Turkish Posted 15 December, 2012 Posted 15 December, 2012 Great idea from Brentford. For their home game against Stevenage fans can pay what they want for a ticket, anything over £1. Payments over £5 and a donation will go to sport relief. Got me thinking how much would I pay if I had the choice to. We've become used to paying £30 plus in England and we are the most expensive in Europe. What do you think is a reasonable price for football though? I would say about £18-£20 is a fair price for a lower half premier league soccerball weighing it up against other forms of entertainment and other sports. I'd be interested to hear your thoughts.
shurlock Posted 15 December, 2012 Posted 15 December, 2012 More importantly, would we fill the stadium?
Olallana Posted 15 December, 2012 Posted 15 December, 2012 Strange thread... I think the iPhone 5 is worth about £300 but since the seller demands £529 it is up to me as the buyer to decide if I think it´s worth that amount. Same thing about watching a game, the seller makes the price and the buyer decides if he think it´s the right value for him. That´s what they call market economy....
Dig Dig Posted 15 December, 2012 Posted 15 December, 2012 (edited) Strange thread... I think the iPhone 5 is worth about £300 but since the seller demands £529 it is up to me as the buyer to decide if I think it´s worth that amount. Same thing about watching a game, the seller makes the price and the buyer decides if he think it´s the right value for him. That´s what they call market economy.... You've already told us how much a good price for an Iphone is, why not for a football game which is what the OP asks? Football in this country is overpriced for an hour and a half worths of entertainment. Demand sets the price as it is now but doesn't always reflect value for money Edited 15 December, 2012 by Dig Dig
saintmatt Posted 15 December, 2012 Posted 15 December, 2012 (edited) OK then Olallana, suppose the Club offered tickets for £50 - would you pay? If no, £49? If no, £48? etc. Your answer is the moment you say yes. For the record I reckon around £25 is fair. Edited 15 December, 2012 by saintmatt
Turkish Posted 15 December, 2012 Author Posted 15 December, 2012 (edited) Strange thread... I think the iPhone 5 is worth about £300 but since the seller demands £529 it is up to me as the buyer to decide if I think it´s worth that amount. Same thing about watching a game, the seller makes the price and the buyer decides if he think it´s the right value for him. That´s what they call market economy.... Why strange? I think it's a perfectly simple concept to grasp. If, like Brentford have, SFC said you can pay what you want for a ticket how much would you pay? It really isn't difficult. I thought it was a great idea and a top way to attract new fans and reward existing ones. Edited 15 December, 2012 by Turkish
Patrick Bateman Posted 15 December, 2012 Posted 15 December, 2012 Great idea from Brentford. For their home game against Stevenage fans can pay what they want for a ticket, anything over £1. Payments over £5 and a donation will go to sport relief. Got me thinking how much would I pay if I had the choice to. We've become used to paying £30 plus in England and we are the most expensive in Europe. What do you think is a reasonable price for football though? I would say about £18-£20 is a fair price for a lower half premier league soccerball weighing it up against other forms of entertainment and other sports. I'd be interested to hear your thoughts. £20 I think is a fair price. I honestly think anything more is a little steep but then (and I know it's very different but it's still approx 2 hours of entertainment), tickets for most shows in decent seats in the West End can cost £80 - £100, which is also obscene. I bought two tickets for my Dad and I to watch England v Italy in the 6 Nations ... £175 and they were the mid-range priced ones. Two No1 Court tickets to Wimbledon cost me £160 last year. A daily train card from Fleet to Waterloo costs £32. Two tickets to an average show at the Anvil and Mayflower would cost about £80. So it makes football seem reasonable value, but I still think I'm paying a lot? It's an odd one, but I would say £20 would be excellent value and we'd definitely sell out a bigger stadium at that amount.
Olallana Posted 15 December, 2012 Posted 15 December, 2012 Maybe the word strange was the wrong one but since you never know how a game will turn out you have a really hard time putting a value on it before the game. I would say that Reading-Man U 3-4 would have a better value of entertainment than Man C-Arsenal 1-1 for example. What i just want to say is that the club of course should sell their tickets for the highest possible price (regarding demands, what people are willing to pay etc etc), that makes perfect sense cause whether you like it or not, football clubs these days are big money business... And I would gladly pay £35-40 for a game if that gives the club in my heart a better possibility to attract players and finish higher in the leauge.
