rovers ticket prices 2010/2011

[roverstillidie91]

just seen the prices of individual games. what do people really think??

cos i just think that it just starts to sink in that football clubs don't give a shit about the fans its just all about making money and i no people won't like what i am saying but its true

ive just left college doing painting n decorating and currently due to economic malarky i have saved up from a previous job incase i don't get a job in the short term, which is looking unlikely but now i've seen the prices, and i am currently 19.

28 quid to sit and watch a football game for an hour and a half, whats the point !! all footy clubs do nowadays is rip u off from top to bottom. Whether its a football shirt which they pay peanuts for and charge 40 quid which is scandalous, or whether its merchandise like 25 quid for a polo or 65 quid for a coat or 3 quid for a matchday programme and oh yeah.... refreshments at the keepmoat thats a joke too

Its just ridiculous and football clubs think they can just charge what they like and get away with it but i tell you rovers won't even get 10,000 average next season cos people have to see the real picture and think.... do i pay for the rovers or pay my mortage??

dont get me wrong i love my football, but i've decided i am going to work in a full time job and including saturdays if possible cos i don't see the point in paying 28 quid to watch the rovers and its going to put people off matches. i thought 17 quid was bad enough but 28 quid  

my main point is though..... football clubs don't care about how the fans feel they just do what they want and what do they give back to the fans for all their hard earned money they spend...... not all that much to be honest in the hard times. Maybe the odd autograph by the fans here and there

so.... thats all im going to say rant over.

[BobG]

While I don't disagree with the point of your argument, it's only fair ro mention that Rovers need the cash. I agree that it's reprehensible in itself, but unless they do things like this, we ain't going to be seeing Championship footer for all that long are we? It's a function of the culture of the entire professional game. Unless the Rovers compete in the environment in which they live, they won't survive.

The fault is not with the Rovers. It's with the FA of 10 and 20 years ago. And today. They built this creation. Their antics set the tone of what goes on today.

I've said on here about umpty zillion times that before I die, I'll see a mega rich top league, maybe one more professional league, and then semi professional at best. What's the result going to be, do you think, of the recent announcements about how much the Championbship is going to get from the PL compared to what 3rd and 4th Division clubs are going to get? It's the beginning of the establishment of a permanent under class - an under class who are to be allowed to wither and die away. It's inevitable without some really fcuking serious change. That's why we shouldn't blame the Rovers. Instead, it's why no one, no one at all, should spend money ever again on anything England related until such time as the FA resign en masse and Sky are brought to heel. No one else is going to make any changes are they? They're all far too well off and far too comfortable. Once more, it's the supporters who are the only hope for the future of their team.

BobG

[Old Popsider]

It's not only the Rovers charging these prices, you'll find most clubs in the Championship charge around the same price.

The only one that sticks in the craw is Ipswich - £33 there for away AND home supporters.

Clubs have to pay players and staff wages and they don't come cheap nowadays, hence the ever upwards cost of a ticket.

 You think these prices are steep? Just wait until/if we ever get to the big boys league - Premiership - watch the price ticket rocket then! Pal of mine goes to West Ham and it costs him just under £95.00 for him and his 16 year old son to get in and a matchday magazine.

WHU are one of the cheaper Premiership clubs to go and watch, clubs like Arsenal, Chelsea and MUFC are much more expensive to go and see - if you can get a ticket that is.

[washyrover]

Must admit would not want to pay these prices week in week out but where possible get a season ticket but john does put the money in the team and we are living the dream.

[DonnyRTID]

roverstillidie91 wrote:

just seen the prices of individual games. what do people really think??

cos i just think that it just starts to sink in that football clubs don't give a shit about the fans its just all about making money and i no people won't like what i am saying but its true

ive just left college doing painting n decorating and currently due to economic malarky i have saved up from a previous job incase i don't get a job in the short term, which is looking unlikely but now i've seen the prices, and i am currently 19.

28 quid to sit and watch a football game for an hour and a half, whats the point !! all footy clubs do nowadays is rip u off from top to bottom. Whether its a football shirt which they pay peanuts for and charge 40 quid which is scandalous, or whether its merchandise like 25 quid for a polo or 65 quid for a coat or 3 quid for a matchday programme and oh yeah.... refreshments at the keepmoat thats a joke too

Its just ridiculous and football clubs think they can just charge what they like and get away with it but i tell you rovers won't even get 10,000 average next season cos people have to see the real picture and think.... do i pay for the rovers or pay my mortage??

dont get me wrong i love my football, but i've decided i am going to work in a full time job and including saturdays if possible cos i don't see the point in paying 28 quid to watch the rovers and its going to put people off matches. i thought 17 quid was bad enough but 28 quid  

my main point is though..... football clubs don't care about how the fans feel they just do what they want and what do they give back to the fans for all their hard earned money they spend...... not all that much to be honest in the hard times. Maybe the odd autograph by the fans here and there

so.... thats all im going to say rant over.

Bet you regret not buying an early-bird season ticket for £150.

[DonnyBazR0ver]

Beggars belief that some folk still can't get a grasp of the principle of keeping prices low to make it more affordable to more people. Result lower price, higher revenue (providing you pitch it right).

