Twenty Eight Quid???

[GhostOfDixie]

I'm sorry but that is a ****ing disgrace. That is approximately 3/4 of a million for each game. I just can't afford to donate to that.

My sister and her husband would end up paying almost £100 if they take their 6 year old.

If they go to every game its almost 2k. Yes I know season tickets are cheaper in the long run, but its the initial outlay of over a grand too.

I remember when I had my ticket in the late 90's and we were able to pay per month and it was usually paid up by February.

I hope they think of this when they hope to attract 50,000+ to a new stadium, or a revitalised Goodison.

I'm disappointed to say the least because I wanted to go to the Wigan game, can't justify that cost.

[teppic]

wow. 28 notes for the gwladys!

what's going on!

[GhostOfDixie]

That's the lowest price ticket. I don't have credit cards, and I am just trying to pay for a holiday - and let's be honest Everton haven't really shown us a product worthy of that price.

The facilities are ****e compared to that price, and there is no guarantee that we are going to perform on the day and put on a show that is good value for money.

[teppic]

that is poor. especially as there is nothing new on offer (apart from jags) and as is often claimed it's an entertainment after all.

i'll be back in january and i go in the main stand flup knows how much that will be. we laugh at chelsea being 50 notes a ticket.. but we are hardly london town... i'm a sucker i'll go anyway. like everyone else. and when i move back to the uk next year i'll get a season ticket. football. ****ing hell.

[Rob]

that is poor. especially as there is nothing new on offer (apart from jags) and as is often claimed it's an entertainment after all.

i'll be back in january and i go in the main stand flup knows how much that will be. we laugh at chelsea being 50 notes a ticket.. but we are hardly london town... i'm a sucker i'll go anyway. like everyone else. and when i move back to the uk next year i'll get a season ticket. football. ****ing hell.

Lucky git...

[Chris]

That is a shocking price, but if punters don't pay then the footballing world ceases to go round.
We moan about no transfers and no money to build our own stadium, then in the next breath complain when the prices are high.
There has to be give somewhere. As Tep says they are fully aware that punters will cough up regardless of what they charge.
I did a quick calculation and the cheaper season tickets work out about 20-21 quid a game.

[Axlswhk]

That is a shocking price, but if punters don't pay then the footballing world ceases to go round.
We moan about no transfers and no money to build our own stadium, then in the next breath complain when the prices are high.

Post of the day. That's life, if you can afford just pay for it, if not there's no point moaning about it.

[teppic]

that is poor. especially as there is nothing new on offer (apart from jags) and as is often claimed it's an entertainment after all.

i'll be back in january and i go in the main stand flup knows how much that will be. we laugh at chelsea being 50 notes a ticket.. but we are hardly london town... i'm a sucker i'll go anyway. like everyone else. and when i move back to the uk next year i'll get a season ticket. football. ****ing hell.

ok it might actually be 2 years. asia is a black hole for time.

[ever tony an]

sadly kids will be priced out of the game
i cant see people taking kids much longer except to the odd game and that must have a knock on effect for the future of football

we could only afford to take our 3 kids to one game last season and that was because it was a cup game and cheeper

[GhostOfDixie]

Post of the day. That's life, if you can afford just pay for it, if not there's no point moaning about it.

Well thats a little unfair. So your saying that those who are rich enough get to watch football, and those who don't **** em? Do they not count? Are they not real fans because other than paying the ****ing bills and rent they are unable to spend 200-300 a month on a product that doesn't really befit the price.

I think that's such an unfair view on things. Sure if we had players on 50k, and it was a category A game, but its Wigan! And the cheapest seats are 28 quid.

[teppic]

not sure on the context that post was meant axlswhk...
but anyone who is a fan who can't afford a ticket should have every right to complain. sadly there is a large proportion of our loyal support base struggling to go to the game in this day and age.

[Bruce Wayne]

http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_...028161,00.html might interest you Ghost.

If you're not happy with the prices then all you (and we as fans) can do is vote with our feet. We live in an era when John Terry can hold out for £130,000 a week at the same time as spouting loyalty to the club and its fans. On a moral level there's no way he's worth that much, but on an economic level as long as people pay £x to watch them then the club will pay these wages.

