Carrow Road. Picture by Paul Chesterton/Focus Images Ltd.
Norwich City announce increases of around 10pc in season ticket prices for 2012-13 campaign
David Freezer
Friday, January 20, 2012
3:07 PM
Norwich City have this afternoon announced season ticket prices for the 2012-13 season, with an increase of around £2.50 per match for standard adult tickets.
The price of an adult ticket in The Barclay stand and Thorpe Corner, known as The Snake Pit, has risen by £47.50 to £471, an increase of just over 10pc.
Over-75 seats in the same areas - all calculated at the first opportunity to buy, before a deadline of Sunday, February 26 - have risen by £28.50 to £277, 65+ and under-21 seats have risen by the same amount to £310 and £201.50 respectively and under-12 seats have risen by £19 to £112.50.
The adult, over-75 and 65+ tickets are exactly the same in the family areas in the Norwich and Peterborough Stand, Aviva Community Stand and Wensum Corner.
However, under-21 prices in these three areas have increased by £68.50 to £201.50 - one of the largest increases at around 34pc - and the under-16 and under-12 prices have both risen £19, to £80.50 and £55.50 respectively.
The season tickets go on sale from tomorrow morning, ahead of Paul Lambert’s side’s latest Premier League home clash, against Chelsea (12.45pm).
The club have confirmed that no new season tickets will be offered as they are capped at 22,000, of a stadium which now holds 26,816 and is almost always sold out.
Full details of the season tickets are due to arrive in the post to current holders from tomorrow morning.
City chief executive, David McNally, said: “The Yellow Army is the envy of many clubs around the country and the way in which you follow your club, home or away, is an important part of what makes Norwich City truly unique.
“Behind the scenes at Carrow Road, we remain committed to doing all we can to support the first team and ensuring we serve our incredible supporters.
“Our business plan is designed to allow continuous improvements at the football club, on and off the pitch, and we will continue to do all we can in helping Paul Lambert in his efforts to win football matches whilst we continue to provide good customer service to all supporters.
“We also commit to you that any spare cash raised by the football club will be used to strengthen the first team squad and so we are fully focused in growing all commercial areas at Norwich City.
“Inevitably, prices have increased for next season and yet this still represents great value for money whilst your season ticket remains the most affordable way to watch football at Carrow Road.
“We will never underestimate the support and commitment you give to your football club.”
- For full reaction analysis of the new season ticket prices, see tomorrow’s Norwich Evening News and Eastern Daily Press.
- What do you think of the price changes? Leave a comment below, email david.freezer@archant.co.uk or tweet @davefreezer
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48 comments
JMM the £88M was based on one year in the Premiership plus the parachute payments on getting relegated. IE it was the minimum we would earn from promotion. We haven’t received it yet. We only got £40M on promotion and as you say £20M of that was spent on debt. It doesn’t leave much for loyalty bonus does it?
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baguio
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Mark, you're struggling with this fairness thing. It's a business, supply and demand, it's a case of charging whatever yields the most and makes you most competitive. Fairness is something you argue with politicians about when it comes to taxation and public sector spending
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I ronnie
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Footballers-overpaid,heavily tattooed,ignorant,arrogant morons.Yet people want to pay their wages? Idiots.
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wes1975
Sunday, January 22, 2012
fair for thoose who have not been priced outand who can afford it. football belongs to the fans and should be affordable to all including the majority of working class people. i understand them increasing the prices last year as we are now in the premier league but how can you say its fair to put them up 10 percent again when they have already been increased.
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mark
Saturday, January 21, 2012
wonder how much we have in the bank? promotion was said to be worth 88million and survival must be a few million,plus another year in premiership which looks very likely, we have hardly done a man city spending spree, 10m max on transfers,debt was 20m. i belive season ticket increse is fair and good value, but maybe they could have offered a loyalty reduction to long term season ticket holders?
