Its Unbelievable See How Low Arsenal Season Ticket Prices Have Dropped This Year

The time of the year when the tabloid press roll out their unsubstantiated, fake news regarding that old chestnut, ‘Arsenal’s overpriced Season Tickets’.

This is the basis of the report’s findings and then it does not benchmark against anything or anyone else. Top work there.

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Tottenham (£2, 200), Arsenal (£1, 768 – although they do get a handful of cup games included), Chelsea (£1, 250), West Ham (£1, 155), Fulham (£1, 149) and Crystal Palace (£705).

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By my reckoning, 26 games for £1, 768, equates to £1, 292 for 19. So on par with Chelsea, a grand cheaper than Spurs. Not the most expensive then, no?

It then goes on to list the cheapest season tickets at other Premier League clubs, but no mention of Arsenal, just to keep the negative agenda going.

Now, before anyone launches into me, I’m not defending the price of our season ticket, it’s too expensive, but, if journos are going to, yet again, use this as another stick to beat Arsenal, at least get the facts right, mark all teams from a level playing field and actually look at all the factors.

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A report run by The Liverpool Echo (with stats from Odds Monkey) last week, at least goes someway to taking a pragmatic view at season ticket prices, by looking at some socioeconomic factors effecting fans in premier league cities and towns.

Sets out to relate season ticket prices against average wages in the area and in my opinion, it is probably the most relevant analysis.

This article does not bode well for Liverpool or Arsenal (no games adjustment, but, well, we are used to that), but at least it an article that actually did some research.

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The piece is pretty damning when it comes to the cost of football and, yes, if you did not know it already, football is getting too expensive for most.

Therefore, tabloid hacks, yes, most of us think season ticket prices are expensive, but they are expensive for many clubs and for many reasons. If you are going to throw somebody under the bus for it, at least do it with a bit of research and without a predetermined scapegoat.

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For next season, a General Admission season ticket will include all 19 Premier League and three European group-stage matches, subject to qualification. Previously, the 26-match season ticket covered all home Premier League matches, five European matches and two home Emirates FA Cup fixtures.

Since their formation, Arsenal fans group the Black Scarf Movement have been calling for a “season ticket lite”. After over a decade of campaigning on this, the club seem to have finally agreed with them.

For as long as I can remember, an Arsenal season ticket was always your 19 league games, plus the first 7 FA Cup or European games. 26 in total.

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It was why thise “cost of a season ticket” comparisons the media do yearly could be ignored. They were comparing our 26 games to another teams 19. It was like comparing apples to bananas.

Dropping from 26 to 22 games is a 15% decrease. Although the club have not yet announced how they will spread their category costing over that 22 games, so we may well not see the full 15% deducted from what we need to pay.

This will not only help fans when it comes to paying for their tickets, but will also reduce some of the clubs administrative burden.

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If we played less than 7 cup games, the club had to refund fans at the end of the season; most of the time this was in the form of a reduction to the same value off their new season ticket.

Now, we will only be paying upfront for the games we are gauranteed to play (19 Premier League, 3 European group stages), and the rest will be bought as individual tickets.

There is talk that the club will allow fans to set up a direct debit, allowing them to automatically buy their seat when they come on sale. And there will also be the option to opt out of this and buy on a game by game basis – a bit like the League Cup.

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Season ticket holders will hold “Priority 1” booking status meaning they will be able to book their own seat prior to tickets going on sale to Silver Members.

The other good news is the club did not decide to go down the route that Manchester United and Spurs go down.

Those clubs only have the direct debit option, and force season ticket holders to buy the additional cup tickets for every round regardless of if you can or can not go.

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Finally, there will also be a hope that this will lead to less empty seats, and more tickets available for other members.

Whilst the club will argue that “150, 000 tickets are now available on sale”, it is misleading as the majority will be snapped up by those fans with season tickets. So there is not really 150k additional tickets available to all members.

Still though, I expect plenty more cup tickets to be available next season to other members beyond season ticket holders. Will be interesting to see if the club are transparent in 12 months time and let us know how many additional cup tickets were bought by non-gold members.

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It will also be interesting to see if the priority for cup tickets is then linked to how many of the rounds you went to, rather than based on away credits.

The announcement of the new reduced season ticket is not the full “lite” version the BSM wanted – they wanted an “only Premier League” option. But it is a step in the right direction.

We will be implementing an average 5 per cent increase on General Admission season tickets for next season. Prices in the lower tier will go up by 6 per cent and 4 per cent in the upper tier.

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We are in a cost of living crisis, everything is going up. Whether it is your electricity, your petrol, your food or your kebab, so it is no real surprise that the club are raising ticket prices. But that does not mean we have to like it.

Firstly, those that say “can not believe the club are rising prices during a cost of living crisis” clearly show a lack of understanding on how businesses work. Have they said similar about their favourite hotel? Their favourite car manufacturer? Their favourite takeaway?

People are very selective on what they accept