posted Sep 23, 2008

£40-£50 to watch QPR (no disrespect whatsover intended)?
Plain and simply - NO.

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posted Sep 23, 2008

I have been a home and away season ticket holder for several years but not this year as I find myself not as excited about the prospect of football anymore. I hate to say it but the whole experience is starting to stink. Coventry play away at Blackpool this Saturday and it's £27 a ticket. This is for a temporary stand with no roof, port-a-kabin toilets at one end of the stand & a small window selling 'food'(not enough for 1700 fans). also at the front of the stand when it's wet it's like a bog as it's not concrete. I'm seriously thinking of boycotting the game, it will be the first time I've boycotted but I don't see why we should have to pay £27 let alone what QPR are charging. I can watch England at Wembley for £30 and have great facilities. I think there should be a cap on Championship ticket prices of £20 and £15 for midweek games. Supporter numbers are dropping season after season, when will the league act on this? I think Cov (my team) are expensive and that's £24 a ticket and alledgedly our season tickets are the cheapest in the league yet we are now getting less than 15000 fans because the match day experience is rubbish.

Hopefully the FSF can get involved and maybe try involving people like The Sun who managed to convince some prem clubs to drop ticket prices.

Carry on the way they are and football will be dead.

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posted Sep 23, 2008

Absolutely scandalous - I've visited Loftus Road as an away fan on a number of occasions and - not to put to fine a point on it - the ground is a dump. It's an insult to home and away fans to charge 50 quid - that the board of QPR believe that it is reasonable to even attempt to charge this shows everything that is wrong with English football - there's too much money in the game and until there's some rules in place about club ownership the game's going down a dangerous road. I expect the authorities will wait until a big name club goes bust before taking any action - it's gonna happen, just a matter of when

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posted Sep 23, 2008

I went to QPR for £20 2 weeks ago and had a good view of the whole pitch. £50 is well over priced for the quality I saw on display but there are other options at Loftus Road.

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posted Sep 23, 2008

the argumet of having to increase matchday ticket prices to meet budgets previously set is cr&p - it is to compensate for tryingto over-achieve to quickly. Any club who spends big on players without having the funds up front needs to get the money from somewhere and that is what QPR are doing - fleecing the very people who will fund the club in the future! I pay about £20 a match to watch decent football at Ipswich as a season ticket holder and an occasional support could pay between £24-30 for a standard seat, with various offers throughout the season. I think all away supports should boycott QPR and suggest home supporters do the same - otherwise if you keep coming through the gate, they will think they've got you by the short & curlies and keep on increasing prices.

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posted Sep 23, 2008

I also agree with PNEEXILE's comments. The league should change it's rules about how much a club can charge away fans. They should make a rul that they can charge away fans the same price as similar standard seats that the away fans club charges. Therefore, if the likes of PNE or ITFC come to QPR, QPR can only charge £25-30 for tickets, but if QPR fans cometo PNE, they get charged £40-50 - but that would be a bit unfair on QPR fans, but would push the message home to the QPR board

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posted Sep 23, 2008

As a life long QPR supporter along with many other R's supporters, have seen the recent very low and worrying times that have beset our beloved club with relegation, the fear of administration etc; I fear more NOW than ever, that our new owners are going to price us out, and take the heart out of Rangers!

I paid £400 for my 2007-8 season ticket using the "early bird" scheme. This season, the same seat, £599!!!! Now with the intended match day price increases how much will a season ticket cost next year?

I know of at least 3 families that have not renewed their season tickets this year because of their price.

All this and we are still only a Championship side!

Flavio, Bernie and Mr Mittal - Think of the loyal supporters that YOU are going to stop going to Loftus Road with your extortionate prices!

Their arrival at Loftus Road may be sad for a lot of people!

U R's (PS Message to 4theVilla - We'll beat Villa tommorow!)

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posted Sep 23, 2008

I agree, football has lost it's soul.
The new stadiums and high ticket prices have taken football away from it's woking class roots.
I can honestly say that I will never watch live premiership or championship football again. The fans themselves could put a stop to the nonsense within a couple of weeks but they choose to fill the pockets of spoilt millionaires.

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posted Sep 24, 2008

Spot on QPRJohn56.
Will be at Villa tonight....£15,that's more a price that suits these dread credit crunched times...but then it looks like their billionaire,Randy Lerner,is not just there to realise his selfish dreams on the poor fans backs.
BETS @ LADBROKES
QPR to go through...7/2
Villa 0 QPR 1 Scorer Dex 100-1
Villa 2 QPR 3, 50/1
Villa 1 QPR 2, 18-1
(I put a nicker on each,tonight's attendance: 28,723)

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posted Sep 24, 2008

Just thought i'd be post 100!!! Good luck Hoopsy with the scores/results.

I'm going 2-1 QPR!! Buz to score first!

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