Premiership Attendances

Former Member

There has been so many empt seats around loads of premiership grounds even in quite big matches. Is it correct that attendances are down on last year? Im quite suprised matches like West Brom v Birmingham had 7,000 empty seats and its a local derby, there have been loads more games teams like Man City, Middlesborough, Sunderland, Wigan, Bolton, Villa, and Fuhlam coming nowhere near to filling there grounds. What is the reason for such low attendances this season?

Former Member

olaola wrote:

There has been so many empt seats around loads of premiership grounds even in quite big matches. Is it correct that attendances are down on last year? Im quite suprised matches like West Brom v Birmingham had 7,000 empty seats and its a local derby, there have been loads more games teams like Man City, Middlesborough, Sunderland, Wigan, Bolton, Villa, and Fuhlam coming nowhere near to filling there grounds. What is the reason for such low attendances this season?

The league's not competative.

Former Member

Prices

Former Member

The league title is not that competive, but you only have to look back to last season to see the 4 team relegation battle on the last day. And the 94th minute penalty to decided UEFA cup football on the last game. How is that not competitve? Most of the teams i mentioned up there do not have very high prices, not much higher than championship teams.

Former Member

olaola wrote:

The league title is not that competive, but you only have to look back to last season to see the 4 team relegation battle on the last day. And the 94th minute penalty to decided UEFA cup football on the last game. How is that not competitve? Most of the teams i mentioned up there do not have very high prices, not much higher than championship teams.

Well personally I wouldn't support a Premiership team because I object to the wages that the players are paid.

I don't care enough to argue about it.

Former Member

A mix of it being holiday season, the success in the Ashes and prices. Although I think Premiership teams outside London pay near enough the right price for what they watch.

JsT

Prices are the big problem in the dropping Nationwide league prices.

Flake_Mustaine

i read an article over the weekend that suggested it could be something to do with the fact that there's so many games being shown on tv now. It's so much cheaper to watch the games from home or at the pub coz ticket prices have gone up.

A shame really.

Former Member

Prices are a big problem, in all tiers of the league. When Bradford City charge between £16 and £18 for a divsion Two blockbuster against, erm, Milton Keynes, without any sense of irony, and Blackpool think its OK to charge £16 for an uncovered seat for a division Two game, then you know something is up.

It costs me £20 a month to get as much Sky football as you could shake a big stick at. I'd get 70 minutes of Premiershit football for the same price, and that's before I start paying for children. I prefer watching live games, but I remember Bradford City charging £27 for the big games when we were in the Premiershit, and I doubt the prices have come down much.

That, and there are a lot of clubs in the Premiershit who have stadium capacities far in excess of what their regular "hardcore" attendance is, or will ever be.

Former Member

hmm these issues have been around for years though. I cant imagine ticket prices drastically going up since last season.

Former Member

olaola wrote:

hmm these issues have been around for years though. I cant imagine ticket prices drastically going up since last season.

Me neither.

I can't remember exactly where I read this but haven't the Championship prices gone up slightly since last season?

Admittedly, the tickets are expensive...

Former Member

In the championship the worst teams are the ones that have come down from the prem. Last season west ham were charging away fans almost £40

Former Member

film_buff wrote:

In the championship the worst teams are the ones that have come down from the prem. Last season west ham were charging away fans almost £40

That's quite alot considering that, me, my dad & uncle all went to a Plymouth Argyle home game last season which cost us just over £60 for the three of us...

Former Member

West Ham were an exception. I think most teams in the championship usally charge about £20, which i think is reasonable

Former Member

I heard that Crystal Palace are doing the same to away fans this season. I havent been so i cant be sure but that is what ive heard

Former Member

olaola wrote:

West Ham were an exception. I think most teams in the championship usally charge about £20, which i think is reasonable

Yeah...

Is there any reason why on some occasions, some teams will let kids watch the game for a quid?

Former Member

Chart Freak wrote:

Is there any reason why on some occasions, some teams will let kids watch the game for a quid?

It fills the ground when the home game is against someone crap.

Better to have them in the ground, earning some money for the seat, and get them buying pies and programmes.

Former Member

our tickets range from £18 - £24 on the day, some teams are still consistantly low, think we paid £16 for our ticket for preston this week coming, watford did us tickets for £10 this year too. Championship football is the best in the world in my eyes.

Former Member

olaola wrote:

There has been so many empt seats around loads of premiership grounds even in quite big matches. Is it correct that attendances are down on last year? Im quite suprised matches like West Brom v Birmingham had 7,000 empty seats and its a local derby, there have been loads more games teams like Man City, Middlesborough, Sunderland, Wigan, Bolton, Villa, and Fuhlam coming nowhere near to filling there grounds. What is the reason for such low attendances this season?

A lot of people can't be bothered with football these days. Atmospheres are usually placid, tickets are pricey and it's less of a social convention.

Former Member

There was an article from on sunday paper about this subject comapring prices from different teams.

Price of one adult and one child ticket for next home game (excluding booking fees):
Chelsea - £90
Birmingham - £60.50
Portsmouth - £52
Everton - £46
Bolton - £26
Real Madrid - £28.60
Crawley Town - £24
Hereford - £22
Juventus - £20.70
Woking - £19
Bayern Munich - £12.40
Schalke - £9.30

Former Member

How the hell do Birmingham get away with that!!!

They can't exactly claim to be offering great entertainment can they?

Really the Premiership is ridiculous, it will be good for the game if attendances collapse, it will force clubs to cut their prices and the drop in revenue will mean plyers pay will have to fall.

Football players are scum frankly, seeing a few of them forced to take paycuts would be nice..........

Former Member

Fans should vote with their feet. The Premiership's becoming shitter week by week and hardly worth the prices fans pay but thats a topic for another time......

Former Member

film_buff wrote:

There was an article from on sunday paper about this subject comapring prices from different teams.

Price of one adult and one child ticket for next home game (excluding booking fees):
Chelsea - £90

You're joking, right?

Former Member

No joke, what i cant believe i how cheap Juventus, bayern and Real's ticket are in comparison. No wonder these european clubs fill out there stadiums.