Ticket Prices Are Ruining Football! | The Rail w/ Spencer FC

This week on The Rail, we look at the cost of ticket prices in English football and ask the question whether high prices are ruining our game?
Spencer travels to Bradford to find out how they are leading the fight against high prices plus he talks to the Football Supporters Federation to see what you as fans can do.
Thanks to:
Football Supporters Federation - fsf.org.uk
#ShareTvWealth petition - fsf.org.uk/petitions/share-tv-...
Bradford City Football Club
www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk
Subscribe to Copa90: bit.ly/Copa90Subscribe
Check out our new website: bit.ly/Copa90
Fan Film Fund
Football fans we want to hear about the most interesting characters, unlikely derbies, unique perspectives and personal experiences, tell us your stories and turn them into cinematic gold. Pitch with a tweet.
Tweet us your football story to @Hyundai_UK and @Copa90 using #FanFilmFund.
intent/tweet?text...
Music Licensed By Audio Network:
ANW2304_02_Sun-Begins-To-Rise
ANW2289_07_Slow-Down_2
ANW1399_05_Soul-Light
ANW2328_01_Counterblow
About Copa90:
At Copa90 we believe that football is more than a game. It has the power to unite people from all walks of life in a way that nothing else does.
We're on a mission to reclaim football for the fans by creating the home of global football culture: for football fans, by football fans. We tell the stories, hero the characters and host the conversations that really matter.
We are Copa90, the voice of fans around the world, and we're taking our ball back. Get on board.
The Game Never Stops
The best football videos on KZbin. Subscribe now!
KZbin Channel - bit.ly/Copa90YT
Twitter - bit.ly/Copa90TW
Instagram - bit.ly/1Lx2Eny
Facebook - bit.ly/Copa90FB
Google+ - bit.ly/Copa90G
Snapchat - copa90official
Leave us a comment below!

[@LegendNinja41]

''We could charge more than £104. Let´s say we charged £300.We'd get £2m more in income, but what´s £2m for us? In a transfer discussion you argue about that sum for 5 minutes. But the difference between £104 and £300 is huge for the fan. We do not think the fans are like cows, who you milk. Football has to be for everybody. That´s the biggest difference between us and England''. Ex-Bayern Club President, Uli Hoeness on the clubs season ticket prices.

[@SpencerFC]

Enjoyed visiting Sunderland and Bradford for this episode. Let's get these ticket prices down!!!

[@lightbombs]

Spencer FC yeaah!

[@UsmanKhan-ok6ho]

+Spencer fc so lucky i live in bradford

[@LukeyASMR]

Wish i knew you were up here mate. Maybe next time eh

[@tfcourtois1xx742]

I hate Sunderland haway the toon

[@LucasBeast]

Queen of the South Only charge £18 for a kids season ticket working out at only £1 a game

[@kylebailie4786]

Yes it's a joke, £25+ for a match! Need to look at places such a Germany where clubs don't rob there fans, they have full grounds and a great atmosphere

[@therealjeagles]

Kyle Bailie Yeah, £96 for a season ticket at Dortmund I think.

[@fpl_bailey]

Kyle Bailie Majority of this comes back to supply & demand as well as the premier league is more popular world wide over the bundesliga. Rising the price will bring in the same amount of people so why not rise it and make more money (That is why the prem is so successful). Rising the price of tickets does not hurt the teams because they still are profiting even more.

[@therealjeagles]

koolyo2foots The Bundesliga is rapidly catching up. In terms of fan satisfaction, it has probably overtaken the Premier League (even though Bayern dominate)

[@fpl_bailey]

therealjeagles The Bundesliga is growing but it is no where close to the premier league. For example: When people say premier league most people can name over 10 clubs while some will struggle to name even 5 bundesliga clubs. Also, premier league have way more popular world class players over bundesliga.

[@fpl_bailey]

luis fraga of course I won't ask english people, that would be stupid because it is a league within their country. The point is most people around the world can identity more with teams in England than other leagues which is why it is more popular

[@LiamK2292]

Being a football fan, there comes a point when you should know better and when you're being ripped off. There will be fans who'll pay it though because that's what they do. Football needs to be given back to the people and communities but we all know that is not on the horizon whilst the TV & sponsorship juggernaut is in full flow.

[@devoncash8045]

I agree. What Chansiri has done putting up tickets is disgraceful

[@LiamK2292]

It's only a good move if it pays off as in promotion. Devon Cash

[@frg_cs]

Liam Kelly A true football fan pays whatever he has to pay to see his team.

