[Archived] Liverpool Away

[chris_h]

It would have been justifiable to put them at normal match prices with possibly a bit of discount to ST holders but it is a bit poor at that price. They know they'll have 7k plus Liverpool fans plus maybe loads more in the corporate seats. As said an ideal time to re engage with stay aways. Maybe Liverpool wouldn't agree to cheaper prices, are they skint too ? I see 20k.

It's not really a 'commercial rate' if people won't pay it. Money is tight in East Lancs and we've seen that if tickets aren't priced competitively then people won't stretch their budget.

£20 a ticket would have maybe attracted 20k Rovers fans with 5 to 7 thousand Mickeys. As it is there will still be the same number of unwashed make their way from Mersyside but considerably less Rovers fans. No doubt that will prompt the usual bile on the likes of TalkShite and the Daily Star readers comments.

[ABBEY]

Are you coming ?

[chris_h]

Are you coming ?

No. I live in Australia.

[Baz]

No. I live in Australia.

Excuses....excuses....

[ABBEY]

No. I live in Australia.

Oh .. My brother is ..flying from Brisbane

[chris_h]

Excuses....excuses....

'I'm working'.....'we've just paid our holiday off'........'we're skint'.......'my Mrs won't let me'.

I've used them all.

Oh .. My brother is ..flying from Brisbane

Especially for that game? I flew in for the Swansea game. Was your brother there for that or does he only fly over for the big games?

[magicalmortensleftpeg]

I've got to be honest and I find the ticket prices disgusting.

This was Rovers chance to give something back to the fans after a disappointing season overall and they put the tickets at £30. Fans who have been week in week out watching some atrocious displays at times and it just shows the club don't give a stuff. If anyone really believes that Liverpool demanded that tickets were £30 for both need to think again, money from this means very little to them.

I believe that if we had put tickets around the 20-25 mark then you could have got a great crowd at Ewood and the place really rocking for the first time in 4-5 years instead with this I can honestly see there being not too much difference between home and away fans. To charge people £30 to sit in Riverside is a joke also and once again on the TV it will look terrible as not many will choose to sit there.

I've spoken to 3 other Rovers fans now and they believe the same and won't be going down for the game instead will watch at home/in the pub.

If it had been a quick turnaround between the games as well then I could kind of understand however people will probably wait till they get paid etc to buy tickets in the mean time we'll play a few league games and if rest of season is anything to go by then we will perform poorly again putting people off going to the game

That is pathetic. What on earth did you expect. £30 is the going rate. Our ticket prices have long been cheaper than most and this is the first 'big' game we've had at Ewood for a while. If the tickets were £40+, then you'd have an argument. However, you say £25 is reasonable yet you're refusing to go at £30?? Get real. Its an FA Cup quarter final against Liverpool.

The first really big game in over 4 years and the club is met by this nonsense.

Forget Venky's, with these kinds of fans the club stands no chance.

Sometimes I think that we don't deserve the success we've had.

Staggering.

Just what planet are you on.

[ABBEY]

'I'm working'.....'we've just paid our holiday off'........'we're skint'.......'my Mrs won't let me'.

I've used them all.

Especially for that game? I flew in for the Swansea game. Was your brother there for that or does he only fly over for the big games?

Home for christmas for a few games , so no not just big games ..your point ?

[chris_h]

Home for christmas for a few games , so no not just big games ..your point ?

The point is you suggested that your brother is flying in from Brisbane for the Liverpool game. Turns out that's not quite the case.

[hollowsr]

I've decided that £30 is more than I am preparing to pay for a variety of reasons. I'd rather do something else with that money. If that doesn't make me a 'good' or Proper fan then that's someone else's opinion. As previously said I feel Rovers could have done more to attract people for the match

Also apart from this opinion you know f all about me so can't really call what kind of fan I am

[Stuart]

I've got to be honest and I find the ticket prices disgusting.

This was Rovers chance to give something back to the fans after a disappointing season overall and they put the tickets at £30. Fans who have been week in week out watching some atrocious displays at times and it just shows the club don't give a stuff. If anyone really believes that Liverpool demanded that tickets were £30 for both need to think again, money from this means very little to them.

