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Biscuit1979
08 Jan 13 17:45
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"Manchester City have returned 900 unsold tickets of the 2,000 allocation for Sunday's Barclays Premier League clash with Arsenal at the Emirates.

The champions were expected to sell out but it appears travelling supporters have been put off by the £62 Arsenal are charging each fan."



Now i expect plenty on here (most of whom don't go to games anyway) will now be laughing at City for not selling out but seriously that is an absolute joke.

£62 to watch a game of football that is live on tv anyway. Cry
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Report noland2_ January 8, 2013 5:47 PM GMT
The game's finished Sad
Report DonNo1 January 8, 2013 5:51 PM GMT
Bargain
Report Biscuit1979 January 8, 2013 5:54 PM GMT
I've never seen anything like it. £62 would perhaps just about be acceptable for a home fan on the half way line if you were playing Barca or Real in the CL.

But for an away fan it's an absolute joke.
Report desperatemunter January 8, 2013 5:54 PM GMT
yep, thats a complete disgrace
caught in their London capitalist bubble, where you don't charge 'a sensible price', you just charge the highest price the mugs will pay.
And it turns out the mugs won'rt go for £62
Report A.H HUNTER esq. January 8, 2013 5:56 PM GMT
Arsenal are money grabbers,City have already given them millions for players to pay for their stadium they cant afford and they want Financial Fair Play LaughLaughLaugh
Report desperatemunter January 8, 2013 5:56 PM GMT
the mugs - that's us by the way - ought to be refusing to buy a lot more things. The prices of all of them - if their in the luxury/entertainment sector - would fall if we did.
Report dddddew January 8, 2013 5:57 PM GMT
wenger was  never the most generous with the cash
Report Biscuit1979 January 8, 2013 5:57 PM GMT
I thought United charging West Ham fans £45 for the cup replay (when their fans were charged £20 at Upton Park) was bad but that is absolutely ridiculous. City should've made a stand and done a complete boycott and sent the lot back.

And so should the other big clubs as i assume Arsenal charge that for other category A games?
Report DonNo1 January 8, 2013 6:01 PM GMT
It may be steep but it's still usually impossible to get a beer or food at half time...the very people who moan about prices are often the ones who will go out before half time and piss away up to a tenner on food and drink
Report Can't Catch Me January 8, 2013 6:03 PM GMT
I know what you are saying biscuit, and of course you are right.

But for Utd, Liverpool, they would sell the away end 5 times over at these prices and that has set a dangerous precedent. The amount of agencies and corporates paying £100 / £150 + for these type of games is staggering.
Report lybertyne January 8, 2013 6:06 PM GMT
it's only £62
Report Biscuit1979 January 8, 2013 6:06 PM GMT
Corporates fair enough, but this is just a standard ticket in the away end isn't it?
Report Crisp77 January 8, 2013 6:08 PM GMT
Is this for standing or seating?
Report Can't Catch Me January 8, 2013 6:09 PM GMT
Yes but I mean more and more corporates are buying tickets for the away end. Instead of paying daft money for a meal at the ground and going for the clubs hospitality option, they will book a nice restaurant in London then go in the away end, and all that will have cost a fraction of the price.
Report A.H HUNTER esq. January 8, 2013 6:11 PM GMT
Financial Fair Play should ensure clubs do not rip off fans as well ,do not suppose Arsenal will sign up to that .
Report themover January 8, 2013 6:11 PM GMT
wouldn't be so bad if it was the top two teams in the league but paying £62 to watch Arsenal? No thanks, I'd rather watch Villareal Laugh
Report clive82 January 8, 2013 6:11 PM GMT
Easy to criticise other clubs business model and revenue streams when your club is bankrolled by an Arab sugar daddy.

Supply and demand, if Arsenal can't flog sufficient tickets at £62 they'll have to review their prices in future.
Report jermaine defonebox January 8, 2013 6:12 PM GMT
Reckon all fans should boycott the prem   Stop making c unts like Rooney riche
you get much better value in the lower divs the only prem teams giving value are usually the teams that have just got promoted
Report noland2_ January 8, 2013 6:18 PM GMT
About 20 years ago I was charged £20 to stand on a grass bank, in the p1ssing rain, at some sh1t-box in West London called Stamford Bridge - that is what you call a joke.

Only game we lost that season as well - cnts Sad
Report themover January 8, 2013 6:19 PM GMT

Jan 8, 2013 -- 6:11PM, clive82 wrote:


Easy to criticise other clubs business model and revenue streams when your club is bankrolled by an Arab sugar daddy. Supply and demand, if Arsenal can't flog sufficient tickets at £62 they'll have to review their prices in future.


