Ticket Prices are a Disgrace.

[Barrs Court Red]

£19 to sit in the Williams. I was ashamed to tell my mate the price.

No wonder our gates are so low.

It's all well and good giving out 1000's of free school tickets, what about doing more to get adults into the ground!

Thank god I got a season ticket, I don't think I'd fancy paying matchday prices!

[Moth Eaten Pillow]

£19 to sit in the Williams. I was ashamed to tell my mate the price.

No wonder our gates are so low.

It's all well and good giving out 1000's of free school tickets, what about doing more to get adults into the ground!

Thank god I got a season ticket, I don't think I'd fancy paying matchday prices!

Sexstons mind set, adult males = hooligans, Children = sweet little angels.

[Barrs Court Red]

Sexstons mind set, adult males = hooligans, Children = sweet little angels.

That wouldn't suprise me. Lets be honest, the football league peddles that "family atmosphere" crap so City aren't alone.

I'm sure some monkey will helpfully point out £19 is around the same figure as other clubs at this level, but then I don't care about what other clubs are doing. It's not other clubs I'm trying to encourage local lads to come and watch. It is City.

£19 is far too much, expecially given the crap we are forced to watch sometimes.

[Red Head]

That wouldn't suprise me. Lets be honest, the football league peddles that "family atmosphere" crap so City aren't alone.

I'm sure some monkey will helpfully point out £19 is around the same figure as other clubs at this level, but then I don't care about what other clubs are doing. It's not other clubs I'm trying to encourage local lads to come and watch. It is City.

£19 is far too much, expecially given the crap we are forced to watch sometimes.

How much would you pay to watch City, City's prices have remained quite stagnant for the last 3 years. I believe the City, for all ages, are amongst the cheapest in league 1, we do not get royalties from Sky like the prem sides do.

What is a fair price?

[Barrs Court Red]

How much would you pay to watch City, City's prices have remained quite stagnant for the last 3 years. I believe the City, for all ages, are amongst the cheapest in league 1, we do not get royalties from Sky like the prem sides do.

What is a fair price?

Well I pay £14 a game

£14 seems reasonable, maybe £16.

Again, I don't care "what is reasonable for league one" why do you think gates are so poor across the league? (That's rhetoricle)

[screech]

I and a few others have tried raising this a few times on here but the general consesus is, well I've got a season ticket or I ring up days before a match to get a cheaper ticket.

The fact is I used to go nearly all games home and away, and have always purchased on the day, I don't live near Bristol so popping in is out of the question, I have never ever ordered a ticket via telephone because the ground is always half empty and see no reason why I should hand over my credit card details to a stranger. No one has ever explained properly why there has to be internet prices, big club prices, crap club prices and pay on the day prices, all are different for a game of football. Supply and demand only works when your Man U, Liverpool Arsenal etc. Not Bristol City in the 3rd tier.

It's the latest trend I suppose, 5 years ago was the foreign coach trend, anyway, I would expect to pay £15 pay on the day for this level of football, it is currently £22, so the club and myself are miles apart on the valuation of their entertainment, therefore I made the decision to go to just 3 home games so far this season, and as long as this price strategy continues another fan falls by the wayside, by the way, another point you raise about subsidising kids is a good one, I think this is a good idea by the club but if they dropped their prices across the board they would have bigger crowds anyway, our attendances this season says it all considering we have been near the top for so long.

I'm sure some bright spark will come out with the "we don't need you" " f off part timer" but I don't care. This post will fall gently away like mine did before, but thanks for raising this point, good to know there is someone else bemused by the pricing of football at AG.

[Barrs Court Red]

I'm sure some bright spark will come out with the "we don't need you" " f off part timer" but I don't care. This post will fall gently away like mine did before, but thanks for raising this point, good to know there is someone else bemused by the pricing of football at AG.

It seems to be topical across the whole of English football right now, not just at City, but the City prices are obviously the most poignant to us.

I'm sure some naive fools will say the part time nonsense, or how they think the price is fair. Hell I'm sure one or two idiots will miss the point completely and drone on about their season ticket price.

It sickens me that someone like yourself feels that they can only justify 3 games in a season because of the inflated prices that we spend on what? A poor ground which provides substandard catering to watch lower tier professional football.

Unsurprisingly my mate doesn't fancy paying £21 on saturday, in his words "I'll watch man U Vs Liverpool". Can't say I blame him.

[Tipps]

I no longer, purely and simply down to cost!!

I now live in Yeovil and would happily travel to watch the games, no problem but as already mentioned, to watch 3rd division football (again) and with the shit catering and other so called entertainment that is put on show by the club (pre-game and half-time), if I wanted to watch an Americanised family day of fun, I would travel to America and watch cheerleeders wave their pom-poms about.

