The price of football... Grounds for concern?
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Grounds for concern? here's our club-by-club guide to next term's prices
Manchester United have confirmed they will increase season ticket prices by £1 a game next season. While many clubs have reduced prices to attract more cash-strapped fans at a time of a global economic crisis, United once again feel confident about bucking the trend because they are still turning away an average of almost 5,500 fans per game.
Fans' groups are not too impressed with the rises, which take the cost of a ticket to a top-price £49. The cheapest ticket at Old Trafford will be £27.
Sportsmail understands that the European and domestic champions will be the only Premier League club to increase their season ticket prices next season - although Aston Villa have slightly raised the price of the cheapest seat at Villa Park.
In addition, the decision of the Treasury to refuse to acknowledge tickets purchased last year should be reduced because of the mid-season cut in VAT has effectively meant supporters have felt no benefit, other than with their cup purchases.
United claim they are 'highly unlikely' to add the additional 59 pence to a £27 ticket when VAT returns to its previous 17.5 per cent level on December 31, although supporters' groups remain unimpressed.
'It has been said in the past that the owners of the club will squeeze United supporters until the pips squeak and this is clearly the case,' said Sean Bones, vice-chairman of the Manchester United Supporters Trust.
'Earlier in the year, the government gave a 2.5 per cent reduction on the price of VAT on tickets. 'The Glazers have absorbed this benefit and added more increases on top.'
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Arsenal is damn ex lah...
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lolx ya lower a bit ty
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Originally posted by Scania N113CRB l0v3r:
lolx ya lower a bit ty
lol, if lower alr, you also not going
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and liverpool's ticket price will be abit cheaper than this season's
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Originally posted by limpper:
lol, if lower alr, you also not going
ya dun wan to waste Plane Ticket fee -
tottenham also ex man.
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Fulham is quite cheap for a London club.
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shattered my dreams of going to the stadium now.
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that is still cheaper then a NHL, NFL, NBA and even MLS season ticket ! A season ticket for the Toronto Maple Leafs (NHL) team can easily cost more then 40k CAD.. My MLS season ticket for Toronto FC last year cost me 1K CAD..
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Originally posted by ben1406:
that is still cheaper then a NHL, NFL, NBA and even MLS season ticket ! A season ticket for the Toronto Maple Leafs (NHL) team can easily cost more then 40k CAD.. My MLS season ticket for Toronto FC last year cost me 1K CAD..
that sounds like america.
want to compare to S league ticket price too? haha
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Originally posted by ben1406:
that is still cheaper then a NHL, NFL, NBA and even MLS season ticket ! A season ticket for the Toronto Maple Leafs (NHL) team can easily cost more then 40k CAD.. My MLS season ticket for Toronto FC last year cost me 1K CAD..
What people can do is buy the season tickets and then sell off in blocks to friends/relatives for different home games.
I am sure you can't watch ALL the home games.
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Originally posted by skythewood:
that sounds like america.
want to compare to S league ticket price too? haha
S league is $5 for adults I think.
$1 for students with student pass.
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that's how John Terry was paid 140,000 pounds per week .
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Originally posted by charlize:
What people can do is buy the season tickets and then sell off in blocks to friends/relatives for different home games.
I am sure you can't watch ALL the home games.
Oh, i only go for games on the weekday nights... i work on the weekends so yeah, i sell em to my friends..
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Originally posted by divingutd:
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grow up?