Is that how much they have cost for the 'big' games this season ? Can't believe they are charging that much (was looking for the Spurs game).
Flipping heck.
FFP Rules are to blame.
They know now that most supporters will pay it,get used to it everybody the shape of things to come.
I won't be able to afford it next year . coming next season reduced capacity and higher permanent prices armchair supporter from next year me.and I guess from reaction on this MB I'm in the minority so they will find someone with a bigger income spend.
Quote from: hovewhite on January 13, 2019, 08:54:18 AM
They know now that most supporters will pay it,get used to it everybody the shape of things to come.
I won't be able to afford it next year . coming next season reduced capacity and higher permanent prices armchair supporter from next year me.and I guess from reaction on this MB I'm in the minority so they will find someone with a bigger income spend.
I can't afford it either
Quote from: Dugliss on January 13, 2019, 09:32:41 AM
Quote from: hovewhite on January 13, 2019, 08:54:18 AM
They know now that most supporters will pay it,get used to it everybody the shape of things to come.
I won't be able to afford it next year . coming next season reduced capacity and higher permanent prices armchair supporter from next year me.and I guess from reaction on this MB I'm in the minority so they will find someone with a bigger income spend.
I can't afford it either
you too blimey we must be the poorest on here!
Haha just be thankful that there are some relatively cheap seats still available in the Putney end. I went to a Hockey game in Chicago a couple of years ago and the cheapest tickets were $200 each and that was for the very back row! Sport everywhere is becoming compete BS
Complete BS is right,if we are relagated it will be interesting to see with Riverside being demolished what happens prices wise.I think owing to reduced capacity the prices will increase as I think they've planned for (despite club saying to FST otherwise)it's now a corporate business were talking about.
Blimey, this armchair is getting pretty crowded We'll have to become sofa supporters. I thought £55 for the Hammy End against Huddersfield was a shocker. Mates of other teams such as Watford are staggered at our prices. If/When we are relegated watch as prices and attendances drop by a third or more. Bye bye tourists and glory hunters.
Squeeze up on that sofa.........
Yes depending on the price of tickets I will also be on the sofa next season. I will not be fleeced to pay anyone the kind of money we are asking. I will then sign up to whichever tv provider gives me the most games
The sofa is getting bigger by the minute bring the beers lads.
England rugby tickets instead?
Say you were buying for two adults and two kids, bought a few drinks...You could have a mini break in Spain for that money.
Quote from: Fernhurst on January 13, 2019, 10:34:07 AM
Squeeze up on that sofa.........
I would happily sit on the floor but I won't get up again
Quote from: alfie on January 13, 2019, 12:02:41 PM
Quote from: Fernhurst on January 13, 2019, 10:34:07 AM
Squeeze up on that sofa.........
I would happily sit on the floor but I won't get up again
we will get a bigger sofa as the numbers grow.
My lap is free. I am impotent after this season so no worries.
Not being computer savvy can anyone set up a query for members to vote on this?
Quote from: Steeeeeeeeeed on January 13, 2019, 12:25:21 PM
My lap is free. I am impotent after this season so no worries.
You and our attack.
Quote from: hovewhite on January 13, 2019, 01:33:03 PM
Not being computer savvy can anyone set up a query for members to vote on this?
Vote on what exactly mate ? Buying tickets next season, or general prices etc ?
I don't think setting up a Poll on anything here is particularly tricky, just start by selecting New Poll, and it gives a kind of simple template to do
Or it seems you can 'Add Poll' within a thread, which I have not done myself.
Quote from: domprague on January 13, 2019, 01:34:48 PM
Quote from: Steeeeeeeeeed on January 13, 2019, 12:25:21 PM
My lap is free. I am impotent after this season so no worries.
You and our attack.
I am.solid at the back.though :)
Haven't been to CC much this season. Just can't justify forking out that kind of money when away games cost £30.
Quote from: Wingnut on January 13, 2019, 02:21:00 PM
Haven't been to CC much this season. Just can't justify forking out that kind of money when away games cost £30.
don't blame you at all!!!
