BCFC Jimmer Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 I was just wondering if anyone knows why nothing has been said about the scandalous ticket price for the Leeds game? A big song and dance was made over a similar cost for the opening game of the season at SWFC? Quite a few supporters including me are clearly avoiding the game due to this. The BCFC London branch priced it up and none of us are going because it would ultimately be a £100+ day out which is nothing short of ludicrous to go to a Championship match. Its so annoying because I would have loved a day trip up there with my friends. Surely, if the Supporters Trust role is to represent the fans then more could be done? For me, its not really an issue of being able to afford to go. It is actually the principle of being charged way above what the 'acceptable' amount should be. I notice that Charlton away in a few weeks is only £22 despite being a London game which is nearly half the price for a family attending. Bristol City fans have always been known to be progressive and principled. We must stop this outrage of clubs inflating prices like this and us just bending over and taking it. Until we take a stand nothing will happen. I propose for the next one we go for a full boycott and try and have an empty away end. Its the only way the authorities and clubs might start taking things more seriously. I implore the supporters trust and fans to stand up for themselves and stop this nonsense! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WsM-Red Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 2 minutes ago, Collis1 said: I was just wondering if anyone knows why nothing has been said about the scandalous ticket price for the Leeds game? A big song and dance was made over a similar cost for the opening game of the season at SWFC? Quite a few supporters including me are clearly avoiding the game due to this. The BCFC London branch priced it up and none of us are going because it would ultimately be a £100+ day out which is nothing short of ludicrous to go to a Championship match. Its so annoying because I would have loved a day trip up there with my friends. Surely, if the Supporters Trust role is to represent the fans then more could be done? For me, its not really an issue of being able to afford to go. It is actually the principle of being charged way above what the 'acceptable' amount should be. I notice that Charlton away in a few weeks is only £22 despite being a London game which is nearly half the price for a family attending. Bristol City fans have always been known to be progressive and principled. We must stop this outrage of clubs inflating prices like this and us just bending over and taking it. Until we take a stand nothing will happen. I propose for the next one we go for a full boycott and try and have an empty away end. Its the only way the authorities and clubs might start taking things more seriously. I implore the supporters trust and fans to stand up for themselves and stop this nonsense! Although this may send a message, why should the team suffer and not have any support, especially as it looks like every game is huge at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFC Jimmer Posted January 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 5 minutes ago, WsM-Red said: Although this may send a message, why should the team suffer and not have any support, especially as it looks like every game is huge at the moment. It's a sad and drastic measure to take, but I struggle to think of an alternative? If we only take 500 hundred but everyone pays full price they are laughing at us because they will still make their $$. Only way they will take note is if NOBODY shows up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thornbury Red Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 it costs more to pay on the day in the dolman.................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFC Jimmer Posted January 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 7 minutes ago, Thornbury Red said: it costs more to pay on the day in the dolman.................... For sure. I think our ticket prices are too high as well and we should continue to put pressure on the club to keep them down. When Birmingham visit Ashton Gate in a few weeks they will pay £30 which is probably at the cusp of what I would find acceptable. Leeds and SWFC charging £37+ however is a step way to far. And please nobody give me the, 'Its only £7 more argument'...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 6 minutes ago, Collis1 said: For sure. I think our ticket prices are too high as well and we should continue to put pressure on the club to keep them down. When Birmingham visit Ashton Gate in a few weeks they will pay £30 which is probably at the cusp of what I would find acceptable. Leeds and SWFC charging £37+ however is a step way to far. And please nobody give me the, 'Its only £7 more argument'...! It's less than eight quid more! #Touche! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsham Ed Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 Personally, I would like the club the match what we pay for away days. i.e Sheffield Wednesday and Leeds £37, Charlton £22 and Huddersfield £10. I appreciate Huddersfield was before Christmas, but I think the club do the same in return. