Chappy112
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One of the more ridiculous things I’ve read on this forum.a 12 year old probably spends more than that every week on household electricity playing their xbox and charging their iphone
£19 for a U12 match day ticket
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Emmersons_BrazillianDong
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You usually at least pretend to answer the actual point Mart. At least the condescending tone is still there thougha 12 year old probably spends more than that every week on household electricity playing their xbox and charging their iphone
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Quicksilvera
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I agree the price for kids is too much and I don’t understand why, I would happily add more to my ticket if it meant kids can go cheaper.
BoroMart
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What can you actually spend £19 on for an afternoons entertainment for your kids? You might get a cinema ticket, but by the time you've bought sweets and drinks it'll be more. Inflation has driven the price of everything up. Is there might an element of the club trying to reduce the number of kids, and get full price paying adults in? If we were at capacity then yes, but we aren't. Unless the club is going all in this summer and thinks the demand for tickets will be high, then everything seems a bit conspiratorial around these price rises.You usually at least pretend to answer the actual point Mart. At least the condescending tone is still there though
Chappy112
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Do kids only get fed if they go to the cinema?
Yes .. all families only eat or drink at the cinema, and don't do either at football.
Also the cinema ticket costs you as an adult £30
BoroMart
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eh!
Cinema = sweets every time, so the price of taking your kids there is over £19 that's the only point I was making. Do they get sweets at footy? Not so much, it's not a part of the experience because you can't really shout with a gob full of m&ms
A season ticket for light water valley is 80 quid.
Think flamingo land is about £165 ish .
Two adults and two kids going to the cinema isn't £100 bottom end
BoroMart
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This thread is about the price for kids. £19
Chappy112
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It’s £7.90 for a kids ticket at the Showcase or £5.50 at Cineworld. Pretty sure you’re not making up the rest on sweets and a drink.
You can go to 23 other championship grounds for less. A lot of them for less than half that price.
10 of them are less than tenner. The other 13 or between £10-£15.
It might not seem a lot to some people. But there's plenty of people with multiple children who go to the match, not just one.
I've got 3 kids, if me and the wife take all 3, it is £121.
Stoke = £74
WBA = £71
Preston = £75
These aren't small differences and there isn't a single championship club where it is more expensive for us to attend.
And in our household it is the difference between the 5 of us going and only 2 of us. Because in reality the two younger kids aren't bothered enough to justify spending that sort of money so my wife stays at home with them. There's 2 potential young fans the club may lose.
It still annoys me that I am paying £51 + £3 booking fee for two of us at Boro when:
Stoke = £33
WBA = £33
Preston = £35
It is .
You asked what else can you do with kids that costs less than £19 for them.
There's some comparative figures for alternative leisure activities / treats.
Very very few under 12s go to the match without an accompanying adult.
Emmersons_BrazillianDong
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See above @BoroMart
Its about the disparity compared to other clubs. Can you refer to that as to the thrust of the discussion rather than using a strawman?
Like you, I'm a lucky one who can easily afford these costs. But many can't and aside from that they are being ripped off compared to other clubs. There should be some solidarity amongst fans for a situation like that.
Aside from the fairness of the issue, there's a business case in getting younger fans through the doors and engaged early. It's hard enough getting young fans to support proper football clubs nowadays but that becomes much easier when they actually get the chance to go to the match.
Ayresome_park
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It's £19 just for a ticket I might add, plus a burger or chips, chocolate bar, bottle of pop, I'm not saying every child gets these but what I'm saying is it all adds up and like another poster has said if you have multiple kids going it's an expensive afternoon!!
Rather than looking at it one isolated ticket price, I urge people to look at it as a family of 4 or 5.
£102 + £6 Booking Fees for a family of 4 or £121 + £7.50 Booking fees for a family of 5 is extortionate.
And when you look at it this way Mart, there are a hell of a lot of things you can do as an alternative with that sort of money.
Cinema / Bowling / Jump 360 don't even come close to that cost
Starting to be similar to a day out at Flamingo Land or other theme park
Miss 3 or 4 matches and have a weekend away.
Don't go all year and have a cheap holiday abroad.
£102 + £6 Booking Fees for a family of 4 or £121 + £7.50 Booking fees for a family of 5 is extortionate.
And when you look at it this way Mart, there are a hell of a lot of things you can do as an alternative with that sort of money.
Cinema / Bowling / Jump 360 don't even come close to that cost
Starting to be similar to a day out at Flamingo Land or other theme park
Miss 3 or 4 matches and have a weekend away.
Don't go all year and have a cheap holiday abroad.
BoroMart
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have you seen the price of a pic n mix
18MFC76
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All this about Gibson has written off x amount. Maybe if he hadn't wasted millions and millions on sh1te then he wouldn't be in this position. It shouldn't be down to the fans to pick up the pieces and bail him out. Mido. Gestede. Guediora. Fletcher. Saville. Assombalonga. The list is endless.
I don't understand why we're talking about kids going to the cinema and how much it costs. To gauge where our pricing is at for under 12's all you have to do is compare it to clubs all across the country. Our youngsters are paying far more than most. Not just in the Championship but in the Premier League too. It's indefensible and we're not building a fan base for the future like other clubs.
I don't understand why we're talking about kids going to the cinema and how much it costs. To gauge where our pricing is at for under 12's all you have to do is compare it to clubs all across the country. Our youngsters are paying far more than most. Not just in the Championship but in the Premier League too. It's indefensible and we're not building a fan base for the future like other clubs.
It's the kids tickets that drive the price up Mart. the adult tickets, although slightly on the expensive side, are comparable with other Clubs. The kids tickets aren't. They are far more expensive.