Quote from: Steeeeeeeeeed on January 13, 2019, 02:07:43 PM
Quote from: hovewhite on January 13, 2019, 01:33:03 PM
Not being computer savvy can anyone set up a query for members to vote on this?
Vote on what exactly mate ? Buying tickets next season, or general prices etc ?
I don't think setting up a Poll on anything here is particularly tricky, just start by selecting New Poll, and it gives a kind of simple template to do
Or it seems you can 'Add Poll' within a thread, which I have not done myself.
I'm not sure how to phrase the question if I'm honest.maybe it should be do you back season tickets an ground admission match tickets price increases to make the club richer.
That's what fans are doing.
Not a chance will it be more expensive next season, not a chance in hell, even with reduced capacity (If it happens)
Think all the supporters that bought early (before wembley) will have their prices frozen and all The Riversiders will see a reduction when they get moved to other areas,
I won't be renewing my 3 season tickets , not because of price, but because I have no desire to spend the next couple of years sitting behind the goal
Quote from: Riversider on January 13, 2019, 04:17:16 PM
Not a chance will it be more expensive next season, not a chance in hell, even with reduced capacity (If it happens)
Think all the supporters that bought early (before wembley) will have their prices frozen and all The Riversiders will see a reduction when they get moved to other areas,
I won't be renewing my 3 season tickets , not because of price, but because I have no desire to spend the next couple of years sitting behind the goal
Great views from Putney end, personally I don't care where I sit as long as I do.
My memory may be fooling me but I'm pretty sure that when we were previously in the Prem, so pre 2014, best seats for the A games (Man U, Lpool, Chels etc) were £65. That being the case, £75 is very reasonable.
Anything over £30 for a game of football is a complete joke. £75 is outrageous. The club belongs to all of us and pricing out a poorer fan who has supported the club through thick and thin for a Jonny come lately or a tourist looking for a nice day out stinks. I have lost all respect for the Khans over this. It has made me see them as rich outsiders coming in and stealing the club away from ordinary fans who have been there far longer than they have. One fan priced out is one too many but it seems there are lots of us. As a fan base we really should be kicking up more of a fuss about this.
Quote from: Southcoastffc on January 13, 2019, 04:56:15 PM
My memory may be fooling me but I'm pretty sure that when we were previously in the Prem, so pre 2014, best seats for the A games (Man U, Lpool, Chels etc) were £65. That being the case, £75 is very reasonable.
£75 is not reasonable. For £75 you can get guaranteed entertainment and enjoyment. For example, a gig at Half Moon (ticket + beer covered by £75). I went to a Bundesliga game earlier this season. A real eye opener.
Quote from: Southcoastffc on January 13, 2019, 04:56:15 PM
My memory may be fooling me but I'm pretty sure that when we were previously in the Prem, so pre 2014, best seats for the A games (Man U, Lpool, Chels etc) were £65. That being the case, £75 is very reasonable.
it was that amount and as I have said on here from when prices came out for matchday tickets we seem to have looked at prices give years ago and added a fiver or tenner to each one. I think if we had stayed up in 2014 these would be the prices now.
Quote from: alfie on January 13, 2019, 04:41:44 PM
Quote from: Riversider on January 13, 2019, 04:17:16 PM
Not a chance will it be more expensive next season, not a chance in hell, even with reduced capacity (If it happens)
Think all the supporters that bought early (before wembley) will have their prices frozen and all The Riversiders will see a reduction when they get moved to other areas,
I won't be renewing my 3 season tickets , not because of price, but because I have no desire to spend the next couple of years sitting behind the goal
Great views from Putney end, personally I don't care where I sit as long as I do.
agree and in the end do you support the team or your view from a seat?
If riversiders decide they don't want to sit behind a goal for two years then in many ways that just backs up the view many have of them.... Not that I agree having had a ST in the riverside during the Wilkins and keegan years. Also its very likely if you don't get a ST in the Putney end you will not have first rights back to the stand when it's built, so have to take that into account to.
Clubs like Fulham need to be careful, they will be losing fans to the tele/ armchair and could find themselves in the Championship with an expensive new stand only half full.
