More money madness at fans expense

[Gaztonniller]

If this article http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1331625/Arsenal-create-football-history-charging-landmark-price-match-day-seat.html prooves to be true (especially in the current economic climate)
then when will fans and clubs say enough is enough

[Shrek]

You could maybe understand if they were buying top players, but their not.
 They are making a huge profit every year, so should be charging the least prices as all their players cost nothing.

[darren woolley]

You can't justify paying that could you.

[Phil from the upper holte]

Its not even like they win anything!!

If I had paid £100 for saturday I would have shoved it down Wengers throat, it'd be ok in court he wouldn't have seen it!

[Shrek]

The game has really changed. The clubs don't actually care about the fans.

[pauliewalnuts]

The clubs never cared about the fans in the past, either.

[alanclare]

The clubs never cared about the fans in the past, either.

It's just as I said the other day: we are the extras in the cast, simply there to provide the sound and the atmosphere for the TV audiences.

[Simon Ward]

I know it's L2 stuff but contrast the Arsenal story to this:
http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0,,10266~2225315,00.html

Different world!

[Yeltzer]

I'll have two, please.

[TheSandman]

Good value AND you get to hurl abuse at Lee Hendrie.

Hell of a deal that.

Even half of that Arsenal price is ridiculous for a ticket to football game.

[dave.woodhall]

And the daft thing is, breaking the £100 barrier will make not a scrap of difference. We wernt through £20, £30, £40 without noticing. This one will be the same.

[lovejoy]

It's economics, supply and demand. Nothing forces you to go and pay this. If people are willing to pay it they will and if they aren't then the seats will be empty and the prices will come down. If you look at ticket exchange websites/touts there's clearly a market for £100 tickets for the big games.

If you think its unfair that some people will be priced out of going I'm struggling to see how different this is to anything else in life (houses, cars, holidays etc).

If you believe football has moved away from its roots then wake up and smell the coffee - this happened in 1992.

[dave.woodhall]

It's economics, supply and demand. Nothing forces you to go and pay this. If people are willing to pay it they will and if they aren't then the seats will be empty and the prices will come down. If you look at ticket exchange websites/touts there's clearly a market for £100 tickets for the big games.

That's a good point. The reason concert ticket prices went shooting up was that promoters saw their £40 tickets being snapped up on ebay & the like for £100+ and realised what they could get away with.

[Yeltzer]

It's economics, supply and demand. Nothing forces you to go and pay this. If people are willing to pay it they will and if they aren't then the seats will be empty and the prices will come down. If you look at ticket exchange websites/touts there's clearly a market for £100 tickets for the big games.

That's a good point. The reason concert ticket prices went shooting up was that promoters saw their £40 tickets being snapped up on ebay & the like for £100+ and realised what they could get away with.

Exactly. And I bet if you buy a £100 ticket without going to the ticket office you'll be stung for "transaction fees" and "booking fees" so the true price is probably even higher, say nearer £105-110!!!!

[Lucky Eddie]

The game has really changed. The clubs don't actually care about the fans.

I'd argue that ours does! My season tickets were a bargain this year.