Hull City say 'highest season ticket in Championship' claim is inaccurate

“Killer proper journalism ?? isn't it all made up rubbish ?”

“Also, some prices quoted for other clubs are from areas where the seats are up in the gods, that is why they are cheap.

Which Championship clubs have such huge stadiums that they can have 'seats up in the gods' Mr Hudson? I think you'll find that the KC West Stand upper tier is just as expensive as anywhere else in the ground.”

“A recent study in Hull & East Yorkshire came to the conclusion, that if the HDM actually did some proper journalism in support of our local teams, be it Rugby or Football instead of regurgitating other discredited sources, they might actually become less of a laughing stock, the people of Hull & the East Riding support our local teams, its time the local media did the same...Radio Humberside is no better...

The BBC produced this poorly researched article and people believe it as fact, because it came from the BBC, wake up people the BBC's image is in tatters, they have lost credibility, producing stories like this with no real substance only proves that further.

Football is too expensive, we all know that, but so is the TV licence, that pays to make alleged *****philes multi millionaires...”

“mols04 Seems to be unaware that many of our supporters travel many miles to see home games - for example there are probably well over a hundred traveling as I do from the Manchester area - and we are hit by the increase in travel costs as well as the hikes in ticket prices”

“I don't understand all the hysteria about "expensive pies, and beer in plastic glasses". If you want a beer and something to eat, go to a pub before the game or take a sandwich or a pie from a bakery, VoiceNreason has it right and nobody is forcing anyone to buy in the stadium. I suspect that the move to change the concession age from 60 to 65 with the greying population is partly responsible for the drop in attendance this season. The Hull area is depressed and is likely to be more so with jobs still being lost. Maybe a cut price ticket could be offered for the unemployed? Many 60 year olds are pensioners these days and struggle to afford a full price ticket, I suppose it depends on your priorities.”

“Hudson is talking rubbish,since hearing about the season pass prices on TV,I've done a "like for like" comparison and Hull City's prices are far and away the highest in the Championship !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Value for money....I don't think so.”

“Prices across the whole of football are too high, yes, but my pass only went up £45 to £395 after many years of little or no increase.

City's support comes from the whole of the Hull & East Riding area which by northern standards is fairly well off - certainly compared to the Burnleys Boltons Blackburn Huddersfields et al of the Championship.

The BBC report is totally flawed - in any event we are still much cheaper than the likes of Ipswich & Leeds for example whose most expensive matchday ticket is £42 - City's I believe is £30.

City's attendances have dipped in line with those across the whole of the country and in our case are mainly due to to other factors such as post PL and the style of football on offer in the Nigel Pearson era (albeit with extenuating circumstances)”

“I think a few different aspects have raised their head on this thread, and this is only my view.
With regards to the BBC report on prices I think it's more of interest rather than of any substance. We may be the most expensive, we may be the cheapest, but at the end of the day we are Hull City supporters and regardless of how cheap other clubs are, we wouldn't go to watch them. The prices are stated the choice is to pay them or not. Yes it's a tough economic climate but that can't be dictated into entry fee. Otherwise we would always be arguing about the fluctuating prices. I would imagine that the Allams have a business plan which will show how many season tickets they need to sell and how many match day tickets to run the club on a successful financial grounding. If individual match day prices are higher and the club does well then gates increase, happy days, more profit to the club. If season ticket prices are highly supplemented this guarantees income but lower profit. Very much a balancing act. But if now they decide gates are needed to increase and lower or offer specials. Does trying to put an extra 3,000 on the attendance achieve more than upsetting 10,000 season ticket holders who value for money cash up front gets negated? With regards to the food and drink I cannot understand why the prices are so high. It's a captive audience so play to what you have. No one gets to the ground earlier as it's too expensive to buy anything be it alcohol, hot or soft drink. Why not offer concessions on prices to season ticket holders?”

“Ticket prices for football in general are too expensive , add to the fact that Hull is a low wage high unemployment city and you can see why crowds are down

Player wages are of course the main problem , time for a salary cap”

“The prices are too high. And comparing them to other clubs misses the point, they're too high everywhere. You can look for other reasons why attendances have dropped (the treatment of Barmby may be a factor), but don't ignore the main reason just because you don't like it.”