I’ve never either particularly liked or disliked West Ham as a football club but in this case I think their fans have really been royally fucked over by Gold and Sullivan. That, I think is a shame because even if you don’t like the happy hammers they are a proper football club. They don’t attract the plastics you get at Chelsea, Arsenal and Spurs.
Gold and Sullivan saw a once in a million year opportunity and went for its throat. They are true businessmen and ran rings around the public officials entrusted with getting a good deal for the taxpayer. ££££££££ was all they could see and everything else that made West Ham, West Ham, was cast aside.
The club is now in many respects destroyed and the two culprits will at some point walk away with their pockets stuffed.
Putting aside footballing rivalries what’s happened to them could just as easily have happened to us. I have no doubt that had G & S bought us instead of WHU we would now be looking at a stadium on the peninsula or flats around The Valley.
West Ham have been stuffed by greed and our local neighbours Millwall are also now at the mercy of developers. I’m not laughing at either.
My heart bleeds for West Ham fans, brand new taxpayer funded stadium and premier league football.
Were there any protests when it was announced that they were moving ? I certainly don't remember any. They all thought because they were moving to a large stadium they were going to become a top 6 club because Gold etc told them so hahaha. Now reality is setting in they have decided to protest, all a bit late chaps
Brady said it would be the best stadium migration in the history of football.
My heart bleeds for West Ham fans, brand new taxpayer funded stadium and premier league football.
Were there any protests when it was announced that they were moving ? I certainly don't remember any. They all thought because they were moving to a large stadium they were going to become a top 6 club because Gold etc told them so hahaha. Now reality is setting in they have decided to protest, all a bit late chaps
Brady said it would be the best stadium migration in the history of football.
My heart bleeds for West Ham fans, brand new taxpayer funded stadium and premier league football.
Were there any protests when it was announced that they were moving ? I certainly don't remember any. They all thought because they were moving to a large stadium they were going to become a top 6 club because Gold etc told them so hahaha. Now reality is setting in they have decided to protest, all a bit late chaps
Brady said it would be the best stadium migration in the history of football.
I’m pretty sure a spurs fan I know said he’s signed up for a five grand ticket. He can afford one if that is the price so I didn’t challenge the figure when he said he hadn’t mentioned it to the other boys
Mind-boggling. The psychology of paying those kind of prices must make you furious when you don't get 'value for money'. That's probably why Arsenal fans got so moany.
The thing is id never pay a £1000 for a season ticket probably not even £500. But how many would of any club would of if was a brand new stadium in the premier league and your a top 6 side. Weve Just played at Peterborough which was £26 a ticket in the 3rd tier and not the best of grounds.
The thing is id never pay a £1000 for a season ticket probably not even £500. But how many would of any club would of if was a brand new stadium in the premier league and your a top 6 side. Weve Just played at Peterborough which was £26 a ticket in the 3rd tier and not the best of grounds.
That's what I thought watching a bit of the Arsenal game yesterday and seeing a sea of empty seats. Those guys have payed a fortune for a season ticket and yet don't turn up themselves or lend their ST to someone else.
That's what I thought watching a bit of the Arsenal game yesterday and seeing a sea of empty seats. Those guys have payed a fortune for a season ticket and yet don't turn up themselves or lend their ST to someone else.
Or do Arsenal have a buy-back scheme?
I know some who buy a ST between two and take it in turns to go.
I thought all the PL clubs in London filled their grounds with Charlton supporters, judging from the number at the West Ham match on Saturday!
I was thinking the same. A lot of comment about how terrible the stadium is and that W Ham are apparently in terminal decline and yet there appears to be loads of Charlton supporters there !
That's what I thought watching a bit of the Arsenal game yesterday and seeing a sea of empty seats. Those guys have payed a fortune for a season ticket and yet don't turn up themselves or lend their ST to someone else.
Or do Arsenal have a buy-back scheme?
I know some who buy a ST between two and take it in turns to go.
Me too.
Two brothers, the brother I know moans he always gets the shit games and his brother said for this season he could choose ten of the games he wanted to go to first and he'd pick up the rest.
Then in October, his boss said 'good news - you're off to Dubai to work for Sheik someone or other for three months and will pay you double whilst you're there for the inconvenience'. He's a specialist granite worker.
He misses 7 of the games he chose and the three weekends he gets to come home, Arsenal are away.
That's what I thought watching a bit of the Arsenal game yesterday and seeing a sea of empty seats. Those guys have payed a fortune for a season ticket and yet don't turn up themselves or lend their ST to someone else.
