Season tickets - well done West Ham

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  1. Micky Finn

    Micky Finn Well-Known Member

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    As a result of that eye-watering TV deal the PL struck with Sky & BT, West Ham's cheapest adult season ticket for the 2016-17 season will cost £289, down from between £620 and £940 this season.

    Cheapest in the Championship. Possibly.
     
    Micky Finn, Apr 22, 2015
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    Bye bye orient.
     
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    Thing is Micky, as Deetee has implied, it's going to get to the stage where it's cheaper to watch Premier League football than League 1 and League 2. Premier League clubs don't actually need the money from gate receipts at all. They get so much from the TV deal and other sponsorship that season ticket money is a drop in the ocean. Down in our league, by far the largest source of income is gate receipts. It's the only source of income with any substance. To compete, you have to charge a certain amount.

    If Premier League clubs drop their prices to a token amount to ensure packed stadiums we'll have the ridiculous situation where it costs more to watch Rochdale than Man Utd. What father in East London is going to take his son to watch Orient v Accrington when it's cheaper to watch West Ham v Arsenal? Why go to Oldham v Morecombe when Man Utd v Everton is substantially cheaper?

    It's not West Ham's fault, it's just another example of how the inequality of funding in football is going to kill the game.
     
    Jay, Apr 22, 2015
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    And as a result of being given a massive stadium for practically free that they need to fill.
     
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    100% this.
     
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    spot on Dyson.

    With the challenge of a massive new stadium to fill WHU clearly have a much needed marketing strategy.
     
    Red-Taff., Apr 22, 2015
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    Premiership clubs can't win. They are either ripping off supporters with matchday tickets or they lower them and are putting the future of neighbouring clubs at risk. Damned if they do and damned if they don't.

    When they get to the Olympic Stadium and apparently prices are expected to get even lower (possibly less than 20 quid a game) then Leyton Orient could be screwed. London derbies in a nice stadium for a few quid cheaper than Brisbane Road.
     
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    Is it legacy or is it sustainability?

    [video=youtube;BYbA2Xsu6VE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYbA2Xsu6VE[/video]
     
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    What dreamie said. When that rights deal was announced, loads of folk (including on here) came back with 'right, when are the clubs reducing ticket prices?' Seems they can't win.....



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    As I said, it's not West Ham's fault, but we can't bury our heads in the sand and pretend it's not a problem.
     
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    It's the Premier League and the TV companies fault for how the deal is structured.
     
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    like
     
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    You're right. But a fairer distribution of the income further down the footballing pyramid would mean everyone could reduce ticket prices. A significant investment in grass roots coaching infrastructure would also help everyone produce a higher calibre of player thus minimising the need to buy cheaper foreign imports.
     
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    Maybe we'll get some sensibility back into football as a result of this.

    Not just Orient but every other lower league club needs to reduce prices. Football is far too expensive for what you get out of it. I find it unbelievable that Barnsley can still attract around 10,000 people at over-inflated prices. £20+ is far too excessive for 3rd Division football.

    Football and Cinema used to be the same price but now you're talking treble the amount for unguaranteed entertainment.
    If everyone reduced prices, that would have a knock-on effect of having to reduce the exorbitant wages that lower league footballers earn.
    Someone on here the other week said he would find it incredulous if Josh Scowen wasn't earning £10,000 a week - that's absolutely mental. No Third Division footballer is worth £10,000 a week and the lower leagues cannot sustain wages like that so why do they do it?

    Austerity should also apply to footballers not just the fans so well done to West Ham for starting the ball rolling.
     
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    £9.50 for the cinema pet Adult

    And again it's ungauranteed entertainment

    The film might be rubbish just like Barnsley might be rubbish

    I think £20 per ticket is about right and £300 for a season ticket is good value for money




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    Ah but getting tickets for Oldham vs. Morecambe will be a lot easier than Man Utd vs. Everton, unless they pay over the odds from a third party.
     
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    Spot on, as usual.
     
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    Heard on TalkSport yesterday that one of the O's players is on 20K per week. So if they do go under it wont be West Hams fault.
     
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    Imagine if Sheff Wednesday got into the Premier league. They have a 40k stadium and if they wanted to fill it they could knock season tickets out for say less than £250. What impact do you think that would have on the surrounding clubs and their ability to sustain attendances ?
     
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