Who says it's right to charge more the higher up we go. Who says average players should get paid over the odds, who says 'fans' demand success.

All fans want is value for money. A good competitive game of football and an affordable price, played by honest professionals who are not overpaid pansies and who care whether they win or lose.

If you get to the point of selling out your season tickets then there may be excessive demand and only then should you consider putting up your prices.

[BobG]

No. don't agree Baz. Football is not a normal business. You'd be dead right if we were talking about buying a packet of soap or a bar of chocolate. But supporters of footy teams get emotionally involved. For life. So price elasticity is far, far greater than with an everyday normal buy decision. Hence footer clubs can charge masses mnore than any sane person thinks is reasonable and still get sufficient numbers through the gates to mean their income does actually still increase. If it didn't, do you think all these clubs would be still be putting prices up and up and up after all these years?

Their objective is to maximise revenue. Clearly, they do. I think only Bradford City have tried a different strategy in the last 10 years or so. And even they have now backed away from that. So increasing pr4ices still works.

Cheers

BobG

[DonnyBazR0ver]

So price elasticity is far, far greater than with an everyday normal buy decision. Hence footer clubs can charge masses mnore than any sane person thinks is reasonable and still get sufficient numbers through the gates to mean their income does actually still increase. If it didn't, do you think all these clubs would be still be putting prices up and up and up after all these years?

You are right. But it doesn't make it right and that argument is wearing thin with many stay away fans.

I'll be very surprised if our gate revenue, certainly ST revenue will exceed what was taken last season.

Losing ST holders damages potential revenue in the longer term and when we have gradually built up our fan base to then put at risk all the hard work is potential suicide.

I'm just so fed up of our game being driven by greed.

[BobG]

I agree wholeheartedly Baz! Greed is running almost everything. And that's not just football either. I loathe the culture and values of this country. I did even have a little wonder to myself last week about whether or not the world Cup debacle might just see the beginning of the bursting of this football bubble. You could easily be right. Maybe price rises are going to be counter productive sooner rather than later. Trouble is, it'll affect smaller clubs before it affects the fashionable ones - which will make their life even simpler.

How I hate the bloody FA!

Cheers

BobG

[Old Popsider]

BobG wrote:

No. don't agree Baz. Football is not a normal business. You'd be dead right if we were talking about buying a packet of soap or a bar of chocolate. But supporters of footy teams get emotionally involved. For life. So price elasticity is far, far greater than with an everyday normal buy decision. Hence footer clubs can charge masses mnore than any sane person thinks is reasonable and still get sufficient numbers through the gates to mean their income does actually still increase. If it didn't, do you think all these clubs would be still be putting prices up and up and up after all these years?

Their objective is to maximise revenue. Clearly, they do. I think only Bradford City have tried a different strategy in the last 10 years or so. And even they have now backed away from that. So increasing pr4ices still works.

Cheers

BobG

Agree with the 'emotional involvement' part. The guy I've mentioned told me that he has been a WHU supporter for 22 years now. He's followed the team all over the place and reckons he has spent somewhere in the region of £70-80k in that time. That includes grounds admittances, air fares, train fares, hotel charges,and buying WHU related stuf such as shirts, scarves programmes etc etc. He's also paid out quite a bit for the various WHU tattoos he has. In short, he's the complete football fanatic.

Without people such as him the clubs would not be able to keep paying out the outrageous wages to the current crop of players. Would he give up WHU in order to persuade the club to cut prices? Not a snowballs chance in hell, and that goes for thousands of others like him.

Whatever the clubs charge, people will pay because the club is their lifeblood in some cases.

[DonnyBazR0ver]

did even have a little wonder to myself last week about whether or not the world Cup debacle might just see the beginning of the bursting of this football bubble

It's got to happen and if we don't do anything about it the pain in the longer term will be much deeper.

I think a fans day of protest could have a profound effect by making the people in the game realise who is important to the game.

If everyone feels as we do and cares about the game enough and can see what is bad, then we should join together and boycot a complete weekend programme of games. If folk thought long and hard about it, or we could educate them, then the next step would be to cancel Sky subscriptions.

[BobG]

Hear hear! I've never once subscribed to Sky so I can't cancel anything. He always was a shifty bas**rd. But yes. Thye solution will only come if fans make it happen. No one else is likely to.

I suspect that if we are having this conversation on this poky little board here, there must be a large number of smiliar conversations happening on other, bigger, and dmaller, boards. The trick, as always, is how to get everyone in touch with each other and how to then get agreement on objectives, strategy and tactics. Not easy to do....

Cheers

BobG

[I-was-there1976]

£28 to watch a football game and not be guaranteed of any action,goals,entertainment ????????


I feel sorry for the people who are addicted and cant leave it alone.

[moses]

Fans loyalty enables football to get away with all sorts.

Remember MK Dons, franchise FC, they survived for two years on away supporters. Most fans were very against franchising footballing clubs but faced with the choice between missing a game and making a stand fans chose to go to the game and keep the franchise going.

The clubs know they can get away with most things, such as ripping off St John's ambulance when going into administration, and couple of results and its all forgotten.