They should do ' opps outside your head' in the stands, that would confuse the stewardsI always wondered what the idiots were doing who arrive back 10 minutes after the 2nd half has started.
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They should do ' opps outside your head' in the stands, that would confuse the stewardsI always wondered what the idiots were doing who arrive back 10 minutes after the 2nd half has started.
True that, after all nobody said we had to sit in the actual seats.They should do ' opps outside your head' in the stands, that would confuse the stewards
I get this but it's not as if they get a priority over tickets. I think we can generally be grateful that they are picking up the slack from Mr Anti-Levy from Hertfordshire who can't be bothered to go now unless it's a big game because of X, Y, Z.I don’t think it helps the atmosphere that a % of fans now turn up just to support/watch 1 man rather than the team. Not knocking their dedication and the expense they go to watch Son but if he signed for Woolwich in January they’d all be down at the Emirates.
I get this but it's not as if they get a priority over tickets. I think we can generally be grateful that they are picking up the slack from Mr Anti-Levy from Hertfordshire who can't be bothered to go now unless it's a big game because of X, Y, Z.
The only time I stopped going was when the "outside world" had to take priority and I just couldn't justify the cost of a season ticket until I got things sorted out. Things are easier now, and up to this season, have looked forward to going to games, even if the rot has set in at the beginning of the year. Purposely make all my other plans around the fixture list, as I really don't want to miss a home game. But I'm now feeling it's more of a chore than a pleasure, and a little resentment has creeped in. Apprehension rather than hope before a game, if you know what I mean.My reasons are currently more A-Z!! I’m mainly I’m focusing on health, work and family at weekends at the moment.
A lot of the joy has gone from watching Spurs. And being treated like a theatre goer is not really my cup of tea.
But your point is ignoring the obvious financial argument.
Tourists will pay whatever to watch football. (And it would seem older people happy to do the conga around the concourse on a Saturday afternoon).
The football crowd has changed. As it always would at the new stadium. That was the aim.
Mr Average from Herts who wants to take his 2 kids to a game is forking out £100- £150+ a time for a football match. 19x a season.
Well you can do the maths. That’s a decent part of a family holiday with the Mrs.
The matches are boring, the stewards can at times be pretty aggressive and I can fully understand why people have an issue paying the highest prices in the premiership to watch a frankly below average Premier League football side.
Apprehension rather than hope before a game, if you know what I mean.
I enjoyed teliehe Red Star game (might have been the three vodkas I had before the game), but that's been about it. Mixture of pain, boredom,disbelief and resignation, with the odd feeling of relief {Southampton, Villa}, watching our team at the moment.
My reasons are currently more A-Z!! I’m mainly I’m focusing on health, work and family at weekends at the moment.
A lot of the joy has gone from watching Spurs. And being treated like a theatre goer is not really my cup of tea.
But your point is ignoring the obvious financial argument.
Tourists will pay whatever to watch football. (And it would seem older people happy to do the conga around the concourse on a Saturday afternoon).
The football crowd has changed. As it always would at the new stadium. That was the aim.
Mr Average from Herts who wants to take his 2 kids to a game is forking out £100- £150+ a time for a football match. 19x a season.
Well you can do the maths. That’s a decent part of a family holiday with the Mrs.
The matches are boring, the stewards can at times be pretty aggressive and I can fully understand why people have an issue paying the highest prices in the premiership to watch a frankly below average Premier League football side.
It's all very relevant and understandable mate. But just saying with the situation as it is (expensive tickets) what is better for the atmosphere; an empty seat or some Son fans?
I'm very much Mr Average from Herts myself so know the costs and it is often a chore during these type of times. I'm not sure on the figures but I reckon most tickets now for league games are sold on the exchange? So that's season ticket holders who have paid already but have now lost the motivation. I often have people from different parts of the world near me but sure they are ST seats.
It's all very relevant and understandable mate. But just saying with the situation as it is (expensive tickets) what is better for the atmosphere; an empty seat or some Son fans?
