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Post by stokielancer on Aug 4, 2009 9:30:02 GMT
Sorry if already posted!
I’ve been looking at the premier league clubs different away supporters prices and there is absolutely no consistency. I can’t understand how Burnley fans only have to pay £25 to visit fortress Britannia, yet we are expected to pay the £35 to visit Birmingham. I think that all away supporters should have set prices for example the Birmingham fans should be made to pay £35 in the return fixture. Surely double standards. For example when we play Chelsea the prices are huge yet they will pay only £25-£30 to visit the Brit. My conclusion is that it’s a load of crap and it should be illegal.
Any views?
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Post by luke45 on Aug 4, 2009 9:32:49 GMT
It is inconsistent indeed! As a 17 year-old, if I manage to get tickets for the Liverpool and Birmingham away games, i'll be paying 18 quid at Anfield, and 35 quid at St. Andrews!
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Post by Soi Cowboy on Aug 4, 2009 9:34:52 GMT
Pretty sure Fornie will know this but don't away prices have to be in line with home prices? That would mean seriously jacking up prices for our own fans which we've avoided doing and credit to the club for that
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Post by jbstokie on Aug 4, 2009 9:37:55 GMT
I never would have thought you'd be 17 Luke, if you have an NUS card you can go to Brum for £17.50. But if you are a 'student' at one ground you should be a student at the rest, not an adult if the club are robbing bastards
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Post by stokielancer on Aug 4, 2009 9:39:12 GMT
In my opinion the away prices should reflect on the visiting supporters home ticket prices. Obviously thats what they can afford to pay.
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Post by wembley4372 on Aug 4, 2009 9:41:42 GMT
But on the bright side when Chelsea go to Birmingham it's £48 in some parts for home fans.
I've always thought the away club should keep the profit generated from the travelling fans.
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Post by stokielancer on Aug 4, 2009 9:43:17 GMT
£48 thats unreal I'd pass out paying for me ticket.
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Post by luke45 on Aug 4, 2009 9:44:18 GMT
I never would have thought you'd be 17 Luke, if you have an NUS card you can go to Brum for £17.50. But if you are a 'student' at one ground you should be a student at the rest, not an adult if the club are robbing bastards I never thought I would be either! I thought the stresses of supporting Stoke would've finished me off by now! ;D Unfortunately the NUS card is no use to me as i'm not in full education, i'm working, it's a bit of crap system IMO, I don't know why they don't just do it Under 18's for everyone at that price. |
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Post by droz on Aug 4, 2009 9:55:16 GMT
Pretty sure Fornie will know this but don't away prices have to be in line with home prices? That would mean seriously jacking up prices for our own fans which we've avoided doing and credit to the club for that Yep, the grounds should charge away fans on a similar level to the home fans. This is nothing new, as we were treated exactly the same in Divisions Two and Three; being charged more at the likes of Sheffield Wednesday than at Macclesfield. |
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Post by wembley4372 on Aug 4, 2009 9:59:38 GMT
I never would have thought you'd be 17 Luke, if you have an NUS card you can go to Brum for £17.50. But if you are a 'student' at one ground you should be a student at the rest, not an adult if the club are robbing bastards I never thought I would be either! I thought the stresses of supporting Stoke would've finished me off by now! ;D Unfortunately the NUS card is no use to me as i'm not in full education, i'm working, it's a bit of crap system IMO, I don't know why they don't just do it Under 18's for everyone at that price. You could always try the nus angle - the colleges don't start back until way after the game and they don't start issuing this years card until today so both you and they would have to be pretty quick off the mark to sort one out. |
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Post by Borderline Alky on Aug 4, 2009 10:39:57 GMT
Anybody moaning about prices who wishes to sell, i would love take my bird and her old man to liverpool, so i'll take 2 please xxx
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Post by Olgrligm on Aug 4, 2009 10:42:32 GMT
The biggest joke is, as usual, at Manchester United's Theme Park. You pay more for an away ticket than anybody in the home section pays for their ticket. That's illegal, as is the fact that they don't allocate 10% or 3,000 seats to away fans.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2009 10:47:15 GMT
The way that I understood it was that Brum charged Chelsea £46 because Chelsea charged them £46. If that is allowed then yes, we should definitely as a club charge away fans the same amount that we get charged!
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Post by stokielancer on Aug 4, 2009 11:04:19 GMT
StokieUk thats exactly how it should be.
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Post by nantwichstokie on Aug 4, 2009 11:07:49 GMT
The way that I understood it was that Brum charged Chelsea £46 because Chelsea charged them £46. If that is allowed then yes, we should definitely as a club charge away fans the same amount that we get charged! Exactly! |
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Post by captainfishpaste on Aug 4, 2009 11:17:56 GMT
The biggest joke is, as usual, at Manchester United's Theme Park. You pay more for an away ticket than anybody in the home section pays for their ticket. That's illegal, as is the fact that they don't allocate 10% or 3,000 seats to away fans. A couple of years ago when we went to Birmingham, they knew we;d bring thousands so they cranked up the tickets for the away fans and charged us £11 more than they were charging the home fans in the same or "comparable" stands. The Sunderland fans complained and the FA upheld it and fined Birmingham, not that the Sunderland fans saw any of that money, mind. Right slippery buggers are Birmingham, especially if they know you have a strong traveling contingent. |
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Post by stokielancer on Aug 4, 2009 11:20:33 GMT
So is it the FA we should complain to as our tickets for visiting fans are cheaper than what we have to pay.
