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Blanchflower said:
Yeah, Liverpool fans.....probably not the best to emulate :dembelelol:

I seem to remember that the response from FSG was that they'd accept capping the ticket prices, but that meant the fans were setting an artificial glass ceiling on the potential of the club as they wouldn't be able to afford to extend Anfield any further at those prices.
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Doesn’t matter if it was Liverpool, Woolwich, West Ham or Norwich.

It was fan action that their clubs board noticed and it worked.

I find it difficult to understand why you don’t give a shit about price rises, whether it makes a difference to you or not.
 
I support the Trust's stance on this issue. I can afford the new prices but not everyone can. Just because they don't have as much money as me should not preclude them from being able to attend matches.

If people don't like what the Trust stand for they should become members and stand for election.
 
The fans have voted with their wallets, so far the season ticket take up is well above the club's expectations ... the Trust can shout all it wants on behalf it's members, indeed that's their job, but to try and sow dissent when clearly the actions of season ticket holders show there is no 'majority' not willing to renew? that just becomes self serving and divisive ...

Make your point, support your members, but don't keep flogging a dead donkey ....

The prices reflect the cost of top flight London football in a top class stadium .... harsh but true, just let it go .....
 
Blanchflower said:
Yeah, Liverpool fans.....probably not the best to emulate :dembelelol:

I seem to remember that the response from FSG was that they'd accept capping the ticket prices, but that meant the fans were setting an artificial glass ceiling on the potential of the club as they wouldn't be able to afford to extend Anfield any further at those prices.
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Which is completely bollocks. The expansion cost them £114m and resulted in a £12m increase in annual revenue. Even if it drops off slightly that's a 10-year ROI which is brilliant for a medium-large infrastructure project. They could easily expand further at those prices, it was just a PR strategy in the hope it would split the fanbase and result in less pressure on them when they next try to raise prices.
 
I think this 1882 section is a recipe for disaster. It is providing an unnatural divide through it's 'exclusive' areas in a stand and section that has no obvious physical divide. How are they going to police keeping the riff raff out of the 'exclusive' bar area at half time - posh maitre d, tough bouncer or a teenager on minimum wage (West Ham stewarding style)?

Might be ok for the first couple of seasons when we are playing well, but I think it could get toxic when we go through a cycle of being shit. With the highest season ticket prices and shit football, we might start going all Woolwich Fan TV. Instead of anger being directed at the board who will be far away, it might be more obvious to turn anger at those sitting in the 1882 section who could become the symbol for all that is wrong with the club. Normal season ticket holders getting aggressive and resentful with perplexed and confused tourists on a jolly looking straight back at them.

All this for an extra thousand quid, going to have to say no thank you to this one.
 
BangkokSpud said:
The fans have voted with their wallets, so far the season ticket take up is well above the club's expectations ... the Trust can shout all it wants on behalf it's members, indeed that's their job, but to try and sow dissent when clearly the actions of season ticket holders show there is no 'majority' not willing to renew? that just becomes self serving and divisive ...

Make your point, support your members, but don't keep flogging a dead donkey ....

The prices reflect the cost of top flight London football in a top class stadium .... harsh but true, just let it go .....
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You are showing a fundamental misunderstanding towards large numbers of our fan base. I find your attitude entirely contemptuous.
 
Oh FFS said:
Clearly he’s not saying that and you know it.

Football should be priced in a way that allows everyone to see it.
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Sounds lovely but impossible when demand greatly outweighs supply, which is the case.

Remember, this isn't pricing people out of seeing Spurs, it's pricing people out of a Season Ticket. For the 2017 price you will still be able to get to a good 15 games, just buying as a member.
 
On a rant today as I have nothing better to do than look through the stadium map.

Just looking at the sections where you can only purchase a ticket with a Junior Spur. What happens when the Junior Spur becomes of age? Do they turf out both of the season ticket holders and find them another section (quite possibly without being able to sit together) or do they just grant it as some sort of historical privilege at being in the right place at the right time and let them stay in the area and gradually the whole Junior Spur area just dies out?
 
Nick "Trevor" Sharp said:
Sounds lovely but impossible when demand greatly outweighs supply, which is the case.

Remember, this isn't pricing people out of seeing Spurs, it's pricing people out of a Season Ticket. For the 2017 price you will still be able to get to a good 15 games, just buying as a member.
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Well prices for individual matches haven’t been released yet, but you may yet be prices right about that.

The fact remains that the current pricing structure is going to stretch an awful lot of people, and the attitude to what Spurs fans expect from the club will increase with them.
 
Apologies if already mentioned in this vast thread but can't be arsed trailing through it but has anyone noticed this weekends event at Celtic park? They have a safe standing area and Liverpool fans have been invited to Celtics home game tomorrow to view it! Now I believe in England you have to have government legislation to get passed before it will be concidered in English Stadiums? Would in the this future be welcomed?
 
Oh FFS said:
No one is suggesting free tickets. Just make them more affordable.
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I agree, I think a majority were quite realistic with what they thought they were going to pay and what they would receive. Many were hoping for a reasonable view at a reasonable price and to be able to sit with their mates.

For those at the later stages it now it looks like they will now being paying at least a grand for one of the stadiums lesser views and be sitting on their tod with their mates scattered around the stadium in a similar situation.

And if these are the season ticket prices fuck knows what the individual match by match prices will be like.
 
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