Over £20 for that, I don't think so, I'd much rather invest the money on my soon to be 4 year old daughter and see the smile on her face any day.

And yes, I probably would have gone to the paint pot final and may even venture to the play-offs finals (god forbid that we end up in them) but it would have been money better spent, as the whole day would have been better value for money.

[Super Bob]

With a lot of prem clubs reducing season ticket prices next season it will be interesting to see what are beloved Steve and Colin come out with in a couple of months time !

[Jay]

With a lot of prem clubs reducing season ticket prices next season it will be interesting to see what are beloved Steve and Colin come out with in a couple of months time !

Did I hear right that Blackburn are reducing some of theirs by 25%?

[Boltsy]

Did I hear right that Blackburn are reducing some of theirs by 25%?

They only had 18.000 fans versus Arsenal in the FA cup,

I think their capacity is around 30.000

Maybe thats a reason unless theres something I don't know

[RedM]

Did I hear right that Blackburn are reducing some of theirs by 25%?

Don't know about Blackburn but Everton are reducing theirs too. Their top season ticket price is £574 which will be reduced by 10% if renewed in April, think this applies to all priced tickets.

If people don't buy in April the prices will be frozen at this seasons prices. The lowest priced ST is in the family encolsure which this year was £238 but this is being reduced to £190 for kids, quite a saving.

I'm almost tempted!!!

[Rowley Birkin]

Interesting thread.

It's blatantly obvious, that football clubs greedily try to maximise their hard core supporters finances, and play the hard ship card at every opportunity.

If they collectively stood together, and did something about the ludicrous wages, and agents, (read muggers) then something might happen, but don't hold your breath.

At long last the football fan seems to be stirring out of their hypnotic state, and questioning the ridiculous admission prices, across the board.

It's an incredible and pathetic situation, when we are paying more to watch our crap standard of football, than the Bayern Munichs, La Liga etc.

It's all down to supply and demand.

They demand it and we mugs supply it.

[bh red]

next season blackburn tickets will be from £249 to £399

I paid £275 this season for the atyeo.

be interesting to see how City react come renewal time

[bh red]

It's an incredible and pathetic situation, when we are paying more to watch our crap standard of football, than the Bayern Munichs, La Liga etc.

difference between England and most team in europe is that the clubs don't actually own their ground and therefore don't have to pay to keep their grounds maintained and running

[cider11]

From the coursework i'm currently doing in Leisure studies, its not just city fans that say ticket prices are over priced. The majority of fans that filled out my questionnaire said it is over priced and ticket prices are the things that put them off going most, this ranges from the people that go about 5 times a seson to the 46+ people. From what i got back from questionnaire, they want it at 14-17 was the favourite amount for a league 1 game, with 10-13 just behind. This was from fans of all leagues.

My own view though is that City's prices are overpriced, along with every other team in the league, especially brighton. Unles clubs find a way of cutting their cost will only continue to rise, which is obviously paying players less and less to agents.

This season i've been to 24 games, not all city as going round the 92 grounds, and my dad has paid about £480 for me to see that at a rough estimate, it would of been more if i wasnt still a student and get reduced rates at most grounds, That is £20 a game, and some of them have been worth it and some not so. I had 2 realy cheap tickets this season in ther, £5 at leicester and at hull. The most expensive has been in the away ends at West Ham and Liverpool when watching Villa there, they have been £35.

[Will Rollason]

Prem clubs are partially able to start offering these discounts because of a massive influx of new tv money which,

obviously, clubs in our league cannot. However the " big" clubs are all over subscribed and even though gates on average have been falling in the prem these clubs are in a position to INCREASE prices. Man u have cited the spiralling wage structure( which accounts for an obscene amount of their income ) as the reason for said increase.

As to what is fair for 3rd div footie :dunno: its not about fair is it , its about what the market will stand.

Moomin mentions £14 i presume as a season tickett holder?

A friend and messaged me today who has never been to the gate and is going down with his boy, would i like to go?

and i realised that at £17 i cant afford it right now :noexpression: but if it had been £13- £14 i might crazy isnt it but £17 just seems too much.

Saying that i could understand if you season ticket holders were pissed to the wide at people getting in for less than you paid or even the same tricky tricky stuff.....