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 22 minutes ago, Corsham Ed said: Personally, I would like the club the match what we pay for away days. i.e Sheffield Wednesday and Leeds £37, Charlton £22 and Huddersfield £10. I appreciate Huddersfield was before Christmas, but I think the club do the same in return. I believe they have to charge the same (excluding any promotional discounts, for example Forever Bristol membership) as they charge home fans for equivalent seating. So whilst the Atyeo is shared that wouldn't be possible. Could be wrong on this however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welcome To The Jungle Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 Just now, Corsham Ed said: Personally, I would like the club the match what we pay for away days. i.e Sheffield Wednesday and Leeds £37, Charlton £22 and Huddersfield £10. I appreciate Huddersfield was before Christmas, but I think the club do the same in return. Personally I think we should charge £20 to all visiting fans maximum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC&T Board Members Blagdon red Posted January 22, 2016 SC&T Board Members Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 41 minutes ago, Welcome To The Jungle said: Personally I think we should charge £20 to all visiting fans maximum. Agreed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFC Jimmer Posted January 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 1 hour ago, Blagdon red said: Agreed. Does anyone from the supporters trust have a say on ticket prices? What more can we do to raise awarness about this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFC Jimmer Posted January 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 ...And now Leeds say at the last minute that it is not Pay on the day which shafts the people that might have been making the trip last minute. It doesn't take a brain surgeon to realise they have done this on purpose to prevent any crowd trouble. Pathetic treatment of paying customers from Leeds United. This sport really tests my limits sometimes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phileas Fogg Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 2 hours ago, Welcome To The Jungle said: Personally I think we should charge £20 to all visiting fans maximum. Absolutely - west brom charged a tenner for tickets - the result? 5200 away fans attended and the home end was almost full too. I'm sure it wouldn't have sold out had it been in the £25-35 range. They probably made a killing on food and drink inside the ground and it was a great atmosphere and spectacle on the pitch. With all this TV money the top clubs will be receiving in the next few years, it would be great if somehow a price ceiling could be enforced. Probably difficult to do in reality, but full stadiums and great atmospheres as a result would make the sport better overall. I'm with @Collis1 about the boycott. Going a step further if I was in charge of the club I'd consider sending the bulk of tickets back to Leeds to make a statement - maybe holding back 100 for people absolutely desperate to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Cyril Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 30 minutes ago, Collis1 said: .. It doesn't take a brain surgeon to realise they have done this on purpose to prevent any crowd trouble. Pathetic treatment of paying customers from Leeds United This is an outrage! Preventing crowd trouble?! Pah! Hooligans have rights too. This is so annoying. If I can't pay on the day at Elland Road to kick the living crap out of a northern monkey I will just have to settle for braining some random stranger in Cabot Circus. Damn you Leeds United. Your loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFC Jimmer Posted January 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 30 minutes ago, Mad Cyril said: This is an outrage! Preventing crowd trouble?! Pah! Hooligans have rights too. This is so annoying. If I can't pay on the day at Elland Road to kick the living crap out of a northern monkey I will just have to settle for braining some random stranger in Cabot Circus. Damn you Leeds United. Your loss. Maybe you should go purchase some lube to assist in being shafted? I don't understand it. Why do football fans put up with this treatment. Bullshit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SR1 Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 1 hour ago, Collis1 said: ...And now Leeds say at the last minute that it is not Pay on the day which shafts the people that might have been making the trip last minute. It doesn't take a brain surgeon to realise they have done this on purpose to prevent any crowd trouble. Pathetic treatment of paying customers from Leeds United. This sport really tests my limits sometimes... It obviously does, because that's most certainly NOT the reason, whatever the real reason is. And even if it was then it would have been the police, not the club, to blame, I presume? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFC Jimmer Posted January 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 4 minutes ago, SR1 said: It obviously does, because that's most certainly NOT the reason, whatever the real reason is. And even if it was then it would have been the police, not the club, to blame, I presume? There could be a number of reasons. Another would be that they had a 'target' of sales and once they met it they cut off POTD to avoid dealing with people turning up last minute. But lets not distract from the point of this thread. Which is that we should not be paying nearly 40 quid for one game of football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SR1 Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 And firstly, while I absolutely get it - the cost tomorrow is scandalous - it's a small taste of what we get and have got for ages. We (Leeds) regularly pay £33+. £36 last week at Wednesday, £43 at Ipswich, £34 at Bolton and Blackburn, the list goes on. We've been a cash cow for away clubs as long as we can remember. When we moved away fans down the side the prices went from our 'end' prices to the 'premium' price. If you'd been in the corner tomorrow it would have been £32, but still cheaper than we pay on average. Quite how anyone worked out this should be a Category A fixture is beyond us, but we suspect that as our season is dead they're simply going to fleece those people who do go for every penny they can get in. At least you only pay it a couple of times a season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T R Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 I believe there should be a football fans union in this country. If a large majority signed up to the union then it could put pressure on football clubs to put fair prices for fans in each league. Also money raised would go towards all sorts of things, especially football lawyers to help fans out if they got into trouble from police or stewards through no fault of their own. Being a member of the union you abide by the unions rules by being non violent toward fellow football supporters in the country, this could go a long way into sorting out these types of problems. Every club would have its union rep to represent them. Otherwise this will just carry on and certain clubs in this country will just continue to keep ripping loyal fans off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC&T Board Members Blagdon red Posted January 22, 2016 SC&T Board Members Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 31 minutes ago, Threshing Red said: I believe there should be a football fans union in this country. If a large majority signed up to the union then it could put pressure on football clubs to put fair prices for fans in each league. Also money raised would go towards all sorts of things, especially football lawyers to help fans out if they got into trouble from police or stewards through no fault of their own. Being a member of the union you abide by the unions rules by being non violent toward fellow football supporters in the country, this could go a long way into sorting out these types of problems. Every club would have its union rep to represent them. Otherwise this will just carry on and certain clubs in this country will just continue to keep ripping loyal fans off. Most of what you are describing already exists, namely in the form of the Football Supporters Federation. Along with Supporters Direct and some of the leading Supporters Trusts around the country, the FSF has made significant progress in the last year or so in trying to get clubs to agree to a maximum of £20 for away adult tickets. Their 'Twenty's Plenty' campaign has been adopted by a number of clubs, primarily in the Premier League, while there is still plenty of scope for more to be done on this front. Personally, I would like to see City make a bold statement in support of this initiative and say that next season all away adult tickets at Ashton Gate will cost £20. On the matter of legal support for fans, the FSF provides this as well, with a dedicated case worker, Amanda Jacks, working closely with specialist lawyers, who are able to provide free legal assistance to supporters who find themselves in a difficult situation through no fault of their own. That's not to say, however, that if fans and the national organisation were to adopt a more militant approach akin to a union / union members, they might not achieve more. On ticket pricing there really is only one way we are going to win the battle and, hurt as it might in the short term, that is to withdraw our custom and simply not hand over our money to clubs charging prices that we regard as too high - like Leeds United. It's the only language that greedy owners understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T R Posted January 22, 2016 Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 I appreciate what the FSF try to do, sometimes you need more direct action like telling fans to protest this game. How many members of the FSF are there? Perhaps I need to do a bit more reading on this. I still like the idea of having a union so we can go out on strike. One question do footballers have anything like a union? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC&T Board Members Blagdon red Posted January 22, 2016 SC&T Board Members Report Share Posted January 22, 2016 1 hour ago, Threshing Red said: I appreciate what the FSF try to do, sometimes you need more direct action like telling fans to protest this game. How many members of the FSF are there? Perhaps I need to do a bit more reading on this. I still like the idea of having a union so we can go out on strike. One question do footballers have anything like a union? The FSF has over 500,000 direct and affiliated members. The players have the PFA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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