Matchday Ticket Price Leap

[Daggers]

Thats great, £27 for a ticket when you get to sit in a plastic stadium with a load of bastards moaning at you constantly if you dare to try and create an atmosphere or even stand up? . Not to mention the fooking Chelsea Dagger! Trains alone cost £30 to get to Leicester when I dont have much money at the moment and the last couple of experiences at the Walkers were Blackpool and Sheffield Wednesday at home. Doubt I will be making many trips up to the Walkers now to be honest.

Let's be honest - £4.00 isn't the reason you aren't planning on coming up as often: You'd spend that at half time on a pie and a coffee.

If we look at the rational, four quid per adult ticket will add somewhere around £20,000 per week to the club's income (providing we boost attendances and maintain them across the season). This will service a large part of the salary burden and free us up for further squad investment - not a bad thing when we remember how the club was operating at a loss and unable to sign players but two seasons ago.

I think people have cause to grouse if ticket rises hadn't been preceded by player signings with the promise of further to come - let's be serious for a minute, in a day where everyone's costs are rising, if you want a team which will compete where else is the money paying for it going to come from?

[Matt]

glad i've got my ST this season now this has happened.

This.

Previous to this announcement we all knew Season Tickets were the cheapest option by far, You can actually afford to miss a few games having a Season Ticket, and i've seen people saying "Well this is twisting people arms behind there back for not taking the early bird season ticket" has it? Your abit shortsighted if you didn't see this coming really.

And tbh, I wouldn't say the season tickets were overpriced, I've forgot now but I think I paid 200 for my Season Ticket, and personally I think that is bloody good value.

(Don't quote me with the 200, but at the time I thought it was still good value whether I paid 200 or whatever.)

[Shrenchel]

Let's be honest - £4.00 isn't the reason you aren't planning on coming up as often: You'd spend that at half time on a pie and a coffee.

If we look at the rational, four quid per adult ticket will add somewhere around £20,000 per week to the club's income (providing we boost attendances and maintain them across the season). This will service a large part of the salary burden and free us up for further squad investment - not a bad thing when we remember how the club was operating at a loss and unable to sign players but two seasons ago.

I think people have cause to grouse if ticket rises hadn't been preceded by player signings with the promise of further to come - let's be serious for a minute, in a day where everyone's costs are rising, if you want a team which will compete where else is the money paying for it going to come from?

No offence Daggers but I don't remember you being quite so philosophical about the Season Ticket price freeze deadline, and the increase that would follow if that deadline was missed was less than 2 (or even 4) quid per game.

[Kilworthfox]

I think the club are fantastic at alienating supporters

[C-man]

No, our problems were far more complex and deep than simply ticket pricing, they weren't particularly cheap back then anyway, now they're just ridiculous.

Well yes obviously, but ticket revenue is the biggest type of revenue for most football clubs?

I'm glad I've got a season ticket now. Will more people be encouraged to by STs now that the prices for single fixtures are going up?

A lot depends on how we do. If we struggle and scrap around the bottom, it might work negatively for the club. If Pearson gets us going and were doing well by January, we'll have a higher revenue, and NP will have more money to spend in the window (possibly).

Fans can moan as much as they like, the fact is everyone (possibly) wants what is best for the club, and if that means forking out £4 extra to watch Newcastle, either like it or lump it.

[Kilworthfox]

Let's be honest - £4.00 isn't the reason you aren't planning on coming up as often: You'd spend that at half time on a pie and a coffee.

If we look at the rational, four quid per adult ticket will add somewhere around £20,000 per week to the club's income (providing we boost attendances and maintain them across the season). This will service a large part of the salary burden and free us up for further squad investment - not a bad thing when we remember how the club was operating at a loss and unable to sign players but two seasons ago.

I think people have cause to grouse if ticket rises hadn't been preceded by player signings with the promise of further to come - let's be serious for a minute, in a day where everyone's costs are rising, if you want a team which will compete where else is the money paying for it going to come from?

Is this the fans responsibility in modern day football?

Correct me if I am wrong but Milan promised that within 3 years of turning up we would be in the Premiership! It is now year 3. If the club come out and state that there will be a price reduction across the board once Premiership status was achieved then a small increase like this could be deemed acceptable.

