And what about if you have an illness that renders you immobile?

Same can be same about any home and away game this year.

Its a professional business.
ask yourselves 'do you want a successful team?'
If I only wanna spend 80p on a loaf, I ain't gonna be eating a fresh soft Warburtons buttie for lunch.

likewise, spending 41p in asda won't purchase the soft strong and very very long Andrex feeling for my bottom.

After 4 decades of wire being in the wilderness, I'm humbled by the investment Simon Moran has made that brought success.
If paying a couple of $ more than our rivals each week is gonna continue our prominence to enjoy, then bring it on.

there are other things people can do for "free"
Free I'm afraid does not exist, somebody always pays!

Im not a season ticket holder ive missed 3 home games this season due to work,thats the reason im not a sth but im going to this game its one ive actually booked a days holiday for as i was due to work.And as a treat and thanks to all them fans who cant be bothered as earlier stated ive go myself a nice seat in the north stand, so i say to the so called loyal fans because someone said sth are loyal a big thanks.

As Hock has followed his wallet, sorry heart, I'll be renewing my Wire season ticket; I'll also go to the playoff knockout games when they start ..... but feel free to stand in the space I normally occupy on Saturday because I won't be there ......

Sorry for having an opinion, and sticking to it ....... hope your world full of people who only agree with you is a pleasant one ....

Why does being a loyal supporter man that you have to go to every game regardless of distance and/or cost?

After 25 years loyal season ticket service travelling to home and away fixtures, I gave up and haven't stepped foot inside the HJ since. The capitulations in the playoffs in 2009 and 2010 made my mind up for me. Yes I miss it and boy did I miss a great season in 2011

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Do I have the Wire at heart yes I do and I am firmly of the belief that its not the "taking part that counts its the winning"



Did I go to Wembley recently yes I did, I've only missed 1975 in my lifetime. Did I go to Old Trafford yes I did. Big Game Hunter - certainly.

Being a loyal supporter is not about your bank balance or your ability travel the Super League world in support its about your heart and where it lies.

You must be a more loyal supporter than I. I have missed three games all season home and away and am a north stand sth. However you attending the playoff game makes you loyal.

You would never have given it up anyway.



That's up to you. I look forward to the irony in the future when you decide to call someone for not going to a game......and you will do it.



No thanks. I dread to think where it is you stand. I have my own little space.



You can have as many opinions as you want, and you can stick to them as much as you want. That's entirely up to you.



If the world is full of people that only agree with me, then I would be the last man standing. No-one agrees with me in anything I put on here, but I don't go crying about it, apologising for having an opinion etc. It's a forum, people are going to have different opinions and not always are they going to agree.

can we stop the ing contest chaps.

Thanks.

At what point in any replies in this thread did I say or infer that im more loyal than anyone else,my point was on a comment someone else said about loyalty, if memory serves it was along the lines of STH being more loyal.as I said only reason im not STH is fact there is no value in it for me if I cant attend all games due to other commitments eg work.

To get back to the topic of ticket prices, according to the BBC the price of football seems to be falling. However, I assume the vast amount of their income comes from TV ? www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24052562

To get back to the topic of ticket prices, according to the BBC the price of football seems to be falling. However, I assume the vast amount of their income comes from TV ? www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24052562

Quote ="Winslade's Offload"To get back to the topic of ticket prices, according to the BBC the price of football seems to be falling. However, I assume the vast amount of their income comes from TV ? www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24052562'" Have a look at some of the gates in Div 1/2. How clubs like Accrington survive on 1,600 is beyond me.

Quote ="Winslade's Offload"To get back to the topic of ticket prices, according to the BBC the price of football seems to be falling. However, I assume the vast amount of their income comes from TV ? www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24052562'" Have a look at some of the gates in Div 1/2. How clubs like Accrington survive on 1,600 is beyond me.

Quote ="Winslade's Offload"To get back to the topic of ticket prices, according to the BBC the price of football seems to be falling. However, I assume the vast amount of their income comes from TV ? www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24052562'" I did a bit of research for an earlier post and I was surprised at how cheap some of the tickets were for quite a few Premier League teams. Norwich fans are being charged £12.50 for their away game at Stoke. £9.50 for over 65's, £7.50 for under 17's and £6 for under 11's. The FSF are also running a campaign to try and get all away tickets set at £20

Quote ="Winslade's Offload"To get back to the topic of ticket prices, according to the BBC the price of football seems to be falling. However, I assume the vast amount of their income comes from TV ? www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24052562'" I did a bit of research for an earlier post and I was surprised at how cheap some of the tickets were for quite a few Premier League teams. Norwich fans are being charged £12.50 for their away game at Stoke. £9.50 for over 65's, £7.50 for under 17's and £6 for under 11's. The FSF are also running a campaign to try and get all away tickets set at £20

Without looking at it, I would think there must be a sponsor involved. Cas did something some years ago for a trip to London and there was a crowd of over 8,000.