I'm very much Mr Average from Herts myself so know the costs and it is often a chore during these type of times. I'm not sure on the figures but I reckon most tickets now for league games are sold on the exchange? So that's season ticket holders who have paid already but have now lost the motivation. I often have people from different parts of the world near me but sure they are ST seats.
I seem to have lucked out for Burnley, but probably as our tickets were listed as a pair.When i put a couple of tix on the exhange eary in the season they were snapped up really quickly, I also have the Burnley one on there & there is zero interest. If it doesn't sell i will go anyway but it appears interest is waning rapidly.
As I posted already, I have sold all my season ticket games until Feb, I just got to the point where it cannot in my head and heart be justified anymore.
Wembley was the start of my frustration with the Club, I especially felt that last seasons late decisions to remain at Wembley were frankly dishonest. I’d been on a stadium tour in early June 2018 and it was obvious how far away the stadium was from completion. They sold it anyway and thousands of us found our way back to Wembley as a result.
since returning “home” it’s ranged from excellent to utterly crap, mostly driven by performance standards on the pitch. Although things like away supporters in the home end do not help at all either.
it’s all become a drag, because for years it’s been a drag, and I don’t have any incentive at the moment to go back.
the quality of players at the club does not justify this absolutely abhorrent level of “product”. And there remains a void from above where leadership should be.
Wembley was too much. As we saw in the decline in ticket sales and shutting the upper tier. Affected a lot of people.
And people on here who either knew people on the new stadium site or dealt with companies working there with long standing professional relationships were all being told it won’t be ready. I saw photos of areas and knew what people were producing. The timing like most builds was not feasible.
And speak up to get abused, called liars all sorts on here. it was never going to be ready!
In regards to the new ground I think allowing people to move seats and getting groups who know each is the key.
It’s what we had at the Lane of old and what is missing here, well that’s one thing anyway.
Pricing does chase a particular type of “customer”.
The only time I stopped going was when the "outside world" had to take priority and I just couldn't justify the cost of a season ticket until I got things sorted out. Things are easier now, and up to this season, have looked forward to going to games, even if the rot has set in at the beginning of the year. Purposely make all my other plans around the fixture list, as I really don't want to miss a home game. But I'm now feeling it's more of a chore than a pleasure, and a little resentment has creeped in. Apprehension rather than hope before a game, if you know what I mean.
I enjoyed the Red Star game (might have been the three vodkas I had before the game), but that's been about it. Mixture of pain, boredom,disbelief and resignation, with the odd feeling of relief {Southampton, Villa}, watching our team at the moment.
Still enjoying the novelty of the stadium, it is a thing of beauty, but that will wear off if we don't get the football side of things sorted.
This.Mr Average from Herts who wants to take his 2 kids to a game is forking out £100- £150+ a time for a football match. 19x a season.
Well you can do the maths. That’s a decent part of a family holiday with the Mrs.
This.
I remember loads of occasions as a kid getting into my dads Cortina to go to Spurs and my mate Keith being there and my dad saying " run and ask your mum can you come to Spurs,if she says yeas,you can come" He nearly always did(and he was a Woolwich)
My dad was a wood machinist for Schreibers, not rich by any stretch of the imagination.
Could you see a working man afford to treat his kids mates several times a season like this now? I doubt it.
My mate would seriously argue there is a massive profit in beer, he reckons by the time all is said and done, including run off, pipe cleaning, higher labour costs etc etc he’s lucky to make 40p on the pound compared to spirits which turns around 2.50 on the pound, 3.50+ with a standard mixer.Dude, there is a massive margin in food and drink, especially beer! This article also fails to mention revenue from merchandise and the flat fee the NFL gave us for each game. The club have already said the NFL stadium additions are covered by the 10 year contract.
I can't even imagine how much business the club shop would have done on those days, not just NFL gear but transient fans buying spurs gear. Each programme is usually £5... It all adds up and will take time to be aggregated and published.