[@LiamK2292]

The people in question will more than likely have jobs and a family to support. It all comes down to them not being priced out. *****

[@LiamK2292]

We need to learn from the German model and implement it here in some way. Saying that, people here will buy tickets at a high price so clubs see it as no need to make them cheaper. Jose Gonzalez

[@copa90football]

Are ticket prices ruining the game for you? Let us know your experiences. #TheRail

[@Lois_11]

I used to travel to every Liverpool away game and in the end I had to stop going was in £300 debt so I had to stop watching my team

[@Mobbzzy]

Aren't all Liverpool fans in debt? Trampssssss

[@aidanmccabe4131]

I support Celtic fc and I only went to 2 games last season it was way to much money. Football in Scotland isn't good so £20 is plenty for 1 adult and 1 child together

[@MrSphico1]

Definitely. The tv companies are too greedy and the clubs try to maximise profits instead of treating supporters well. We are supporters, not customers

[@Sc0ttyb0y22]

I'm a Norwich City supporter and for the opening home fixture against Crystal Palace, the home prices were set to at least £40 but all the tickets were sold within a few hours, so I'm worried that my club that I have supported for as long as I can remember won't put prices down because they are selling all the tickets anyway. I would like to see my team play, especially because we are back in the premier league but it's really difficult when the prices are set so high.

[@lenlagher]

Ticket prices is one of the reasons the soul is dissapearing from english football. The real fans cant afford to go to the games and even if they do afford it they're not allowed to stand up and bring flags etc. The FA should look to countries like Germany where they have one of the absolute best leagues in Europe but also affordable ticket prices and an active supporter community. I honestly feel bad for u brits, u have a real passion for the game but the FA is screwing you over big time.

[@veganfishcake]

With my club, FC United of Manchester, being a fan-owned club means the supporters have a large say in the organisation of the club and how the club operates. Part of the reason for existing is that we want football to be less about money and more about fans and the love of the game. For this reason the club have to have fairly low ticket prices. It probably has meant that we haven't been able to afford all the best players in the world and get promoted much quicker than we would have liked to have done, but it's consistently lead to high attendances for the league we play in.

[@devoncash8045]

I do miss when us (worksop town) played. I miss those times

[@EdGalvinPFC]

I am a pompey fan and co owner of the club we have a big say in prices

[@clarke7764]

EdGalvinPFC if you're a fucking co owner, why are you on KZbin and why are you wasting work time by making a shitty photo of you behind 4 ballon dors? You're clearly here for attention, get the fuck out of here.

[@bluWolf101PSN]

Spencer is the best FIFA/football KZbinr out there right now

[@mariusmouritzen4508]

Zweback is on another level when it comes to fifa on youtube

[@deltant2182]

*intros

[@Crankingggg]

Marius Mouritzen great banter

[@QuantumPhyZ]

***** Spencer, and Calfreezy for me are the best ones. But Calfreezy, have W3S and KSI, in the Sidemen, and he get influented by them, which is sad

[@reddevilmufc2972]

Quantum PhyZ I hate ksi tbh. His over reactions are so retarded

[@tommyd3036]

I would love to see an episode of this on safe standing to see if it is actually likely to ever be introduced

[@lawrencetallis4328]

Tommyd303 Great idea. Would love to see it in British grounds

[@GlesgaSellik]

Celtic are introducing it next season

[@frazpax9281]

Celtic have introduced it this season, hopefully that kickstarts it.

[@lolxgaminghd8533]

+Fraz pax Celtic gave it to the green brigade But not for Champions league and Europa League games

[@rushs11]

Football man Thats because standing room only areas are banned for international competitions in UEFA. The german stadia that have safe standing have to either put in rail seating or bolt it into the terraces themselves.

[@cammy1885]

Support your local team, who cares if it's lower league? Isn't it more fun to follow the journey up? I've watched my team go from playing in Europe 8 years ago to third tier. We've had 2 relegations in 3 years and almost died not once but twice! It was painful seeing it happen but it feels bloody good knowing I've still got my club!

[@nevango0690]

Portsmouth?

[@cammy1885]

Nevango06 nope. Dunfermline Athletic

[@nevango0690]

Ahh

[@jmcafmPS3]

FC Porto's cheapest season ticket is 90 euros and it envolves all the league home fixtures, national cup games and Champions League group stages with a 12% discount on knockout stages tickets and you have your place reserved on those games until 1 week prior to the match

[@bigac18]

I guess that's one thing MLS is doing better. Each ticket for NY Red Bulls are like 20-30 dollars

[@Quaza14]

Because nobody watches the shitty mls.

[@morganwilliams5323]

Same with the bpl

[@LouSassles]

MonkeyGaming It sucks too when your team is good. My team is SKC and their tickets almost always sold out and they always sell out the stadium. But the ticket range in MLS is crazy. The closer you want to get to the boundary line, the more expensive it becomes but I guess that's just a natural thing to do

[@joshuaparkinson3859]

It's the people like you Americans the Arabs and the Russians that are ruining the game!

