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Viking Chat => Viking Chat => Topic started by: 5minstogo on September 03, 2013, 09:24:59 am
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Any idea when the tickets go on sale?
Maybe one for the SLO's?
Thanks
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Any idea when the tickets go on sale?
Maybe one for the SLO's?
Thanks
mm.msg376659#msg376659 date=1378196699]
Any idea when the tickets go on sale?
Maybe one for the SLO's?
Thanks
[/quote]I would think it will be when Sheffield Wed send us the tickets
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Don't think there'll be any panic for them, we've never sold it out yet and we won't be starting now!
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I hope not, coming home for this game and fetching our lass to her first rovers match, keep telling her we're better than arsenal :chair:
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Ill be there, looking forward to that one.
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Don't think there'll be any panic for them, we've never sold it out yet and we won't be starting now!
2000 at the most.
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We will take more than 2000
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Any idea when the tickets go on sale?
Maybe one for the SLO's?
Thanks
mm.msg376659#msg376659 date=1378196699]
Any idea when the tickets go on sale?
Maybe one for the SLO's?
Thanks
I would think it will be when Sheffield Wed send us the tickets
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I'm glad you took the time and trouble to post a reply. Most helpful.
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He has a point though. I'm sure we've been sent tickets late in the past so they haven't gone on sale the three weeks before hand that they're meant to (which is your answer, by the way).
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Any idea when the tickets go on sale?
On Wednesday....?
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I'm looking forward to this match.
See the Rovers stuff the Owls, then into Sheff for a few shandies and Fury v Haye.
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I'm looking forward to this match.
See the Rovers stuff the Owls, then into Sheff for a few shandies and Fury v Haye.
I like your thinking!!!
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Any idea when the tickets go on sale?
Maybe one for the SLO's?
Thanks
We'll check with the club and get back to you as soon as we can.
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The FL rules state that the home club must produce the tickets for the away club a minimum of 4 weeks in advance of the fixture.
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Sheffield weds have been awaiting their new ticket stock, the tickets arrived with us by courier late this afternoon.
Therefore we will be checking them in tomorrow and setting up the fixture, and will advertise the sale dates as soon as possible once everything is in place.
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Sheffield weds have been awaiting their new ticket stock, the tickets arrived with us by courier late this afternoon.
Therefore we will be checking them in tomorrow and setting up the fixture, and will advertise the sale dates as soon as possible once everything is in place.
Thanks thats great.
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Should be a decent weekend! Seeing a gig at Sheff Leadmill Friday night, then off on't piss round Sheff, staying in't Premier Inn, then up, brekkie and Wendies away! Can't wait! :thumbsup:
Also, if we do sell out the top tier (stranger things have happened!) I'd imagine we'll get tickets for the bottom tier?
:scarf:
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I'm looking forward to this match.
See the Rovers stuff the Owls, then into Sheff for a few shandies and Fury v Haye.
Looking forward to it as well, few beers at lunchtime, see us stuff the owls then straight on the train to Manchester for ringside seats to watch Haye outclass Fury!
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Ticket prices are now on Keepmoat website. Think it was £29 adults an £18 cons and kids
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Ticket prices are now on Keepmoat website. Think it was £29 adults an £18 cons and kids
That is f**king disgusting, guess I'm not going now then. People really are being priced out of football.
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Any idea when the tickets go on sale?
Monday called in 2day
Maybe one for the SLO's?
Thanks
mm.msg376659#msg376659 date=1378196699]
Any idea when the tickets go on sale?
Maybe one for the SLO's?
Thanks
I would think it will be when Sheffield Wed send us the tickets
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Yep it's £29 or £30 on the day, disgusting
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This is the game I've been looking forward to since brentford, I'll be gutted to miss it but would a boycott lower the price do we think?
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:aok:Monday called in today ticketts just arrived got 2 sort them out then they said will b on sale monday :rtid:
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The prices already on the website, struggling to believe it. £18 for kids!
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Ticket prices are now on Keepmoat website. Think it was £29 adults an £18 cons and kids
That is f***ing disgusting, guess I'm not going now then. People really are being priced out of football.
To be fair though - would you go if it was £25? And if so is another £4 really going to break the bank?
Not having a go, just a question. Yes the price is over the top, but that's what comes at playing at this level.
