Do you think your club is ripping you off?

Question

with expensive kits, season tickets, cup tickets, bovril bar at half time, match programmes, and other merchandise?

and after all the money we all spend on our clubs i find it a little strange that they all claim poverty

Answer 1

celtic cud have ma last breath if they needed it

cant be champions without us lot

Answer 2

Actually those are characteristics of an English club. They all invest, invest and invest but see no result.

AC Milan isn't like that. They have passion, heart and they don't invest as much as the English clubs but see themselves to be the most successful club in the world with 18 international trophies.

Answer 3

No.I only say that though because in the end it is the fans choice to buy everything going,no-one is forcing us to.

Answer 4

Absolutely.

Celtic as a company are a nightmare to deal with and extremely unhelpful.  

I pay for 3 season tickets, every year for the past 12 years, plus all cup tickets, plus merchandise.  I put a small fortune into that club but I promise you its a one way street.

Answer 5

i do think the prices of things are a tad excessive..for a decent day at the game it runs to nearly £100.. alot of money ..especially if you lose..lol..they have a cheek to moan about empty seats..like the rangers v aberdeen one..the dons were getting slated for no going..if these so called 'radio pundits' had to live on an average wage and pay to get into the games they would realise that we are getting the p**s ripped from us.

Answer 6

Football is now equal to money. There's nothing we could do. But we could not really blame clubs for trying to maximize their profits, as football is no longer about  competing with each other on the pitch but they have to also compete off the pitch in terms of financial.

Perhaps nowadays, off pitch success can be more crucial than on pitch success as off pitch success such as being able to increase profits and to keep a healthy financial status can be a precursor for a successful on pitch performance. No matter how good a team is, if their financial situation is in jeopardy, that team will certainly go into oblivion.

As for the claim of poverty despite making us fans pay a lot for their goods and services like what you have mentioned, again we couldn't blame them. Maintenance costs is very high nowadays and also, clubs need to purchase new and better players to keep afloat in the competition on the pitch. Just look at the price of those players, and you would know how expensive they are and even if those goods and services might be expensive to us fans, it is only a very small sum gained (even if thousands or even millions of fans are buying it) that they gain out of it compared to the sum that they have to fork out in order to purchase good players to improve the team.

Cheers.

Answer 7

too right they do man, but we are all too glad to pay the prices. Life wouldnt be right without our clubs man