[@RunRobbenRun]

MonkeyGaming For a shit MLS match they charge $30 for a single ticket? LMAO ~RRR

[@jake-mn2ns]

as an american, mls is not the most popular sports league in the country, but soccer is on the rise here, i hope and pray that tickets stay as cheap as they are while the sport grows, but by the way american sports typically work, i can tell they are gonna drastically increase, hell even the united states national team tickets are getting pretty expensive smh

[@rohanbarade1008]

DaBossDominguez I know eight

[@rohanbarade1008]

Right*

[@jake-mn2ns]

***** no i meant soccer, not football, and respect us or not we don't give a fuck no one respects the us in general lmao

[@lucaspeippo6679]

DaBossDominguez stfu you peace of shit! It is Called FOOTBALL!!!! NOT soccer!

[@jake-mn2ns]

Lucas fyren it's both idiot

[@princetubby7814]

This is why the Bundesliga is beautiful like they say, " football as it's meant to be. " Ich liebe Bundesliga❤️

[@vDomMusic]

Let me make the title of the video more specific. Football is a working class sport destroyed by the upper class.

[@samhill487]

vDom Let me fix that. Football is a working class sport destroyed by Sky and Thatcher.

[@vDomMusic]

Sam Hill *The upper class

[@joshr920]

Football in UK is much better with Sky than without, stop complaining.

[@vDomMusic]

Josh R Football in the UK was at it's best in the 60's. We had England win the World cup in 66, Celtic winning the European cup in 67, Manchester United winning the European Cup in 68 just to name some examples of how good British football was back then. Keep in mind that this was when teams still used mostly home grown talent and success wasn't bought like it is now. Money RUINED football.

[@joshr920]

vDom So a few years of success in the 60s is proof of what exactly? England for much of the 70s and early 80s were pretty poor, England didn't qualify for the 1978 World Cup, football also wasn't on live TV back then.

[@JJPSENGERS]

Arab/Russian billionairs ruined the beautiful game...

[@baderabdulnasser2670]

Y man

[@DomWAFC]

Because football is now all about money when it really shouldn't be. For many club owners it's the money that comes first.

[@baderabdulnasser2670]

drapion452 i know this but its not necessarily russians and arabs

[@DomWAFC]

The majority is and they are the ones with billions they can throw out and buy the big players.

[@QuantumPhyZ]

drapion452 One day, there will be one player better than Messi and CR7 together, and in that day, they wont be able to do nothing about him.

[@NathSG94]

This is why I go FC United non league football is brilliant, and its fun and affordable, I used to go old trafford but paying 65 quid for a home ticket was costing to much, FC Utd is 10 pound!!

[@Dingosean]

I'm American. Bradford has, for the last 4 years, slowly been becoming my favourite club in england... The whole ticket prices thing, as well as the inclusiveness of the club towards the immigrant community there just increases that. Good on you, Bradford...

[@jeffries-boys2633]

Sean Crosby good we want more supporters from different countries

[@phantomwhite7972]

Unfortunately, at the top end it simply does not matter how badly they treat the fans. Stamford Bridge for one is full of tourists every game, the traditional fan base have simply been priced out. If clubs are filling their grounds, they aren't going to care who is filling it.

[@luisrosales9349]

Phantomwhite blame fans for not going to games and letting their stadium get overrun by tourist.

[@NoGamertag11]

LAD Fan Are you dumbass fuck if you can’t afford the ticket prices how can attend the games.

[@flyingcabbage3551]

Even as a Leeds fan I have respect for Bradford and Huddersfield for lowering their ticket prices to a correct level. I have friends who'll pay £80 next season to watch Huddersfield when I have to pay £250 for a Leeds season ticket and they beat us 4-1. How can that be right? We have a 35/40,000 seater stadium and if prices were right we could get 28/30,000 every game but right now it's stuck at 20,000 ( which isn't bad) but it's not enough for a stadium and club like ours. This needs to become a wide spread thing. Home tickets should be no more than £6/8 a game.

[@leoberry1354]

Respect from a huds fan

[@adamhayes2935]

Respect from an Irish Brighton fan

[@matthewdenman3924]

LUFC Holmesy it also doesn't help with the prices of your away end when I've been with Huddersfield this season and last they charge us £40 and it's not right for the supporters and I don't like Leeds but it's sad that your bad owner charges that amount of money and you should have to pay £300 plus to watch Leeds week In week out.

[@thomasstanden550]

LUFC Holmesy in

[@fourghtyeight48]

20 is plenty.. 30 is dirty

[@Jmninenine]

40 is fucking mad

[@EasyAsAbcYT]

50 is bonkers

[@AntonnKarlssonn]

Blaine o hare 60 is out of this world

[@BibaBananas]

60 is bollocks

[@tomhhh97]

40 is naughty

[@readysaltedpirate5171]

Millwall's ticket prices are £412 which is the most expensive in League One - and we're shit.

