Quote Originally Posted by Monaco_Totty View Post
Not sure what average wage is in England myself Oz.

But this is for Leeds in North England. https://observatory.leeds.gov.uk/lee...nd-employment/

Obviously jobs,areas where you live,age will have differing figures & expect London will be on silly money but times are hard everywhere mate & football tickets cost a lot sadly mate.
Average wage in the North is around £24k, before taxes. so £2k/month before tax (in the UK that on average is 20%) leaving around £1600 per month to cover all living expenses, including mortgage, council tax, everything. So a single ticket to ER would represent nearly 3% of a single persons monthly disposable income.

If like me, you're a pensioner, your location is irrelevant. You would get around £850/month as a single person, again to cover everything, so the % that a single person would have to shell out for a single ticket at ER would be more like 7% of available income Try doing that and paying for heat, water, council tax, (none of which are "negotiable" are they?) BEFORE you consider whether you would like to eat that week/month. How many matches would you be able to attend (assuming of course that travel/accommodation costs are nil)?

So, Orgoner, care to hazard a guess as to how easy it is for a pensioner to attend ER???????????

As for stopping touts (who are NOT "Fans selling tickets", THEY are the parasites referred to, selling ticket to fans desperate to watch their team), easy, maximum number of tickets sold in a single transaction = 4, no tickets sold to those who are not registered members and whose membership AND previous attendance have been validated by the club, immediate and permanent bans to any members found to have sold tickets at anything over face value, no tickets to be sanctioned for sale via "third party" ticket sales sites such as Stubhub. None of the above is hard to achieve, and it won't make tout sales impossible, just a f00king sight harder and less profitable, just needs the club to take action, question is, will they (can they be bothered)?