prices and the logic

[Three of Diamonds]

We get this every season and the response is the same.
SPONSORSHIP and TV MONEY subsidise the Premiership and Football League season ticket and gate prices.
The Conference gets bugger all TV Money and bugger all Sponsorship money in comparison.

Perhaps we do get this arise every season....
....perhaps because the answer you've suggested is inadequate when it comes to explaining to people why they should pay a higher admission charge to a BSB Conference game than that for a game played three Divisions higher.
Perhaps somebody needs to try again.

Obviously the TV deals have caused an awful lot of people to tune into the bigger more successful clubs, this has generated much more income for those clubs, who pay more wages to their players. As their wage expectations rise, so this filters down to even our level. As our income cannot match that of the Premier league nor FL (Bolton got £3.5 million in prize money for their 14th placed finish, without the TV money, sponsorships, etc), the only way of keeping the support we "had" was to raise the prices in line. This is unsustainable for this level. Why should they pay it? To watch "live" professional football locally, and help sustain their local community club. If they don't we lose all that, go part-time and play at UCL level once again in a park somewhere without all the fabulous facilities we were left. It's NOT a level playing field, it's not a fair comparison.

[Pigman]

I moaned about the prices last year because a) they were far too high and b) I was being charged the same price as someone sitting.

I'm still not happy having to pay the same to stand as someone in with a seat, thats just plainly unfair, but I do think that £15 for football at this level is just about right. Like others have said, if we want to watch professional football and not part timers, then we have to pay a price.

The way the money in football is structured is wrong, its unfair, but then so is life !!

Having just watched those overpaid tossers in England shirts prance about, it makes me even sadder when I look at my club's plight !

[BartonRaz]

Season ticket @ RDFC £300.00

Nearest Premiership team to me - Bolton Wanderers season ticket £285.00 (early bird)

someone explain that to me ?????

You're getting less games for that price though. I know the standard and whole matchday experience are totally incomparable but you'd only get 19 games in the Premier League, compared to our 23.

300 divided by 23 = £13.04
285 divided by 19 = £15

So we're still cheaper in reality. ;)

[Chammie]

Season ticket @ RDFC £300.00

300 divided by 23 = £13.04
285 divided by 19 = £15

So we're still cheaper in reality. ;)

But this, in reality, is what we're up against
Championship - Coventry City 25 minutes driving time away -
Concessionary season ticket @ £198 divided by 22 = £9

[TheIncognitoKid]

Season ticket @ RDFC £300.00

300 divided by 23 = £13.04
285 divided by 19 = £15

So we're still cheaper in reality. ;)

But this, in reality, is what we're up against
Championship - Coventry City 25 minutes driving time away -
Concessionary season ticket @ £198 divided by 22 = £9

A concession that can drive? I smell a rat here! ;)

[BartonRaz]

Thats a concession price though Chammie. If you're going to compare concession with adult then concession will win everytime.

[Chammie]

Thats a concession price though Chammie. If you're going to compare concession with adult then concession will win everytime.

Yes, agreed. But the equivalent RDFC concession price is still higher at £240 - or £11.00 per match as opposed to the £9.00 I quoted - whilst the standard adult season ticket admission price at the Ricoh is 299.00 or 13.60 per match.

[easystreet]

Whilst I love supporting the club I dont think the entrance fee for this level of football is justfied.

It is too expensive for me to bring my wife and kids to Diamonds for a football match with food and parking etc is costing around £100, its not worth it with some of the opposition in this league.

But because we love the club, I still do it anyway, more fool me???