Norwich Away ticket prices

[Harpers So Solid Crew]

Good points there Red, and a good point re clubs thinking long term U21

[Jackson Corner]

Haven't they heard there is a recesion? Has to be the most expensive in the division. Am out I'm afraid have more importent things to spend £31 on like food!

[Svlad Cjelli]

In my FSF capacity, I’ve just spoken to the person at Norwich responsible for setting these prices.

Firstly, though, there was an error in the original post – the price differential is just £2, not £4. £27 was for a different part of the ground, but for the same stand as us (”equivalent accommodation” in FL-speak) the price for home supporters is £29 for Norwich City members or £31 for non-members.

Of course, we all are able to pay £20 to join the Norwich City membership scheme and then we’d get a discount of £2 for each Norwich City ticket we bought – it’s a little FL loophole that some clubs use to charge visiting supporters more – but in that it’s no different to the way we charge a couple of quid extra for sales on the day of the match, which is something that frequently impacts visiting supporters.

I did ask if Norwich would pass on the members’ reduction to members of Reading’s membership scheme – he would “consider it”, but says Norwich members were not offered a discount when they came here, which does surprise me, as we always used to offer this to visiting clubs. (A few years ago we offered the members’ discount to Manchester United, they took the discount but just didn’t pass it onto their supporters!)

I need to check more with the RFC ticket office now....

BTW, Norwich have about 1,000 non-members per game who pay the extra £2 each, and they feel they have no alternative to these prices as they are "£23M in debt" .....

[Harpers So Solid Crew]

Should pay lower wages then shouldnt they, pcnuts.

[PieEater]

In my FSF capacity, I’ve just spoken to the person at Norwich responsible for setting these prices.

Firstly, though, there was an error in the original post – the price differential is just £2, not £4. £27 was for a different part of the ground, but for the same stand as us (”equivalent accommodation” in FL-speak) the price for home supporters is £29 for Norwich City members or £31 for non-members.

Of course, we all are able to pay £20 to join the Norwich City membership scheme and then we’d get a discount of £2 for each Norwich City ticket we bought – it’s a little FL loophole that some clubs use to charge visiting supporters more – but in that it’s no different to the way we charge a couple of quid extra for sales on the day of the match, which is something that frequently impacts visiting supporters.

I did ask if Norwich would pass on the members’ reduction to members of Reading’s membership scheme – he would “consider it”, but says Norwich members were not offered a discount when they came here, which does surprise me, as we always used to offer this to visiting clubs. (A few years ago we offered the members’ discount to Manchester United, they took the discount but just didn’t pass it onto their supporters!)

I need to check more with the RFC ticket office now....

BTW, Norwich have about 1,000 non-members per game who pay the extra £2 each, and they feel they have no alternative to these prices as they are "£23M in debt" .....

Dirk, thanks for checking. On their site it specifically says £29 for non members on the link I posted.

Did they confirm the prices are correct for the game banding, or are they saying that if this game was banded as an A+ game that the tickets would be even more expensive i.e £33?

[PieEater]

I think the bit I hadn't grasped is that we are at the side of the pitch in the corner rather than behind the goal, these seats are £2 more.

Just so we feel less victimised, their Millwall game this weekend is also classed as band A with tickets £29 for home non-members and £31 for away tickets.

[Svlad Cjelli]

Did they confirm the prices are correct for the game banding, or are they saying that if this game was banded as an A+ game that the tickets would be even more expensive i.e £33?

Yes, I was specifically told that Leeds supporters paid £33 each and there were over a thousand of them.

The message I think I was meant to take away from that was "it's not that expensive and lots of people are happy to pay it" - but the message I really came away with was "Norwich recognise that you can exploit supporters' loyalty to charge outrageous prices."

[Red]

TBF they're hardly unique in that!

And if they're still getting decent attendances, and you were the financial director of the club - what would you do?

It's actually the fans who are prepared to pay these sums on a week in week out basis that are to blame really.

[PieEater]

We should have tit for tat pricing and charge them £31 on their visit to the Mad Stad.

[Red]

TBF Norwich haven't got many competitors within a reasonable distance so basically if you want to watch professional football in Norfolk they've got you over a barrel. And they know it.

[Svlad Cjelli]

We should have tit for tat pricing and charge them £31 on their visit to the Mad Stad.

All that would do would drive prices up for everyone, as well as providing clubs with excuses to charge these type of prices.

We should pass on our members discounts to Norwich members and then get them to give us the same privilege, which is the track I'm working on now.

But how would punishing individual Norwich supporters help things? And did your mother never tell you that two wrongs don't make a right?

[PieEater]

Stop being so logical Dirk, we should set that guy from Burnley onto them.

[bcubed]

It is very annoying but compared to the overall cost of the day it's a relatively small extra charge
So not to go beacuse of an extra £5 say is not that logical, perhaps more of a principle at stake than actual additional cost?

[Red]

It is very annoying but compared to the overall cost of the day it's a relatively small extra charge
So not to go beacuse of an extra £5 say is not that logical, perhaps more of a principle at stake than actual additional cost?

Don't think that argument holds - we all have to draw the line somewhere.

It's not a case of not being able to afford it, just a case that you feel you are being ripped off and as such are not willing to pay it.

[Schards#2]

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[bcubed]

It is very annoying but compared to the overall cost of the day it's a relatively small extra charge
So not to go beacuse of an extra £5 say is not that logical, perhaps more of a principle at stake than actual additional cost?

Don't think that argument holds - we all have to draw the line somewhere.

It's not a case of not being able to afford it, just a case that you feel you are being ripped off and as such are not willing to pay it.

Agree we all have to draw the line somewhere, but aren't you saying that not going in this case is a decision based on a principle not finance

[Red]

That's exactly what I'm saying, yes. It's the straw that's broken the camels back if you like.

[southbank1871]

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Been doing plenty of business with Aviva?

[Schards#2]

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Been doing plenty of business with Aviva?

You know it