On the other hand, one could suggest that the club are bleeding the fans dry and basically believe that you are all mugs who will turn up to watch the shit they serve up every week regardless of a few quid here or there?

I will leave it to the intellectuals on this forum to decide which is more likely, I will just say that I don't give 2 shits about the shysters running the club at the moment, and that is partly why I am not getting a season ticket and I am again disappointed that they believe they can treat the mass support like this. These actions have chipped away at my support and made me slightly more apathetic towards LCFC.

[Daggers]

No offence Daggers but I don't remember you being quite so philosophical about the Season Ticket price freeze deadline, and the increase that would follow if that deadline was missed was less than 2 (or even 4) quid per game.

None taken, I wasn't.

I'm happy to differentiate between the supporter who commits to buying a season ticket and one who turns up now and then. I'm happy for the club to bleed people dry who can't tell the difference between Lloyd Dyer and Max Gradel.

If that makes me a hypocrite then so be it.

Also, if it keeps Kilworth from bothering me every Saturday then it's just a win-win-win situation.

[C-man]

Is this the fans responsibility in modern day football?

Correct me if I am wrong but Milan promised that within 3 years of turning up we would be in the Premiership! It is now year 3. If the club come out and state that there will be a price reduction across the board once Premiership status was achieved then a small increase like this could be deemed acceptable.

You can't seriously expect Mandaric to come in spend all his money, hope it gets us into the Premiership without any backing from the fans, Tommo?

At the end of the day, usually success in football comes from money or increased revenue so people have to choose between:

a) Paying a higher price to watch your team, and hopefully the increase in revenue will lead to better players and a competitive team; or

b) Paying a lower/average price to watch your team which will most probably lead to a team with average players which struggles to compete.

[Kilworthfox]

You can't seriously expect Mandaric to come in spend all his money, hope it gets us into the Premiership without any backing from the fans, Tommo?

At the end of the day, usually success in football comes from money or increased revenue so people have to choose between:

a) Paying a higher price to watch your team, and hopefully the increase in revenue will lead to better players and a competitive team; or

b) Paying a lower/average price to watch your team which will most probably lead to a team with average players which struggles to compete.

1st point obviously! However how much backing is piss taking? 1st Relegation > stump up st money early at no discount> rise in prices for matchdays.

& here I was thinking old Mandy baby was here because he is a Leicester fan!

The best thing that could happen to this club is to be an average / decent Championship side until Mandy bites the dust. Maybe we could have someone who was bothered about what this club means to the local people rather than this parasite on the club.

To be honest this does not concern me at all, as home games are gash anyway

[Craig]

1. I'm glad i've got my ST.

2. The prices aren't that unreasonable really in comparison to other Championship clubs. You can bet we'll paying those prices (and more!) when we go to grounds such as Derby, Forest, Newcastle, West Brom, Ipswich etc.

3. If that extra income makes the side more competative, i'm all for it. Then again, i guess i'd probably not be saying that if i was having to pay it

[Basingstoke Fox]

The thing is £4 extra for a ticket is going to bring us more money but its how we spend it. I trust Nigel Pearson and I still think that without Milan we would be in serious shit now but unless we sign some very good players I can't see many fans turning up, partly because of the principle. There are alot of very loyal supporters who just don't have the money to go and see their team all that often, they still follow their team very closely and will try to go to games when they can, though this kind of takes the piss a little bit. I'm not saying I would only turn up if the team wins but after games like Sheffield Wednesday and Blackpool at home in the season we got relegated, I would at least want my team to be a competitive side. And it would be nice if it was a more fun experience and most of our fans werent c*nts. If the club goes on and does well because of the extra money coming in then it is a great decision, if it does not then alot of fans will be very, very pissed off!

[Houdini Logic]

Just checked the pricing information on the OS and I'm sure I'd be angry if I could understand it

[Jimmy]

I've got to cherry pick my games next season anyway but this is annoying news

[davieG]

Matchday tickets currently start at £23 with the 15% increase for ST added to this next year they are likely to be £26+ and probably more for some key, Grade A games.