[@MilesQPR]

Great what Bradford are doing but there's other clubs doing the same for example my season ticket this year at QPR was £87 working out at £3.50 a game. Also a paying adult gets a under 10 for free!

[@DaFifaBoiHD]

£87 the cheapest possible is Bronze U18 at £106!

[@charliebrett7510]

👍

[@fredpye37]

Im a Manchester City fan and i think it is getting a bit ridiculous! After moving away from the Manchester area in 2002, i was forced to have to travel to a match via public transport (train) costing me roughly £20 return from where i live. Now, once you have added that with food and a matchday programme you have already reached £45! Then you add in the match ticket which for me as an under 16, is still at £25+ for a mediocre contest for example maybe Stoke or Villa at home (with all due respect to those teams, i still wouldn't be wanting to spend nearly £80 on something that you love.

[@benevansplays8106]

Swansea are a premier league team and they're lowering ticket prices for fans to wncourage young people to go to the games, they arent even a big club which makes kt wven better

[@benevansplays8106]

Thanks for mentionibg it in the video

[@Leon-ii3db]

Stoke have free away travel which is almost there I suppose

[@benevansplays8106]

Also, my grandma and grandad have been swansea season ticket holders for over 25 years and the club constantly lowers the price for the renewal of their passes as a loyalty bonus

[@charliejones9720]

Respect, from a Cardiff fan.

[@benevansplays8106]

Charlie Jones hopefully some time soon vincent tann can come to some sense and work for the fans instead of himself

[@altalgorithm]

Spencer, I think you should do a podcast about football with everyone else at copa90

[@stavrosanthisa831]

ReignsFTW b.

[@MezJW]

Went down to Bradford in the FA Cup a few years back with Sunderland. Never came across a better group of supporters than Bradford. Class day all round even if we lost to the better side 2-0. Friendly, and yet fiercely loyal. Hope they find their way back up to the Premier League.

[@Murtydaking]

Bradford City got around 20k season ticket holders in league 1. Let that settle in guys....

[@BS23]

"Without fans who pay at the turnstile, football is nothing. Sometimes we are inclined to forget that. The only chance of bringing them into stadiums is if they are entertained by what happens on the football field." - Jock Stein 🍀

[@leonardovelez9158]

Most Barcelona fans are kids who have watched football for the first time yesterday. ~DIDIER DROGBA

[@DerpGoku]

If makimg fake quotes was an art madriots are the picaso of it

[@kennethrozario3897]

Leonardo Vélez like 95% of 5 year old Ronaldo fans

[@scottl.6932]

My wife and I follow Liverpool FC and we live in America, watch the team as much as we can on television, and were hoping to see a match at Anfield if we could schedule a trip abroad. That was until I looked into getting tickets to a single match. From what I could find, unless you had season tickets or were a member of the club, the only option was to buy hospitality tickets which were well north of $500 each. I would love to see a match live, but if hospitality is my only option, I'll stay home and hope to support my team on the television.

[@buzzybeepopman2009]

Im a Man Utd fan and tickets for the big clubs are a joke

[@N0rwegianGreenDayFan]

My local team doesn't even have tickets. They're a shitty 5th division team in scandinavia comparable with a sunday league team. You should get money to watch them play

[@N5ADAM]

Arsenal just announced they're knocking £4 off every away ticket this season, it's a start, but still no good enough. I follow Arsenal away and in Europe, and the £20's plenty plan is a great idea, given the TV money clubs can make the exact same revenue of tickets were £20, they can't defend it anymore. I also feel supporting a so called 'big' team we get charged more than say a Norwich fan. Norwich charge £50 FFS.

[@endaminogue1192]

In Ireland a ticket is €5 for a premiership match

[@endaminogue1192]

***** I like the drog but I am more of a rovers fan

[@LEDiceGlacier]

Enda Minogue Same here in Slovenia, IF you're an adult man and not crippled. If you're a woman, crippled, a student or an elderly it's 3€. And kids 14 or less it's 1€. And the brand new jerseys are 24€(20 for season tickets, which are 60€´)

[@fpl_bailey]

Enda Minogue Can not compare English top clubs to ireland premiership teams. English prem teams are way more popular so of course tickets will be way more expensive whilst the ireland premiership audience is very limited

[@thomasmcclelland6751]

WE LOVE YOU BOHS!

[@stealthiscool]

Thats because the level of football is lower than the WSL

[@Rafayak]

One of the best football shows on youtube or any media, for that matter. Keep up the good work Spencer and Copa90.

[@vague7285]

Absolutely fantastic to see Bradford on here, I've got a season ticket and there is a fantastic atmosphere at Valley Parade every week!

[@andrew-yq3rz]

I'm a Celtic fan btw It's quite funny to think that only 10 years ago Celtic were one of the best teams in Britain with players like Larsson,Balde,Boruc and loads more! We even got to the Europa league final.Now we're getting put out in the group stage,Sky Sports have completely ruined football. They turned it from the beautiful game into a money pit and there completely destroying our culture and happiness!

