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
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