Red Faction - Ticket Price Statement

Sexpom said:
If this was accurate and the red faction had ‘caught wind’ of it then I’m sure Rob would know about it also. Before making statements about the club they need to be 110% sure before posting them online.
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Rob has said it wasn’t mentioned in the meetings. He hasn’t said that he hasn’t heard anything outside of those meetings.
 
indeedido said:
You just can't help yourself.

Why not equally focus on the kids who go to the match in discounted seats all over the stadium, regardless of the income of the parent that has taken them. Loaded parents get a discount they don't need, while kids who'd love to go can't get near.
But the truth is that there is a wide mixture of parents and kids there. Some loaded, some however are sacrificing greatly to take the family along.
The same is true of other concessions.

Your argument appears to be that discounts should only apply where you deem they are necessary.
Oh and of course the classic means tested approach.
Beyond parody you.
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The over 65s nowadays are a very diverse group income wise.

There will be some with £20k a year ICI pension plus their state pension (£9k), living in an house with a fully paid off mortgage, paying £22 or £19 for a match ticket, while a 25 year earning £20k with a £80k mortgage is paying £30 or £27 for the same seat. Or alternatively there may be a 66 year old on a state pension/pension credit with an income of say £11k paying the same price as the ICI pension older person.

MFC don't give means tested prices. They can be difficult to adminster and embarassing for those checking and those receiving. There a few little things that could help someone on a low income such MFC Foundation bus (cheap travel from parts of East Cleveland), I als think the foundation give out free tickets as rewards for people completring foundation/education work targets. MFC give BBC Radio Tees some free tickets for a free to enter competition every home game. Some generous benefactors have donated free season tickets to low income individuals. I have suggested a pool of tickets for deserving individuals from unused season tickets, where it is known a season ticket will not be used in advance, say with people working overseas for a month at a time.
 
Redwurzel said:
There will be some with £20k a year ICI pension plus their state pension (£9k), living in an house with a fully paid off mortgage, paying £22 or £19 for a match ticket, while a 25 year earning £20k with a £80k mortgage is paying £30 or £27 for the same seat. Or alternatively there may be a 66 year old on a state pension/pension credit with an income of say £11k paying the same price as the ICI pension older person.
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Not sure what all that has to do with what the club should charge pensioners?

Redwurzel said:
cheap travel from parts of East Cleveland
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Sorry, why? Are there no "deserving poor" elsewhere on Teesside?

I don't see attending a football match as something that should be subsidised, it should be fairly/reasonably priced for everyone. I can see the merit in donating freebies to the local radio and in things like school rewards beyond that, keep it simple, keep it fair.
 
atypical_boro said:
Booked as early as possible (3 months). Admittedly it was against Milan, but do prices really drop to €12 or whatever when they’re playing like Monza?
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They only go on general sale about 14 days before the game on the AC website (most teams are about 14 days).
For Atalanta this weekend they started at €14
 
Facefuzz said:
They only go on general sale about 14 days before the game on the AC website (most teams are about 14 days).
For Atalanta this weekend they started at €14
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Fair enough. Well I can’t comment on Milan but for Inter we had to do it 3 months in advance. Maybe that’s just cos it was the derby though.
 
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