[@maxjogwich6241]

Respect for Bradford!

[@IEnigmazZx]

Max Jogwich I think it's more expensive now 😂

[@Calumthornton2023]

Harry Latham it isn't I'm a Bradford fan

[@IEnigmazZx]

Calum Thornton oh okay mate my bad

[@mudkipz4eva29]

Calum Thornton I'm a port vale fan and I went to Bradford away, and they have arguably the best attendance I've seen in a long time

[@emirates111]

they only lowered them to make more money.. he did say that.

[@Hokuspokus1999]

Good job for sharing this problem! Just signed the petition.

[@wwefannova]

I'm really happy you mentioned Bradford when it came to the ticket prices. I hope we inspire other teams to decrease the money in there teams #therail

[@matthills22]

I'd like to say well done Bradford City. Being a Portsmouth/Colchester fan I've been to a lot of league1/league2 club grounds. Sometimes the support is small and probably fit all their fans into 1 stand. If everybody followed suit football would be a much cheaper for everyone to follow and games would be a far better atmosphere! At the end of the day this is our national sport!!

[@mattbentley2224]

Makes me proud to be a Bradfordian!!

[@hazzaplayzfifa6508]

Same here

[@matthewgarratt2815]

Matt Bentley Are you serious I support the bantams but I hate Parkinson and he did it

[@suzannekelly2973]

Matt Bentley yes laddd

[@jeffries-boys2633]

We all r 💛❤️💛❤️city till i die

[@bfdcluberlang5681]

City till I die 🤙🏻

[@grantbaker380]

In America, the big sports have insane prices. Unless a team is garbage, tickets are usually upwards of a hundred dollars. If it's a playoff or other big game, its not uncommon for it to be in the thousands

[@keithperkins9871]

Grant Baker and national team tickets are hundreds as well

[@espben360]

Grant Baker that's why attendence keeps getting lower each year. everyone staying home to watch

[@brownthedog1]

Gutted this wasn't actually about Sunderland but agree with everything discussed 100% great video spenny

[@yankfan54]

Tickets in the USA are much worse than this. MLS is fairly cheap because it just isn't popular. But the NFL the tickets are insane. I Went to a new York jets game (crappy team) and it was $150 per ticket. Fucking nuts

[@AntonyAng34]

It's because American Football is big there. Big 3 or 4 sports if you add Hockey. Enjoy the low MLS ticket prices. You'll never know if a rich Arab or Russian would take over any of the MLS team or when it becomes big and able to compete against the Mexican league.

[@mikeythesoulace]

Antony Ang Well we already have City Football Group, owned by Arabs, and Red Bull who own the two MLS teams in the NYC area… New York Red Bulls and NYCFC….

[@AntonyAng34]

Michael Marfil what I meant was a financial takeover.

[@abelmayorga]

To go see the Los Angeles Lakers for 4 people was close to $400 USD before we got in the door. No more family nights. You could only go to Laker games with other friends who pay for their own ticket and we all sit together. I hate it.

[@EnderZMationZ]

Irish matches are only like 15 euros! For my club dundalk it is anyway and it was a champions league match against Warsaw, we lost xD

[@michaelcoxfitness6089]

@copa90 I have been watching your videos and love the fact that supporters own the club. I am trying to start the same football culture in California, which seems difficult but we have a huge!! Football culture, please keep posting videos on how the supporters can own the club. Thank you for your videos, I was told that passion can not pay for football but after seeing these videos I see that passion drives football! thank you.

[@jmuni8063]

#TheRail is such an informative and persuasive show. Great work again presenting Spencer FC! Ticket prices are absurd and if clubs want their fans to actually go to games and be there in full support, they must lower the prices. With so much money already in football it can't hurt to lower the prices of tickets. #FootballIsNothingWithoutFans

[@oisincoleman9500]

Spencer arsenal kids tickets for 1 child at 5 and 11 are £35 each its terrible

[@16lauti16]

As a toronto FC supporters here in canada, I can say you guys have it easy.. 30 dollars gets you the worst seats in the stadium, have to pay atleast 60 for decent seats just to watch MLS.

[@GurpreetSingh-vf7so]

That's average in the top 5 leagues in europe.