Dibden Purlieu Saint Posted 15 December, 2012 Posted 15 December, 2012 I paid £65 for a ticket to the Ashes next Summer, and that is over 7 hours. So I would say about a third of that, maybe £21.
shurlock Posted 15 December, 2012 Posted 15 December, 2012 Am a firm believer in tipping generously only if its deserved.
dronskisaint Posted 15 December, 2012 Posted 15 December, 2012 Around £30 for Premier League football feels fair to me...£43 to Liverpool felt like being stung - although possibly that's a result of the conditioning that's inherent in our climb up the league.
Dig Dig Posted 15 December, 2012 Posted 15 December, 2012 £20 I think is a fair price. I honestly think anything more is a little steep but then (and I know it's very different but it's still approx 2 hours of entertainment), tickets for most shows in decent seats in the West End can cost £80 - £100, which is also obscene. I bought two tickets for my Dad and I to watch England v Italy in the 6 Nations ... £175 and they were the mid-range priced ones. Two No1 Court tickets to Wimbledon cost me £160 last year. A daily train card from Fleet to Waterloo costs £32. Two tickets to an average show at the Anvil and Mayflower would cost about £80. So it makes football seem reasonable value, but I still think I'm paying a lot? It's an odd one, but I would say £20 would be excellent value and we'd definitely sell out a bigger stadium at that amount. Its the frequency in which you would watch football over some of the more one off experiences you mention which is important IMO. About 20 quid is about right though
Patrick Bateman Posted 15 December, 2012 Posted 15 December, 2012 Its the frequency in which you would watch football over some of the more one off experiences you mention which is important IMO. About 20 quid is about right though Very good point - I hadn't thought of it like that!
Manuel Posted 15 December, 2012 Posted 15 December, 2012 In league 1 I seem to remember £22 being about the going rate and I thought that was alright. Reading at home the other day was £36.50 including fees, and it did seem a bit steep, so I guess if I was to put a figure on what the game deserves I'd go for £30 dead.
rshephard3 Posted 15 December, 2012 Posted 15 December, 2012 Strange thread... I think the iPhone 5 is worth about £300 but since the seller demands £529 it is up to me as the buyer to decide if I think it´s worth that amount. Same thing about watching a game, the seller makes the price and the buyer decides if he think it´s the right value for him. That´s what they call market economy.... It would be a strange thread on a Britney Spears forum. Or a tampon forum. This is a football forum. So it's not strange. HTH.
Whitey Grandad Posted 15 December, 2012 Posted 15 December, 2012 Shouldn't we see the game first before deciding what it's worth?
rshephard3 Posted 15 December, 2012 Posted 15 December, 2012 Shouldn't we see the game first before deciding what it's worth? That'd make Man Utd fans of the past 20 odd years pretty skint!
Orange Posted 15 December, 2012 Posted 15 December, 2012 I'd say realistically £15-£20 for adults would be fair for PL football. Clubs like Dortmund think i'm right in saying its around the £10 mark on the terrace?
Thedelldays Posted 15 December, 2012 Posted 15 December, 2012 if it was saints v wigan...I would chuck in a tenner and they would be thankful
VectisSaint Posted 15 December, 2012 Posted 15 December, 2012 Got me thinking how much would I pay if I had the choice to. It would depend if we paid on the way in or on the way out :-)
Barry Sanchez Posted 15 December, 2012 Posted 15 December, 2012 I read something a while back that stated clubs could charge minimal amounts to get in as the money is in tv and sky premierships rights, £10-£20 is fair, would it happen would it ********, the game needs to be taken back to all though, how can a family afford such things heaven knows.
angelman Posted 15 December, 2012 Posted 15 December, 2012 All these people saying £25, £30 etc etc. Look how much a season ticket to Bayern Munich is - about £100. Having said that, I thought the prices at Barca were pretty high: http://www.fcbarcelona.com/info-tickets/football-ticket-prices
rick1976.4.38 Posted 15 December, 2012 Posted 15 December, 2012 i think £20is about right, £42at liverpool for example is a joke its kids i feel for,they should be charged a fiver and then we will have a next generation of fans cos at the moment its crazy what they have to pay fair play to brentford,pity more clubs dont do it,especially in the overhyped best league in the world
Saint Charlie Posted 16 December, 2012 Posted 16 December, 2012 £23.60 would be about right for me. The clubs charging over 40 quid are a disgrace.
