Don't buy off Stubhub under any circumstance. Completely unofficial these days and a likely scam for Tottenham tickets.Average price of a Stubhub ticket will be nice next season.
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Don't buy off Stubhub under any circumstance. Completely unofficial these days and a likely scam for Tottenham tickets.Average price of a Stubhub ticket will be nice next season.
I've bought four times and they've always been fine. Just expensive. Ticket exchange obviously better, when possible.Don't buy off Stubhub under any circumstance. Completely unofficial these days and a likely scam for Tottenham tickets.
Agree - reward those who go to all the home games and don’t sell / pass on tickets. I had a good point total from suffering through those games at Wembley that a lot of people didn’t bother with.I agree with you and would do the same in your situation. I'm becoming a bit more selective as a ST although with 2 young kids not always my choice!
It's not what's being discussed here but home attendence obviously needs to be factored into ticketing points. The way anyone can feasibly not do any home league games but still stay at the top of the loyalty points table through doing the home cup games and any aways is ridiculous. If I had the base of points I'd do it myself though, would far rather do Woolwich away for £30 than Wolves at home for £65. Insane.
The only thing I would disagree with you on is whether the foreign fan thing has any significant impact on the availability of tickets. I've seen this mentioned a lot on Spurs (and other supporters' Twitter) and it's primarily aimed at Asian fans at the game.I was the same.
1980s. 3 paper rounds would pay for my train and ticket.
Standing on the Paxton with a bunch of other teenagers who were junior spurs members.
Before that I used to go various grounds with my mates as all of us supported different teams and we had no problems getting tickets for any club in London.
2024 - Nowadays a long term spurs fan can’t get league tickets as the amount of people travelling halfway around the world to watch us play has increased at an incredible rate.
Alongside our fabled waiting list.
And 34million Facebook fans.
We couldn’t fill a 33k stadium when I started going by myself.
Getting tickets for the woolwich semi in 91 was hard but still doable.
Be impossible today for me as a non ST holder to get a “normal” ticket for a semi final.
And I joke about our fanbase these days as on a sunny day the view I generally have when I stand on the park lane is of a lot of balding and greying heads. I include myself in that description too.
You’re spot on. That’s our fanbase. It’s a fact.
A lot of people on this forum are 50+ and have loved spurs for life. The fact they still go to games regularly I find quite refreshing. They did their time. It’s payback!
But the past is the past. Life and football moves on.
Worth noting junior spurs season tickets are still 50% of full price. I’d say that’s as fair as it is going to get under the current owners.
Teenagers watch league 1and2 in large groups now. Premier league football is for the boomers!
I just feel prices are already over the top for what they offer so they had no right to increase further imo. It's not like they don't already earn enough.It was bound to happen sooner or later after a four season freeze. TBH I thought we were going to get hit last year when many clubs did increase their prices.
I'm not saying I agree with it (or the phasing out of the pensioner discount), but prices were not going to stay at the 2020-21 level forever. It will be interesting to see how many don't renew, but I doubt it will be more than 5% or so.
Sort naming rights and they could apply a 30% discount. levy’s appointment of that US guy Todd Klein must surely have something in his back pocket?I just feel prices are already over the top for what they offer so they had no right to increase further imo. It's not like they don't already earn enough.
I'm sorry, but that's not going to happen. Any sponsorship money will be seen as extra cash and not used to reduce ticket prices. Ticket prices will only go one way.Sort naming rights and they could apply a 30% discount. levy’s appointment of that US guy Todd Klein must surely have something in his back pocket?
There’s no need. It’s just so short termI'm sorry, but that's not going to happen. Any sponsorship money will be seen as extra cash and not used to reduce ticket prices. Ticket prices will only go one way.
What you haven't taken into account is that it's an 8 year old who's dinner money he is fleecing.Man in the suit is too tall.
My parents are a prime example of financially comfortable pensioners, as they benefitted hugely from the scandalous sale of council houses in the 1980s, and after tough times also ended up with jobs that paid them decent pensions. My Dad has a OAP concessionary season ticket at West Ham, but could comfortably afford to pay more, as he has a pretty good Fire Brigade pension. They were very lucky, to be presented with this opportunity, and who wouldn't take it. On the other hand, due to the messed up UK housing sector, many youngsters are having to live cheaply in the family home whilst earning a wage, so have a decent amount of disposable income available(my 25 and 28 year old kids are living with their mum for a small fee). So I guess there are many angles when it comes to concessionary ticket pricing, and sadly it might have to come down to proof of income in the end.Mate it's far more nuanced than that, isn't it?
Where are the 16-25 years olds living?
The number of families in England and Wales with adult children living with their parents rose 13.6% between the 2011 Census and Census 2021 to nearly 3.8 million. In 2021, around 1 in every 4.5 families (22.4%) had an adult child, up from around 1 in 5 (21.2%) in 2011.
And that doesn't even take into account the London Counties where the average first-time buyer needs to be earning £90k pa to buy their first home.
The entire country is fucked thanks to this rancid Government and it's set to get a hell of a lot worse. EVERYONE is affected. The point is who can afford to go to watch Spurs play, your average 22yr old or your average 66yr old? The answer is the 65yr old. So, if we are to have concession pricing who should receive it, the 22yr old or the 66yr old. Again I appreciate this is far more nuanced than this but the idea behind concessions is there to support those that can't afford it not those that can.
Wasn’t there a rumoured price increase last year? Then abandoned due to the end of season car crash.
Proof of income for football ticket discounts? That's never going to happen.My parents are a prime example of financially comfortable pensioners, as they benefitted hugely from the scandalous sale of council houses in the 1980s, and after tough times also ended up with jobs that paid them decent pensions. My Dad has a OAP concessionary season ticket at West Ham, but could comfortably afford to pay more, as he has a pretty good Fire Brigade pension. They were very lucky, to be presented with this opportunity, and who wouldn't take it. On the other hand, due to the messed up UK housing sector, many youngsters are having to live cheaply in the family home whilst earning a wage, so have a decent amount of disposable income available(my 25 and 28 year old kids are living with their mum for a small fee). So I guess there are many angles when it comes to concessionary ticket pricing, and sadly it might have to come down to proof of income in the end.
Yeah, agree. It's not easy to figure out and I'm not pretending to have even the right approach to it. But I do feel the way forward is to recalibrate worn-out definitions and pigeonhole stereotypes.My parents are a prime example of financially comfortable pensioners, as they benefitted hugely from the scandalous sale of council houses in the 1980s, and after tough times also ended up with jobs that paid them decent pensions. My Dad has a OAP concessionary season ticket at West Ham, but could comfortably afford to pay more, as he has a pretty good Fire Brigade pension. They were very lucky, to be presented with this opportunity, and who wouldn't take it. On the other hand, due to the messed up UK housing sector, many youngsters are having to live cheaply in the family home whilst earning a wage, so have a decent amount of disposable income available(my 25 and 28 year old kids are living with their mum for a small fee). So I guess there are many angles when it comes to concessionary ticket pricing, and sadly it might have to come down to proof of income in the end.
I hope it never happens too, but in the current climate of greed, who knows?Proof of income for football ticket discounts? That's never going to happen.
Pig's ears must be fashionable now, as they made an appearance on some stupid competitive cookery show that my wife watches. Pork belly was cheap enough for us paupers back in the day too.Fuck you Levy
Buying shopping for a family of 6 is more important to me these days (I include my dog and cat in the 6, pigs ears are well pricy now)