[@manzilla48]

£70-90 for a ticket to watch the Arsenal

[@holychild2581]

Same with SKC. Btw see ya this weekend

[@shivvohra3398]

To watch the western Sydney Wanderers over in Australia it's about 15$ which is cheap about 7 pound

[@jacobwhittingham3573]

My dad goes to pretty much every Liverpool match and takes me with him whenever he can. I go to around 17 away games a season and about 10 home games but I am worried this number will drop as a result of ticket prices. I went too the semi final of the FA cup with my dad and his friends this season when Liverpool played Aston Villa. At Wembley we supported the ' Twentys Plenty' campaign and turned away from the game when the clock hit 20 minutes and we turned back when a minute had passed. The people around us were interested in what we were doing so my dad explained to them, they agreed to do the same in the next game to support this campaign. Hopefully us 7 Liverpool fans just turning away from the game at Wembley could help the campaign spread to many more fans to make the clubs aware of the ridiculous ticket prices. Hopefully the prices of tickets will be lowered soon to allow young, passionate football fans like myself to go and support there team more often.

[@powerspyin1games]

As a Arsenal fan, it pisses me of that tickets to see the club I love are so expensive. It's painful that more fans go to the Emirates Cup than a regular Premier League game. But due to the ticket prices, who could blame them.

[@TheMantisShrimp]

That's why the Bundesliga is the best league

[@jak9676]

TheMantisShrimp your fuckin right mate bvb ticket 10-15 €

[@fkkhan6307]

Wow Spencer came to my home town where I live where I was born bradford and good to see copa 90 and Spencer do stories on a club close to my heart I don't support bradford I am a arsenal fan but my second team or more like another team I like a lot is bradford and was amazing to see that bit of the rail anyways Spencer copa 90 keep it up u guys are doing a fantastic job in the series the rail

[@lukehill7538]

Why do you support Arsenal instead of the city you were born in? That makes no sense to me whatsoever. I'm from Coventry so I support Coventry. When I was born were in the premiership and ever since we've just got worse and now we're in league 1 and don't even own our own stadium. But there still my team and I'll support them for the rest of my life. You are from Bradford which is the north of England and you're telling me you support a team from North London? That's the problem with football, the fans have become glory hunters and chase these so called "big named teams" and more and more people want to watch them because they see them on TV than their local football team so the demand is high and the prices will stay high because people want to buy the tickets.

[@Gfresh844]

Luke Hill I think it's great you support a club where you're from, but you obviously have a strong feeling for them, where as some people don't with their local team. I don't think anyone should force themselves to support a team because of the location, it should be about what team you're passionate for. Also, some people don't have a local team. For example, I'm from Milton Keynes and when I was growing up there was no team. MK Dons were Wimbledon obviously originally, so looking at things now, I will never see them now as my local team anyway. Everyone has their reasons for supporting a side, so I don't see a problem with people following a club that isn't near you, as long as you stick by them and if possible can contribute in some way towards supporting them.

[@tyronebriers9818]

It's amazing that a Celtic fan watches Bradford as his local team. That's what supporting a team is really about, not glory hunting like Londoners supporting United or one of the more recent rise to success teams i.e Chelsea and Man city

[@donart1462]

I support Man City and Blackburn.

[@tristankirkland8177]

idk I how I saw this but Happy new year! and be safe for covid but and the odds of me being a Bradford fan are huge

[@reissstewart5617]

Watford season ticket £85 for an under 16 ticket is not bad

[@bobbyness107]

Get Peter Cech for the Wembley Cup, he has a drumming KZbin channel.

[@amBorsigPlatzGeboren]

Another reason to love Dortmund. Our prices are very cheap, especially in comparison to English clubs. I've never been to a game in England, I'd love to go of course but I'm not sure I could afford it. Meanwhile here in Dortmund I go to basically every game, and even though I'm a student at university I can still afford it

[@soccerhero1538]

Great vid. About time the prices to games come down!!

[@Destro7]

Got my season ticket for Hartlepool for £120.

[@coysgub5599]

I hold a season ticket at spurs an its over £1300

[@alfiehd1169]

I'm QPR and ours are pretty expensive but not loads I'm 12 and mine costs £256

[@mattyh6360]

My Newcastle one is 550

[@DoctorHands69420]

I play for Fisher FC and our season tickets are only £80 and free for U16.

[@TVJohnMurphy]

Where have I heard fisher fc before

[@MrSuldvart]

6:13 what a Spenny doing with his head hahaha

[@wamsud2887]

Omg 😂

[@onlinetyrant7337]

ahahahaha

[@itsswift3777]

I'm a Celtic fan and it's pretty cheap for good quality football, I'm 16 and my season ticket is only £105!!!! I bought tickets for our champions league match and it was only £10! I know Scottish football may not be appealing to many people but it's good prices for good quality!

[@LordZontar]

It's not just football. This is happening in just about all the major league sports. The ordinary fan is being priced right out of the market; not just ticket but concession prices as well. It's highway robbery what you get charged for food and drink inside the stadium.

