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Post by mat1scfc on Sept 10, 2024 14:02:41 GMT
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Post by malc on Sept 10, 2024 14:37:42 GMT
£35 for league one football as well, that's a ridiculous amount of money to ask supporters to pay regardless of how much money the owners have chucked at the squad. Crackers amount. I know the standard is nowhere near the same but I only paid €40 for my abono (season ticket) which gives me entry to 17 Spanish Tercera League group 13 fixtures at Lorca Deportiva on Sunday.
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Post by palmersears on Sept 10, 2024 15:07:03 GMT
I thought Blackpool at £30 was pushing it, but £35 is daylight robbery considering you're having to put up with being in Birmingham for three hours.
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Post by countybumpkin on Sept 10, 2024 15:54:21 GMT
A boring 0-0 draw & 5 broken legs for each side would do ….with both teams being denied blatant penalties in added time so everyone’s fuming.
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Post by Barmy Blue Army on Sept 10, 2024 16:08:10 GMT
I thought Blackpool at £30 was pushing it, but £35 is daylight robbery considering you're having to put up with being in Birmingham for three hours. Try £100 to watch Villa! Taking longstanding fans for a ride knowing they'll pay it to see their club in the CL, then saying it's all about being competitive and meeting PSR. I'd rather we weren't competitive if it got to that. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cn0ldxngke2o
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Post by timberwolf on Sept 11, 2024 7:30:41 GMT
I thought Blackpool at £30 was pushing it, but £35 is daylight robbery considering you're having to put up with being in Birmingham for three hours. Try £100 to watch Villa! Taking longstanding fans for a ride knowing they'll pay it to see their club in the CL, then saying it's all about being competitive and meeting PSR. I'd rather we weren't competitive if it got to that. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cn0ldxngke2oOne day fans will realise they are being taken for a ride and start voting with their feet. How will clubs be forced to change. Maximum admission charges depending on the league would not work as all clubs would charge it.
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Post by suedehead on Sept 11, 2024 8:14:59 GMT
Try £100 to watch Villa! Taking longstanding fans for a ride knowing they'll pay it to see their club in the CL, then saying it's all about being competitive and meeting PSR. I'd rather we weren't competitive if it got to that. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cn0ldxngke2oOne day fans will realise they are being taken for a ride and start voting with their feet. How will clubs be forced to change. Maximum admission charges depending on the league would not work as all clubs would charge it. At the top level, it doesn't matter as there'll be tourists to replace them. I'd even say clubs prefer those tourists as more likely to spend in the shops, bars etc within the ground. It's something that has been said about us to a lesser extent too. I don't even know what our matchday prices are any more, but if somebody who was there in the NLN can't afford it any more but is replaced by some day tripper (we've had someone on here this week asking about tickets, so it does happen) who will get in the Courtyard at 1pm, buy some tat from the shop etc then the club is on to a winner. The key is having a constant stream of those day trippers. It's no good replacing a fan with a tourist for one match, that leads to a loss overall. But if there's a long line of them willing to spend in the ground then (financially) the club is on to a winner, although the overall net result suffers.
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Post by The Real Exile on Sept 11, 2024 8:33:07 GMT
I thought Blackpool at £30 was pushing it, but £35 is daylight robbery considering you're having to put up with being in Birmingham for three hours. Other than getting beat my other lasting memory of that place is that the chippy put mint in their chilli sauce
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Post by timberwolf on Sept 11, 2024 9:15:18 GMT
One day fans will realise they are being taken for a ride and start voting with their feet. How will clubs be forced to change. Maximum admission charges depending on the league would not work as all clubs would charge it. At the top level, it doesn't matter as there'll be tourists to replace them. I'd even say clubs prefer those tourists as more likely to spend in the shops, bars etc within the ground. It's something that has been said about us to a lesser extent too. I don't even know what our matchday prices are any more, but if somebody who was there in the NLN can't afford it any more but is replaced by some day tripper (we've had someone on here this week asking about tickets, so it does happen) who will get in the Courtyard at 1pm, buy some tat from the shop etc then the club is on to a winner. The key is having a constant stream of those day trippers. It's no good replacing a fan with a tourist for one match, that leads to a loss overall. But if there's a long line of them willing to spend in the ground then (financially) the club is on to a winner, although the overall net result suffers. Think the word tourist is a bit of a harsh description of a football fan who does what many of us have done in the past and exciles will still do. Watch another game of live football if your club is playing miles away or have not got a game or possibly they do not support a single club anymore by moving to a new area or a student living miles from home. Surely i cannot be the only County fan who could once have been called a tourist doing their first EP game and having no prior close connection with the town.
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Post by timberwolf on Sept 11, 2024 9:18:55 GMT
I thought Blackpool at £30 was pushing it, but £35 is daylight robbery considering you're having to put up with being in Birmingham for three hours. Other than getting beat my other lasting memory of that place is that the chippy put mint in their chilli sauce Better than my memory of a slashed tyre. Mind you i prefer a no brained tyre slasher to a band wagon jumper.
