West ham owner trying to justify £49 tickets for city

I would get behind corky and the £20 away ticket throughout the prem. £49 is a piss take for west ham defo.

This would never of happened if we'd stayed in div 1/2 lol

We didn't get much change out of £50 last season for a 0-0 draw at Upton Park. The facilities there are prehistoric too. It was single file to the toilets and just two kiosks trying to cater for everyone. Any of their fans trying to resist a move to Stratford need to wake up.

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I would get behind corky and the £20 away ticket throughout the prem. £49 is a piss take for west ham defo.

This would never of happened if we'd stayed in div 1/2 lol

We didn't get much change out of £50 last season for a 0-0 draw at Upton Park. The facilities there are prehistoric too. It was single file to the toilets and just two kiosks trying to cater for everyone. Any of their fans trying to resist a move to Stratford need to wake up.

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We were there the season before for 2 games, opening game and the 2nd leg play off. We were restricted to just over 1,000 and it was rough with just that lot. They doubled our allocation for the 2nd leg and it was diabolical. Then we paid about £27 for each game. As its a prem the maximum they should be charging is £35. To charge £49 is high treason premier or not.

West Ham charged over £30 for the first game two seasons ago. The one where Miller scored. Messed us about terribly as well. Only way is to treat them even worse when they come here. Give them about 500 tickets, full bubble, keep them waiting for hours at the services, open one toilet, one catering stall selling cold burgers and soggy crisps, no booze, put up a few temporary pillars so they can't see the goal mouths, and get the OB to keep them behind for about four hours. And beat them 1-0 with a hotly disputed, twice taken penalty in the 99th minute. Then let them enjoy their trip back to the wastelands of Essex. If possible, arrange to have major roadworks on the M4, and track maintenance on the Paddington line.

Probably won't happen, though. not to the 'salt of the earth Eastenders' West Ham. Sir Trev has too much clout.

Nearly forgot, charge them £100 per ticket, no concessions.

I don't care what he says, 2 seasons ago they were charging £27, not £49.
An increase of almost 100% - how is there any justification in that?

Same standard of football, same ground, same average team.

that was championship football, this is premier league - hardly the same standard of football or the same average team. Plus they have to find some extra cash to pay Andy Carroll.

I went to West Ham for play offs.

There is a huge buzz for such a team and ground.. had to meet up services though with police etc.

The road leading to the ground is a sh*thole. The lack of room for buses is pathetic no car park. The concourse area is tiny.

Trying to justify it is embarrassing.

On twitter saying £49 is ok and Wigan got relegated because of the low ticket prices.... idiot of a man...when he was Birmingham chair he charged high prices for tickets and Brum were still relegated

corky,sullivan will pull any stunts he can get away with.when blues were promoted 2002 i know in the 2nd and 3rd season of our prem stay he charged 48pound for tickets v arsenal,chelsea,man utd and villa.in the 4th season when we struggled and were relegated the same man utd fixture was 22quid.this was due to the fact the fans were not going so much as the team struggled.sure the game was over xmas,the same time as the previous one.sullivan will charge what he wants when he can get away with it.

first game ever in the premiership. no way was i ever missing that trip. i am missing it now. £49 he can f**k right off and i hope there are hundreds more like me

Am I the only one who thinks, from looking at the Tweets, that they are talking about charging £49 for the home fans as opposed to charging that much for the away fans? I'm probably mis-reading it

We were there the season before for 2 games, opening game and the 2nd leg play off. We were restricted to just over 1,000 and it was rough with just that lot. They doubled our allocation for the 2nd leg and it was diabolical. Then we paid about £27 for each game. As its a prem the maximum they should be charging is £35. To charge £49 is high treason premier or not.

Being in the Top 6 now means Clubs do charge us more. Arsenal was £62 last season whilst it was only half that when I first starting watching us away. I'm London based so I can justify the cost in comparison to train fares to Manchester but it's ridiculous.

£49 for Cardiff fans to pay at West Ham isn't reasonable. What fan doesn't want to watch their team in the Premiership for the first time?

It's quite interesting the debate on away fans, you would have to think that most of the modern day owners would see away fans as nothing more than an inconvenience, as these owners have no idea of what they bring to the atmosphere or they care little for the football going experience of the ordinary supporter. I am sure that majority of the old time Chairmen would have seen away supporters as a necessary evil, I reckon that the new breed of owners just look at the balance sheets and if it is more economical to fill those seats with home fans then they would do it, regardless of the cultural morality of away fans being at games and adding to the whole football match experience.