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the kids price is ridiculos . So if me and my son go on coach aswell then thats £70 give or take a couple of quid . Sorry i cant justify that amount good luck to those who can .
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£47 for a dad and a lad regardless of there age up to 18! You might say the extra £4 wouldn't break the bank but you wouldn't pay £7 for a pint or £4.50 for a packet of crisps
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£47 for a dad and a lad regardless of there age up to 18! You might say the extra £4 wouldn't break the bank but you wouldn't pay £7 for a pint or £4.50 for a packet of crisps
You also wouldn't have paid £6.50 for the cheapest packet of fags in the shop or £1.50 a litre of petrol ten years ago, but that's the reality of it. Companies will charge what they think they can get away with and a pint of beer would be a lot more expensive than it is and followed the same trajectory as cigarettes if it wasn't for the competition from supermarkets causing pubs to shut down every week.
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I am in London that weekend for the NFL, but wouldnt go at that price anyway. I get to a point now at about £25 and draw a line.
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I am in London that weekend for the NFL, but wouldnt go at that price anyway. I get to a point now at about £25 and draw a line.
You'll be paying £29 a pint and £18 a burger in London won't yer!?
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If we take 1000 I'll be amazed.
Thing is, I bet the price won't put the fans of say Barnsley off who will still take about. 4000 there
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At £15 we would take 2,500 and they would have double the people to sell programmes burger and beers to
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I am in London that weekend for the NFL, but wouldnt go at that price anyway. I get to a point now at about £25 and draw a line.
You'll be paying £29 a pint and £18 a burger in London won't yer!?
Probably!
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If we take 1000 I'll be amazed.
Thing is, I bet the price won't put the fans of say Barnsley off who will still take about. 4000 there
Must have more money than sense, then.
Here's a thought- don't give your money to Sheffield Wednesday. Save it and go to the two home games we have the following week. Burnley on 1st Oct and Leicester on 5th Oct. That way your money will go to DRFC.
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Yep it's £29 or £30 on the day, disgusting
Hmm. Are Wednesday up to their old tricks again?
Home Kop tickets cost £27 for non-members, or £28 on the day.
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Disgusting prices. Was hoping to make the trip down from Newcastle to Hillsborough. I can't see it being very likely now being on a student budget. Ridiculous how they can just brand anyone who's over 18 in just one price bracket.
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It gets said time and time again, but just look at German football, don't they pay £15 a ticket for games in the Bundesliga?
Does anyone watch the Bundesliga highlights show on ITV4 on a Monday night?(I think it's repeated at some point tonight), just look at how the fans bounce about and create atmosphere, probably because of the price they play to watch a very, very good standard of football.
Wigan was £15 a ticket and we took 1400ish and created a decent atmosphere!
Unfortunately it'll never happen!
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The only way we can let clubs know this isn't on is to boycott games. This is what the Germans did and it worked for them. We're all football supporters together regardless of the team we support and we're currently getting the raw end of the deal on all parts. We are forced to sit, we are herded like cattle and are ripped off at every opportunity. Enough is enough
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So, how many of you have signed the 'Twentys Plenty' campaign organised by the FSF?
http://www.fsf.org.uk/campaigns/away-fans/score-campaign-twentys-plenty-for-away-tickets/
And, how many are actually signed up members to the FSF? (It is free!)
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Football supporters are their own worst enemies, if the supporters worked together as a whole something could happen. The problem is everyone is very tribal, I tweeted last night about this and the first response was saying well Leeds charge this in an attempt to justify the Wednesday charging 29.
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£30 on the day. Makes our prices look cheap doesn't it? And yet their average crowd will double, probably treble ours this season.
So, contrary to what a lot of people think, it's not all about ticket prices
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So, how many of you have signed the 'Twentys Plenty' campaign organised by the FSF?
http://www.fsf.org.uk/campaigns/away-fans/score-campaign-twentys-plenty-for-away-tickets/
And, how many are actually signed up members to the FSF? (It is free!)
I am and have been an FSF member for three years now and I have just signed the campaign
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The supporters who pay game by game to go to our home games should never complain or give the excuse of ticket prices if they pay to go to This game.
Huddersfield tickets are £25 but supporters will pay that yet complain our prices are to high. How can we compete.