[@callumefc1475]

Sky & the premier league have killed English football AMF £20 is plenty

[@RD-jc8uy]

callum EFC it ain't the premiere league which give each club ticket prices

[@fatmanfc]

No but ever since the premier league came into play, prices have gone up and up whereas in the bundesliga tickets are really cheap and they still have standing instead of just fully seated stadiums

[@AshleyClarkey8]

It's not like they'd lose money if they did it. Put it this way. Say the stadium holds 20,000 people. On average they sell 10,000 tickets at £30 each and they sell say 5000 match programmes at £3 and 2000 drinks at £2 They could then sell 20,000 tickets at £20, 10,000 match programmes at 3 and they'd increase their food and drink sales as well. Plus what's to say those new people going who have gone to see what it's like don't choose to buy a shirt at £30-40 or even random merchandise. While they lose a little on the individual ticket price they make more back through everything else. Plus 20,000 at £20 selling out completely is better than selling 10,000 at £30 and losing the chance to sell out after all what good is empty seats?

[@stenstensson304]

AIK fan here, last couple seasons the ticket prices have been slowly rising, and only last season the prices for the North Stand, where the ultra groups stand, were roughly £45, but the fans weren’t having any of it, and the club listened and lowered all prices, and made the North Stand tickets have a £10 cap.

[@OldBoyGamer1]

Great series this! Keep it up

[@euanjohnston6264]

Next time you should do an episode about the foreign player situation and how grass roots in england needs to be improved. Just an idea.

[@AFMakers]

Cheaper tickets, more people buying the cheaper tickets meaning the profit will be more due to the turn out of fans increasing. Simple.

[@themaldi1]

AFMakers That's not 100% sure.

[@samhill487]

AFMakers Economics isn't that simple.

[@reissstewart5617]

That's the message throughout the video

[@KeaveDreams]

AFMakers that might apply in the smaller clubs but Arsenal/Man U/City/Spurs sell out nearly every week so it literally makes no difference for them. Lower ticket prices at this club would make it more accessible for the fans who are less able to afford it. This would be less of a profit for these clubs though. Thats the real issue.

[@AFMakers]

Keave Tollington Big clubs have enough money for that not to impact them.

[@messijaffa2693]

Our tickets up north at Inverness are pretty decent for Away fans, £20 for Adults, £15 for 16-25 y/o and £10 for U16. But, the Scottish Championship are doing a thing at clubs where U12s go free in any stand home or away, mainly while the winter break is on in the premiership.

[@JohnnyPendleton]

Last year I was in London. I wanted to go to a Premier League match, but I realized if I want to see my team-WHU FC- in the stadium I have the pay 100 pounds. And that's was just the tickets for two adult. That's why I went to Barnet FC's match in the 5th division. Which was quite worse than a PL game but I paid 20 pounds and I supported with the home fans behind the goal. I was very disappointed,cause I never ever thought I can't watch my favourite team live. I hope the ticket prices will be down, because everybody deserve to go and watch his/her favourite team!

[@ac_xcvii1869]

Skysports and gloryhunters are ruining football.

[@jamietotten239]

As an Arsenal fan from Northern Ireland, i will most likely never get to see Arsenal play. Paying their ridiculous prices and return flights to London is just too expensive for me

[@keithperkins9871]

The Dank Dinosaur im an American man united fan...(I'm fucked)

[@sonnywhitehead7894]

The Dank Dinosaur why the fuck do u support arsenal, support a local team not just a good one

[@ryanmcneilly1279]

The Dank Dinosaur I'm Northern Irish and a Man Utd fan but I have never seen them play because my family aren't rich but they aren't poor

[@RD-jc8uy]

The Dank Dinosaur smh all of the glory hunters. It's easy to support a good team, both of you aren't getting what football is truly about. Support a local club or an Irish club that runs through your family. If your local team is bad it's all the better when the glory comes

[@jamietotten239]

I do "support" my local team. I buy the shirt and i occasionally go to games. I just prefer Arsenal. There are supporters clubs all over the world for these big teams. I like Linfield, but i love Arsenal.

[@croatianfifagamer2294]

Such a great episode copa 90 you are the best

[@kevs4670]

Same here in America, our Football is ridiculous in terms of prices. Going to a game will break your bank.

[@wozza1136]

this is why I support a non league team

[@unrealmadrid9236]

wow what a hipster

[@wozza1136]

UnrealMadrid92 lol

[@stefanaellen669]

Robert Worrell I do as well, it's only a few minutes near me. I've met good friends just because of Non-League football and visited some cracking stadiums

[@wozza1136]

stefan aellen I'm a supporter of the imps and got the season ticket this year what about u

[@stefanaellen669]

Robert Worrell first of all congrats on your dramatic win yesterday, I'm a Stockport fan btw and I do go from time to time depending on money

[@eddielawson8590]

PP is a white ⚽⚪⚪

[@BenClift-pz2en]

monksy white army'!!!!!!!

[@briannzz]

I love watching wow dwelt men supporting their clubs since they were young. Respect!

