Would we do the same........probably!

[aghast]

Mar 22, 2018 21:32:07 GMT Parrot said:

Mar 22, 2018 21:24:37 GMT axegas said:

You realise capitalism is all about making as much profit as you can? So therefore higher prices means more profit.

Left wing economics supports egalitarianism and the distribution of wealth more fairly i.e. Lower prices

Left wing means you can do f all and expect someone else to pay for it 😉

Perhaps a hasty comment from the treasurer of the FFSC to people like me who pay taxes, contribute to a number of charities, sponsor the FFSC, yet lean a bit towards the left in political matters.  Like many other fans of our great club.

If you don't want me in, just let me know, and I'll donate to another cause which welcomes me.

[countygroundhotel]

Mar 22, 2018 21:24:37 GMT axegas said:

Mar 22, 2018 21:06:14 GMT countygroundhotel said:

If it's a mirror image of tory Britain do what capitalists would do and not renew. Being part of Corbyns Britain you would complain, then do nothing and pay up anyway.

Can't see this political thread lasting long.

You realise capitalism is all about making as much profit as you can? So therefore higher prices means more profit.

Left wing economics supports egalitarianism and the distribution of wealth more fairly i.e. Lower prices

I shouldn't reply as Parrot has summed it up in one line. The OP brought politics into the thread, the mods can feel free to move it if they believe it's political and not football (perhaps they could even warn the OP for political threads?). But the Tories have always since the late great Lady Thatcher been about encouraging people to better themselves. The Labour Party and socialists have always been about holding people back and dragging people down to a common denominator, of course except the socialist / Labour people setting the agenda who are as happy sending their kids to public school, to get the best start in life that they can, as the tories are.

That should lock the thread pretty quickly.

PS surely the sh**e raising season tickets prices should be a good news story for us?

[axegas]

Mar 22, 2018 22:22:48 GMT countygroundhotel said:

Mar 22, 2018 21:24:37 GMT axegas said:

You realise capitalism is all about making as much profit as you can? So therefore higher prices means more profit.

Left wing economics supports egalitarianism and the distribution of wealth more fairly i.e. Lower prices

I shouldn't reply as Parrot has summed it up in one line. The OP brought politics into the thread, the mods can feel free to move it if they believe it's political and not football (perhaps they could even warn the OP for political threads?). But the Tories have always since the late great Lady Thatcher been about encouraging people to better themselves. The Labour Party and socialists have always been about holding people back and dragging people down to a common denominator, of course except the socialist / Labour people setting the agenda who are as happy sending their kids to public school, to get the best start in life that they can, as the tories are.

That should lock the thread pretty quickly.

PS surely the sh**e raising season tickets prices should be a good news story for us?

I think we will agree to disagree on that one but fair play for voicing your opinion.

And yes, the sh**e raising prices is a good thing for us.

[tommym9]

One thing we all have to realise is this will be us one day. Either at the redeveloped mem or at another site.

[Hugo the Elder]

Mar 22, 2018 21:52:08 GMT Gas Go Marching In said:

Mar 22, 2018 21:34:49 GMT tbonegas said:

Attack the poster not the non poster. Move to no one gives a sh** section.

Exactly that mate. One rule for one...

I was actually defending you FFS!!

[Hugo the Elder]

The sh** are not raisng prices, they are changing the areas at which the existing price points are available at.

Don't see a problem with it myself.

I get a free kids ST with my ST but only for certain parts of the ground. I can't get one in the Dribuild so if I wanted one there then my two STs would then go from £310 for both to £800+ for both.

[Hugo the Elder]

Mar 22, 2018 21:51:35 GMT Antonio Fargas said:

Ok, the thread is moved. What a time to be alive. -AF

Thanks AF.

[dragonfly]

BCFC and their Supporters have been sucking off the teat of Lansdown for far too long, so perhaps he has now decided to wean them off to get some sort of return from them or perhaps he has decided to cast aside some of the most loyal.

[LJG]

The idea that disabled people are poor is a gross generalisation.

[Deleted]

Mar 22, 2018 20:55:26 GMT adrian301 said:

Loyal supporters were left feeling shocked and betrayed after Bristol City announced season ticket prices for next year. Like a mirror image of Tory Britain, the most vulnerable fans, including the young and disabled, are the hardest hit, with a sickening price increase of 570% on last season.



In addition, adult tickets have risen 16%, senior citizens 17%, under-22’s 25%, and under-19’s 51%. This seems particularly hateful in light of this season’s huge financial gains from TV revenue, cup ties and a record 16,000 season tickets sold. In a further water take of it’s most loyal fans, BCFC have given fans just 2 weeks to pay up – or they will permanently lose their seats. This is over 5 months before the new season even begins.



Many believe BCFC are attempting to ‘nudge’ parents with children into the ‘Family Area’ – way up in the gods of the Lansdown upper tier, thereby freeing up lucrative seats in the areas that provide the best views. If City win promotion to the Premier League, the club can sell those seats at a premium to corporate groups and football tourists.



The neighbourhoods of Ashton and Southville are two of the worst affected areas in terms of gentrification in the whole of Bristol. No doubt the club see this as an opportunity to entice a new breed of fan; wealthier and more middle-class, politically right-on, less prone to profanity and happy to sit down and shut up in a sanitised and sterile environment.



One fan told us: “I have sat in the same place for 42 years with three generations of my family. For us to sit in the same seats next season, we have to pay an extra £991. The club are effectively saying: move where we tell you or get an economic sanction.Now that they're on the verge of joining the Premier League, it’s as if they don’t need us anymore. We are not wanted. How can they justify such a steep increase above inflation? This is our reward for the support we’ve given over the years? It feels like the club have put a tax on loyalty”.



City’s owner Steve Lansdown (non dom financial services sh*ster) – and his son Jon (who just happens to be Vice-Chairman) justified the prices by saying: “The club want to get more families sitting together and feel that is best in the family area”.



The board have made the cost of renewing so prohibitive for most, their message is clear: we don’t want you to pay more for your current seat – we want you gone from those sections altogether. 

Lol.Just drove past a packed out Robins with a gert big marquee out the front.Must be a promotion party!!