Well if they are, they're not advertising the fact. I suspect the club are footing the bill. I read recently that all clubs were given £200,000 to spend on away fans. Perhaps it's that. I think Liverpool were knocking some money off ticket prices for an upcoming away game. Dropkick might know more about that.

Yes, they are pretty bad. I also looked at the Scottish Premier, some of those were dreadful as well. Presumably it's redistribution of monies that keep these teams afloat.

I forgot to mention - there was a 5% fall in attendances at football - referenced in the BBC article. So our 7% drop at the HJ this year doesn't look quite as bad as first thought.

Every sport is suffering with the recession especially when it means the difference between keeping a roof over your head or putting food on the table.

Quote ="Winslade's Offload"To get back to the topic of ticket prices, according to the BBC the price of football seems to be falling. However, I assume the vast amount of their income comes from TV ? www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24052562'" About 50% of Premier League clubs' revenue comes from broadcast revenue, the rest is about 27% commercial revenue and 23% match day revenue. Also the Premier League is far and away the biggest league in terms of revenue, in 2011/12 the Premier League was worth about £2.4bn whereas the Bundesliga is £1.6bn, La Liga £1.4bn and Serie A £1.3bn. The entire revenue of Serie A was about the same as HMRC recorded getting in tax from English football. Its only getting bigger too: the broadcast deals for the Premier League alone for the next 3 seasons are worth £3.4bn for domestic broadcast rights and another £2.2bn comes from selling Premier League broadcast rights to the other 200 odd countries that have got it. The club that finishes bottom of the Premier League this season is going to get about £60m and the champions £95m in broadcast money. To put that in context, when City won the league 2 years ago, they got £61m.

Quote ="Winslade's Offload"To get back to the topic of ticket prices, according to the BBC the price of football seems to be falling. However, I assume the vast amount of their income comes from TV ? www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24052562'" About 50% of Premier League clubs' revenue comes from broadcast revenue, the rest is about 27% commercial revenue and 23% match day revenue. Also the Premier League is far and away the biggest league in terms of revenue, in 2011/12 the Premier League was worth about £2.4bn whereas the Bundesliga is £1.6bn, La Liga £1.4bn and Serie A £1.3bn. The entire revenue of Serie A was about the same as HMRC recorded getting in tax from English football. Its only getting bigger too: the broadcast deals for the Premier League alone for the next 3 seasons are worth £3.4bn for domestic broadcast rights and another £2.2bn comes from selling Premier League broadcast rights to the other 200 odd countries that have got it. The club that finishes bottom of the Premier League this season is going to get about £60m and the champions £95m in broadcast money. To put that in context, when City won the league 2 years ago, they got £61m.

So do we know how much, if any, of this money from broadcasting gets handed down to the lower league clubs in Div 2/3 or whatever they are called these days ?

Goes to show where the money is really. OK, football is a global sport, but if we could sell RL TV rights to only a few other countries, we would be much more viable.

I found this to be an interesting "fable" posted on Total RL forum:



An astute observation I think.

That's true. I've been told the money has come from BT but I'm not 100% certain on that. A few clubs are using it in different ways - Stoke are running free coaches to all their away games for example - and we are using it to subsidise a £2 per ticket reduction on all our league away tickets.

It's a start but it barely scratches the surface. We're still classed as a "Category A" opponent by all home clubs (despite not having had a category A team for over four years), so it's the top whack charge everywhere and none of the deals clubs like Norwich enjoy. Even with the £2 reduction it will still cost £60 to get into our end at Arsenal for example. I don't go to every game because I can't afford to, but I'll be paying around £46 to get into Old Trafford for a third round League Cup tie in two weeks. Hardly a "big game" but high cost because of the two clubs involved.

The price of football at the top level does put the price of RL at the top level into perspective, but the good thing about RL from a fans' viewpoint is that clubs don't have "supply and demand" to keep prices high. The Arsenal V Liverpool fixture I mentioned above will have 60,000 people there regardless of the scandalous prices, and there will be thousands more who would buy a ticket if they could get one but they can't. I would actually struggle to get an away end ticket for that match if I wanted one, but I don't.

If RL prices reach a "tipping point" people will simply vote with their feet and crowds will drop, forcing the prices to drop back. I'm not sure what that tipping point is, but I'm not fearing it reaching Premier League levels anytime soon.

The play-offs should be the pinnacle of the season, where the best teams meet and compete in a series of winners-take-all matches and fans enjoy the drama, excitement and tension that goes along with it ..... but as we know, they aren't

So, those fans who can't afford to go every match will simply skip this one and pay to see the one that does "matter" i.e:- the one that satisfies the above criteria. A match in which the outcome doesn't offer a final, conclusive, tangible conclusion for the loser, such as receiving no league points,being knocked out of a cup comp or finishing runners-up in a final is not a match at all, but a curtain raiser.