Colinjb Posted 16 December, 2012 Posted 16 December, 2012 Football will be worth whatever the consumer is willing to pay. Not just the ticket, but the travel costs, the ancillary costs, everything. The problem is it cannot be quantified by just the game itself, unlike other forms of entertainment there is a large amount of personal identification and emotion that happens with football matches. Compare it to a film, where a two hour piece of entertainment costs about 8 pounds or so, football is a rip off. Yet I pay the season ticket costs gladly and just hope the club don't take the p*ss. I feel it is too expensive right now, but then that's how I feel about many non-league grounds too. (£12 quid to get into Winchester City, really?) £20 quid a game would feel 'fair' to me, but that is something I doubt we'll ever see.
SaintBobby Posted 16 December, 2012 Posted 16 December, 2012 Presumably, everyone attending Saints games thinks its worth at least the ticket price to go. Otherwise, why the hell are they buying a ticket? Some people will think it's worth much more than the current ticket price, of course, but discriminatory pricing for each individual fan would be rather difficult...
Spudders Posted 16 December, 2012 Posted 16 December, 2012 It would be a strange thread on a Britney Spears forum. Or a tampon forum. This is a football forum. So it's not strange. HTH. Bit off topic, but do you have a link to the tampon forum, ta.
PhilippineSaint Posted 16 December, 2012 Posted 16 December, 2012 Bit off topic, but do you have a link to the tampon forum, ta. If you do need to go there try this one http://www.lil-lets.co.uk/becomingateen
Smirking_Saint Posted 16 December, 2012 Posted 16 December, 2012 Why are so many on here finding this such a difficult subject FFS ? All is being asked is what value would you put on a premiership game of football right jow, not knowing how good the game will be as you never know that, just if you were asked to price the average game what would you find reasonable ? Personally I say between £20 and £25 is about reasonable for a premiership game at St Marys currently
JustMike Posted 16 December, 2012 Posted 16 December, 2012 Why are so many on here finding this such a difficult subject FFS ? All is being asked is what value would you put on a premiership game of football right jow, not knowing how good the game will be as you never know that, just if you were asked to price the average game what would you find reasonable ? Personally I say between £20 and £25 is about reasonable for a premiership game at St Marys currently Yep agree, the Liverpool price was ridiculous!
B Rabbit Posted 16 December, 2012 Posted 16 December, 2012 About 25 beans would seem ok and I wouldn't feel like I was parting with too much to watch the team I am emotionally connected with.... And that being the major problem. Any thing else and I could quite easily say F off I'm not paying that.... But it's in the blood and until it becomes ridiculous it's very hard to say no. but ya... 25 quid seems a good price to me
eurosaint Posted 16 December, 2012 Posted 16 December, 2012 £25 without additional fees is a fair market price IMHO ! The biggest rip-off actually is a replica shirt which, even with a generous retail mark-up, should be no more than £20 !
dan17 Posted 16 December, 2012 Posted 16 December, 2012 I remember getting in to The Dell for about two quid.... amazing how times have changed. I think twenty quid is fair enough, any more is a joke. If tickets were only twenty quid now, I would be able to afford many more visits than I can at the moment.
Cabrone Posted 16 December, 2012 Posted 16 December, 2012 £10 for game + transport is what would entice me to see every match.
adrian lord Posted 16 December, 2012 Posted 16 December, 2012 I remember getting in to The Dell for about two quid.... amazing how times have changed. You are clearly a youngster - I remember being outraged when it went from 75 pence to £1.50.
View From The Top Posted 16 December, 2012 Posted 16 December, 2012 I won't pay more than £30 for me (City the exception as that was a promise to my nipper) & £15 for the nipper. Subsequently watching far less away games. £25 adult and £10 for the nipper is fair. Sent from my GT-P3110 using Tapatalk 2
SuperMikey Posted 16 December, 2012 Posted 16 December, 2012 Depends on the game really. I'd go to any game where Saints are playing, but obviously some games have a certain significance - local derbies, relegation rivals, chance to break into the top half etc. I think about £25 would be fair pricing personally.
Brussels Saint Posted 17 December, 2012 Posted 17 December, 2012 I think we are looking at this from a slightly wrong perspective. Most say around 20quid is fair to watch 90mins entertainment and to me that seems a pretty honest rationale. The problem comes during the summer and in Jan. The majority I guess want quality players coming into the club and that costs. If we want to carry on competing in the 5-15m transfer bracket, 20 quid is not going to do it. Yes the majority comes from TV but the punter also needs to play their part in that 12m we spent on Gaston. 20 quid is to watch 22 players kick a ball round a park in a nice stadium, the extra 15-20 is to watch Gaston et al. kick that ball around. Look at the transfer threads, full of demands we buy quality x, y & z 20 quid a ticket would buy us a L1 club if we were to remain solvent.
