Should we be doing more ?

ijjysmith · February 16, 2015

How much does it cost to go see London Irish or Leeds Rhinos?

Huyton Layne · February 16, 2015

£25 if we lose, £35 if we win.

blulouie · February 16, 2015

BoysInBlue said:
How many times does Wales vs England happen - once a year? Twice?

£35+ x 19 home league games per season is a lot.

Defo seems alot ,read somewhere the other day Bayern have season tickets at around £119 & fill the 70 thousand seat Allianz.

summerisle · February 16, 2015

Article on

blulouie said:
Defo seems alot ,read somewhere the other day Bayern have season tickets at around £119 & fill the 70 thousand seat Allianz.

Thought-provoking piece on comparative cost of season tickets in Europe.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...tickets-than-Barcelona-and-Bayern-Munich.html

blulouie · February 16, 2015

summerisle said:
Article on

Thought-provoking piece on comparative cost of season tickets in Europe.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...tickets-than-Barcelona-and-Bayern-Munich.html

Thanks for that...unbelievable difference there.
Not been to the Allianz but I would bet the facilities are far better than ours ,plenty of ways to spend your Euro's instead of 20 mins for a cold pie & warm Chang.
Think we could all (every english club) learn from this.....as for Arsenal thats just ridiculous.

summerisle · February 16, 2015

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blulouie said:
Thanks for that...unbelievable difference there.
Not been to the Allianz but I would bet the facilities are far better than ours ,plenty of ways to spend your Euro's instead of 20 mins for a cold pie & warm Chang.
Think we could all (every english club) learn from this.....as for Arsenal thats just ridiculous.

1979 : the death of fairness and equality in society.

Huyton Layne · February 16, 2015

Conference club Barnet charge £49.90 for an adult shirt.

What?

Sinski · February 16, 2015

blulouie said:
Defo seems alot ,read somewhere the other day Bayern have season tickets at around £119 & fill the 70 thousand seat Allianz.

I think if you look it up there are rules in place for Bundesliga clubs in what they can charge for tickets. They also have to have a certain amount of tickets available for general public so the clubs cannot fill the stadium with as many season ticket holders as they can.
I actually have been and watched a game there at the 2006 world cup and the stadium is excellent.

The Buck · February 16, 2015

The TV money has been swallowed up by wages - astronomical money for players, managers and the various hangers on. Would be nice if that was invested in the fans / facilities. SKY paid +70% for the renewed rights. Charged to subscribers, but filtering through to phone and broadband packages. The money in football is insane. Will the bubble burst one day?

tommye · February 16, 2015

atrottel said:
Or it's the equivalent of going to a concert. In which case, it's much cheaper than going to see has-beens Spandau Ballet at the Arena...

Can't believe nobody has ripped this to shreds.

Standards in this place have slipped so so far.

'kin hell

summerisle · February 16, 2015

Layne said:
Conference club Barnet charge £49.90 for an adult shirt.

What?

Arthur Daley selling them ?

summerisle · February 17, 2015

Blue Union tweet :

Delighted to see that @Everton have become the latest club to ensure all employees directly employed will be paid the #LivingWage well done!
7:49pm - 16 Feb 15

But what about the non contract employees ? Anybody know what the ratio is to directly employed ?

COYBL25 · February 17, 2015

Layne said:
Conference club Barnet charge £49.90 for an adult shirt.

What?

I have family connections in York and go to watch York City a couple of times a year. An adult York City shirt costs something similar and it's about 20 quid to go on the terraces to watch a league 2 up an under game. From what I can gather this about normal for a league 2 ticket.

I think if you compare our ticket prices to this, we don't actually come out of it too badly, certainly better than a lot of other clubs. The tv money hasn't just affected the Premier League, the ripple effect has filtered down to all of the pro leagues bumping up wages, which in turn is reflected in ticket prices across the board .

Huyton Layne · February 17, 2015

COYBL25 said:
I have family connections in York and go to watch York City a couple of times a year. An adult York City shirt costs something similar and it's about 20 quid to go on the terraces to watch a league 2 up an under game. From what I can gather this about normal for a league 2 ticket.

I think if you compare our ticket prices to this, we don't actually come out of it too badly, certainly better than a lot of other clubs. The tv money hasn't just affected the Premier League, the ripple effect has filtered down to all of the pro leagues bumping up wages, which in turn is reflected in ticket prices across the board .

That's terrible. Think the shirt prices are a joke for that level though. Maybe they should drop "brands" and get a Chinese company to make the £3 shirt for £3 and sell it for a reasonable price.

marty mcfly · February 17, 2015

BoysInBlue said:
Taking all passion, bias, and trying to ignore the lack of business sense of reducing prices (for Everton anyway) out of it...

A Premier League match is basically 2 and a half hours of entertainment. It's the equivalent of going to see a blockbuster movie at the cinema.

A Premier League match ticket costs £30+.
A movie ticket costs £14 tops, probably cheaper if you go for lesser options.

25-30 years ago, going to the pictures cost the same as going to the match, a few quid tops.

Why is football now 2 to 3 times the cost of going to the cinema?

Because of football agents.