Samjack, the club belongs to the Khans, it's only the spirit of the club that belongs to the fans.
Price on a par with top theatre or concert tickets. If we had a stadium with 30,000+ capacity we would might have more flexibility with prices but we preferred to return to the much loved but outdated Cottage with poor facilities.
Quote from: deadcowboys on January 13, 2019, 06:38:13 PM
Samjack, the club belongs to the Khans, it's only the spirit of the club that belongs to the fans.
Price on a par with top theatre or concert tickets. If we had a stadium with 30,000+ capacity we would might have more flexibility with prices but we preferred to return to the much loved but outdated Cottage with poor facilities.
Give me an outdated craven cottage with poor facilities over some of these soulless grounds ANYDAY!!
Quote from: deadcowboys on January 13, 2019, 06:38:13 PM
Samjack, the club belongs to the Khans, it's only the spirit of the club that belongs to the fans.
Price on a par with top theatre or concert tickets. If we had a stadium with 30,000+ capacity we would might have more flexibility with prices but we preferred to return to the much loved but outdated Cottage with poor facilities.
I don't agree that the club belongs to the Khans. I see them as custodians. It is generations of supporters that made the club, not the Khans. They paid to look after what belongs to us. No one forced them to. When we all rattled buckets, stuffed envelopes and had season tickets in the bottom division to keep the club alive, they had never even heard of FFC, let alone been to a game. So you can't then come in and tell people to cough up extortionate amounts otherwise I'll sell your ticket to a rich tourist. That is scandalous behaviour.
Quote from: Samjack on January 13, 2019, 07:05:30 PM
Quote from: deadcowboys on January 13, 2019, 06:38:13 PM
Samjack, the club belongs to the Khans, it's only the spirit of the club that belongs to the fans.
Price on a par with top theatre or concert tickets. If we had a stadium with 30,000+ capacity we would might have more flexibility with prices but we preferred to return to the much loved but outdated Cottage with poor facilities.
I don't agree that the club belongs to the Khans. I see them as custodians. It is generations of supporters that made the club, not the Khans. They paid to look after what belongs to us. No one forced them to. When we all rattled buckets, stuffed envelopes and had season tickets in the bottom division to keep the club alive, they had never even heard of FFC, let alone been to a game. So you can't then come in and tell people to cough up extortionate amounts otherwise I'll sell your ticket to a rich tourist. That is scandalous behaviour.
I've been going to same Sainsbury's for 30 years paid out thousands, but it's not mine.
Quote from: alfie on January 13, 2019, 08:56:47 PM
Quote from: Samjack on January 13, 2019, 07:05:30 PM
Quote from: deadcowboys on January 13, 2019, 06:38:13 PM
Samjack, the club belongs to the Khans, it's only the spirit of the club that belongs to the fans.
Price on a par with top theatre or concert tickets. If we had a stadium with 30,000+ capacity we would might have more flexibility with prices but we preferred to return to the much loved but outdated Cottage with poor facilities.
I don't agree that the club belongs to the Khans. I see them as custodians. It is generations of supporters that made the club, not the Khans. They paid to look after what belongs to us. No one forced them to. When we all rattled buckets, stuffed envelopes and had season tickets in the bottom division to keep the club alive, they had never even heard of FFC, let alone been to a game. So you can't then come in and tell people to cough up extortionate amounts otherwise I'll sell your ticket to a rich tourist. That is scandalous behaviour.
I've been going to same Sainsbury's for 30 years paid out thousands, but it's not mine.
As interesting as it is to learn about your shopping habits, that's completely irrelevant. Unless you would also agree that because the club is 'his' that means he should be allowed, if he wanted to, to sell off all the clubs assets, close it down, knock down the cottage and flog it for flats. Sainsbury's can do that sort of thing. He can't. So the point remains, it's not 'his' club. He is the custodian of 'our' football club.
Quote from: Samjack on January 13, 2019, 07:05:30 PM
Quote from: deadcowboys on January 13, 2019, 06:38:13 PM
Samjack, the club belongs to the Khans, it's only the spirit of the club that belongs to the fans.