PhilippineSaint Posted 17 December, 2012 Posted 17 December, 2012 You are clearly a youngster - I remember being outraged when it went from 75 pence to £1.50. And I remember bus to Hythe, ferry to town, walk to the Dell going in and then back again and I still had change from a quid. Couldn't get a beer in the Nelson as was just to young but there you go.
Saint Garrett Posted 17 December, 2012 Posted 17 December, 2012 I think we are looking at this from a slightly wrong perspective. Most say around 20quid is fair to watch 90mins entertainment and to me that seems a pretty honest rationale. The problem comes during the summer and in Jan. The majority I guess want quality players coming into the club and that costs. If we want to carry on competing in the 5-15m transfer bracket, 20 quid is not going to do it. Yes the majority comes from TV but the punter also needs to play their part in that 12m we spent on Gaston. 20 quid is to watch 22 players kick a ball round a park in a nice stadium, the extra 15-20 is to watch Gaston et al. kick that ball around. Look at the transfer threads, full of demands we buy quality x, y & z 20 quid a ticket would buy us a L1 club if we were to remain solvent. Although I agree, in principle, I think £20 is about fair. £25 max IMO. However I will pay more as it's the going rate, and I want to go to games and enjoy watching Saints play. In principle, football shouldn't cost as much, because the players shouldn't really earn as much as they do, and shouldn't demand the transfer fees which they do. But until fans start boycotting games because of the prices, the prices will continue to go up as will the players wages and transfer fees.
derry Posted 17 December, 2012 Posted 17 December, 2012 Last season my ST averaged £19 ish this year £28 ish. In our current league I think Adult £20 concession £15 fair.
This Charming Man Posted 17 December, 2012 Posted 17 December, 2012 All these people saying £25, £30 etc etc. Look how much a season ticket to Bayern Munich is - about £100. Having said that, I thought the prices at Barca were pretty high: http://www.fcbarcelona.com/info-tickets/football-ticket-prices Spanish football tickets are ridiculous. Especially when teams play Barca or Real. You can expect to pay €60-€80 for a standard ticket. Real even had a game postponed recently when fans of Vallecano cut the floodlight cables in protest at the ticket prices hike. The cheap Bayern tickets are offset by the mental prices they charge for corporate etc. Which is a good idea but obviously only certain teams can get away with doing stuff like that.
The9 Posted 17 December, 2012 Posted 17 December, 2012 Great idea from Brentford. For their home game against Stevenage fans can pay what they want for a ticket, anything over £1. Payments over £5 and a donation will go to sport relief. Got me thinking how much would I pay if I had the choice to. We've become used to paying £30 plus in England and we are the most expensive in Europe. What do you think is a reasonable price for football though? I would say about £18-£20 is a fair price for a lower half premier league soccerball weighing it up against other forms of entertainment and other sports. I'd be interested to hear your thoughts. I see through your cunning method of reintroducing the flexible pricing mockery under another guise...
The9 Posted 17 December, 2012 Posted 17 December, 2012 I'm not going to the Sunderland match because my dad's forked out for a corporate box for 10 people for a Conference match 100 miles away, so I'm effectively trading in a pre-paid Saints ticket for a pre-paid Conference one based on the availability of a tray of sandwiches. I'm not out of pocket on the tickets, but I'm still £10 down overall on petrol I have to pay out for the trip. Therefore my answer is that Saints have to give me £10 and a warm finger buffet to get me to go. Realistically though I think about £28 - if it includes free public transport to and from the match as that's a factor for me now.
Turkish Posted 17 December, 2012 Author Posted 17 December, 2012 I'm not going to the Sunderland match because my dad's forked out for a corporate box for 10 people for a Conference match 100 miles away, so I'm effectively trading in a pre-paid Saints ticket for a pre-paid Conference one based on the availability of a tray of sandwiches. I'm not out of pocket on the tickets, but I'm still £10 down overall on petrol I have to pay out for the trip. Therefore my answer is that Saints have to give me £10 and a warm finger buffet to get me to go. Realistically though I think about £28 - if it includes free public transport to and from the match as that's a factor for me now. Some people will do anything for free food FFS
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