Renewing an adult ticket ST in the Just the Ticket area costs £275 or just under £12 / match so with this you can in effect get to see half the games free.

As many of you will know I'm not very complimentary on things LCFC off the pitch (ask Fatbloke) but there is no way I'm cutting my nose off to spite my face.

Having paid for and sat through the last 4 years of purgatory in the Championship I just know I'll end up going so I've just renewed.

That's what I wrote in March and with Ticket prices in the Kop confirmed as £25/£27 for non-members it's actually slightly less of an increase than I thought it would be.

I'm glad I've gone with the ST.

[Jon the Hat]

That's what I wrote in March and with Ticket prices in the Kop confirmed as £25/£27 for non-members it's actually slightly less of an increase than I thought it would be.

I'm glad I've gone with the ST.

And plenty of others moaned last year that the benefits of having an ST were not enough. Well now they are.

[MC Prussian]

And plenty of others moaned last year that the benefits of having an ST were not enough. Well now they are.

You can't really call it a "benefit" when ST holders basically pay about the same amount of money compared to last season, the ones coming in after April 30th even 10 percent more.

The term "benefit" means something different to me.

In this context, it's more like "just be glad your prices didn't go up, as well" from club to the lucky ST holders who bought theirs before the deadline.

And this in maybe temporary, but rather precarious financial times.

[Karljohn]

Hmmm....well after a season watching Atherstone Town last season having not been able to afford or indeed justify paying £23 to see Yeovil, Walsall etc....this move is deffo a push towards increasing the number of season ticket holders and i'll be one of 'em, think it works out at £17 a game, dunno if they still charge booking fees but if so, we're looking at £28.50 for platinum games? so its a tenner in my pocket which just about pays for my fuel driving from the royal province of atherstoneshire.

Strange that West Brom (does anyone really care about them?) have been chosen as a platinum game...and yet Coventry hasnt, and I think making the boro game platinum will backfire, many wont bother if there's nothing to play for.

By the time those 'orrible sods at sky have ripped the fixture schedule to pieces and stuck us v plymouth on a monday night, wonder if the club will revive the fans fixture for game such as that?

The July 4th sale of the century! is another smart move, who's to say that we wont get battered every week? obviously hope not but there you are holding a ticket for a game 4 months in advance, wonder if they will tighten up the refunds policy as they do with gig tickets?

[Maybes]

Not really bothered to be honest.

Similar prices to what Leeds fans have to pay and they are MASSIVE.

[MC Prussian]

Not really bothered to be honest.

Similar prices to what Leeds fans have to pay and they are MASSIVE.

But I thought we were more MASSIVE than Leeds and should thus be paying even more than them for tickets...

[General Smuts]

Any news on the student prices?

[Koke]

Not sure either why West Brom is a platinum game. Either way, other Championship clubs, and even Leeds, have to pay these ridiculous prices. Forest, Palace and Ipswich amongst others are in the same price bracket as ours.

Shame, but what else did we expect - everything is going up these days, football included. As James said, this is how we roll baby.

[CosbehFox]

That means it will would take just 14 games on these prices for a season ticket for myself to be sustainable.

The article is a load of bullcrappy rubbish. It mentions two price rises in seven seasons. Seven seasons ago we're in the Premiership and I've been on the downer ever since....so superb economics there bar inflation.

Then the chestnut of advertising that prices don't actually change (if you buy a membership) and it's watching one of the lesser lights.

[lavrentis]

Cheers Mandy.

[john_lcfc]

Surely 30,000 bums on seats at £23 is better than 22,000 at £27. Bare in mind all the kids these days support Man U or Arsenal we are alienating some of our fans and future fans big style.

[dandannieldanok]

Surely 30,000 bums on seats at £23 is better than 22,000 at £27. Bare in mind all the kids these days support Man U or Arsenal we are alienating some of our fans and future fans big style.

Couldn't agree more. Of course the core support of any club is it's STH holders, but the club offers less incentives for people to come and watch now than in the past, and are now in fact just making it clearly more difficult for people. Unless we're flying at the top of the league, we won't be attracting any new fans this season and will potentially lose fans.