Wigan (H)

[Johnnyrotten]

2 hours ago, bwfc2003 said:

Fans may hate us but the owner will look at us and see ££££££££££££££££££££ if its towards end of season and a win gets us promoted

You beat me to it 🖕

[Johnnyrotten]

2 hours ago, barrycowdrill said:

We did 7.5k for a nothing game at rovers on a Sunday. Granted it was a tenner but it’s funny how ticket sales snowball for some games. Sat in mid - late April and we are where we are there would probably be the demand but they would never approve that. Half of their fuckers are red anyway so far more palatable 

It wasn't even that cheap, it was £15.  It happened 2 or 3 reasons running that we each reduced prices to £15, which was basically half price.  It just shows how cheap the games are now compared to then when taking into account inflation, that Campo winner was in 2006 and the prices were considered a bargain even then.  We often paid £30 seventeen years ago and now we still think that's too much. 

[DirtySanchez]

21 minutes ago, Johnnyrotten said:

The owners that make the decisions probably haven't heard of Bolton never mind have any feelings of hate.  If they could get us to buy 8k tickets instead of 4k I'm sure they would, but it can't happen for league games when they have ST holders in 3 stands.

The owner is from Wigan isn't he?

And they'll probably be aware of the early kick offs and the reason why 

[Tonge moor green jacket]

14 minutes ago, Johnnyrotten said:

It wasn't even that cheap, it was £15.  It happened 2 or 3 reasons running that we each reduced prices to £15, which was basically half price.  It just shows how cheap the games are now compared to then when taking into account inflation, that Campo winner was in 2006 and the prices were considered a bargain even then.  We often paid £30 seventeen years ago and now we still think that's too much. 

You're forgetting about the benefits of Premier league money.

We've discussed on here before, that gate money sometimes is much less than sky payments, and they could almost let folk in for nowt.

Lower down, the gate money is vital.

[Lt. Aldo Raine]

20 minutes ago, Johnnyrotten said:

It wasn't even that cheap, it was £15.  It happened 2 or 3 reasons running that we each reduced prices to £15, which was basically half price.  It just shows how cheap the games are now compared to then when taking into account inflation, that Campo winner was in 2006 and the prices were considered a bargain even then.  We often paid £30 seventeen years ago and now we still think that's too much. 

But we were paying that .oney for top flight football

A better comparison would be with the ticket prices in League One during that period

[Lt. Aldo Raine]

5 minutes ago, DirtySanchez said:

The owner is from Wigan isn't he?

And they'll probably be aware of the early kick offs and the reason why 

He is

[Johnnyrotten]

5 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

You're forgetting about the benefits of Premier league money.

We've discussed on here before, that gate money sometimes is much less than sky payments, and they could almost let folk in for nowt.

Lower down, the gate money is vital.

Absolutely, agree with that.  That's why I never get into "its £18 at Chorley (or wherever), I can watch City in the champions league for £20".   Prem clubs and City in particular don't need gate money, its a bonus to them rather than a lifeline.

But purely from the point of view of what it costs a Bolton fan to watch his team most weeks, its miles cheaper now than was 20 years ago.  £39 for Cat A matches in ESU and WSU in them days, the club were making a fortune (relatively) from ticket sales as well as Sky etc. 

[Johnnyrotten]

15 minutes ago, DirtySanchez said:

The owner is from Wigan isn't he?

And they'll probably be aware of the early kick offs and the reason why 

Apologies I forgot that, was thinking of previous owners, fair enough they probably hate us 😀

[Tonge moor green jacket]

Shows how well we're doing currently with regards to costs.

Wages, transfers etc all carefully managed.

Income increasing.

[Lt. Aldo Raine]

1 minute ago, Johnnyrotten said:

Absolutely, agree with that.  That's why I never get into "its £18 at Chorley (or wherever), I can watch City in the champions league for £20".   Prem clubs and City in particular don't need gate money, its a bonus to them rather than a lifeline.

But purely from the point of view of what it costs a Bolton fan to watch his team most weeks, its miles cheaper now than was 20 years ago.  £39 for Cat A matches in ESU and WSU in them days, the club were making a fortune (relatively) from ticket sales as well as Sky etc. 