I believe that if we had put tickets around the 20-25 mark then you could have got a great crowd at Ewood and the place really rocking for the first time in 4-5 years instead with this I can honestly see there being not too much difference between home and away fans. To charge people £30 to sit in Riverside is a joke also and once again on the TV it will look terrible as not many will choose to sit there.

I've spoken to 3 other Rovers fans now and they believe the same and won't be going down for the game instead will watch at home/in the pub.

If it had been a quick turnaround between the games as well then I could kind of understand however people will probably wait till they get paid etc to buy tickets in the mean time we'll play a few league games and if rest of season is anything to go by then we will perform poorly again putting people off going to the game

Nothing wrong with an honest opinion. Question though, how much are your mates going to spend in the pub? Couldn't they offset that pub money, subsidise a match ticket, and be the 12th man in the ground.

The club do need to make some money and a fiver for kids mean that it's pretty reasonable for a family.

[Husky]

I'm going. I luckily avoided the likes of Blackpool at home so I can splash the £30 cash on this one.

It's likely we'll not be seeing the likes of Liverpool at home for a very long time

[tomphil]

That is pathetic. What on earth did you expect. £30 is the going rate. Our ticket prices have long been cheaper than most and this is the first 'big' game we've had at Ewood for a while. If the tickets were £40+, then you'd have an argument. However, you say £25 is reasonable yet you're refusing to go at £30?? Get real. Its an FA Cup quarter final against Liverpool.

The first really big game in over 4 years and the club is met by this nonsense.

Forget Venky's, with these kinds of fans the club stands no chance.

Sometimes I think that we don't deserve the success we've had.

Staggering.

Just what planet are you on.

A bit harsh. We have had cheap st's of course and that's great however they are very comparable to st's at Wigan and Blackpool. In fact they poss have some cheaper ones. Our matchday admission is usually pretty standard in this division as well. This is Lancashire and what works in different parts of the country doesn't work here. Also this is Blackburn and the value of a quid gets judged here more than a lot of other places, even John Williams said that.

[Andyblue2]

30 is steep and in my experience they will struggle for 23k inc Liverpool. rovers fans won't pay them prices, they never have done. I'll go, but many won't, they've seen the Scouse dollar and want some of it.

[magicalmortensleftpeg]

I've decided that £30 is more than I am preparing to pay for a variety of reasons. I'd rather do something else with that money. If that doesn't make me a 'good' or Proper fan then that's someone else's opinion. As previously said I feel Rovers could have done more to attract people for the match

Also apart from this opinion you know f all about me so can't really call what kind of fan I am

If you can't afford it, you can't afford it. No shame in that. It's just that you say £25 is reasonable yet £30 is disgusting. That doesn't work with me. To expect the tickets to have cost much less is unrealistic and to refuse to go based on that really isn't good enough.

[gumboots]

Deciding 30 is too much for you to pay I'd one thing. Calling the club out over the price is another. 30 is not expensive compared to prices elsewhere. It's not expensive compared to other forms of live entertainment. I paid 35 for theatre in Manchester a couple of weeks ago. I understand that times are hard for some people but it's not as though you are being asked to pay this on a regular basis. It's a one off match against a top team who also have to agree prices and I think it's about what I personally expected. If I could I'd be there. Only a prebooked holiday is preventing me. I'll be hoping to find it on in a bar somewhere in benodet and kicking every ball from there. If you choose not to go, obviously that's your choice. If you can't afford it fair enough. But don't blame Rovers. It's a reasonable price. They have wages and policing to pay for for a fuller than usual ground

[Parsonblue]

Sorry I find your post unbelievable if I'm being honest.

Firstly, Rovers hands are tied to some extent on the price. We have to charge them what they charged us.

Secondly, £30 for a Cup quarter final replay against Liverpool. What's wrong with that? What do people want? Rovers pay you a tenner for going down?

I often think Gordon is right when he says the Jack Walker years produced a legacy of spoon fed spoilt supporters. This is of course also the downside of having had the benefit of unbelievably cheap subsidised tickets for years. People begrudge paying a commercial sort of rate when a prestige fixture crops up occasionally.

We don't often agree on much these days Rev, but you are spot on with that post. The Rovers are still subsidising cheap tickets for League games and fans have become to think its the norm. It isn't. Most Championship clubs charge far more for League matches. £30 for a Cup quarter final is not expensive and, as you say, the clubs hands are tied anyway in terms of F.A. Cup pricing.

