£48 for an u16 is fantastic to be fair. I've always had an issue with us having one fixed junior price.
Sunderlands prices for this season.
I'm not offering any comment on right or wrong here. The commercial world does not operate with morals at the forefront of its mind (or anywhere to be seen). I'm simply trying to make sense of the pricing, from a commercial sense. The club's goal is to exploit fans effectively and maximise its revenue, it has never been anything else.
Thats comparing this season (Sunderland) with next season (Us) though so hardly comparable. Your talking about £60 difference I believe if you base it on this seasons prices which is hardly surprising considering we are an established Championship club and they are a newly promoted team. Not a chance they will be similar this season for Sunderland fans in my opinion.
Last season it was £450 (Boro) v £335 (Deckchairs). So we are a fair bit more expensive. But we sold 18,000 and they sold 30,000. They do have a bigger stadium to fill, however.
Can we change the badge if the motto has changed?
Going by that chart AB, it states that its £390 behind the goals this season at the SOL, we are £450 so £60 difference (unless ive got something wrong
). That chart is for this season 2022/23, obviously ours are for the 2023/24 season.
It would be interesting to compare our matchday revenue figures with theirs. How many season ticket holders do we have? 20,000?
There's another article above though from SAFC that says their early bird was £335 for this season. I've no doubt it will go up but even if it goes up to £400 its £80 less than ours for next season.Going by that chart AB, it states that its £390 behind the goals this season at the SOL, we are £450 so £60 difference (unless ive got something wrong
Someone could argue it's £33.70 to see the best players in the World play at the Riverside or £22 if you sit in the North Stand - Is that expensive?
A lot of these charts aren't 100% accurate. I read an article in the Athletic that seemed to be implying 'cheapest pricing' but it was actually showing most expensive cheapest price per club. Its a massive head-fck!Ah right sorry missed that! We'll go off that chart though eh for my argument!
I would only go to the theatre if I was allowed to pay more than people who had been before.
But commercially it makes zero sense too, people won’t pay that much when they don’t even know what league we will be in. Make it a good price now and people will probably sign up regardless. Form can come and go instantly in football, we might not even make the playoffs yet.
hasn't changed, it has always been this way. This debate happens every single spring without fail, its as sure as the awakening of the cuckoos.
Well that's your opinion at present but the only way to prove it is if our matchday takings decrease next season.
Putting things into (even worse) perspective, my daughter had an U18 ST at Stockport County last season - Conference - and paid £50 which we thought was cracking value.
Cheapest pricing at County last year was £360, or £385 for a newbie (early bird newbie). So the £450 I paid at Boro really doesn't seem bad in comparison.
