Was just thinking- is it merely coincidental in this post Airman era at CAFC that all has gone quiet on this at the club....
Can't see it being repeated again this season. Which brings me onto another point. Am I the only one that thinks £30 for a Premium match is too expensive? Discuss....
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No wonder they've got a reported 125 million in the bank.
It's only 30 quid in the most expensive area, plenty of cheaper seats in North upper, quads and some parts of east and west. Best alternative is to buy a ST.
We got up saturday and fancied the game, but looked up tickets online (difficult to find information on that website!) and to sit with my dad/uncle in the west it would have cost us £60. We had a friend that may have had a spare in the west, so we were waiting for word that we could use the spare and split the cost of 1 ticket between us. Whist waiting, we booked tickets for the cinema that evening. My friend got back to me with no spare ticket, we didn't go, and we had dinner after the cinema instead for £40. would have happily paid that to see Reidy & co, but couldn't justify the extra £20.
Admittedly we could have sat in a different stand, but part of the reason to go is to catch up with my grandad, dad and uncle before game and plus sitting in the north has not been enjoyable for years, part of the reason we gave up our season tickets.
The initiatives were always great for us, as it was that extra incentive to get a ticket that might not have been tempting without the discount. We have been to some £30 games this season, but it's an expensive whim if we do go.
One concludes that the pricing strategy is going wrong somewhere on that basis. Can we afford to lose 'casual' support? I refused to go to Palace because they wamted £32. That seems decent value now compared to £30 for Forest; especially given our appalling home record.
I think Forest are. But Charlton arent.
You're the boss, so what he thinks is irrelevant
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I think this is a good example of how once people stop having a season ticket, how easy it is for them to drift completely once they have broken 'the habit'. All of a sudden, handing over up to £30 for 90 mins football (£60 a couple) seems ridiculous when money is tight and you can put it far better use, or better value luxuries.
I take my girlfriend's son to games and we probably go to around half the home games a season, plus an away game. We go into the Upper North so it only costs us 25 quid per game (he is under 11).
Then I get the annual 5 ticket booklet at Christmas which means that the premium rates don't apply (though I can't use the ticket for the Millwall game).
Pretty good value overall.
Based on last Saturday I think they should pay us at least a fiver to turn up.
At least it would subsidise the burger and bloody parking ticket.
I haven't had this difficulty getting someone to come to a Charlton home match with me since the dark days of Parky. My neighbour has a nine year old son who supports Arsenal who I am currently trying to groom (in the football sense obviously).
By grooming the under 11's you only have to pay £5 for their ticket but they have to listen to your moaning and tactical analysis for the entire 90 minutes which is good value overall.
for example, say 16,000 Charlton fans on Saturday, we would have raised a fortune just on Stepho and Dervite alone and would also have taught them a lesson.