Greenbank2 Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 I'm just back from holiday where I took my kids on a tour of the San Siro. Stadium guide told the visiting group that a season ticket for all internationale domestic home games in the middle tier behind the goal of the traditional home end is 180 Euro's which is 153 POUNDS! This is a generally available season ticket - no concession, no 'club fee". He told us that the the Milan equivalent is less expensive! Contrast this with the 295 pounds required for the worst part of the ground in Tynecastle. And this is similar to other clubs in the SPL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemclaren Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 Apples and Bananas. The SPL is nowhere near the worst in Europe. It's quite a good league for a country of 5 million. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jambojim52 Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 It's all part of ripp off Britain. The other thing you have to remember is the size of the San Siro. They can fill it with 180 euro seats and still make a wad! Or they can hike the price and have it half empty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie-Brown Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 ?19 for u12's season tickets is tremendous value for money & a good incentive for parents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Romanov Saviour of HMFC Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 One of our main sources of income is ticket sales though. Teams like Milan have TV and sponsorship deals we could only dream of. I'm not one for defending the SPL like but there are plenty worse leagues in Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenbank2 Posted August 15, 2009 Author Share Posted August 15, 2009 ?19 for u12's season tickets is tremendous value for money & a good incentive for parents. Yes this is a good move. However, I buy 3 junior seasons every year. This was valid this year for one of them (one 19 quid if buying a full-price adult) but was off-set against the massive price increase of last season's seats being re-classified from silver to gold. This season still costs me much more than last. I'm not complaining about that - I have a choice after all. I was simply astonished by the price difference for a season ticket for 2 of the worlds top branded clubs, in an economy similar to our own - and the cost of watching the SPL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Bill Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 I agree that it costs far too much money to watch SPL football. Yet we're lucky at Hearts in that we have fairly decent crowds, a good atmospheric stadium and more often than not: a reasonable football team. I would find it very depressing to be a Motherwell fan, or such-like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eckauskas Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 Until you've seen every league in Europe first hand, you can't say the SPL is the worst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Dover Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 Average crowds of 55-60,000 though, so that will make a difference I can remember getting in to Tynie for something like 25p as a juvenile back in the 70s Now whether football prices in the UK have risen more or less than our European neighbours ?..........well personally I can only guess. Shaun.........where are you ? These clubs are in hock to the tune of several 100s of millions of Euros though and nobody gives a fig - because it would be unthinkable for anybody to actually DARE call in their debt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudi Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 It's all part of ripp off Britain. The other thing you have to remember is the size of the San Siro. They can fill it with 180 euro seats and still make a wad! Or they can hike the price and have it half empty. The other thing to remember though is that most clubs in Italy,Spain and I think Germany (possibly more) don't have to shell out for their grounds,they are owned by the city or their equivalent to the council. As far as I know these grounds are given to them at a fraction of what it should cost to rent because unlike Britain they actually see that football can be a good thing for communities and surrounding businesses. All this may be tosh but I think I'm right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenbank2 Posted August 15, 2009 Author Share Posted August 15, 2009 The other thing to remember though is that most clubs in Italy,Spain and I think Germany (possibly more) don't have to shell out for their grounds,they are owned by the city or their equivalent to the council. As far as I know these grounds are given to them at a fraction of what it should cost to rent because unlike Britain they actually see that football can be a good thing for communities and surrounding businesses. All this may be tosh but I think I'm right. You're right about Italy. All stadia owned by the local authorities. Estadion Santiago Bernabau and Camp Nou owned by the clubs I believe, so not the case in Spain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Dover Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 Until you've seen every league in Europe first hand, you can't say the SPL is the worst. What do we mean by worst though Eck ? We are without doubt the poorest on a scale of technical ability - fact However our passion for the game still ranks amongst the highest in the world and our league games can still be 'high octane' encounters ? I've watched some late night Dutch stuff and while their technique is clear to see, the games can often be sleep inducing ! The Germans are somewhere in between I fancy ...........so what is the answer. On the football front, if we could only improve our technique / mental approach, whilst still keeping our warrior spirit, then what players we could perhaps produce Financially ?........we have simply never got to grips with the fact that the golden age of massive crowds has gone forever and we cant just sit and wait for them to magically return Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudi Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 You're right about Italy. All stadia owned by the local authorities. Estadion Santiago Bernabau and Camp Nou owned by the clubs I believe, so not the case in Spain. Camp nou defo owned by the city. I'm positive they said that on the tour when I went round it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eggo Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 ?20 odd...to watch Brazil football league for a season,that leaves them with a whole ?2500 left from there yearly salary:stuart: Moral to this is..Its about where you live and the cost of living:2thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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