Bournemouth charge £60 for a friendly

[LeftfootlegendGooner]

Why all the fuss

I go down to Bournemouth a few times a year, they charge £60 for 4 hours PARKING

Hey lefty, I bet you get your money's worth, eh?!

Yes, Yes I do

[GranadaJoe]

Clearly the likes of Madrid want a big appearance fee, but it still seems like a ridiculous amount of money.

I went to see Barca play at Derby, which cost me a tenner!

[corkbarry]

Cork City played West Ham last night in Cork, 15 Euro. Hammers won 6 2. it was enjoyable

[SouthCoastArsenal]

Bournemouth's temporary 4th stand will be open, so the capacity will be 12,000.

It will be a sell out without a shadow of a doubt. Not many of Bournemouth's 6000 season ticket holders won't go, not to mention some of the 35,000 that went to Wembley or 25,000 to Cardiff. Then there's the 80,000 Spaniards living here before every Utd, Chelsea or other prem fan that wants to see Ronaldo, Ozil, Kaka or Zidane gets involved. The contract stipulates they must bring all players that weren't in the Confederations Cup.

Having followed Bournemouth since 1992, I have no qualms about paying this. Real are costing £1 million + expenses, so the club will lose out. Where they will gain is by massive publicity, attracting new fans & sponsors and TV rights. The worldwide exposure is priceless.

I pay £70 odd for an A game at Arsenal & they are against the same teams year in year out. It's a once in a lifetime opportunity for Bournemouth.

Anyway, I just done the best part of a grand watching them play away at FC Zurich in a friendly, so this seems cheap!

[BournemouthRED]

It's not exactly 'cheap' to go see bournemouth for a league game!

Mind you, what football game is these days?

[SouthCoastArsenal]

I would disagree.

Match day prices of £21 for adults is very favourable considering the likes of Ipswich charging £37.

Junior Cherries season tickets are £50 or free if Under 8.

You're right in that no football over here is cheap mind!

[Top Londoner]

Tsunami or global warming. Sandbanks gone, Bourney coffin dodgers gone, 'Arry's dreamboat pension plan gone.
Charge what yer fuckin' like.

[northbank123]

I would disagree.

Match day prices of £21 for adults is very favourable considering the likes of Ipswich charging £37.

Junior Cherries season tickets are £50 or free if Under 8.

You're right in that no football over here is cheap mind!

Jesus for a club that has finished in the bottom half of the Championship for the past 4-5 seasons Ipswich's prices are a complete disgrace. Even though they're completely turd and outside London, their cheapest season ticket is over £500 including admin fees, even though I imagine it also comprises less games. Even their Cat C tickets you're looking at min £25-30 if buying game-by-game in advance (before admin fees), and I'll let you decide whether it's worth splashing out the extra for the glamour Cat A games (presumably the likes of Bolton).

Not saying that charging £62 for the cheapest tickets to a game isn't morally repugnant but I'm certainly not convinced that these sorts of prices are any better when you consider the differences.

[SouthCoastArsenal]

There will certainly be more Bournemouth fans boycotting Ipswich than Real Madrid due to finances.

Still, I'd imagine we'll be a Cat C for most Championship clubs, so we should get some cheap days out

[North-Bank-1987]

£60 quid to go see Bournemouth v Madrid!

If I was a Bournemouth fan I'd tell 'em to feck off!

[Herd]

Boscombe (as the locals used to call them) were my Holiday Team as both grandparents lived there ,and used to see them every now and then.
I'm old enough that I saw Ted McDougal score his 50th goal of the season at home V York when him and Phil Bowyer ruled that division although not all of those goals were in the league .
I wish them well and hope it sells out !

[the playing mantis]

re ipswich, seems pricey, but they are a biggish club (well should really be in the PL, instead of some of the grim little northern sides) in terms of support. not sure what there gates are but think they hold up well traditionally, they have a decent catchment area, althoguht there is london PL overlap, there are many many tractor boys in nrth essex and suffolk, and i know a fair few just in my own mid essex cricket club.

what i find extortianate is the league 1/2 clubs prices. colchester uniteds prices are ridiculous for example. i think well supported championship clubs can justify £30+ ticket prices

[northbank123]

re ipswich, seems pricey, but they are a biggish club (well should really be in the PL, instead of some of the grim little northern sides) in terms of support. not sure what there gates are but think they hold up well traditionally, they have a decent catchment area, althoguht there is london PL overlap, there are many many tractor boys in nrth essex and suffolk, and i know a fair few just in my own mid essex cricket club.

what i find extortianate is the league 1/2 clubs prices. colchester uniteds prices are ridiculous for example. i think well supported championship clubs can justify £30+ ticket prices

Had a quick look at last year's average attendances in the Championship and Ipswich were 11th and within 100 of the divisional average. http://www.worldfootball.net/zuschauer/ ... 12-2013/1/

It depends what you're talking about in terms of justifiable - prices being commercially justifiable and morally justifiable are two different things - ours fall into the former but it's quite difficult to make a case for them falling into the latter.

It's debatable whether or not their prices are commercially justifiable bearing in mind that they averaged 17,500 with a 30,000 capacity. I personally think it's absurd that a club that has finished towards the bottom of the Championship for the last 4 or 5 seasons, playing a not particularly enterprising brand of football, charges those sorts of prices - especially based outside of London.

[SouthCoastArsenal]

People were camping at the ground overnight & I was in a queue 500 long at the BIC.

Sell out guaranteed - even if 50% have never watched AFCB

[Pierre32]

Still interested in this topic.....I stick to my estimate of 8888.

Watch this space !!