[Mattyblue]

Across the country, is £30 the going rate for this type of match? Yes it is. I would wager that 90% of clubs in the top two leagues would charge it.

However, will 23000 Blackburn Rovers fans pay it? No, they won’t. Then it isn’t the ‘going rate’ such a match at Ewood Park.

You have to know your market, Rovers fans have never and I would bet will never pay £30 in large numbers for a home game (especially one live on TV). We didn’t for the Champions League and we haven’t done since- think of Villa semi-final, Milwall QF etc.

I've not read anywhere that the original tie and the replay must be the same price? For example Man Utd V Cambridge wasn't.

This was a chance to get thousands of lapsed fans back to the fold, to feel part of the club again. Anfield was like a throwback to the not so distant past. Though anecdotal, social media was full of fans stating that they’d be returning to Ewood for the replay, it could have led to a real boon for ST sales for the new season (or at least halted the very possible steep drop in sales).

We could even have had ‘early bird’ ST packs on the whole database’s doormat in the week of the match- though I’ve not got much faith in the commercial department on that score!

You make it £20/25, and you pretty much fill the ground, you make it £30 and it will be played in front of thousands of empty seats, that £5/10 will ensure we receive a nationwide hammering again. The joys!

[Andyblue2]

Rovers fans have never and I would bet will never pay £30 in large numbers for a home game (especially one live on TV). We didn’t for the Champions League and we haven’t done since- think of Villa semi-final, Milwall QF etc.

You make it £20/25, and you pretty much fill the ground, you make it £30 and it will be played in front of thousands of empty seats, that £5/10 will ensure we receive a nationwide hammering again. The joys!

Your God Damn Right! Anyone who thinks otherwise isn't a proper blackburn born and bred....rovers fans would rather go to the pub and save the coin. It's always been that way and again the club is out of touch with it's own support.

[only2garners]

I've decided that £30 is more than I am preparing to pay for a variety of reasons. I'd rather do something else with that money. If that doesn't make me a 'good' or Proper fan then that's someone else's opinion. As previously said I feel Rovers could have done more to attract people for the match

Also apart from this opinion you know f all about me so can't really call what kind of fan I am

If that's what you had posted initially I and I suspect most other fans would have had no problem. What you decide to do with your own money and time is a matter for you.

But you said the prices were disgusting. I can't be bothered to check back but I suspect that we were charging more than this for a game with Liverpool when we played them in the PL and it was always one go the best attended games.

As I and others have already pointed out ticket pricing for this game is not something Rovers can decide by themselves anyway. Given the pricing is identical to the game at Liverpool they were almost certainly set before the original tie. Also bear in mind that 5,700 fans snapped up tickets at exactly the same price for Sunday and I don't recall anybody complaining about the pricing then.

[gumboots]

Then go to the pub. Make your choice but stop saying the pricing is expensive. It's not. Not by normal standards that prevail at most clubs across the country.

[K-Hod]

I made the exact point on Rovers' Facebook page about people willing to pay £30 to go to Anfield but not willing to do the same when we're at home to try and help us see the job through in the replay. The same people that think £30 is too expensive will no doubt be able to miraculously find the funds for a trip to Wembley IF we got there...

The club doesn't have the final say on ticket prices either, they need to be negotiated with Liverpool. Don't the FA get a cut also?

I wouldn't miss it.

[gumboots]

Unfortunately I will! If it had been a normal replay schedule I wouldn't. I'm sending my kids instead.

Oh and if by some miracle we make it to wembley, I'll be there too. Hotel no prob. I'll stay with family and travel by car if necessary.

[K-Hod]

Unfortunately I will! If it had been a normal replay schedule I wouldn't. I'm sending my kids instead.

Oh and if by some miracle we make it to wembley, I'll be there too. Hotel no prob. I'll stay with family and travel by car if necessary.

Think it's on BT Sport like the first game, so I imagine there will be a plethora of Spanish Bars glad of your custom that will be showing the match!

[only2garners]

Don't the FA get a cut also?

After the home club's expenses, including the VAT on the ticket price, the FA gets 10% and the two clubs 45% each.