to Arabic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrispinLA in Texas Posted 3 August Share Posted 3 August Amazing crowd attendance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrispinLA in Texas Posted 3 August Share Posted 3 August Love it that the commentators keep mentioning Leicester when there talking about Maresca and KDH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLAN Posted 3 August Share Posted 3 August Commentator just said when plan A didn’t work they had no plan B whi knew 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLAN Posted 3 August Share Posted 3 August 4-0 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrispinLA in Texas Posted 3 August Share Posted 3 August 2 goals in a minute man city 4-0 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DZ-LCFC Posted 3 August Share Posted 3 August 4-0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rain King Posted 3 August Share Posted 3 August Interesting watch the Manchester City v Chelsea match. Don't think Maresca's gonna be popular at all. Strange performance from Dewsbury-Hall, spent the whole match strolling around looking like he was hiding from the ball. Tosin looks a poor signing too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
when_you're_smiling Posted 4 August Share Posted 4 August 15 hours ago, LcFc_Smiv said: Absolutely mad the money people are willing to fork out to watch the likes of Arsenal, City, Liverpool etc. As good as they are, their just another team? I can't believe anyone is stupid enough to fork out 1k let alone be scammed in the process! The Guardian Football Weekly podcast on football finances last week was really interesting on this and various other points. Basically pointed out Premier League clubs don’t want season ticket holders any more because they’re in the place of day trippers who’d pay at least £150 a game plus £100s in the club shop during their once in a lifetime trip. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adejo92 Posted 4 August Share Posted 4 August Enzo seems to be fitting right in at Chelsea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan LCFC Posted 4 August Share Posted 4 August Chelsea are firmly in the United camp now of won't threaten for anything serious for a long time. Their ownership are beyond clueless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post The Bear Posted 4 August Popular Post Share Posted 4 August 5 hours ago, when_you're_smiling said: The Guardian Football Weekly podcast on football finances last week was really interesting on this and various other points. Basically pointed out Premier League clubs don’t want season ticket holders any more because they’re in the place of day trippers who’d pay at least £150 a game plus £100s in the club shop during their once in a lifetime trip. That's exactly what's happening at several clubs. The problem is when a club like Wolves does this (which they did this summer with nearly a 20% price rise) they alienate and lose hundreds, maybe thousands of long standing STHs who won't come back if and when the club gets relegated. Once you break that habit of going every week it's very hard to attract those people back. It's a dangerous game by the non top 6 clubs and earns nothing but ill will in the process. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankieADZ Posted 4 August Share Posted 4 August after seeing that Man City Chelsea game last night, I'll be very surprised if maresca last the season at chelsea i know its pre-season but he'll get found out even quicker in the prem if he doesnt adapt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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