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jmm
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Good spot Mark. Trouble is you're confusing a private company's prerogative on pricing ie supply and demand, with taxation policy, which at least is usually an attempt at from each according to their means
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I ronnie
Saturday, January 21, 2012
man u ,man city and newcastle are slightly cheaper you are right,but thier stadiums hold 76000,55000,52000, carrow road when full is less than half of any of them,we have 1 of the smallest stadiums in the league,(bottom 5 i'd say) when you consider season ticket price to ground capacity,ncfc is good value for money for premiership football
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jmm
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Good spot Mark. Trouble is you're confusing a private company's prerogative on pricing ie supply and demand, with taxation policy, which at least is usually an attempt at from each according to their means
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I ronnie
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Good spot Mark. Trouble is you're confusing a private company's prerogative on pricing ie supply and demand, with taxation policy, which at least is usually an attempt at from each according to their means
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I ronnie
Saturday, January 21, 2012
its the 4th most expensive day out in country outside of london you muppet.. do your research 1st!!
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mark
Saturday, January 21, 2012
as for canary sid.. most teams and certainly all bar 2 and ones in the top 2 successfull clubs in england (liverpool) they all pay under 500!
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mark
Saturday, January 21, 2012
and what about telling everybody but adults that they cant sit in the middle of the pitch!!! just so they can make abit of extra money to pay greedy players and rip of fans. what if you have been siting there for years and you now have to sit in seats at the towards the end of the pitch disgrace!!! in not so good seats. 10% increase when most people will not get a pay rise this year. how do they expect people who are on a budget to afford these pay hikes!!!
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mark
Saturday, January 21, 2012
what an absolute disgrace you lot are saying its reasonable and if you dont like it dont pay it. Football is a working class game i wonder how many of you were their 15 years ago when we were not selling out. The cub have tottally sold out the true fans and looked after a new class of fans the only ones who can afford to go and thoose who say its resonable should look at the league table of season ticket prices for the premier league. outside of london we are the 2nd most expensive in the league behind liverpool. we pay more than man city, man utd, everton and villa! I dont ming paying a reasonable price but for example the cheapest at newcastle is 200 pound cheaper than ours! dont come on here and say 10% is ok its ok if your rich enough!!!!! more than man utd and man city......norwich your a out of order!!! norwich are at best a midle table team and the price should at best reflect this!!! do your reaserch but for you comment on here!!!
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mark
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Billy I have just done some basic maths and recon that a 10,000 seat increase will take about 200 matches to repay it assuming that the stadium is sold out every week. Is that no time at all? It isn't to me! If we don't stay in the premier league then it's probably not going to be sold out either!
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baguio
Saturday, January 21, 2012
The proposed increases seem in line with the times. Now that our Premiership status is already 99% guaranteed the season ticket increase seems appropriate. The biggest challenge is 'supply and demand' and we really need a 35,000 seater stadium. The only difficulty it that we will probably have to downsize before we can upsize. I guess the two options are rebuild the main stand on Carrow Road or Cantilever the Jarrold stand to add the extra capacity. Build it and they will come !!!
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Dubai Canary
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Me old Dad and I used to live in a lake in the Wensum Valley. On match day we had to get out of the lake at six o'clock in the morning, clean the lake, eat a handful of hot gravel, walk to Carrow Road on our knees, pay 6d to get in to the River End and stand there in the pouring rain with no roof, getting beaten 4-1 by Northampton Town with only a single Woodbine between us that we fished out of a urinal. Those were the days.
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Swiss Canary
Saturday, January 21, 2012
They got it right I reckon. Any more and people would have properly complained ie whinged AND not renewed. At this level I think the consensus will be fair enough and sell outs again
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I ronnie
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Stop whinging! Watching Perth Glory in 100F heat can cost 18 quid!!!! About the same level as Lowestoft.
