From the Mirror

[indianalondon]

Love Brian Reade as a columnist, both for football and for news/politics. When you start getting good journos like him coating us off well, it shows how frigging ridiuculous this situation is..

So those old romantics who’ve followed QPR since the likes of Stan Bowles and Don Givens weaved their magic had a fortnight to bask in their belief that the good old days were back...

...and then they got smacked in the face with a season-ticket renewal form which told them that modern football is just a cold, corporate con and that their unwavering loyalty isn’t required unless they can back it up with cash.

A 57% real-term rise in season-ticket prices and match-day entrance fees hiked as high as £72, show precisely why the rich, non-football-loving owners were attracted to Loftus Road.

To get richer.


With an average gate of 15,600 at a 19,100-seater stadium in affluent West London, they spotted an opportunity to turn a great old club into a “boutique” attraction - selling packages to firms, tourists, the nouveau-riche and bandwagon jumpers to watch some of the best teams in the world.

The doubling of season-ticket prices merely weeds out the QPR regulars who don't have the financial power to keep up, releasing precious extra seats for the new match-day clientele they intend to draw to into their boutique experience.

Sadly, I now hope they get relegated.

If only to prove that money-men don’t know their R’s from their elbow.



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[WeAreQPR12]

Problem is fans will renew, unless fans are going to all stick together and that includes the wealthier fans and not renew there season tickets.

No way can they attract 9000 new season ticket holders who could watch fulham for half the price.

This meeting is only worth it if fans are all considering boycotting these st prices otherwise whats the point of a get together and a moan?

[3London]

Problem is fans will renew, unless fans are going to all stick together and that includes the wealthier fans and not renew there season tickets.

No way can they attract 9000 new season ticket holders who could watch fulham for half the price.

This meeting is only worth it if fans are all considering boycotting these st prices otherwise whats the point of a get together and a moan?

Never gonna happen..fulham isn't half the price..my platinum season ticket is about the same as the equivilent seat at the cottage

[WeAreQPR12]

Never gonna happen..fulham isn't half the price..my platinum season ticket is about the same as the equivilent seat at the cottage

You think a ticket in an area that allows you access to a bar would cost you a grand at craven cottage, well I will look this up and get back to you because if you are right then i'm shocked.

[QPR1976]

What a @rsehole.

57% ST increase and then later in the article it 'doubles', which would be 100% surely.

He makes some fair points but the ruins it by fInally wishing us relegation.
Which in my mind means he's no better than our owners for dumping on the loyal, common, long standing, working class, Bowles and Givens loving fans who can't afford boutique prices.

And he's supposed to be on the socialist side ! Nasty piece of work.

[3London]

Fulhams season tickets go from £379 to £939 no concessions..but what they do do which i think would be a good idea is have more variety in there pricing..so there is someting for everyone..whilst my seat is pretty good for views if i were one row back or 3 seats to the left i would feel it was hardly a platinum experience.!!

[Ric-Roc]

You think a ticket in an area that allows you access to a bar would cost you a grand at craven cottage

Platinum don't have a bar anymore its been taken away from them.

So in reality its a bag for a crunched up seat with a 2 centimetre bit of sponge on.

[WeAreQPR12]

Platinum don't have a bar anymore its been taken away from them.

So in reality its a bag for a crunched up seat with a 2 centimetre bit of sponge on.

didn't realise that Ric. So the bar is now for the c club only?

The divide between the rich and poor down LR seems to be widening.

We can slate teams like Fulham and Norwich but at least they don't sh it on there loyal fan base. To be fair our season tickets are actually reasonable when you look at what the match day prices will be.

[3London]

didn't realise that Ric. So the bar is now for the c club only?

The divide between the rich and poor down LR seems to be widening.

We can slate teams like Fulham and Norwich but at least they don't sh it on there loyal fan base. To be fair our season tickets are actually reasonable when you look at what the match day prices will be.

no the Bar is now going to be the press room..all the extra press that will be flocking to loftus rd !!

[3London]

and heres a novel idea ..all those platinumites that arrive 10 mins late leave 10 mins before half time and come back ten mins after the start of the second half just to get the extra redness in the nose may actually stay and watch the game for a change

[Olly]

To Litle and Large, loyalty is a weakness that's exploitable.

[WeAreQPR12]

and heres a novel idea ..all those platinumites that arrive 10 mins late leave 10 mins before half time and come back ten mins after the start of the second half just to get the extra redness in the nose may actually stay and watch the game for a change

That post makes me wonder why you sit in the platinum area? If you want to waist money then you can buy me a few beers pre match?

[3London]

i sit there for the view! although i was one of the ones who had to move for the expanded directors box! i have had seats and standing in all parts of the ground over the 25 seasons as a season ticket holder, and i would of course by you a beer...its always a pleasure drinking with a fellow R!

[Stilts]

Well sorry, but he may be a good bloke, and a top journo etc
But anyone who hopes we are relegated, leaving the "real fans" (he seems to care for so much) devastated, purely to make some moral point to the owners, is basically a c**t in my eyes.

Fans of other clubs, and plenty of media observers may agree with his little wish, but any decent points he may make about the prices are flushed down the sh*tter with his cosy solution.

Like I say: Just another c**t.

[3London]

Well sorry, but he may be a good bloke, and a top journo etc
But anyone who hopes we are relegated, leaving the "real fans" (he seems to care for so much) devastated, purely to make some moral point to the owners, is basically a c**t in my eyes.

Fans of other clubs, and plenty of media observers may agree with his little wish, but any decent points he may make about the prices are flushed down the sh*tter with his cosy solution.

Like I say: Just another c**t.

exactly..just another brand of rangers bashing..does he hope the same for arsenal chelsea tottenham.man utd who all have similar disregard for the fans