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Price Row Uniting Fans
at 12:47 12 Feb 2016

With the 100 million pounds guaranteed to all clubs in the Premier League, for the next three seasons, it is time for the clubs to put some of this into their own supporters. Leaving aside that some of this TV money should be directed into grass-roots football, say centrally funding referees for junior clubs, most of the money will go to players and their agents. How much contribution to the club's income does the gate-money actually make? Halve the cost of tickets through the gates, whilst keeping corporate prices at current levels would send a clear message to our fans - come and see us! Although the stadiums of the successful clubs are usually full, there has been a creeping change in attendees. Well-off people are able to afford the prices - the less well-off, most of us, cannot easily afford the costs, and if we have children and grandchildren, future Saints supporters, forget it! It's cheaper to take your kids to the pub to watch the matches! This, however, deprives the kids of experiencing match-day atmosphere, and these generations will regard following football as a pub based activity. With the ridiculous amount of screening of the 'big' clubs, the smaller clubs will lose fans to these 'big' clubs, making the selling of over-priced tickets even less likely for the 'smaller' clubs. Long rant, but in summary: halve ticket prices, milk the corporate market as much as possible, and we may not lose future generations of fans!

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