Villa Attendance

[Redwurzel]

£25 for a (top 4 likely) Premier League opponent for an adult ticket seems about right to me and for most Boro fans its only £20. I would guess its about the same price as the Man United game in 2002 since which inflation has pushed general prices up by around 60%.

As said if going to the theatre its about £27 for a tribute act with no or tiny concessions.

Obviously the game been on BBC and with the Chelsea game three days later will knock about 8k off the gate.

 

[fmttmadmin]

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Tickets were overpriced for this game when we have Chelsea on the Tuesday. The club should of perhaps done a 2 game bundle like the two games for 30 quid

Would that option be possible - both competitions have different rules and pricing has to be agreed between clubs in each tie.

 

[fmttmadmin]

Yep I re

17.30 kick off, live on the BBC, just after Christmas. No wonder the crowd is low. Anybody remember the boycott of the Manchester United game in 2002?

Yep and I remember the absolute classic all that stayed at home missed.

 

[BigUnit]

16k Boro fans.
Could of got with £15 tickets and Sold out imo

 

[fmttmadmin]

16k Boro fans.
Could of got with £15 tickets and Sold out imo

Villa may have not agreed.

 

[Glover_elbow]

A 2 for 1 offer on both villa and chelsea matches would have been a good option say £35 for both for sc and £40 for non sc

 

[Air Resistance]

16k Boro fans.
Could of got with £15 tickets and Sold out imo

Sadly there absolutely no evidence to suggest that would have been the case at £15

 

[Oooo]

I think there will a fair few there. I forgot to reserve my original seat and so bought another today and when I looked in my usual block it was sold out

 

[TeaCider]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1743252580476592552

Expecting in excess of 20,000, so it's probably less than that right now.

The Chelsea match and it being televised will definitely have put plenty off.

 

[Archibald_Anorak]

All part of the erosion of the working class in football. It has a great deal to do with the lack of atmosphere at our and other grounds around the country.

"It's only an extra fiver" is an easy remark to make when you are earning South East salaries, simply not the case for many on Teesside.

 

[Anybody4aBeer]

There are just over 7000 tickets available showing on the ground map now, so with segregation you'd imagine we'd be looking at around 25,000 providing Villa have sold out.

 

[Otto42]

I would reckon that the bigger hits on attendance are the fact it's at 5:30 pm live on BBC rather than the price. Villa probably shifted more than usual because they are doing well and tickets for away games probably difficult to get hold of now?

 

[Redwurzel]

I paid £12 for a South Stand Upper ticket in 1992 for League cup tie against Newcastle @ Ayresome Park - the equivalent would be around £27 now.

I don't see how the average person on Teesside is getting ripped off @ £20 to £25 for a ticket at the Riverside. Most people at Boro home games are working class i.e earning under £40k/year

 

[Redwurzel]

All part of the erosion of the working class in football. It has a great deal to do with the lack of atmosphere at our and other grounds around the country.

"It's only an extra fiver" is an easy remark to make when you are earning South East salaries, simply not the case for many on Teesside.

Football grounds are no longer dominated by males aged 14 - 30 (over 50% of Boro fans used concession pricing and my guess is at least 20% of the stadium is female)

 

[Archibald_Anorak]

"I'm all right Jack". Thanks for the guesses not sure where anyone raised the issue of demographics or sex ?

Most people at Ayresome Park were working class, simply not the case at the Riverside. Season tickets are for the wealthy and moderately well off. The season ticket model disenfranchises a significant chunk of the fanbase who simply cannot afford them. There was a time when the unemployed received a discount.

 

[kuepper]

The Boro website is saying they expect a crowd of over 20,000. That's really really disappointing I'd have thought 30,000

 

[Boro4life]

We had more fans going to Hull game on a week night than this like

 

[Air Resistance]

I paid £12 for a South Stand Upper ticket in 1992 for League cup tie against Newcastle @ Ayresome Park - the equivalent would be around £27 now.

I don't see how the average person on Teesside is getting ripped off @ £20 to £25 for a ticket at the Riverside. Most people at Boro home games are working class i.e earning under £40k/year

Have a look at the inflation calculator on the Bank of England website. £25 today was £11.88 in 1992. So it’s basically the same value.

 

[Archibald_Anorak]

Have a look at the inflation calculator on the Bank of England website. £25 today was £11.88 in 1992. So it’s basically the same value.

And that is fine if your income has matched that inflation but that simply isn't the case for many of the working class. If it hasn't you are out of the game, something some seem to deem progress ?

 

[NorthumberlandBoro]

There are just over 7000 tickets available showing on the ground map now, so with segregation you'd imagine we'd be looking at around 25,000 providing Villa have sold out.

Hard to say with MFC and their numbers.
They seemed to imply that only 28.5k seats are available.
Probably academic in the end, but 5.5k seats for segregation?