So if you feel you're being fleeced by the game the answer is to simply stop buying the tickets, the tv subscriptions. Hit the clubs, and ultimately the players, where it hurts. I don't know individual salary figures but the club spent around 60% of turnover on wages in the last accounts so we must have some pretty big earners on board.

I guess we should be grateful that we have a manager who displays a certain degree of prudence with the clubs finances rather than the guys in charge at certain other clubs.

[GhostOfDixie]

Well I have no choice, £28 can't be raised for a game vs Wigan. Simple as that. I don't even want to buy Sky because I'm fed up it being about Liverpool and gorilla boy graphically going down on every one of those Spanish goons over the way!!!

[Bruce Wayne]

That's what it takes. Last season when clubs had vast areas of empty seating they were forced to look at ticket prices and several clubs froze prices.

Man Utd have been the biggest club going the opposite direction and have raised prices by over 10% to fund the summer spending spree. No, hang on, the Glazer family funded the summer spending spree (for those who want a new owner ;) )

[Sim]

The government or the FA or some higher authority really needs to step in and put some rules in place regarding player salaries. Football, I think most of us can agree, is similar to a drug, so just like cigarettes, if the prices goes up it rarely affects are desicion to buy. So effectively, the agents and players are exploiting that hold of fans over their clubs to line their pockets.

I am completely against paying someone £130,000 a week for playing football, its immoral, as indirectly thousands of people are being exploited for a small group of individuals to get very very very rich for doing very very very little.

Clearly if someone doesnt steps in and the fans continue to be exploited then we are going to head to some major outburst from the fans as pressure continues to rise.

[Dylan]

It isn't as bad as some sports out here. Recently Alex Rodriguez signed a new deal with the New York Yankee's that will net him $27,708,525 for this season alone (Salary, not endorsments)!!!!!!!

[Sim]

It isn't as bad as some sports out here. Recently Alex Rodriguez signed a new deal with the New York Yankee's that will net him $27,708,525 for this season alone (Salary, not endorsments)!!!!!!!

Thats exactly what I mean, how many people are living in poverty for a person to fund a lifestyle like that. I'm all for capitalism and having the chance to get rich, but thats obscene for what he does for a living.

[Dylan]

True, in the big picture of things, $27mill a year is piddling. Look at Gates with his $50 billion personal fortune. Or Sam Walton who was at around $100 billion before he died and left each one of his kids $20 billion.

[Sim]

True, in the big picture of things, $27mill a year is piddling. Look at Gates with his $50 billion personal fortune. Or Sam Walton who was at around $100 billion before he died and left each one of his kids $20 billion.

Yeah thats true, but anyone who does such little for so much is doing it simply through the poverty of others.

OK I'll stop preaching about the imoral high earners now or the feds will be on me for being a communist!

[Bruce Wayne]

Come now. If what those 'suits' (was there a pun intended there suits?) did was so easy then a lot more people would be doing it. I'm sure many will regard what footballers do as quite easy, it's only running around kicking a ball after all, but ask your average Sunday league player how easy it is and you'll get a different answer.

The fact is that 40,000+ pay £30 a week to watch these guys, that's £1.2 million right there (or 50k for each of the 22 starters). Add in the many thousands that pay however much to watch them on tv each month, not just here but abroad as well. Add in how much sponsors are willing to pay to be placed next to these footballers. Add in the merchandising that these players help to sell and you get serious money and the players know that it's by virtue of their talent that all of this money can be made.

It's the same with film stars. They earn based on their commercial appeal, both at box office and movie store (and to a lesser extent merchandising etc.) Now personally I think most Tom Cruise movies suck arse and he's nuttier than a fruit cake, but as long as millions pay to watch his films he'll get paid millions to star in them.

It's just the law of the markets I'm afraid chaps, however unjust it may appear. If millions of people wanted to pay to watch me do something then I expect I'd be equally well paid. As far as the financial side of the game goes footballers are less about winning on the pitch as they are about putting bums on seats, feet through shop doors and eyeballs on the tv. They're products to be sold to you and I.