[cider11]

some premiership clubs can keep increasing their prices because they have the demand and sell out each week, or near sell outs, like arsenal and Man Utd. These teams can keep putting up their season ticket prices as they know if one fan wont cough up the money, another fan will do. Same with single tickets as they are so over subsrcired with members and poeople wanting tickets, that they could go up more than what they currently charge, and probably only lose a few fans that attend or subscribe to the membership, and will maintain there average attendance due to there fan bases, and the other fans that are members will be happy, as get the chance to go to more homegames. At the minute the two teams mentioned have an elasticity of demand that means that they can keep putting their prices up, and they will lose a few fans but still have enough that they don't drop below a sell out, unlike league 1 sides that already play in empty grounds, where any extra cost on tickets will mean in a drop in fans, but even with a drop the extra income from everyone else will cover this loss in fans and still make more money than the season before.

[WTFiGO!?!]

£19 to sit in the Williams. I was ashamed to tell my mate the price.

No wonder our gates are so low.

It's all well and good giving out 1000's of free school tickets, what about doing more to get adults into the ground!

Thank god I got a season ticket, I don't think I'd fancy paying matchday prices!

'Commercialised enterprise' - 'Football Club'

Sorry mate, I've explained it all there.

[swampy]

As my loyal readers will know, I am a grumpy old man. I haven't been to Ashton Gate for a year or two now because of the way the club exploits what is a very loyal customer base. For 25 years, you couldn't keep me away. What would it take to get me back? Given I have to drive a long way and have the hassle of parking ... and then face the prospect of a dry 90 minutes .. a lot. Seriously, if I could hand over a tenner and sit on those crap seats in the East End I might come back. But £20 for Div 3 - you must be joking. In the meantime I drive 10 minutes to my local non league team where the season ticket costs £25 .. no segregation - no hassle - and a cup of tea for 50p!

[WTFiGO!?!]

if I could hand over a tenner and sit on those crap seats in the East End I might come back.

hm, flat spiritless bullshit now. City are bad for the bullshit even for modern days' standards. Fallen for the enterprise as much as anyone. hmm.

Harry Dolman was alledged to have wept tears of joy into his Champaigne and proclaimed himself: ''the most happiest man ever to live'' the night City saw off Portsmouth and achieved top-flight Football once again.

Can you really imagine Lansdown (the lad who grew up watchimg R*vers) mounting that kind of sincere emotion for this Club? I think we're in a game of pot-luck in all honesty.

[zidereddy]

I and a few others have tried raising this a few times on here but the general consesus is, well I've got a season ticket or I ring up days before a match to get a cheaper ticket.

The fact is I used to go nearly all games home and away, and have always purchased on the day, I don't live near Bristol so popping in is out of the question, I have never ever ordered a ticket via telephone because the ground is always half empty and see no reason why I should hand over my credit card details to a stranger. No one has ever explained properly why there has to be internet prices, big club prices, crap club prices and pay on the day prices, all are different for a game of football. Supply and demand only works when your Man U, Liverpool Arsenal etc. Not Bristol City in the 3rd tier.

It's the latest trend I suppose, 5 years ago was the foreign coach trend, anyway, I would expect to pay £15 pay on the day for this level of football, it is currently £22, so the club and myself are miles apart on the valuation of their entertainment, therefore I made the decision to go to just 3 home games so far this season, and as long as this price strategy continues another fan falls by the wayside, by the way, another point you raise about subsidising kids is a good one, I think this is a good idea by the club but if they dropped their prices across the board they would have bigger crowds anyway, our attendances this season says it all considering we have been near the top for so long.

I'm sure some bright spark will come out with the "we don't need you" " f off part timer" but I don't care. This post will fall gently away like mine did before, but thanks for raising this point, good to know there is someone else bemused by the pricing of football at AG.

I'm with u all the way i know at least 5-10 people who don't go because of ticket prices including my brother

[tompo]

hm, flat spiritless bullshit now. City are bad for the bullshit even for modern days' standards. Fallen for the enterprise as much as anyone. hmm.

Harry Dolman was alledged to have wept tears of joy into his Champaigne and proclaimed himself: ''the most happiest man ever to live'' the night City saw off Portsmouth and achieved top-flight Football once again.

Can you really imagine Lansdown (the lad who grew up watchimg R*vers) mounting that kind of sincere emotion for this Club? I think we're in a game of pot-luck in all honesty.

Harry Dolman and SL may have more in common than you realise.

Harry Dolman was a Rovers season ticket holder long before he got involved at City. He was even invited to join their board before seeing the error of his ways and bringing his cash south of the river.

[PFree]

If you take a walk along the back of the Atyeo before kick off today, you will see a row of very nice, expensive cars, in the players parking area. The price to get in surely has to reflect the wage bill? And of course, has to pay towards the overall costs of running our club every week.