Good post.....

Unfortunately the working class are being priced out of the game. At £49 per ticket along with the bus/travel costs, a few beers and a bit of grub it's a £100 day out. Can see less people travelling if these prices become the norm.

My mate, his Mrs and son were going to this game, don't know if they'll bother now mind, too expensive.

Is this a curse of modern football?

We were there the season before for 2 games, opening game and the 2nd leg play off. We were restricted to just over 1,000 and it was rough with just that lot. They doubled our allocation for the 2nd leg and it was diabolical. Then we paid about £27 for each game. As its a prem the maximum they should be charging is £35. To charge £49 is high treason premier or not.

Being in the Top 6 now means Clubs do charge us more. Arsenal was £62 last season whilst it was only half that when I first starting watching us away. I'm London based so I can justify the cost in comparison to train fares to Manchester but it's ridiculous.

£49 for Cardiff fans to pay at West Ham isn't reasonable. What fan doesn't want to watch their team in the Premiership for the first time?

Mate im one of the lucky ones. i have a decent business ticking over and am ok with money right now. but f**k them if they think they ripping me off. until fans make a stand the clubs ail just continue to take the piss.

If people are too stupid to keep paying the prices then what do you expect?

He's not running a charity

Corky, are you going to West Ham? Presumably anyone who is parting with their cash is ok with the price?

I would not be able to afford £49 for a ticket and thirty for travel mate...another penalty our fans have to endure is the London £200 coach tax which is added to the bus fare.

Fans will sacrifice other things and pay it because they love to support our club and fair play to them for that commitment...it’s our first ever game in the Premiership against an average club and their owner decided to rip our fans off...he will also be ripping his own fans off because for us to pay £49 he must also be charging home fans £49 for a similar seat in the stadium on match day.

I would urge fans not to blame West Ham fans for this it is purely the greed of David Gold and the up her own arse Madam Brady's stated policy of "pricing for revenue" rather than "pricing for attendance."

There are fan movement plans under way to protest against the ticket prices and there was a march on the Premier league last week, hopefully this will grow and gain support of more and more supporters fed up of being ripped off. There is also the FSF campaign “twenty’s plenty” which I mentioned earlier which needs fans to sign up to.

The new TV deal means that fans could be allowed free admission for three years at all Premier league games and the clubs would still receive the same money for TV rights etc. as they did last season, we know that is not going to happen but a general acknowledgement by the clubs in the form of ticket reforms would seem sensible to all concerned, fans will be able to afford season tickets for home games but it getting to a stage where a season ticket for a Cardiff season of games is less than the cost of 8 away match tickets…how can that make any sense? It makes no sense of course and before long huge gaps will appear in away ends and the atmosphere at games will get worse.

Mate im one of the lucky ones. i have a decent business ticking over and am ok with money right now. but f**k them if they think they ripping me off. until fans make a stand the clubs ail just continue to take the piss.

The Spirit of Shankly demonstration was well supported by fans of all Clubs. Everyone was marching side by side to keep football affordable. Little change out of £100 for two Adult tickets at a ground as old fashioned as Upton Park is ridiculous.

What you need is a large number of fans doing something special on one day to really make a stand. But apathy mixed in with plastics snapping up the spare tickets won't be significant enough to make an impact.

Just wondering, where does it say that our game is £49.00

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Pontyclun....it was on twitter yesterday David Gold stating why he is charging Cardiff £49 a ticket...he had lots of stick and the official prices are not out yet so it could be cheaper mate

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Pontyclun....it was on twitter yesterday David Gold stating why he is charging Cardiff £49 a ticket...he had lots of stick and the official prices are not out yet so it could be cheaper mate

Cheers mate, I hadn't looked myself that is nuts if rite as I got a u16 and a u18 going aswell

Just make sure we charge them the same £49 on 11th Jan

Just make sure we charge them the same £49 on 11th Jan

What good will that do?

I would not be able to afford £49 for a ticket and thirty for travel mate...another penalty our fans have to endure is the London £200 coach tax which is added to the bus fare.

Fans will sacrifice other things and pay it because they love to support our club and fair play to them for that commitment...it’s our first ever game in the Premiership against an average club and their owner decided to rip our fans off...he will also be ripping his own fans off because for us to pay £49 he must also be charging home fans £49 for a similar seat in the stadium on match day.

