Season Tickets

[Nii Lamptey]

On the OS, it says there are 33,000 on the waiting list. The figure seems to vary wildly.

I've seen the email a friend of a friend got, and they were in place 30000, so its at least that currently.

One of my mates is around the 28k mark, so you can see why the club are pushing their luck. Demand is far greater than supply, so they are proper milking it.
All it will lead to is the more vocal working class support being priced out of the club. Atmosphere will be flat and a ground full of prawn sandwiches and half n half scarves.

*has Wilma hacked my account!?

[Pete3206]

Renewed with the 8 month option, but the total price made my eyes water

[luke95]

"Different journeys. One destination"


Yeah....   bankruptcy & fucking foodbanks for me at those prices

[FrankyH]

Mines gone up by £102, I only buy my own , it's still a big hit. If you are in the North Stand upper and buy for family kids etc that a massive hit.

[Flin5tone]

Further evidence that the club (along with most other premier division clubs) want rid of the working class.  Apparently the Trinity middle blocks are getting a padded seat and a tie/scarf which will see a further increase.

Those North Stand prices seem ridiculous, they were always cheap as nobody used to sit up there even though the view is great.

On top of that the one benefit of a free cup ticket has been removed . The ' Villa Rewards' scheme is crap they just give you stuff for your points that couldn't be sold in the village

And the facilities (even with the new self-serve machines) are crap. the pour your own beer has been turned off the last couple of games as it turned into a disaster

[LeeB]

With the money in the game it's just wrong. We're no worse than anyone else but the whole thing is rotten.

[PeterWithe]

Yup, its now costing me well north of a grand for me and my kid, if circumstances change they'd lose me for good as I simply couldn't be arsed to go through the agonies of the website every game to try and get a ticket for upwards of £50 a game.

Its not just us and its been going on forever but you do think that the next generation of fans is being ignored through ticket prices and availability.

[BC Villain]

The late Terry Wills of WM fame called it right when he dubbed the Premier League "the greed league"

[DeKuip]

Is it possible to buy a season ticket if you sell your house to pay for it, or do you have to have a fixed address on your ticket account?

[RamboandBruno]

My renewal for me, my 16 year old daughter and 13 year old son in L2 in the lower holte is £984, thats a £203 or 26% rise for the combined price for the three of us. Its an absolute piss take to be honest and its going to be really hard to justify to my wife. My daughter has missed a few games this year as teenage life takes over, unfortunately may have to have serious conversation about whether she wants to renew. Shite to be honest.

[chrisw1]

I'm desperate for us to compete with the big boys and don't suppose I should be surprised when our ticket prices start to rise towards those we expect to match on the field.  But it still feels shit and I really do wonder what tangible difference a few million quid on revenue truly makes when you think of it in context with a players wages.

But I guess we can look at it as this price rise is a few million quid, but the bigger picture is that the club probably view it as the second in many steps to bridging a gap that is probably £20-40m+ compared to the likes of Arsenal, Man Utd and Spurs.

[dave.woodhall]

We're paying for the club's inability to grow commercial revenue over the past thirty years.

[PeterWithe]

Yeah I had that serious conversation with my kid earlier, she's having none of it. Hey ho.

[ChicagoLion]

The fact that the the match day experience outside the actual football is still a shit show.
Purslow has no class, covering the stadium with billboards, drowning out any atmosphere with the ridiculous pre match music and the least said about the catering the better.
And to Dave’s point above, the commercial side is poorly run with tacky merchandise and shifty sponsors.

[RamboandBruno]

Yeah I had that serious conversation with my kid earlier, she's having none of it. Hey ho.

I think thats my conversation will go and tbh and she gets older, im loathe to give up one of the only things we’ll probs do together, but that price hike!!