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It's a shame they are so high, as this would have been a decent following. As ad put, i'd be surprised if it was anywhere near a thousand.
How are they getting away with charging home fans less though?
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The supporters who pay game by game to go to our home games should never complain or give the excuse of ticket prices if they pay to go to This game.
for me steve, paying game by game suits at this time. its the floating fan that the price puts off, there were ten or twelve of us a few years back attending(st holders most of them)
now there is just me.
when asked if they are coming the answer was always " not paying that to watch that" last season.
but in the last two seasons they have found other things to do/spend their money on.
it will take alot of good football and a few wins to claw back that type of fan.
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The supporters who pay game by game to go to our home games should never complain or give the excuse of ticket prices if they pay to go to This game.
for me steve, paying game by game suits at this time. its the floating fan that the price puts off, there were ten or twelve of us a few years back attending(st holders most of them)
now there is just me.
when asked if they are coming the answer was always " not paying that to watch that" last season.
but in the last two seasons they have found other things to do/spend their money on.
it will take alot of good football and a few wins to claw back that type of fan.
Totally agree with that I have evidence of the same thing.
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Love these local derbies, great atmosphere, seen the price, definitely won't be paying that I'm afraid.
The only way the prices will come down is by boycotting these games. Spend yer money at the keepmoat dudes.
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Am I correct in thinking I saw somewhere that when we are at Ipswich it's £43 to get in??
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Silly price. Unfortunately I'm (effectively) committed, coming up from London with a group (including a Wednesday fan) and we've already booked train tickets.
Was very much looking forward to the local derby, still am but doesn't sound like there will be a great deal of fans there with me!
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this is exactly the reason crowds are down in football. there is no way your average bloke is going to pay this. I don't care what level rovers play at. the best part of 50 quid to take my lad to watch rovers at Hillsborough - and that's without the 150 mile round trip to get there.
wasn't it 20 quid just a few seasons ago?
it will an unsurprisingly low attendance for away fans, I have no doubt.
wake up clubs - you are killing attendances.
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£30 on the day. Makes our prices look cheap doesn't it? And yet their average crowd will double, probably treble ours this season.
So, contrary to what a lot of people think, it's not all about ticket prices
i put that down to Sheffield being bigger thus larger catchment not prices
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Outrageous. Are home fans being charged the same? They have a history of bending the rules.
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Their 'equivalent accommodation' isn't the Kop end, therefore using that figure is irrelevant. Their argument is that the facilities in the away end are superior, therefore they can charge what they currently do.
We did attempt to approach several local clubs with a view to reciprocal pricing but unfortunately we seemed to be the only club with an appetite for it.
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its a pity that SM as didnt we do a deal with the dingles a couple of seasons back where they charged us 20 quid and we did the same for them. If my memory serves me right both away attendences were healthy as a result. Its a shame that other clubs dont see the sense of it as i am sure the revenue would be increased as more people would attend imho . I have thought also about the implications of us charging more for fans of these clubs (prob cant be done anyway) but then we would lose money and that would make us as bad as them .
Heres a thought though a trip to wednesdays for me and my son is a similar price to a sports package with sky for a month , now i know you cant beat live football but you can see why people dont go to the match when its a hell of alot cheaper to sit at home and watch numerous games on the box.
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scaley back rover,
Yes we did. I organised a campaign at this end and one of my FSF colleagues did the same at the Barnsley end resulting in a reduction in price to £21. They were charging £28 at the time and we were charging £27 meaning we got the slightly better deal. End result was a saving of £7 for all DRFC supporters and as a result we took a couple of thousand supporters to Barnsley.
(However, to his ultimate shame a certain poster on here tried very hard to scupper my plans and wouldn't listen to reason)
When I raised this subject again this season we were in the unfortunate position of Barnsley changing all their senior management, plus the people running the trust at Barnsley have also changed. It didn't help.
We should all sign the FSF petition though as its already beginning to have an effect at Premier league level. If we can get it to work there then it's bound to be felt throughout the league structure.
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Thought so SM . i signed the said petition when it was first placed on here as it makes sense mate . I am afraid that if people cant justify paying those prices they wont go to follow their club, which in turn means they will be finding other forms of entertainment to do on these days. Now if that in turn starts becoming as enjoyable or more enjoyable and more cost freindly than following their respective club ( not just rovers) then the clubs lose that customer and their family.