Price on a par with top theatre or concert tickets. If we had a stadium with 30,000+ capacity we would might have more flexibility with prices but we preferred to return to the much loved but outdated Cottage with poor facilities.
I don't agree that the club belongs to the Khans. I see them as custodians. It is generations of supporters that made the club, not the Khans. They paid to look after what belongs to us. No one forced them to. When we all rattled buckets, stuffed envelopes and had season tickets in the bottom division to keep the club alive, they had never even heard of FFC, let alone been to a game. So you can't then come in and tell people to cough up extortionate amounts otherwise I'll sell your ticket to a rich tourist. That is scandalous behaviour.
I understand your feelings Samjack but sadly we are just paying customers and have a choice to go and watch or not, the Khans own the club and have agreed to look after it as custodians (think they stated that when the bought the club).
As for the prices our ground at the moment is only 25k capacity, so that's why we have to charge up to £75 for premium games, other teams in London have much bigger grounds now even Palace had 30k yesterday I think.
The games changed now from the 70s when I first went to the holy cottage, so we can't compare it with business models of today.
Quote from: hovewhite on January 13, 2019, 09:39:53 AM
Quote from: Dugliss on January 13, 2019, 09:32:41 AM
Quote from: hovewhite on January 13, 2019, 08:54:18 AM
They know now that most supporters will pay it,get used to it everybody the shape of things to come.
I won't be able to afford it next year . coming next season reduced capacity and higher permanent prices armchair supporter from next year me.and I guess from reaction on this MB I'm in the minority so they will find someone with a bigger income spend.
I can't afford it either
you too blimey we must be the poorest on here!
youre not I'm sure but whilst I can afford it, it does hurt a lot. ----- price of the prem
Quote from: brightster on January 13, 2019, 09:17:55 PM
Quote from: Samjack on January 13, 2019, 07:05:30 PM
Quote from: deadcowboys on January 13, 2019, 06:38:13 PM
Samjack, the club belongs to the Khans, it's only the spirit of the club that belongs to the fans.
Price on a par with top theatre or concert tickets. If we had a stadium with 30,000+ capacity we would might have more flexibility with prices but we preferred to return to the much loved but outdated Cottage with poor facilities.
I don't agree that the club belongs to the Khans. I see them as custodians. It is generations of supporters that made the club, not the Khans. They paid to look after what belongs to us. No one forced them to. When we all rattled buckets, stuffed envelopes and had season tickets in the bottom division to keep the club alive, they had never even heard of FFC, let alone been to a game. So you can't then come in and tell people to cough up extortionate amounts otherwise I'll sell your ticket to a rich tourist. That is scandalous behaviour.
I understand your feelings Samjack but sadly we are just paying customers and have a choice to go and watch or not, the Khans own the club and have agreed to look after it as custodians (think they stated that when the bought the club).
As for the prices our ground at the moment is only 25k capacity, so that's why we have to charge up to £75 for premium games, other teams in London have much bigger grounds now even Palace had 30k yesterday I think.
The games changed now from the 70s when I first went to the holy cottage, so we can't compare it with business models of today.
I'm sorry mate, I disagree with all of that. We're not paying customers, we're supporters. If we were customers of football, we'd all have jumped ship to Chelsea or Arsenal years ago. As for the business model argument, that just doesn't stack up. Ticket sales are a drop in the ocean on the club's finances. It's all TV money now, so there is no reason why the club (actually all clubs to be fair) can't reduce prices. Furthermore, football is not a business it's a sport. Non-football people like the Khans exploit it for their own ends but it's still a sport and we as fans should be reminding them of that, not just rolling over while they hike prices and put going to football out of the reach of vast swathes of the community.
Have only been once this season and that was to the Oldham game.
Considered the Brighton game, but £45 feels too much in the current climate - especially given out performances this year.
Oldham was a great day out (result aside) but tickets were only £15 for plum seats.
