Price of Football

busyliving

Very interesting read about the cost of football, West Ham's cheapest ticket starting at £32:eek:

Although the most expensive match day programme is £4 and that's at Leeds doesn't sound too bad to me, and the most expensive pie is £4 at Arsenal
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/14366574.stm

Mr_Roger_Bongos

Very interesting alright. I would be interested to see the comparison with LOI clubs.

Obviously at the top end you have economies of scale in the premier league, but id doubt you get a cup of tea for 50c in LOI, though i may be proven wrong!

I don't go to LOI matches anymore, how much they charging for tickets and programme's these days?

listermint

Mr_Roger_Bongos wrote: »

Very interesting alright. I would be interested to see the comparison with LOI clubs.

Obviously at the top end you have economies of scale in the premier league, but id doubt you get a cup of tea for 50c in LOI, though i may be proven wrong!

I don't go to LOI matches anymore, how much they charging for tickets and programme's these days?

Well Rovers are charging 15 bills in for the Copenhagen game tonight. You cant argue with that pricing its great. If it was FAI run or GAA they would have doubled the cost due to the 'occasion'

PiE

£4 for a pie is only cheap compared to Irish prices for everything.

busyliving

PiE wrote: »

£4 for a pie is only cheap compared to Irish prices for everything.

From the few games I've been to I've seen a lot of people eating pies, so I'd have assumed they would be cheaper with economy of scale...Just me?

GLaDOS

Mr_Roger_Bongos wrote: »

Very interesting alright. I would be interested to see the comparison with LOI clubs.

Obviously at the top end you have economies of scale in the premier league, but id doubt you get a cup of tea for 50c in LOI, though i may be proven wrong!

I don't go to LOI matches anymore, how much they charging for tickets and programme's these days?

Bohs prices are: Adults €15, Student/OAP €10, Kids €5

Can't remember season tickets off the top of my head.

busyliving

Mr_Roger_Bongos wrote: »

Very interesting alright. I would be interested to see the comparison with LOI clubs.

Obviously at the top end you have economies of scale in the premier league, but id doubt you get a cup of tea for 50c in LOI, though i may be proven wrong!

I don't go to LOI matches anymore, how much they charging for tickets and programme's these days?

Limerick
Adult: €10
Student\OAP: €7
Kids with a Paying Adult: Free

Match programme: €3

Don't know how much a cuppa costs, bottle of Coke is €2:D

dyl10

I've never been to a premiership match but I doubt there would be much/if any economies of scale on the food end of things.
Probably just more independent sellers as opposed to bigger independent sellers?

busyliving

Well I've only had pies at Leeds games and they were cheaper in the ground that they were outside the ground which I find weird now...

But the last time I was in Leeds was 5/6 yrs ago

stovelid

Mr_Roger_Bongos wrote: »

Very interesting alright. I would be interested to see the comparison with LOI clubs.

Rovers charging 15 quid for adults, 10 quid for students/OAPs and kids are 7. Family season tickets work even cheaper again for adult/kid combos. For example, 275 quid for 2 adults and 3 kids.

Even if the EPL 'product' is supposedly higher end, it's hardly in the multiples suggested by the price difference.

Mr_Roger_Bongos

Thanks for the info, seems like reasonable pricing for tickets.

What are the concessions like? Genereally i always find those catering vans very pricey anywhere in ireland (mostly use them at GAA).

bohsman

Mr_Roger_Bongos wrote: »

What are the concessions like? Genereally i always find those catering vans very pricey anywhere in ireland (mostly use them at GAA).

Its €1 for a cup of tea in Dalymount and we have a Burdocks van that seems to charge normal Burdocks prices.

Mushy

Bray have same prices as Bohs, with season tickets being €100.

stovelid

Unfortunately the price of food at most grounds is in keeping with high prices in the country in general although vendors like Silvios up in Tallaght Stadium do decent deals in the ground.

Pinturicchio

Galway United

Adult €12
Concession €10 (Third level student/OAP)
Secondary school student €5
Family tickets €20 (2 Adults & 2 Secondary School Students)
All accompanied under-12s are free of charge.

Adult and concession season tickets cost €99. Secondary school students were €59.

Programmes are €3.

I've no idea how much tea or food is. The club have nothing to do with those prices.

- bo -

ScienceNerd wrote: »

Bohs prices are: Adults €15, Student/OAP €10, Kids €5

Can't remember season tickets off the top of my head.

Also, one paying adult can bring in up to 3 under-12s for free as part of the Kids-Go-Free scheme.

VW 1

dyl10 wrote: »

I've never been to a premiership match but I doubt there would be much/if any economies of scale on the food end of things.
Probably just more independent sellers as opposed to bigger independent sellers?

Well at Old Trafford anyway there are certainly economies of scale, inside the ground in each block there are shops which sell the likes of pies, hotdogs, tea, coffee, chocolate, crisps, beer, soft drinks, all built in and owned by the club. They probably exploit it and could charge cheaper, but there are always huge queues so I guess the demand is there. That said the prices aren't exactly extortionate, with meal deals etc being available.

Lucan Bohs

Bohs programme is €4

Student season ticket is €100 and Adult is 220 I think

Junior gypsy (under 12) season ticket is €50

Sudent membership is 220 and adult is 365

busyliving

Just back from Waterford

Tickets

Adult: €10
Concession: €6(really great value)
Child:€_(Can't remember:()

Match Programme €3

Bottle of Coke & Yorkie was only €2.40... That's what you'd pay in your local Spar, really good value

starviewadams

Last time I was in the Aviva (Ireland v Wales) the prices for food was extortionate think it worked out at €10 something for two portions of chips and two sausages,plus throw another €5 for 2 drinks.

Will definitely be hitting a McDonalds before-hand the next time I bring the nephews to a match!