The Price You Pay

I’ll not mention the £104 return ticket on Eurostar & the two nights accommodation in central Paris but still good value. 

Going back to the original point, the financial aspect is a purely personal one in terms of what the outlay means to the individual in terms of value and affordability, and what pleasure such an outlay means to you. 

Take my football club Rotherham United (I wish someone would - lol) a match ticket on a casual basis is £27 (personally I would want paying much more than that)

At my age (concession) would cost about £20, which in the Championship was not bad but less so now. 

Now if it was the Titans I would gladly pay because they put their bodies on the line week in week out & get nothing like the money the footballers get.

Thank you for the good wishes. We have built a very strong squad this year on top of the (many) lads that have stayed put. How good? Will comment further after the Rosslyn Park opener.

What are your lads’ prospects this year & are Leeds still the team to beat.

Re pricing. See below extract from TitansRugby.com :

Rugby needs all the help it can get and membership of Clubs is the best way to give that help once you have stopped playing or coaching.

In terms of our chances this coming season, we only have one 1st team warm up game v Kendal this coming Saturday, so I have not seen any rugby so far. Blackburn cancelled on us and I believe we cancelled on Sedgeley Park. From what I hear Otley have been busy and boast quite a few new signings as do Leeds Tykes. Fylde will come back stronger I think, so who knows.

Now if Wharfedale had followed what you guys have done re "a standing season ticket including membership at £130", that would have been brilliant and I would have jumped at it. Instead they have used smoke and mirrors to deflect attention away from the pay at the gate increase, launched numerous other "grades" of paying, so much so that they have taken in most of the RM population who have never been to the Avenue. Last season a season ticket with membership was around £175. Last season pay at the gate was £10 per game with 13 home league games. Easy maths and not taking into account my 28 mile round trip per game for the last 20+ years.

I suppose I have a choice to make. Shut up and pay up (not happening), limit my attendance or look at other clubs far closer to home, perhaps not at the same standard/level and go and give them my full support.

Totally agree!

The sun shines in Skipton? 

Will certainly come and have a look early season. 

Aha Mr GP, a new career beckons then......Must have missed the bucket due to my late arrival, surprised at the amount. Gargrave Green has always been careful with his money.

It was never about just the cost of entry, it was really aimed at how poorly all of the early communications were handled and worded, you know, smoke and mirrors stuff. Since my original post on here the club has posted numerous clarifications and all is now abundantly clear. Yes, the price at the gate has increased £2 up to £12. But it was the dreadful way it was handled back then.