Ticket prices

?If you want to be in the Premier League, you have got to pay,? said Smith.

?What would you rather have ? Premier League football or cheaper tickets?

I am not sure the two are mutually exclusive. To knock a tenner of adult casual tickets would cost in the region of a million pounds a year.

We will be debt free at the end of the next financial year so presumably saving considerable interest payments.

If we stay in the Prem. we will be guaranteed almost 20m extra on what we received for finishing 12th last season. Considerably more for each place above the bottom.

After some pretty grim years we went down to the 3rd flight for the first time in 50 odd years. The first game was a sell-out 25700. We lost 7-1 and the next game was sold out (25400) to home fans. As near as matters it has been sold out ever since. Perhaps the Spurs cup game shows if you take the piss sentiment can change very quickly.

I like our major shareholders. I believe they are genuine fans and are not seeking to profit from their investment in the club. However, partly because of the above fan loyalty getting them through the darkest days their investment is now worth tens of millions more than their initial outlay. I accept if they never cash it it remains only a paper profit but it is still millions of pounds profit they have an option on is they so choose.

We can never compete on an equal footing with the champions league clubs or those with billionaire owners and a million won't change the world against the others.

Supply and demand favours the high prices but it may not always be the case.

I am a st holder who occasionally buys casual tickets for visiting family.

Posted By: Firstnews on November 23rd 2012 at 09:44:40

Message Thread

Ticket prices (NCFC) - Firstnews, Nov 23, 09:44:40
- To be fair club needs to maximize income and.. (NCFC) - loz, Nov 23, 10:22:01
- The whole ticket prices issue shouldn't even arise (NCFC) - Jim, Nov 23, 10:02:37
  - agreed, but the problem is people still buy them for league games (NCFC) - SCC 28, Nov 23, 10:08:15
    - Tbf though, ?45 was only for casual fans (ie, non season ticket holders) and we only have (NCFC) - CB41, Nov 23, 10:18:23
      - How do you know we only have a few thousand casual fans? plenty of people don't earn 20k a (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Nov 23, 10:29:13
        
        Not sure of the relevance of peoples salary. Casual fans = Capacity-Season ticket holders. (NCFC) - CB41, Nov 23, 10:54:50
        
        minus away fans (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Nov 23, 11:09:28
        
        Ah of course, so even less then. (n/m) (NCFC) - CB41, Nov 23, 11:14:21
        
        reserved for stone island, burberry and acquascooooootum? (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Man, Nov 23, 11:03:29
      - but non season ticket prices are the only issue (NCFC) - SCC 28, Nov 23, 10:21:19
        
        Exactly and, as you say, there will always be a demand for non st tix so the club can (NCFC) - CB41, Nov 23, 10:25:02
        
        yeah until we build a new stand which looks some way off (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Nov 23, 10:28:51
- "their investment is now worth tens of millions more than their initial outlay" (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Nov 23, 09:56:00
  - Trust pays current price when it purchases it's annual shares Was ?25 now ?100 per share (NCFC) - trustsec, Nov 23, 10:25:37
  - I would have thought so (NCFC) - Firstnews, Nov 23, 10:12:24
    - I find it hard to imagine someone paying 80m for Nodge (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Nov 23, 10:17:42
      - So do I (NCFC) - Firstnews, Nov 23, 10:27:02
    - Indeed.. (NCFC) - loz, Nov 23, 10:15:15
      - Wiki says Deelyah is 71 (n/m) (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Nov 23, 10:16:44
        
        Quite old to be an owner?? (NCFC) - loz, Nov 23, 10:20:06
        
        Old??? I suspect I'll still be working then. 71 isn't old in today's society (n/m) (NCFC) - CB41, Nov 23, 10:26:13
        
        Fair do's just meant if opportunity presented.. (NCFC) - loz, Nov 23, 10:28:14
        
        doug ellis was 82! (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Nov 23, 10:23:18
        
        Master Bates is 80 (n/m) (NCFC) - trustsec, Nov 23, 10:28:28
- you can please some of the people all of the time (NCFC) - Tombs, Nov 23, 09:50:38

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