But it isn't, not in reality

Ticket prices are regularly in excess of £30 now and the country has got poorer since

[Johnnyrotten]

11 minutes ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said:

But we were paying that .oney for top flight football

A better comparison would be with the ticket prices in League One during that period

Fair point but I was more concerned about how much we were paying, irrespective of the level of football.  When Souness was Blackburn manager they charged us £30 for a Championship game (one of the few league games at Ewood I've missed in my supporting years), equivalent of £53 now.

There's no way we're paying £50+ for a league game at any level.

£39 that we charged away fans around 2006 is worth £64 now.   

[Johnnyrotten]

11 minutes ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said:

But it isn't, not in reality

Ticket prices are regularly in excess of £30 now and the country has got poorer since

Are they?  I don't go to many aways now but I don't miss home games and do some aways and I can't remember the last time I paid £30, and loads of times its much less.  And STs cheaper than ever.  Cup ties tickets are virtually given away, there may have been reductions in the past but not to the extent they are now.

I know it doesn't effect us but away tickets in the Prem are capped at £30 for at least the next 2 years.

[athywhite1958]

On 08/12/2023 at 15:09, Rizlar said:

The tics are complaining about the Utd fans getting the East Stand 8000 tickets. A director as responded stating that they need the revenue because season tickets sales are less this season and average crowds are down from last season! He also goes onto say they are losing money every week and that is why they are giving Utd the East Stand to generate income. 

They had a massive crowd yesterday of 8838 and I would imagine at least 500 were from Lincoln

[BeeversLeftPeg]

On 09/12/2023 at 17:07, Johnnyrotten said:

Fair point but I was more concerned about how much we were paying, irrespective of the level of football.  When Souness was Blackburn manager they charged us £30 for a Championship game (one of the few league games at Ewood I've missed in my supporting years), equivalent of £53 now.

There's no way we're paying £50+ for a league game at any level.

£39 that we charged away fans around 2006 is worth £64 now.   

Think the most I've paid for a ticket for a league game was £48 for Chelsea away last game of the 07/08 season.

Absolute rip off in all fairness.

[tomski]

QPR that £50 game for me I think

[Leyther_Matt]

59 minutes ago, BeeversLeftPeg said:

Think the most I've paid for a ticket for a league game was £48 for Chelsea away last game of the 07/08 season.

Absolute rip off in all fairness.

Same for me, though I think I paid a few quid cheaper for lower tier 

[L/H White]

57 minutes ago, tomski said:

QPR that £50 game for me I think

was that the 4-0 win, and the season we went down 

I got lobbed out after 4 mins

50 quid for 4 minutes ffs

[Wanderlust]

28 minutes ago, L/H White said:

50 quid for 4 minutes ffs

You'd get better VFM in Shifnall St

[L/H White]

2 minutes ago, Wanderlust said:

You'd get better VFM in Shifnall St

maybe not, i'd only last 60 seconds there

[Barnstoneworth White]

4 hours ago, BeeversLeftPeg said:

Think the most I've paid for a ticket for a league game was £48 for Chelsea away last game of the 07/08 season.

Absolute rip off in all fairness.

For some reason I had two tickets and gave one to @victor meldrew who said he'd sell onto a tout and get my money back outside the ground - big mistake.  Meldrew said he couldn't get more than £30 for it.  The bloke I sat next to was from the Ukraine who said he'd spent hundreds on it.  

[tomski]

3 hours ago, L/H White said:

was that the 4-0 win, and the season we went down 

I got lobbed out after 4 mins

50 quid for 4 minutes ffs

Yeah I vaguely remember your short trip haha

 

[victor meldrew]

2 hours ago, Barnstoneworth White said:

For some reason I had two tickets and gave one to @victor meldrew who said he'd sell onto a tout and get my money back outside the ground - big mistake.  Meldrew said he couldn't get more than £30 for it.  The bloke I sat next to was from the Ukraine who said he'd spent hundreds on it.  

Bollocks he traded 2 sheep and a gerkin

[DirtySanchez]

7 hours ago, tomski said:

QPR that £50 game for me I think

When we beat QPR in the championship 2-1 was a late call if I could have made it and payed on the day 

Pretty sure it was £38 to be on one of the shittest away ends in one of the shittest areas of London