Quote from: Samjack on January 13, 2019, 07:05:30 PM
Quote from: deadcowboys on January 13, 2019, 06:38:13 PM
Samjack, the club belongs to the Khans, it's only the spirit of the club that belongs to the fans.
Price on a par with top theatre or concert tickets. If we had a stadium with 30,000+ capacity we would might have more flexibility with prices but we preferred to return to the much loved but outdated Cottage with poor facilities.
I don't agree that the club belongs to the Khans. I see them as custodians. It is generations of supporters that made the club, not the Khans. They paid to look after what belongs to us. No one forced them to. When we all rattled buckets, stuffed envelopes and had season tickets in the bottom division to keep the club alive, they had never even heard of FFC, let alone been to a game. So you can't then come in and tell people to cough up extortionate amounts otherwise I'll sell your ticket to a rich tourist. That is scandalous behaviour.
when you can fill seats in London stadiums with tourists at premium prices owners can do what they like as the only loyalty in football clubs comes from us supporters.
Quote from: Riversider on January 13, 2019, 04:17:16 PM
Not a chance will it be more expensive next season, not a chance in hell, even with reduced capacity (If it happens)
Think all the supporters that bought early (before wembley) will have their prices frozen and all The Riversiders will see a reduction when they get moved to other areas,
I won't be renewing my 3 season tickets , not because of price, but because I have no desire to spend the next couple of years sitting behind the goal
Not a fan of sitting behind the goal either - not least because fans are up and down like yo-yos when a goal threatens. That aside, why would pre-Wembley season ticket holders will have their prices frozen. If that is the case, I may well renew it - even for the Putney End, if that's where we get moved.
Quote from: Samjack on January 13, 2019, 09:10:16 PM
Quote from: alfie on January 13, 2019, 08:56:47 PM
Quote from: Samjack on January 13, 2019, 07:05:30 PM
Quote from: deadcowboys on January 13, 2019, 06:38:13 PM
Samjack, the club belongs to the Khans, it's only the spirit of the club that belongs to the fans.
Price on a par with top theatre or concert tickets. If we had a stadium with 30,000+ capacity we would might have more flexibility with prices but we preferred to return to the much loved but outdated Cottage with poor facilities.
I don't agree that the club belongs to the Khans. I see them as custodians. It is generations of supporters that made the club, not the Khans. They paid to look after what belongs to us. No one forced them to. When we all rattled buckets, stuffed envelopes and had season tickets in the bottom division to keep the club alive, they had never even heard of FFC, let alone been to a game. So you can't then come in and tell people to cough up extortionate amounts otherwise I'll sell your ticket to a rich tourist. That is scandalous behaviour.
I've been going to same Sainsbury's for 30 years paid out thousands, but it's not mine.
As interesting as it is to learn about your shopping habits, that's completely irrelevant. Unless you would also agree that because the club is 'his' that means he should be allowed, if he wanted to, to sell off all the clubs assets, close it down, knock down the cottage and flog it for flats. Sainsbury's can do that sort of thing. He can't. So the point remains, it's not 'his' club. He is the custodian of 'our' football club.
Well you are entitled to your opinion, but you go and buy a house that is listed, you own it but you can't change it, but you still own it.
That armchair is sounding more appealing as each season goes by, next season could be the time as I am rapidly losing interest in the direction top end football is going, TV time changes, overpriced games and overhyped football that really is no more exciting than it was when I started watching in 1975. I have only ever supported and gone to watch Fulham play, I have no interest in any other football team or professional football in general, I don't read about it or even watch the programs on Saturday lunchtime previewing the weekends games, I tape Match of the day so I can just watch the 2 minuets of the Fulham game without having to watch the other teams . I watch my son and daughter play football, rugby, Hockey and Cricket and can honestly say I get more enjoyment from that so have plenty of other things to fill the void.
Quote from: MJG on January 13, 2019, 06:02:35 PM
Quote from: Southcoastffc on January 13, 2019, 04:56:15 PM
My memory may be fooling me but I'm pretty sure that when we were previously in the Prem, so pre 2014, best seats for the A games (Man U, Lpool, Chels etc) were £65. That being the case, £75 is very reasonable.
it was that amount and as I have said on here from when prices came out for matchday tickets we seem to have looked at prices give years ago and added a fiver or tenner to each one. I think if we had stayed up in 2014 these would be the prices now.
