Season Tickets

[Dogtanian]

A good long rest!

[LeeB]

It is difficult not to mention the cost when we have a joint bank account!

Don't tell her, and wait for her to notice once it's done.

Works for me.

[Dogtanian]

It is difficult not to mention the cost when we have a joint bank account!

Don't tell her, and wait for her to notice once it's done.

Works for me.

…we still talking about banking? 

[LeeB]

It is difficult not to mention the cost when we have a joint bank account!

Don't tell her, and wait for her to notice once it's done.

Works for me.

…we still talking about banking? 

More chance of getting away with the purchase than the other these days.

[cdbearsfan]

Good luck filling the ground at £78 a pop when Sturm Graz and Sheriff Tiraspol roll into town.

[dave.woodhall]

Good luck filling the ground at £78 a pop when Sturm Graz and Sheriff Tiraspol roll into town.

It's the Champions League. They'll sell out.

[pauliewalnuts]

Good luck filling the ground at £78 a pop when Sturm Graz and Sheriff Tiraspol roll into town.

Sheriff Tiraspol. What a great name for a football club.

[cdbearsfan]

I think Sheriff is basically an oligarch and everything in Transnistria is called Sheriff this, that or the other.

[Bad English]

Good luck filling the ground at £78 a pop when Sturm Graz and Sheriff Tiraspol roll into town.

Sheriff Tiraspol. What a great name for a football club.

And yes, they have a rusty sheriff's badge.

[LeeB]

I think Sheriff is basically an oligarch and everything in Transnistria is called Sheriff this, that or the other.

Is that the UEFA Cat A, state of the art stadium that services about 300 fans?

[cdbearsfan]

Has a 4* rating and 12,000 capacity approx, according to Wiki. We won't be playing there anyway, UEFA make them play home games in Chisinau since the Ukrainian unpleasantness. Oh, and because they didn't win the league so I shouldn't really have included them in my search for examples of "unglamorous potential opponents". Still, we've all had a nice time and that's what matters.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheriff_Arena

[LeeB]

We've all learned something, that's what I take away.

[frank black]

They informed the FAB that all the CL games will be priced the same, and that they won't be offering a bulk discount for buying all 4.

I have a feeling that the CL games will all be close to 100 quid for the Holte.  Will still sell out for Barcelona (and I'd pay it for just the one) but good luck getting people paying that kind of money to see us play Sturm Graz.

Likely I will pick and choose the glamour games , if it’s this price. Taking the calculated risk that i won’t qualify for tickets for the final.

[DeKuip]

What are the 1888 seats?

A hell of a lot more than £18.88.

Scandalous pricing throughout. Bastards.

[Chris Harte]

Matchday prices are out;

https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2024/june/30/ticketing-details-for-2024-25/

£55-78 for Cat A.

The takeaways for me:

This game is getting expensive.

The season cards are excellent value compared to match-by-match entry prices. The season card where I am (centre of Lower Holte) is roughly equal to eleven Cat A games. Not that I know there are eleven Cat A games, but if so that's eight games free.

Because the season cards are such good value compared to buying match-by-match, I can see the club either phasing out season cards (i.e, when people don't renew they aren't replaced by people on the waiting list), or they'll jump massively in value over the coming seasons.

I wonder how long I'll be able to afford to keep going.