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Post by The Real Exile on Sept 11, 2024 9:28:45 GMT
Other than getting beat my other lasting memory of that place is that the chippy put mint in their chilli sauce Better than my memory of a slashed tyre. Mind you i prefer a no brained tyre slasher to a band wagon jumper. The only place my car has ever been vandalised at the footy was the car park behind the Florist, my trusty old Volvo had the drivers window smashed, nothing stolen just outright vandalism. England at Villa Park was interesting as well, I was in my Ford Ranger pickup and predictably getting out was a nightmare, Copper tells me to back up, I said I can't there is a car behind me..... Copper, back up NOW sir I can't I'll hit the car behind me Copper ..... do it now or ill nick you for obstruction Crunch......well more of an awful scraping noise. Luckily the car was small enough that it's front end just went under my rear bumper, but he did get a proper scrape along the bonnet. Went to exchange details once we got moving after the suitably red faced Copper created enough room to turn us round.. He just drove off! Can only think he'd been drinking or wasn't insured.
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Post by since67 on Sept 11, 2024 9:30:03 GMT
I remember going to an away games in late 70’s I think it was York and we lost to what would be an injury time goal now 2-1 and got back to the car and some kind soul had smashed my wing mirrors!
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Post by suedehead on Sept 11, 2024 10:00:27 GMT
At the top level, it doesn't matter as there'll be tourists to replace them. I'd even say clubs prefer those tourists as more likely to spend in the shops, bars etc within the ground. It's something that has been said about us to a lesser extent too. I don't even know what our matchday prices are any more, but if somebody who was there in the NLN can't afford it any more but is replaced by some day tripper (we've had someone on here this week asking about tickets, so it does happen) who will get in the Courtyard at 1pm, buy some tat from the shop etc then the club is on to a winner. The key is having a constant stream of those day trippers. It's no good replacing a fan with a tourist for one match, that leads to a loss overall. But if there's a long line of them willing to spend in the ground then (financially) the club is on to a winner, although the overall net result suffers. Think the word tourist is a bit of a harsh description of a football fan who does what many of us have done in the past and exciles will still do. Watch another game of live football if your club is playing miles away or have not got a game or possibly they do not support a single club anymore by moving to a new area or a student living miles from home. Surely i cannot be the only County fan who could once have been called a tourist doing their first EP game and having no prior close connection with the town. Depends if you're coming for the first time with the intention of potentially coming back/supporting your local team, or if you're just going to a different game as a day out. That's the very definition of a tourist. I've done it at other clubs. I went to Millwall v Cardiff the other year as I was in London, I was a tourist at the game. It's not necessarily an offensive term. Similar to that fella who was asking the other day for Wrexham tickets. He said they go to different games/grounds as a change, they're tourists. Nothing wrong with that.
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Post by suedehead on Sept 11, 2024 10:06:25 GMT
Better than my memory of a slashed tyre. Mind you i prefer a no brained tyre slasher to a band wagon jumper. The only place my car has ever been vandalised at the footy was the car park behind the Florist, my trusty old Volvo had the drivers window smashed, nothing stolen just outright vandalism. England at Villa Park was interesting as well, I was in my Ford Ranger pickup and predictably getting out was a nightmare, Copper tells me to back up, I said I can't there is a car behind me..... Copper, back up NOW sir I can't I'll hit the car behind me Copper ..... do it now or ill nick you for obstruction Crunch......well more of an awful scraping noise. Luckily the car was small enough that it's front end just went under my rear bumper, but he did get a proper scrape along the bonnet. Went to exchange details once we got moving after the suitably red faced Copper created enough room to turn us round.. He just drove off! Can only think he'd been drinking or wasn't insured. Went to England v Brazil in the Umbro Cup at Villa Park in 1995. Some kids asked the lad who took me if they could mind his car, he said no. Came back and the passenger side windows were smashed and they'd gone through glove box. Was a windy drive home. Only other time I've had my car done was in Edgeley. Was the Huddersfield FA Cup in November 2004, that blonde Andy Smith played for us. Took a girl who I'd met at uni, what a day out that would have been, an FA Cup 1st Round thriller. Ashley Williams scored. She'd been shopping in town beforehand to buy Christmas presents for her family. I picked her up and we parked up just by Old Chapel Street, she slung her bags into the boot. Came back afterwards and windows smashed, all her bags gone and loads of CDs nicked too. They slashed one of the seats too which really annoyed me. Reported it but police couldn't have been less interested. She asked to claim on the insurance for all the stuff she bought, don't think so duck. I won't be losing my no claims bonus for your Christmas presents. Dropped her back in town and literally never saw her again.
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Post by timberwolf on Sept 11, 2024 10:14:30 GMT
Think the word tourist is a bit of a harsh description of a football fan who does what many of us have done in the past and exciles will still do. Watch another game of live football if your club is playing miles away or have not got a game or possibly they do not support a single club anymore by moving to a new area or a student living miles from home. Surely i cannot be the only County fan who could once have been called a tourist doing their first EP game and having no prior close connection with the town. Depends if you're coming for the first time with the intention of potentially coming back/supporting your local team, or if you're just going to a different game as a day out. That's the very definition of a tourist. I've done it at other clubs. I went to Millwall v Cardiff the other year as I was in London, I was a tourist at the game. It's not necessarily an offensive term. Similar to that fella who was asking the other day for Wrexham tickets. He said they go to different games/grounds as a change, they're tourists. Nothing wrong with that. Its just a word i suppose at the end of the day. I,d guess people see football in different ways like my uncle who lived near wembley who watched different clubs every week and not bothered one bit about the result. Cannot understand people like that as being one who could visit an obscure non league game where after a few minutes i,d want one side to beat the other and could never be a neutral. its games like the PO final a few years back where salford played fylde. could never attend a game like that as both side could never lose it and could never want either to win or cheer them.
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