[@MIBROX3194]

For our Australian Rules Football, in the second division (VFL), you can get tickets for under $12 AUD (£5.50)

[@thelordraj5412]

only in England

[@cosmikdebris6055]

In 2009, the power of social media stopped the X Factor winner from becoming Xmas no.1 and made Rage Against The Machine, the highly unlikely victors. I would love it if the same method could be achieved with football. Thousands of people boycotting the games cos they're sick of paying too much. What a joy that would be to see all those empty seats!

[@CitrusMenace]

at my local club (league 2), adult season tickets are £280. and thats to stand on a terrace too, seating is £300+

[@Dave-rm1mb]

Not a big fan of football myself and this is one of the reasons why. I grew up in the 80's and watched the game evolve into what it is today - one big corporation. When I was a kid, football was for the working class. It was a treat for the weekend...an escapism from working a 40 + hour week in a job they hated and for crap money. It's simply out of the price range for the working class today. £180 for a basic ticket to watch Liverpool v Arsenal is just crazy to me and I'm fairly well off. At the end of the day, it's the free market for you. If people are willing to pay those kinds of prices then the clubs will continue charging them. There's not allot you can do about it.

[@Seven7eh]

When Madrid, Man City and Roma came down to Australia to play for their friendlies here the LOWEST ticket price was $100-$120, I understand that these are very big clubs coming to a country with a very poor league but still that price is just ridiculous,mind you that's also the worst possible seat you can get with seats closest to the field going for $350-$450, just ridiculous.

[@jimmygav19]

I can't wait for the new season at Bradford now. Having a huge crowd will mean we can attract better players and hopefully challenge for promotion!

[@midonavarro]

At Benfica I get a pretty decently located season ticket for 175 euros (including all season matches + champions league group stage)

[@samjoshi1812]

So annoying how I can't even go to a single match in the last season of White Hart Lane because of the prices. Football needs to be for everyone.

[@DB30SportsTV]

Man Utd fan. Just 18, still in education and still paying £30 odd quid a game. Crazy! Little wonder I tend to go to more Non League games. Still getting my football fix and at a cheaper price so not exactly losing am I but in general football ticket prices need to come down.

[@cowman0796]

Copa90 good video, it's not just Bradford Fulham are doing a similar thing in the Championship, take a look a their ticket/season ticket prices

[@craigmullen9046]

As an Exile Mancunian, what lives in Scarborough and a Manchester City fan of 38 years. My last City game was the first game of last season v Norwich. We was reigning champions and the atmosphere was pitful And at a Cost of 47 pound I may add. That's was it for me, my last ever City game. It was done with a heavy heart, as City is my club in my blood. But. Sick of paying ludicrous ticket prices. Silly kickoff, days and times to accommodate Sky and BT sport's. Sat with corporates and daytripping fans, overinflated transfer fees and players wages. European competition being to totally devalued, Modern Game you can keep it.

[@RyanSpringer1984]

The Tampa Bay Rowdies do the same for the kids. They also have a deal (if they get in the MLS) as long as season ticket holders renew before start of new year they keep locking in previous prices, even if we are promoted.

[@Damke45]

Here in Bosnia,the average price for a Champion's League qualify match ticket was 5 euros.

[@notbethanywilson]

I'm looking forward to getting my season ticket for Sunderland Ladies in the WSL. It's only £40 for adults and £15 for concessions. I also go and watch my local men's team for only £4 a game and it's such a good atmosphere, and it's good knowing the players are normal local working class people!

[@jackbennett8311]

Great video and i totally agree ticket proves should be lowered i am a nottingham forest support and their 16pound per home game it should be dropped to 8-10 pound as were only in the championship

[@TheNStacey]

Great to see C90 tackle such an important topic in football. High wages, lack of atmosphere and the fans being seen as customers rather than supporters are all in danger of ruining the game.

[@DavidLantz88]

This is beautiful. Makes me want to cry. Nothing like this will ever happen for the MLS.

[@JamesTaylor-wt2yk]

Couldn't agree more with the title. I'm a massive yeovil town fan and my season ticket cost me £200 to watch league two football. I'm only 16 and £200 is a lot of money to me. I think that is appalling. Plus the chairman was wondering why the attendance was poor last season. What does he expect from this season then! It's killing football. Rant over

[@iReSpAwN1]

I would love to see an episode on dodgy owners and how they have ruined clubs. I say this because my team Birmingham City has been affected but we are on the rise and it shows football can be more than money

[@kickzcentral381]

As a Lincoln City fan being under 18 gets me a season ticket for £80, however adults over £150+ despite this money obviously going towards making the club better I feel this is too much to pay for a conference side achieving between 14th and 17th place in the past seasons, if you don't have a season ticket it's £18 per match, adding refreshments on to this your looking at around £23 per game, in my eyes this isn't fair, please like so this gets seen, thanks😊