Thanks for confirming my recollection and, consequently, that there has not been a sharp hike. Taking the £65 ( say 2014) figure and increasing by 2% p.a. gets you to pretty much £75 now.
As to suggesting that pricing at the Cottage is extortionate, I disagree. Look at season ticket prices. I think that they are very good value........which leads me to my last point. A poster above says (in effect) that he/she would rather spend £75 on a Half Moon gig and a pint. Well, I certainly wouldn't, but we all have freedom of choice.
Quote from: MJG on January 13, 2019, 06:05:59 PM
Quote from: alfie on January 13, 2019, 04:41:44 PM
Quote from: Riversider on January 13, 2019, 04:17:16 PM
Not a chance will it be more expensive next season, not a chance in hell, even with reduced capacity (If it happens)
Think all the supporters that bought early (before wembley) will have their prices frozen and all The Riversiders will see a reduction when they get moved to other areas,
I won't be renewing my 3 season tickets , not because of price, but because I have no desire to spend the next couple of years sitting behind the goal
Great views from Putney end, personally I don't care where I sit as long as I do.
agree and in the end do you support the team or your view from a seat?
If riversiders decide they don't want to sit behind a goal for two years then in many ways that just backs up the view many have of them.... Not that I agree having had a ST in the riverside during the Wilkins and keegan years. Also its very likely if you don't get a ST in the Putney end you will not have first rights back to the stand when it's built, so have to take that into account to.
Honestly, I couldn't give a flying **** what people that don't know me think of me, the people that know me would laugh at your reply, before shaking their head in disbelief,
I've paid my dues to this club Ten times over,
I disagree that my 3 seats may in some way be in danger, if by a miracle we are in The Premier League when it gets finished I would have no interest in paying £1000 a ticket to sit there, and if were in The Championship they will be begging people like me to come back.
F.W.I.W I still don't think it's going to happen in May 2019
Quote from: Riversider on January 14, 2019, 01:44:57 PM
Quote from: MJG on January 13, 2019, 06:05:59 PM
Quote from: alfie on January 13, 2019, 04:41:44 PM
Quote from: Riversider on January 13, 2019, 04:17:16 PM
Not a chance will it be more expensive next season, not a chance in hell, even with reduced capacity (If it happens)
Think all the supporters that bought early (before wembley) will have their prices frozen and all The Riversiders will see a reduction when they get moved to other areas,
I won't be renewing my 3 season tickets , not because of price, but because I have no desire to spend the next couple of years sitting behind the goal
Great views from Putney end, personally I don't care where I sit as long as I do.
agree and in the end do you support the team or your view from a seat?
If riversiders decide they don't want to sit behind a goal for two years then in many ways that just backs up the view many have of them.... Not that I agree having had a ST in the riverside during the Wilkins and keegan years. Also its very likely if you don't get a ST in the Putney end you will not have first rights back to the stand when it's built, so have to take that into account to.
Honestly, I couldn't give a flying **** what people that don't know me think of me, the people that know me would laugh at your reply, before shaking their head in disbelief,
I've paid my dues to this club Ten times over,
I disagree that my 3 seats may in some way be in danger, if by a miracle we are in The Premier League when it gets finished I would have no interest in paying £1000 a ticket to sit there, and if were in The Championship they will be begging people like me to come back.
F.W.I.W I still don't think it's going to happen in May 2019
then fine if you have no interest in sitting in the new stand your other option will be the JH then if you so hate watching a game behind the goal.
Plently of us have paid our dues and you don't have the monopoly on that but there are also plenty of us who will continue going and supporting the club just as we have done for years be that to the side, at either end or the cheapest or lost expensive seats around. You're the one who said you won't come because you have to watch from behind a goal, which to me is a pretty pathetic excuse to not support or watch one's own team and plenty would laugh at that view as well.
