OK I know ticket prices has been done to death recently, but I don't think the wider implications have been considered by clubs hiking up ticket prices. By that I mean the impact on local matchday businesses. Hiking up ticket prices the way they are going will have a knock on effect IMHO.

Take the filth as an example. Looks to me by their gates that they've lost a few fans due to the price hikes. I know chancer & a few piggies don't give a stuff about them, they've openly stated so. They'll more than make up the shortfall , and more, with the increase in club revenue. Tough sh1t they say, thats the way football is going.

BUT what about the wider implications? say, and this is purely hypothetical, they've lost 500 fans due to stretched finances. A lot of those fans, as our own fans do, spend money over the bars in local pubs, eat at local restaurants, chip shops, sandwich shops, butty vans etc. Pay train fares, bus fares, tram fares, car park tickets, in other words support local business and infrastructure. Thats 500 fans less to spend money, pounds and pounds that businesses aren't getting. It could be make or break for some small businesses, all for the sake of the club just thinking of It's own revenue instead of looking at the bigger picture. I realise our club will have to hike prices to compete, but I hope, as they have so far, they keep it sensible & strike a balance and not do a wendy on us OR our away fans.