Comments on: Man City Return 900 Unsold Tickets To Arsenal As Fans Quite Rightly Balk At Ridiculous £62 Price

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 10:59:58 +0000

I honestly think that there would have to be pretty few people left before the guys in charge would do anything with the ticket prices. In todays football most of each clubs revenue come from the TV rights & sponsors, and so as long as the “brand” of each club keeps being blasted out through television, and people pay to watch matches on TV, ticket prices will keep rising.

Interesting bit about this in I Am The Secret Footballer, I seem to remember. And it is unquestionably wrong. Surely, if most of your money comes from other sources than those passing through the gates, it makes sense you keep local people (or; potential merch shoppers, as a football director would see them) interested & invested in the club.

By: adam

adam — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 10:28:51 +0000

but city were perfectly happy to charge arsenal fans 51 quid to watch them. 11 quid difference. they need to sit down.

By: rad

rad — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 22:24:57 +0000

what did u expect, they throw all their money to Ferdinand

By: TravisKOP

TravisKOP — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 19:49:10 +0000

Why do you think no1 goes to games in italy? inflation + no jobs = no money for 50 dollar tickets

By: marajonna

marajonna — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 19:31:05 +0000

Sadly they’ll resell the tickets and the directors will get their money anyway.

The moral arsenal model of sustainability is a myth, they survive by fleecing their fans, I’d rather an Arab or an oligarch foot the bill thanks.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 18:43:26 +0000

@BSH- It not really the total of Arsenal’s wage bill, which is 4th highest in the EPL (although that figure was from last year so Arsenal and Liverpool may have switched places) it’s the structure of the bill. If you play squad players virtually the same as stars it’s going to cause problems. Perhaps if Arsenal restructured their wage bill the wouldn’t have to charge as much for tickets.

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 17:04:40 +0000

I blame Suarez

By: dnpma

dnpma — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:54:42 +0000

fans of the club which boosts inflation like no other in the game dont want to pay inflated prices at another club which feels the need to charge that much to compete. thats ironic, isnt it?

By: Cabbage

Cabbage — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:37:47 +0000

In a weird way City are partly to blame. If they (and Chelsea,PSG etc.)hadn’t come along and fucked up the market, other teams wouldn’t be upping prices just to remain competitive in the league. Saying that, the prices are ludicrously high and i wouldn’t pay anything near that amount to watch a match.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:38:26 +0000

Newcastle’s away trip to man utd in the opening stages of the capital one cup cost away supporters (and probably home fans) £45. Large parts of Old Trafford were closed on the night and away support sung “£45 your taking the piss.” Terrible exploitation