I heard this week that our neighbours are about to charge £100 for tickets. It got me thinking about the true value of going to a football games. I bought the multi match ticket package at the start of the season as I don't have a season ticket yet, but the prices charged for some of the games. Take the West Ham game for instance, £55 for an adult and £26 for a child. I went to the Carling Cup game against Everton last season and it was £25 adult and £5 for a child. It was a great game and I would suggest a higher profile than West Ham yet the price for an adult was less than the child price for this seasons game against West Ham.
I occasionally go to watch Woking play. They play in the Conference South and charge around £13. Now I am not sure the prices for a Wigan game but I would suggest the cost there is around the £20 mark.
It seems to me that ticket prices are completely unregulated thus making football the closest thing to a totally free market. Of course this is not necessarily a good thing as the more popular teams are able to fleece their loyal supporters for an extortionate amount of money.
I know the counter arguments that this allows the clubs to invest in the team, but there is no point in having a great team if loyal supporters can't afford to see them play.
i amongst many thousands of others would rather go to a game than see highlights on TV but there will be a point that we all get priced out of watching the game and only the prawn sandwich brigade will be able to go to games. Imagine the atmosphere then.zzzzzzzzzzzzz
Monday, 22 November 2010
Saturday, 20 November 2010
A victory to savour Arsenal 2 Tottenham 3
This season has provided some ups and downs but no better result than to beat Arsenal on their own ground. I would rank this one ahead of beating Inter Milan.
Credit where credit is due, the decision last season to keep Bale at Spurs and bring him in when Assou-Ekottn was injured combined with Levy bringing in Van Der Vaart and Redknapp taking the risk in bringing to Gallas to Spurs have laid the foundation for Tottenham to win these games.
In seasons gone by we would have spent the entire match defending barely challenging Arsenal defence, but this is a different Tottenham. When Defoe came in in the second half we were far more potent and the fact that he won a header to help set up the first just shows we don't need someone at 6" 8 to lead the line up front.
I must also give credit to Younes Kaboul. I have in recent weeks felt he was too clumsy and error prone but I thought he had a good game capped off with the winner.
Things are increasingly looking good for Spurs and a win at one of the so called big 4 was inevitable, although I felt we should have ended it at Old Trafford which we played extremely well. So lets hope the lads savour this deserved victory but remember it is still only three points, it will count for nothing if we don't win our next two at home against Werder Breman and Liverpool. COYS!
Credit where credit is due, the decision last season to keep Bale at Spurs and bring him in when Assou-Ekottn was injured combined with Levy bringing in Van Der Vaart and Redknapp taking the risk in bringing to Gallas to Spurs have laid the foundation for Tottenham to win these games.
In seasons gone by we would have spent the entire match defending barely challenging Arsenal defence, but this is a different Tottenham. When Defoe came in in the second half we were far more potent and the fact that he won a header to help set up the first just shows we don't need someone at 6" 8 to lead the line up front.
I must also give credit to Younes Kaboul. I have in recent weeks felt he was too clumsy and error prone but I thought he had a good game capped off with the winner.
Things are increasingly looking good for Spurs and a win at one of the so called big 4 was inevitable, although I felt we should have ended it at Old Trafford which we played extremely well. So lets hope the lads savour this deserved victory but remember it is still only three points, it will count for nothing if we don't win our next two at home against Werder Breman and Liverpool. COYS!
Wednesday, 3 November 2010
Is this the begining of a new era for Spurs
When the Champions League draw came out I was so excited at the prospect of Inter Milan. I have always said to be the best you have to beat the best. I don't want our goal to be to finish fourth, I want this club to be ambitious, to be the best not only in England but in the world.
Daniel Levy to his credit has taken Spurs from being a mid table side in 2000 to a club capable of beating the European Champions. Under Martin Jol we enjoyed two successive 5th places and under Redknapp we have finished 4th and more likely in the top five again this year.
Tottenham must keep building on this position to build the new stadium suitable for our demands and a team capable of competing for the title year in year out. We need kids to be wearing our shirts to provide the next generation of fans.
I was out at my son's training last night and a little boy was practicing on his own, he wanted to be Van Der Vaart, that sums up our aspirations. We will need these children to identify with our players to be our fans of the future just like George Best, Bobby Charlton, Charlie George, Ian Rush, Kenny Dalgleish, Ryan Giggs and David Beckham have in the past.
But on the pitch Spurs need to keep investing, invigorating the team. Our game at Old Trafford for me was the signal of something new. Although we lost the game, there was a certain confidence in the side. Gareth Bale, Van Der Vaart and Modric have given Spurs arguably the best attacking midfield in the Premier League. In Spurs two games against Inter Milan they managed to score six out of the last seven goals scored.
But Spurs are still short of being the best team in this country and Europe and this needs to be addressed. We lack a real potent force up front, if only we had a Et'o or Milito to get on the end of a Modric, Bale, Van Der Vaart move. I also believe that Lennon has become a weak link and doesn't seem to have the confidence of a couple of years ago.
We need also to get the centreback position sorted out, with both King and Woodgate in the side we would have a great defence but with Bassong and Gallas in central defence, I am not so convinced. Don't get me wrong, I think Spurs have a good squad, better than I can ever remember. But I want this squad to be great and like Harry I think just two or three additions we will have the squad that can bring home some trophies.
I do believe now that Spurs are best placed to push on and we already have a squad that will harm any side in Europe, but whether we can do it consistently is another matter.
Daniel Levy to his credit has taken Spurs from being a mid table side in 2000 to a club capable of beating the European Champions. Under Martin Jol we enjoyed two successive 5th places and under Redknapp we have finished 4th and more likely in the top five again this year.
Tottenham must keep building on this position to build the new stadium suitable for our demands and a team capable of competing for the title year in year out. We need kids to be wearing our shirts to provide the next generation of fans.
I was out at my son's training last night and a little boy was practicing on his own, he wanted to be Van Der Vaart, that sums up our aspirations. We will need these children to identify with our players to be our fans of the future just like George Best, Bobby Charlton, Charlie George, Ian Rush, Kenny Dalgleish, Ryan Giggs and David Beckham have in the past.
But on the pitch Spurs need to keep investing, invigorating the team. Our game at Old Trafford for me was the signal of something new. Although we lost the game, there was a certain confidence in the side. Gareth Bale, Van Der Vaart and Modric have given Spurs arguably the best attacking midfield in the Premier League. In Spurs two games against Inter Milan they managed to score six out of the last seven goals scored.
But Spurs are still short of being the best team in this country and Europe and this needs to be addressed. We lack a real potent force up front, if only we had a Et'o or Milito to get on the end of a Modric, Bale, Van Der Vaart move. I also believe that Lennon has become a weak link and doesn't seem to have the confidence of a couple of years ago.
We need also to get the centreback position sorted out, with both King and Woodgate in the side we would have a great defence but with Bassong and Gallas in central defence, I am not so convinced. Don't get me wrong, I think Spurs have a good squad, better than I can ever remember. But I want this squad to be great and like Harry I think just two or three additions we will have the squad that can bring home some trophies.
I do believe now that Spurs are best placed to push on and we already have a squad that will harm any side in Europe, but whether we can do it consistently is another matter.
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