If we want to attract a better quality of player, it means that we have to pay out an attractive wage. We have a large squad, which does cost considerable wages each week - our large wage bill when compared with the majority of our division should suggest that we walk to promotion, hence the ongoing frustrations!

I guess the question therefore is "would you want to pay less to watch lesser quality players?" or "would you be prepared to pay what we do to watch our current squad?" And finally,"would you be prepared to pay more if we were to attract some higher quality players?".

Surely, and understandably, promotion will mean the latter?

I went to watch Chelsea recently and paid £60.00 for my ticket - nice to watch the stars but after all, it's still just 90 minutes of football!

There seem to be fans who demand new signings but with this comes higher wages, agent fees etc. We should remember that BCFC isn't a registered charity and needs to keep it's head above water - none of us ever want to go near those debt ridden days again, surely?

My main concern is that football is in danger of imploding, as after all, the significant costs going out are all dependent on us, the fans at the end of the day - without us, there is no "going concern". Personally, I believe that the price of my Season Ticket in the Atyeo is fair, as without City, life wouldn't be anywhere near as fulfilling.

[SimplyRed]

If you take a walk along the back of the Atyeo before kick off today, you will see a row of very nice, expensive cars, in the players parking area. The price to get in surely has to reflect the wage bill? And of course, has to pay towards the overall costs of running our club every week.

If we want to attract a better quality of player, it means that we have to pay out an attractive wage. We have a large squad, which does cost considerable wages each week - our large wage bill when compared with the majority of our division should suggest that we walk to promotion, hence the ongoing frustrations!

I guess the question therefore is "would you want to pay less to watch lesser quality players?" or "would you be prepared to pay what we do to watch our current squad?" And finally,"would you be prepared to pay more if we were to attract some higher quality players?".

Surely, and understandably, promotion will mean the latter?

I went to watch Chelsea recently and paid £60.00 for my ticket - nice to watch the stars but after all, it's still just 90 minutes of football!

There seem to be fans who demand new signings but with this comes higher wages, agent fees etc. We should remember that BCFC isn't a registered charity and needs to keep it's head above water - none of us ever want to go near those debt ridden days again, surely?

My main concern is that football is in danger of imploding, as after all, the significant costs going out are all dependent on us, the fans at the end of the day - without us, there is no "going concern". Personally, I believe that the price of my Season Ticket in the Atyeo is fair, as without City, life wouldn't be anywhere near as fulfilling.

I agree with a lot of what you say, but I think the reason that the ticket prices issue has been raised again is because the quality of our play - especially at home - has been, in the main, poor. Now people are beginning to renege on the price they're paying for their tickets because of the tripe that has been dished up at the Gate this season ('irrelevant' FA Cup games excepted!). Irrespective of results people, generally, want to be entertained and see good play.

People wouldn't mind paying more for a ticket if 'quality' players were brought in and it started showing on the pitch, but it hasn't happened.

This follows on from someone who made the point earlier about it being a commercial enterprise. If football was a 'commercial enterprise', people would abandon their product if it didn't come up to scratch, but that doesn't apply with football so the powers-that-be know that they can charge pretty much whatever they like because they know there will always be a hard-core support that will pay it.

Furthermore, if the price of a ticket is directly related to the quality of players brought in and the success on the pitch, how do you explain clubs like Colchester, Plymouth, Southend, etc..?

[megansdad]

Can you really imagine Lansdown (the lad who grew up watchimg R*vers) mounting that kind of sincere emotion for this Club? I think we're in a game of pot-luck in all honesty.

In a word YES

Lansdown devotes a considerable amount of his time and money to the club and is passionate about achieving success- whypeople persist in doubtinmg it I do not know.

[megansdad]

and how much is a pint of beer these days- a lot more than it used to be.everyone moans about lack of ambition, lack of signings and in the same breath explains why the price of 4 drinks in your average nighclub is too much for them to spend to watch the team they support......all about priorities I guess

[Guest North Street]

Megan.

Having met Mr lansdown along with WTFiGO!?! I have to say money aside he is totally unlike any fan i have ever met in thirty years plus of watching City.

The Chairman has a lot to learn about passion from fans yet mate!

[megansdad]

have met him a number of times too but have a differnet view to you

[Guest North Street]

and how much is a pint of beer these days- a lot more than it used to be.everyone moans about lack of ambition, lack of signings and in the same breath explains why the price of 4 drinks in your average nighclub is too much for them to spend to watch the team they support......all about priorities I guess

I work in the field of vulnerable adults

Citys concessionary rates for people with disabilities are more than the weekly disposable income of the service users i work with.