I think for too long clubs have relied on fans loyalty to charge what they want , in this day and age people are fed up paying through the nose for ninety mins of possible entertainment. Whilst some clubs ours included are trying to make it a cost freindly day other clubs are simply taking the piss. I for one wint be going to any away match where i deem the cost to be a piss take so that means i will miss leeds and ipswich also . As much as i love watching my team i wont be held to ransom by these greedy bas**rds at other clubs to watch rovers.
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^ This....
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I think it's pathetic people are not gonna bother going over the sake of paying a few more quid.
You'd go if it was 25.
Why is it only out fans with this attitude?
As I said Barnsley will take 4000 plus there, they won't be moaning about paying a few quid extra. Are Barnsley supporters that much better off? No, they are just more passionate and willing to support their team at all costs.
Our support is frankly pathetic. We've sold what 400 tickets so far for a local derby at Huddersfield. We might shift 1000 if we are lucky.
The Wednesday game, it will be less, and again we will be a laughing stock. Another example of why we shouldn't be in this league.
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I think it's pathetic people are not gonna bother going over the sake of paying a few more quid.
You'd go if it was 25.
Why is it only out fans with this attitude?
As I said Barnsley will take 4000 plus there, they won't be moaning about paying a few quid extra. Are Barnsley supporters that much better off? No, they are just more passionate and willing to support their team at all costs.
Our support is frankly pathetic. We've sold what 400 tickets so far for a local derby at Huddersfield. We might shift 1000 if we are lucky.
The Wednesday game, it will be less, and again we will be a laughing stock. Another example of why we shouldn't be in this league.
How stupid do you have to be to decide that we shouldn't be in a particular league because of the number of away tickets we have or havent sold?
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Because we don't have the fan base to compete. Simple.
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are you serious ?????? you think that £29 for me then £18 for my three year old is good value? i dont and many others dont . I was talking abot this last night and sll agreed that the prices are expensive. I have spent tens of thousands of pounds watching rovers over the years. When i was single it was fine but now i have a family a mortgage to pay along with the bills £70 for tickets and travel (nothing else) for 90mins of football is ridiculous. I could go with my family to a theme park for a whole day and prob still have change from that.
Also i have a reasonably paid job so yes i can afford it but on princable i am not paying out that . If that makes me a pathetic fan as you call it thats fine by me as clearly you dont know the lengths and distance i have done to follow rovers . I am sure though that the fans we have who cant afford it will appreciate your comments though . As much as anyone loves supporting the rovers i am sure they have other priorities to see to before they pay to watch a match such as food, housing and bills they also must be pathetic too .
As i have said before if you can justify and afford going then fair enough but i and many cant but by paying it your letting them get away with it. If its being part of a laughing stock your worried about u should man up a bit i think as its you who is being pathetic
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Well said Scaley
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But (and I'm only saying this to play devils advocate, the ticket prices are appalling) with it being one of the (if not the) closest away games it works out roughly the same as an away game at somewhere like Bolton when you consider the reduced price in travelling.
As for juniors (under 16) Barnsley charge £16 for 11-16s.
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That's not the point though is it! I've spent a couple of hundred pounds a time on some away games (travel, hotel & tickets included but I refuse to spend anything above £30 for a ticket. Vote with your feet!
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Oh I understand its a matter or principle for many people and I don't blame anyone who isn't going because of the price either, it will be a rather expensive day for people taking children etc.,
I had the same conversation with my younger brother earlier, he's 15 and went to both Charlton and Wigan but says he isn't going to Wednesday now because it's £18 for his ticket. I just found that a bit strange when it would probably still be the cheapest overall away day for him when you factor in the travel prices.
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But (and I'm only saying this to play devils advocate, the ticket prices are appalling) with it being one of the (if not the) closest away games it works out roughly the same as an away game at somewhere like Bolton when you consider the reduced price in travelling.
As for juniors (under 16) Barnsley charge £16 for 11-16s.
