"Clubs are trying to shift away from season tickets." - How PL clubs will make more money in 2024/25 

I don't know where you guys have been but this has been going on for years. I was a season ticket holder at Arsenal until 2013 and gave up because I couldn't bear watching AFC Corporate any longer. Arsenal didn't want me or my family or friends every game, they wanted a tourist with a bag full of stuff from the club shop; I was surrounded by people who really didn't care about the same thing as me - they were Arsenal fans for a day because it co-incided with their holiday schedule. And you felt that you were attending a controlled event, not a football match. Football sold its soul to Sky in the early 90s and will never be the same game; in fact, most Premier games are now just chess matches played by trick ponies. I haven't been back and I don't regret it a bit.

Wolves have announced significant price increases on season tickets. My own has increased by 17% but some Junior and Disabled tickets have more than doubled. Disgraceful treatment of long term loyal season ticket holders who have supported the club through thick and thin.

Wolves cheapest adult prices (except the small corrugated open temporary stand in one corner - this holds 400 people and is about £535) is going up to £735. It has gone up every year at Wolves in the last 6 seasons. CEO Jeff Shi reckons they have benchmarked areas, and he says that Crystal Palace for instance (he claims) are in a more deprived area - yet Wolverhampton, according to Official UK stats - is the 11th poorest authority in the UK, Croydon is 98th poorest. Wolves will only sell around 15000 season tickets this season instead of the usual max 23000. They always sell out but don't be surprised to see empty seats at Molineux next season.

My friend had 4 season tickets for Leeds. Travelled 400 mile round trip to every home game. Bates came along and told them to pay more, as their seats were midway, or they had to move nearer the corner. They too sat near ‘friends’ at each game. He never renewed and hasn’t been to a game since.

Football is nothing without fans. They should remember this.

Some season tickets work out at £40 per game. Contrast this to where they can get double that for one-off purchases from casual fans.

Levy at Spurs 100% wants us "normal" fans gone 🤬

Simple vote with your feet they do not deserve you I did a number of years ago.❤

Fulham declared reduction of season ticket holders to 15,000. Or 50% of ground when the riverside eventually opens. Can't see how the economics work long term. For sure, they'll sell out to tourists and away fans for a season or two (and forever for the 'big' games)but get relegated and that is a lot of tickets to push for a Tuesday night against Preston (or similar, no hurt meant)

When the European Super League eventually come into being (the Spanish Courts have already ruled against UEFA and FIFA for stopping it's implemention 3 years ago) and the broadcasting/sponsorship deals shift away from the PL to the ESL then hopefully these mercenary PL clubs will switch their attention back to the real fans who wish to support their clubs week in, week out in the stands.

Rod liddle nailed it years ago. The Taylor report that led to all seater stadiums while supposedly being about the Hillsborough disaster was more about getting all seater stadiums so they could push the ticket prices up and get rid of the working class supporter. That way they could fill the grounds with the middle classes who had more disposable income but wouldn't go bear a football ground cos they were terrified of the working class fan

Got to call a bit of BS on the CFC ticket prices, I accept that the £91 average being paid includes corporate but what relevance is that to me as a ST holder? Last year it worked out as £47.36 per game.

City are doing this. No new STs for fair few years despite some obviously becoming available.

This has been the plan since the start of the Premier league. They want middle-class supporters , football tourist's etc matches abroad, foreign fans. They want working class fans out completely now. None league clubs are picking up the younger and older support. Its happening at a much faster rate

Time for a wage cap

And this year's award for stating the bleeding obvious goes to ......The Price of Football!

I regretted 2 games on my last trip to London where i did 5 games. And it was not Dulwich Hamlet, League 1 Leyton Orient or Watford in Championship. Those costed a bit but not to much. But the League Cup games at Fulham vs. Tottenham and Chelsea vs. AFC Wimbledon i regret. Must because of what i helped finance with those trips. Not only the clubs but the sellers and the useless crap they add on that gives you nothing on site. The Chelsea ticket did give us a short tour, that part i am willing to pay a bit for but nosebleed seats that should go to "real" fans for 20-30£ when i payed 60-70£ and those was not even that expensive is disgusting. I get that i am part of the problem for those purchases. But those two games made me realise i will never buy those tickets again. They do not want real fans there and i add nothing to the experience or to the games.

Football used to be the working man's game, but it has priced "joe bloggs" out of it. I followed my dad's footsteps and took my kids along to games but now they can't afford to go and ticket availability is now almost non existent due to ST holders and corporate sales. We still love our club (Glasgow Rangers) but are now reduced to watching on tv, not the same, but it's all we've got. I'm fully aware prices in England are even worse. The football authorities and sky have ruined football for ordinary people.

Can they just stamp out glory hunters ?

Modern football stinks yo br fair 70s the crowds were heavy obviously. 80s for some clubs dwindled by about 1981 onwards to about 88 n picked up slowly n carried on after Italia 90 n then went abit 92 to 95 then went up n up n charged what they liked n fans just did nothing replaced with middle class robots n bland corporate n family types n again fans did nothing, they said after Taylor report the seat prices behind goals would be the same as a terrace evil bastards, winning team or no winning team fans should not pay sickening prices, n but of course if they didn't pay n just walked out in protest soon lower it wouldn't they ,n so.fans crist grow a pair n not be sheep