I would urge fans not to blame West Ham fans for this it is purely the greed of David Gold and the up her own arse Madam Brady's stated policy of "pricing for revenue" rather than "pricing for attendance."

There are fan movement plans under way to protest against the ticket prices and there was a march on the Premier league last week, hopefully this will grow and gain support of more and more supporters fed up of being ripped off. There is also the FSF campaign “twenty’s plenty” which I mentioned earlier which needs fans to sign up to.

The new TV deal means that fans could be allowed free admission for three years at all Premier league games and the clubs would still receive the same money for TV rights etc. as they did last season, we know that is not going to happen but a general acknowledgement by the clubs in the form of ticket reforms would seem sensible to all concerned, fans will be able to afford season tickets for home games but it getting to a stage where a season ticket for a Cardiff season of games is less than the cost of 8 away match tickets…how can that make any sense? It makes no sense of course and before long huge gaps will appear in away ends and the atmosphere at games will get worse.

The twentys plenty campaign loses credibility when fans continue to lap up tickets at £49 such as they have for West Ham away.

Im completely for the campaign but until there is a mass boycott it will never take off.

Fans can’t have it both ways. Football is a business and one mans £49 is worth as much as the next irrespective whether he even likes football. We accepted our role as customers when Tan flashed his cash we cant expect to be seen as supporters now the shoe is on the other foot

It's quite interesting the debate on away fans, you would have to think that most of the modern day owners would see away fans as nothing more than an inconvenience, as these owners have no idea of what they bring to the atmosphere or they care little for the football going experience of the ordinary supporter. I am sure that majority of the old time Chairmen would have seen away supporters as a necessary evil, I reckon that the new breed of owners just look at the balance sheets and if it is more economical to fill those seats with home fans then they would do it, regardless of the cultural morality of away fans being at games and adding to the whole football match experience.

Good post.....

Unfortunately the working class are being priced out of the game. At £49 per ticket along with the bus/travel costs, a few beers and a bit of grub it's a £100 day out. Can see less people travelling if these prices become the norm.

My mate, his Mrs and son were going to this game, don't know if they'll bother now mind, too expensive.

we're still going but looks like at least £200 before we've bought a burger! I can see a jd day with plenty of bacon butties coming on! If we weren't missing the first two home games because of that poxy holiday we wouldn't bother mind - could book another week there with the money for west ham

49 a ticket are they taking the piss or what glad im banned watch the game for free on the big screen in my pub instead

I'll be there Wez, and will probably bring quite a few from the Rhondda down to your pub next season...can't afford these prices, and will manage 1 maybe 2 away games at the most.

Fans can’t have it both ways. Football is a business and one mans £49 is worth as much as the next irrespective whether he even likes football. We accepted our role as customers when Tan flashed his cash we cant expect to be seen as supporters now the shoe is on the other foot


Clubs cant have it both ways you mean? They get £3.2 billion increase in revenue in 3 years and still put up ticket prices...lol

We accepted our role as customers when Tan flashed his cash we cant expect to be seen as supporters now the shoe is on the other foot

Nothing to do with Vincent Tan, our prices for away fans will be fairer than most and this is not about our club politics it is about ticket prices in general...a topic that all fans regardless of whom they support can get behind.

If fans demand there team to get the best players ,then someone must pay for it .

It's quite interesting the debate on away fans, you would have to think that most of the modern day owners would see away fans as nothing more than an inconvenience, as these owners have no idea of what they bring to the atmosphere or they care little for the football going experience of the ordinary supporter. I am sure that majority of the old time Chairmen would have seen away supporters as a necessary evil, I reckon that the new breed of owners just look at the balance sheets and if it is more economical to fill those seats with home fans then they would do it, regardless of the cultural morality of away fans being at games and adding to the whole football match experience.

Good post.....

Unfortunately the working class are being priced out of the game. At £49 per ticket along with the bus/travel costs, a few beers and a bit of grub it's a £100 day out. Can see less people travelling if these prices become the norm.

My mate, his Mrs and son were going to this game, don't know if they'll bother now mind, too expensive.

we're still going but looks like at least £200 before we've bought a burger! I can see a jd day with plenty of bacon butties coming on! If we weren't missing the first two home games because of that poxy holiday we wouldn't bother mind - could book another week there with the money for west ham

No JD for me this trip though, or we'll have a repeat of my Palarse away performance last season