Given that I live four miles from Bolton I'd say no! :P
Was going to this, am not now due to the ticket price. I will similarly be boycotting both Leeds and Ipswich and any other away games where the ticket price is unjustifiably high. I'm not expecting every club to be able to do what Wigan do (who are using parachute money to subsidise tickets) but I don't expect to be ripped off either and can see no reason why the second tier of English football has any justification for charging more than £25 for adults and £15 for kids.
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Better saving your money and supporting the club at home and at least Rovers get the money
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looking at the price for them match tickets for sure so r fans will stand back and think 'fcuk that i will give This game a miss'
I guess the high price will effect Dads taking lads or familys attending the game the most,which in turn will have knock on effects Much more down the years.
Also Its going to price out males or friends in large groups going to the game,as think about it close on 30
Pounds is 7pints if you was sat in yer local on the lash
With yer mates who gave the game a miss for that reason.
alot Of People might be put off going after reading This Thread When you think about it.
As if you think that only a few rovers fans will turn up
The atmosphere will be lacking and the dayout less attractive .
So then more fans jump onto the motion that Its too
exspensive to go to said game,but really Its a cop out
which could be known as the ...sheff weds flu....
if This was the last game ofte season just like brentford
Last term with the same circumstances standing on the result...
how many would still go?
This problem will be something that football in whole will have to solve as prices keep on going up.
What will like Of sheff weds be changing for same game in 5 years time?
over 30 pounds for sure and maybe a couple Of quid short Of 35pounds for adults.
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Plenty of people saying they aren't going?
Who is actually still going to go. As i'm unable to get to Huddersfield now, i'll be making the trip to Sheffield. Will still be the cheapest away game of the season, despite the ticket cost.
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£29 is disgusting for 1 1/2 hours entertainment (if it's a decent game). When you compare football with other sources of entertainment, it's no wonder the floating fans decide against football. The only people who pay these prices are the die-hard, long-term fans; it's us that are getting "punished" for supporting our clubs through thick and thin, and it's simply disgusting.
Shame on you Sheffield Wednesday.
I hope we don't do the same thing to their fans when we play them at home either - it's not the fans' fault, it's the greed of the directors.
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I think it's pathetic people are not gonna bother going over the sake of paying a few more quid.
You'd go if it was 25.
Why is it only out fans with this attitude?
As I said Barnsley will take 4000 plus there, they won't be moaning about paying a few quid extra. Are Barnsley supporters that much better off? No, they are just more passionate and willing to support their team at all costs.
Our support is frankly pathetic. We've sold what 400 tickets so far for a local derby at Huddersfield. We might shift 1000 if we are lucky.
The Wednesday game, it will be less, and again we will be a laughing stock. Another example of why we shouldn't be in this league.
Why does having a smaller fan base make us a laughing stock?
Having been struggling at the bottom of the Conference only 15 years ago, and now in our second stint in the championship (3 divisions higher) in the last few years, why are we a laughing stock?
If you think we're that bad, go watch someone else..
And yes, folks do draw the line somewhere with ticket prices. Yes, it is only a few quid more than £25, but if there a few going from each family, that few quid adds up to a lot.
I think £29 is too much, and £25/26 is probably my limit.
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and let's not forget it's blooming swillsborough! You'll be lucky if you're not sat behind a column or two. They've also been known to ban alcohol in the away end for some matches :chair:
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We had this with this bunch of Kitsons a couple of years back.
They are playing fast and loose with the FL rules. They charge the same price for seats on the Leppings Lane end as they do for seats in the North Stand for home fans. By FL rules, that imues that the facilities and seats are of a similar quality.
The North Stand is a cantilever with unobstructed views and covered concourses for toilets and bars.
The Leppings Lane upper tier has 2 sets of 4 columns between the fans and the pitch, and uncovered concourses where you will get soaked if it is raining.
As I recall, we complained about this in 2010 and they reduced the away ticket prices.
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And what they are doing with the kids prices is scandalous. Kids tickets in the Kop and North Stand are £6-9 for Owls members. £18 for non members. So they look after their own and have a disgraceful price as a "standard" so they can shaft away fans.
Utter, utter scum. A f**king disgrace and worthy of an official complaint to the League. A classic example of working round the letter of the rules whilst totally flouting the spirit.
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:headbang:About time we charged like for like 2 away fans :welcome: Yes they are put come on it should b one price trougth out the lq your in.