Topic: Twenty's plenty and the £30 cap

[CONFIAMOS]

Pedantry, but the 77 minute walk out was Sunderland at home wasn't it? Hull away was but it a kids ticket and not attending.

I may be wrong 

Was listing.

Hull away and the home walk out.

Splitters went to hull. File with the independent party!

[austinj95]

Great that it has been extended, now the club must looker at the wider issue of the touts getting hold of theses and clogging them for £200+ a game

[Barneylfc∗]

Was listing.

Hull away and the home walk out.

Ah, I see. My apologies, carry on, nothing to see here

[oojason]

'Plans finally in motion to ease train pain of match-going supporters'...

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/feb/25/plans-finally-in-motion-to-ease-train-pain-of-match-going-supporters-burnley-newcastle-bt-sport

[redgriffin73]

Norwich being criticised for introducing a £50 membership for access to away tickets, meaning fans end up paying more than the agreed £30 cap for away tickets.

http://www.fsf.org.uk/blog/view/dont-swallow-the-cap-norwich-city-scheme?fbclid=IwAR0egsTHNskZrmIoZxH8vBPZQt9WK8wyBCH4aK6Crn4XgKip19NAASer2dQ

Also sounds like they've scrapped loyalty points but doesn't explain what they're doing instead.

[campioni]

CL away tickets to be capped at €70.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/aug/30/uefa-agrees-deal-clubs-cap-prices-away-fans-europe-champions-league

[CONFIAMOS]

pfft. it's a *small start by introducing but about 30 euro off!!

I don't think over the last few years it would have saved us much money but that's a sign of where things are headed.

[Fazak_Red]

What a poor excuse for a ‘price cap’ that is.

[Shanklygates]

Just hope, as others have said that clubs see it as a limit and not the go-to price! Eastern European clubs' fans won't be able to afford that and if we still have to pay the same (like for like) then I imagine it'll be less.

Just have to see how it goes. Having three Western Europe games will give us some idea. 70 Euros is way too high b4 QFs IMO, and even then. But better than nothing I guess 

[Always_A_Red]

£70 is a joke to be fair - my worry is that because there is a 'cap' now at £70, more clubs will just charge us £70.

The PL 'cap' is £30 - how many charge us £25? £20? None.

We're a very well supported club and other teams will know that we'll pay it and sell out so what do you think the likelihood is to see clubs just charge us the top end every time?

[Shanklygates]

£70 is a joke to be fair - my worry is that because there is a 'cap' now at £70, more clubs will just charge us £70.

The PL 'cap' is £30 - how many charge us £25? £20? None.

We're a very well supported club and other teams will know that we'll pay it and sell out so what do you think the likelihood is to see clubs just charge us the top end every time?

The difference is that all PL clubs were charging us more than £30 when it was brought in (some well more like Arsenal) so we were happy with them agreeing that was seen as a success. Twenty would obv have been better but it still saved us money. Virgin subsidised away fans going to Southampton at £20 at first but now help their own travelling support instead, which I can understand

This is more than what most charge us so we don't know what will happen yet - if some clubs will INCREASE their prices to 70, or play fair (to home fans and us).... Only time will tell.

[Alf]

I think it's a minor step in the right direction, if you look at Barcelona trying to charge us €119 & Porto €80. It does concern me that €70 will become a prison issue price, I'd also like to know UEFA's rationale why the maximum for the Europa League is €25 less.

[keano7]

I think it's a minor step in the right direction, if you look at Barcelona trying to charge us €119 & Porto €80. It does concern me that €70 will become a prison issue price, I'd also like to know UEFA's rationale why the maximum for the Europa League is €25 less.

Difference between quality on show between CL and EL? If Salzburg, Genk and Napoli were all to charge us £70 then I hope we did the same to their away fans which would then make them think twice.

The cap should be the average price of an adult home ticket across the respective ground. So for Anfield, it would be £48 which is exactly what we usually charge away fans in the CL. A cap of somewhere between £40-£50 and UEFA would have been applauded. £70 is still too high with the amount of money in the game. I hope clubs would still be willing to pay xx sum like us and Utd did last season.

[Craig S]

I think it's a minor step in the right direction, if you look at Barcelona trying to charge us €119 & Porto €80. It does concern me that €70 will become a prison issue price, I'd also like to know UEFA's rationale why the maximum for the Europa League is €25 less.

The caps are set to the cost of a cat 4 ticket in the respective finals.

[jizzspunk]

Can't clubs just reciprocate a price for the reverse match days? Opposition fans will always want to come to Anfield..so do a deal where both travelling fans benefit...

[sharkeyb]

If Salzburg, Genk and Napoli were all to charge us £70 then I hope we did the same to their away fans which would then make them think twice.

no club will "think twice" as the respective clubs will earn the money from the games and its the fans out of pocket
pressure from fans/unions and leagues is needed to reduce it further, but  for Genk, how often are they able to cash in on such match days?
there's a lot of money in the game, but its not equal at all levels, but again, that doesn't make the pricing strategy right

[Shanklygates]

The caps are set to the cost of a cat 4 ticket in the respective finals.

I didn't know where they'd got that cap price from so thanks.

So UEFA think it's ok to charge a Final price for a group game We know they're out of touch so I shouldn't be surprised 

[Alf]

The caps are set to the cost of a cat 4 ticket in the respective finals.

Thanks that's my one and only learning for today.