Arsenal's business model consist of making as much money as possible for the shareholders. If their supporters want to pay for that in their new real estate whilst they sell off their best players that is up to them Mischief

Report A.H HUNTER esq. January 8, 2013 6:23 PM GMT
Grass Bank? I dont think so Wink . Never ever any grass banks at the Bridge .
Report Crisp77 January 8, 2013 6:27 PM GMT
I think he means that he was one of the players. £20 a week was all they got in those days. Laugh
Report kanu200000 January 8, 2013 6:30 PM GMT
top clubs "out of touch"
Report DonNo1 January 8, 2013 6:43 PM GMT
jermaine defonebox     Joined: 16 Aug 09
Replies: 3996 08 Jan 13 18:12 
Reckon all fans should boycott the prem   Stop making c unts like Rooney riche
you get much better value in the lower divs the only prem teams giving value are usually the teams that have just got promoted


Much better value? The prem is great value compared to the the lower leagues, you still pay up to £25 to watch some league 2 tosh
Report Knight Rider January 8, 2013 6:49 PM GMT
£62 to watch Arsenal v Man City is fantastic value compared to most football games in England.
Report MrLossy January 8, 2013 7:05 PM GMT
I used to be a Silver member at Arsenal, before that I was a Junior gunner.

Used to go to about 10-15 games per season for 19 years (I am almost 24), but that number dropped significantly over the last 3 years because all the Silver membership grants you is priority on certain tickets in certain areas, you still have to play the full price for tickets, which depending on which category the opposition/competition falls under then you will pay anything from £20 (which is reasonable but mainly for League Cup/ Category C games) upwards to £80 (which is for champs league games/Category A games)

Prices have gone up and up every year and the Arsenal board/Manager care about is making profit year on year, they don't care about the fans and most certainly don't care about the team.

I haven't been to a game this year.
Report Zazu January 8, 2013 7:13 PM GMT
£62 seems like a fair price to watch 2 of the biggest and most entertaining teams in the country imo

costs more to fill my car with petrol!!
Report mexicano January 8, 2013 7:16 PM GMT
get a smaller car.
Report Injera January 8, 2013 7:18 PM GMT
West Ham would have sold 6k+ tickets for the replay at OT. But at £45 most are boycotting the game.

What a wonderful opportunity for an old fashioned cup replay with massive away support. Neither Man U nor West Ham give a damn about the away support. No protest has been made to OT by WHU. It's disgusting.

RIP the FA Cup.
Report 1st time poster January 8, 2013 7:20 PM GMT
we wont get into wife, kids ,family etc,250 for a family of 4 throw in a ton for petrol and ton spends for food ,drink,programme etc for the day,
and thats a nice family day out for around 5oo quid,CryCryCryCryCry
Report If Dolphins Were Monkeys January 8, 2013 7:26 PM GMT
http://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/the-english-fa-and-the-premier-league-... …

Sign that if yer @rsed about ticket prices... Set up by a citeh fan recently.
Report morpteh mackem January 8, 2013 7:27 PM GMT
went to chelsea 4 years ago, 48 quid !! more fool me for paying it i suppose.
Report Barzalona January 8, 2013 7:46 PM GMT
48 quid for that dump?

Laugh
Report Rodan January 10, 2013 6:35 PM GMT
it's just a £6k 1.01 punt, free entry in other words. Jeez you guys... Wink
Report peeler January 10, 2013 7:05 PM GMT
What is a fair price to watch any prem league cat a game?
Should all prices be uniform -(fair play)?
OR
Doesn,t anybody give a **** and they'll still turn up?
Report Fela Kuti January 10, 2013 7:31 PM GMT
The £62 charged to the Citeh fans is the same as the homes fans pay. I am sure that according to Premiership rules the home team have to charge the away team the same as the home team fans. Anyway I remember when Man U mullered us 8-2 at their dump. The next day I got an email asking me to renew my membership. You can imagine my reply. Walcott wants £90k a week for what? Only last year he was considered a one trick pony now he is supposedly the second coming of King Henry.
Report hippie January 10, 2013 7:45 PM GMT

"We're going to be launching a campaign within a few weeks, we will be calling for a maximum ticket price in the Premier League for away fans.

Next season they could knock off £32 from every single ticket, for every single game, for every single supporter in the Premier League and still have the same amount of money that they have this season because of the TV income."

(Malcolm Clarke, Football Supporters' Federation president)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2013/jan/09/liverpool-manchester-united-ticket-prices


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