TheGuv

£25 and £35 rises to £44 is a lot… 76% and 25% increases. I don’t think ST prices rose that much?

It charges the card on successful ballot though doesn’t it?

Any lawyers in the house?

Maybe not as black and white as that, but you can certainly see the sea change…

It won’t happen as I’m sure we’ll be fine under Howe It’s just something to be aware of how the minds of PIF and others work.

Don’t shoot the messenger. Only passing on something I was told. I think some people are still slightly naive to what the Club’s overall objectives are moving forward.

Big name = £££ and more exposure More memberships = £££ Increase ticket prices = £££

There’s plenty of ways to skin a cat to raise money and the Club haven’t done it.

Slightly off topic but a generic FYI on this thread. Unfortunately my ITK pal no longer works within the higher echelons of the club. But you can bookmark this quote for future. If we go on a bad run this season, don’t be surprised for Howe to be sacked and Mourinho to come in…

Biggest difference with us and Arsenal has to be the socio-economics of the region. Can’t imagine young lads from the poorer parts of town ever getting in now. Or if they did it’s a once in a blue moon treat.

I wonder what the reaction would be if ST holders were put into a ballot for their seats and were told you had to pay £2000 for a Platinum Club seat? If 85,000 memberships is true. The club has made around £3m for it. About £2m more than last season. In the terms of FFP it is frankly peanuts…

Imagine for a second you want to go on holiday and you wanted to book a flight with British Airways. They then say yep, great, but we’ll put you in a ballot for seats. You want to take your young child with you and you wanted an aisle seat for easy access. You’re successful, you got your ticket. But wait it’s Business Class or First Class. You’d kick off with BA wouldn’t you? Just because it’s your football club doesn’t make it any less deplorable. I might be able to afford it, for now. I couldn’t do that every game. I can guarantee poorer sections of the support are now totally priced out. It’s sickening.

Despite some tongue in cheek remarks the last few days. I’m honestly worried with the total lack of understanding the Club has had towards ticketing this season. It’s clear as day the route they want to go down. When people lapped up a CL ticket package at £165 a head - it should have raised alarm bells. Man Utd fans kicked off massively with that. Because we finished 4th? Crack on! But for how long? If people don’t stand up to this nonsense now, it’ll only get worse and worse and worse. I can’t remember which member on here was moved from the Gallowgate Club - but that too was an alarm bell. The club is bringing in a more corporate structure and is slowly pricing out the average working fan. Just imagine if Wor Flags were to do a German demonstration complaining about the price of tickets? How would that affect ‘the brand’ the club has tried to create.

If the software isn’t good enough they should have left it as it was last season. Idiotic

Cheers man. There’s a few ST holders up there who’ll no doubt keep it going. However, there was also a very large membership congregation in that section too. The club are fucking tbh. Our atmosphere is one of our biggest assets and they’ll get rid of it if they’re not too careful. How long before some fans realise they can’t afford to pay £1000-£2000 for a Gallowgate or Leazes ST in the future? How many Wor Flags lads and lasses may be priced out? These are serious questions.

Ah right

You don’t, do you? Nice ?

Yep. Mr and Mrs Holly Avenue in Jesmond might not like the back row of the Gallowgate for example.

Gutted I’ll basically never get on the back row of the NE corner again. Quite a few of us were members and would purposefully select those seats.

Oh dear

Darlow is pap

Our green kit is awful

I’m annoyed you stooped to that

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