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Post by captainfishpaste on Aug 4, 2009 11:23:03 GMT
I've always thought the away club should keep the profit generated from the travelling fans. It used to be that both teams shared the gate receipts from the match 50-50, which created a very level playing field in terms of wealth. Of course, the "big 5" of the day (Liverpool, Man utd, Arsenal, Spurs, and Everton) decided they had a big problem with that and the desire to abolish gate-sharing was a huge factor in these clubs deciding to breakaway and form the Premiership. Probably common-knowledge, like, but may be one the youngsters aren't aware of.  |
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Post by captainfishpaste on Aug 4, 2009 11:25:13 GMT
So is it the FA we should complain to as our tickets for visiting fans are cheaper than what we have to pay. Doesn't work like that unfortunately. To use the SoL as an example, we house away fans in half of the South Stand, with the other available to the home fans. If we charged visiting Stokies £30 for South Stand seats, but Sunderland fans £20 for South Stand seats for the same match then we'd be guilty of discriminative ticket pricing, and would be in breach of FA rules. |
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Post by DelapsWankingArm on Aug 4, 2009 11:34:27 GMT
I refuse to pay £35 quid to go fucking Birmingham. Im 17 and simply can not afford £35 with me going to Liverpool aswell. So they best sell a u21 ticket  |
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Post by DannyStokie on Aug 4, 2009 11:41:28 GMT
im only 17 but looks like ill be paying £18 and £35, it's daylight robbery from birmingham.
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Post by stokielancer on Aug 4, 2009 12:03:32 GMT
So basically we cant fuck over away fans as we share the stand, we would be fucking up the south standers. ITS WANK.
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Post by stokielancer on Aug 4, 2009 12:06:36 GMT
It makes me sick to the pit of my stomach knowing that when we go to chelsea we will pay so much yet theyre owned by a billionaire. Although were financially secure it would be nice to screw over visiting away fans on the cant beat them join them policy.
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Post by block30row19 on Aug 4, 2009 14:17:28 GMT
Anyone know if you can get student discount on the U-21 priced season tickets ?
Thanks in advance.
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Post by bash62 on Aug 4, 2009 14:26:46 GMT
The way that I understood it was that Brum charged Chelsea £46 because Chelsea charged them £46. If that is allowed then yes, we should definitely as a club charge away fans the same amount that we get charged! i agree charge them what they charge us i think you should send a letter to scfc you would have a lot of backing . |
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Post by bash62 on Aug 4, 2009 14:31:19 GMT
So basically we cant fuck over away fans as we share the stand, we would be fucking up the south standers. ITS WANK. rename half the stand |
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Post by ratters on Aug 4, 2009 14:39:17 GMT
It makes me sick to the pit of my stomach knowing that when we go to chelsea we will pay so much yet theyre owned by a billionaire. Although were financially secure it would be nice to screw over visiting away fans on the cant beat them join them policy. why wud we need to do that, at the end of the day, birmingham will be charging there fans £35 in a comparable stand, and its like that every ground, so i dont see all the fuss, yes its a high price but tough, if they get enough home fans at charging such a high price then thats there perogative, this is the way its always been, which is why chelsea is so expensive. stoke is a low earning city, ie are home prices are cheap, but we cant affect away prices, and to reduce there prices as "that is what we can afford to pay" is ludacris, the world just dont work like that |
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Post by stokielancer on Aug 4, 2009 15:00:51 GMT
Ratters your wrong its not tough at all. And to further my point people visiting the Brit from higher earning areas such as London etc find us to be a cheap day out! While we shed out lots of hard earned low income money to fund our day out in higher bracket area's. I just believe that travelling away support should reflect the opposite fixture if blues charge us £35 we charge them £35.
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Post by ratters on Aug 4, 2009 15:08:59 GMT
yh i can understand what you are saying but that is a system that just wouldnt work, as you have to charge the same prices to the home as you do away fans, thus if we charged £47 for chelsea to come to us as we will have to pay to go there, then we would have to charge our paying home fans £47 if u get me.
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Post by stokielancer on Aug 4, 2009 15:19:11 GMT
I get what your saying but that would be for none season ticket holders! so in a way the minority would suffer! Its just frustrating for me ill be shedding out £142 tommorow for 2 matches in a week. But i would also hate for stoke to up the prices for our none season ticket holders its a cant' win situation then i suppose. It's the Brum prices that have pissed me off the most as I thought they would have been less.
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