Or do Arsenal have a buy-back scheme?
It was Mother’s Day don’t forget.
A lot of their fans weren’t allowed to go yesterday because their mums said so.
That's what I thought watching a bit of the Arsenal game yesterday and seeing a sea of empty seats. Those guys have payed a fortune for a season ticket and yet don't turn up themselves or lend their ST to someone else.
Or do Arsenal have a buy-back scheme?
It was Mother’s Day don’t forget.
A lot of their fans weren’t allowed to go yesterday because their mums said so.
Blud, that’s not right fam, you know what I’m sayin
I thought all the PL clubs in London filled their grounds with Charlton supporters, judging from the number at the West Ham match on Saturday!
I was in the Burnley end as my son got interested in their club and is a member; plus he really wanted to watch a Premiership game.
We had a really good day out together, but is not something I would like to repeat at that stadium. You are a huge distance away from the game. I went to the Olympic Games and it is was fine; but then there is so much going on you look at what is going on just in front of you and you felt inclusive - and at an “event”, if that makes sense?
We were in the top tier on Saturday and there are no services etc unless you go all the way back down to ground level. Fortunately I had not had a beer so was saved the treck.
After the game, the stewards insisted we circled Stratford in order to get back to the station. God knows why as there were WH fans with us by then. We then crossed through WH fans going to Stratford Station and we wanted International. We were directed into the shopping centre which was manic. No signs too station, no stewards, no police. It just did not make sense. If it ever kicks off big time it is going to be a mess.
It is just not a stadium to watch football in and never will be. They should have closed Crystal Palace and made the OS the Athletics centre in London, or knocked it down and started again.
Teams like Arsenal, Spurs etc have a huge waiting list for season ticket holders. People renew their tickets each season because they know if they give them up they will have no chance of buying one ever again. West Ham are benefitting from something similar in that they made the effort to sell a lot of season tickets for the taxpayers stadium last year and people renewed for this season just in case. Bradford, possibly (if they are still getting decent crowds, I haven’t checked) also benefit from that fear of missing out scenario. The trick is to sell the ground out first. In Bradford’s case they sold the tickets dirt cheap. Charlton should do the same. Extend the covered end £175 deal to the whole ground and really go all out to promote it. If sales start to gather momentum then there will probably be a lot of ’lapsed’ charlton fans that will buy tickets just in case they miss out. Of course, like Arsenal, if the team doesn’t deliver then whether all those season ticket holders turn up or. It is another matter.
Interesting looking at some of the most expensive season tickets and match tickets. I guess they only sell season tickets in the cheaper areas? Cheapest probably include kids.
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The working man's game. LOL!
That went well to.
leagueship.Thanks for posting. Those prices are simply eye-watering. And unaffordable for many people.
So much for the new TV deals leading to cheaper ticket prices!
Just saying!
But how many would of any club would of if was a brand new stadium in the premier league and your a top 6 side.
Weve Just played at Peterborough which was £26 a ticket in the 3rd tier and not the best of grounds.
Or do Arsenal have a buy-back scheme?
Two brothers, the brother I know moans he always gets the shit games and his brother said for this season he could choose ten of the games he wanted to go to first and he'd pick up the rest.
Then in October, his boss said 'good news - you're off to Dubai to work for Sheik someone or other for three months and will pay you double whilst you're there for the inconvenience'. He's a specialist granite worker.
He misses 7 of the games he chose and the three weekends he gets to come home, Arsenal are away.
We try not to remind him of it.
A lot of their fans weren’t allowed to go yesterday because their mums said so.
We had a really good day out together, but is not something I would like to repeat at that stadium. You are a huge distance away from the game. I went to the Olympic Games and it is was fine; but then there is so much going on you look at what is going on just in front of you and you felt inclusive - and at an “event”, if that makes sense?
We were in the top tier on Saturday and there are no services etc unless you go all the way back down to ground level. Fortunately I had not had a beer so was saved the treck.
After the game, the stewards insisted we circled Stratford in order to get back to the station. God knows why as there were WH fans with us by then. We then crossed through WH fans going to Stratford Station and we wanted International. We were directed into the shopping centre which was manic. No signs too station, no stewards, no police. It just did not make sense. If it ever kicks off big time it is going to be a mess.
It is just not a stadium to watch football in and never will be. They should have closed Crystal Palace and made the OS the Athletics centre in London, or knocked it down and started again.
If WH go down it will be a terrible place to go.