Season Ticket Prices EPL vs Budesliga

Dubai Blue · August 5, 2015

Came across an article from a while back:

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In the soundbite from Uli Hoeness (former Bayern Munich President), from last year, he says: 'We could charge more than £104. Let's say we charged £300. We'd get £2m more in income but what's £2m to us?

'In a transfer discussion you argue about that sum for five minutes. But the difference between £104 and £300 is huge for the fan.

'We do not think the fans are like cows, who you milk. Football has got to be for everybody.

'That's the biggest difference between us and England.'

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...tting-Premier-League-shame.html#ixzz3hwiKIxeu

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Do we think that this is a fair comparison to the English league? Are ticket prices higher here because of the standard or football, or other taxes, charges that the club has to account for? I find it hard for their to be such a huge gap between 2 fairly similar leagues.

Is 2m added revenue really something that is a significant factor to the English game? If so wouldn't it be better to have to drawn through another revenue stream (take your pick!).

Or is it just "the price of things" and if the football fan is used to paying, why change it?

barneygumble · August 5, 2015

We've had this conversation alot, and i think we all agree the same thing don't we?

Germany care about their fans, English clubs care about their fans money.

The English game is absolutely ruined by the dictatorship of rules thats sat infront of the fans, and the ticket prices. In Germany for €30 you can have a 'seat' with the ultras, 2 beers, and a hot dog (all of which, i can take to my seat). For £25 in England you can have less than 50% of a ticket to United, City, Liverpool. Infact, for £25, you could but a ticket to Swansea and Newcastle, but thats before travel costs.

I pay €185 a year for a season ticket for Málaga, if i go 1-2 times a year, then great, the ones I don't go to, i can flog for €15 a ticket, and subsequently have made nearly double my money! To put it in perspective, its €110 for the cheapest ticket when we play Madrid or Barca.

Germany has it spot on. England got sky, got greedy and disillusioned itself from the fans. What would any premier league club rather have? 10 80-year old season ticket holders, who have been going for 65 years, renew their season tickets, or would they prefer one person to buy a corporate box for £67,500 a year? I know the answer.

I love Everton, but £50 for Norwich away, are they messing?