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rament
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Those moaning fans who are complaining about the price of tickets going up should have a look at the price of going out these days. Where else can you go nowdays for less than £40 ahead. I live in kent and due to expense in travelling etc cannot afford a season ticket but i am a super member and aprechiate every game i do manage to attend-even if most are in london and midlands areas with some a few home games fitted in when i can afford it OTBC
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capital-canary
Friday, January 20, 2012
baguio, they are turning money away every week from fans home and away, who want to go. The stand would be repaid in no time..
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billythebookie
Friday, January 20, 2012
I think I`d be happy for a season ticket @ £500. I`d be happy to be there at the end of the Season! But those loadsamoney comments from willgress, Hupperby, bunwellian and other like-minded braggarts might lead you to prefer the Opera. OTBC.
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Mad Brewer
Friday, January 20, 2012
Indeed it probably was Jeremy....but we earning fifteen shillings a week and petrol was sixpence a gallon.
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Graham Last
Friday, January 20, 2012
My first ever season ticket cost £6 per year. That is a 7750% increase. At least you get first optionon European tickets??????????????????
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Jeremy Walden
Friday, January 20, 2012
Let them charge what they want, as no one is forced to go are they? Personally I think it's far too expensive to watch 22 prima donnas entertain, but then that’s just me, I now longer go. Bring back Bill Punton on on £30 a week I say.
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Peter Trett
Friday, January 20, 2012
So Billy and Bloater, NCFC have just cleared some massive debts that nearly finished the club and yet you two want us to borrow another £40 million or so to increase the size of the stadium. I assume you two borrow borrow and borrow some more rather than saving. That’s what got this country into this mess don’t you realise. Have a word with yourselves please before you post your silly comments!
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baguio
Friday, January 20, 2012
All you people out and you know who you are please don,t complain about this country is in a recession and are appalled by the cutbacks this country faces this is just a re correction for those with far too much disposable income.Look at the Labour tailhangers who suddenly support NCFC
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PaulH
Friday, January 20, 2012
Will pay the increase. but sorry to say have to agree with billy. If theres that many people waiting for a ticket then increase the size of the stadium.
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The Bloater
Friday, January 20, 2012
arsenal is 951 a season ticket and QPR is 550,, i wouldnt of complained if ours would have gone to 550, the chairman knows what he is doing,remember he got us lambert and we were all going whos he,we want paul jewell, they are planning for long term,and once we are a estabilished premier league side,i'm sure they will re build the watling stand to a double tier,and capacity will be 35000,season ticket prices should not increase much after that..
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jmm
Friday, January 20, 2012
unhappy tight,stuck in the mud supporters who think 2.50 a match rise,is a fortune, try ebaying your tickets for game, when we played spurs i see 2xtickets in barclay stand make 107quid, there are people out there who will pay way over the top,
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jmm
Friday, January 20, 2012
I for one don't think that many of the current season ticket holders ill be willing to say, "Enough is enough!!" and I know several people who will willingly pay £500 a season to watch Norwich City. Protest??? I'm quite sure it won't be very well supported - I'd rather spend the time in the pub!!!!
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Mr Ed
Friday, January 20, 2012
Very surprised at the moderate increase. With the demand for tickets at an all time high, I expected a much larger hike. I won't be offering my tickets to those waiting. Sorry guys. OTBC
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G.Had
Friday, January 20, 2012
Funny how the part-timers are trying to make the regulars feel bad. Where were you when we were getting gates of 16-17000? Could have got a ticket then like me.
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john norton
Friday, January 20, 2012
still excellent value for money ,10 per cent is hardly a fortune and you are watching world class players come to carrow road,did you really think they would charge the same as when we were in the championship, big wow an extra 2.50 a match.2mora you have terry lampard torres mata playing at carrow road, in a few weeks man u will be at carrow road,would you rather of saved the 2.50 a match and be looking forward to a championship game with doncaster visiting carrow road, cant belive people are moaning,especially the fool that said protest!! wake up we are not in div 1 any more
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jmm
Friday, January 20, 2012
still excellent value for money ,10 per cent is hardly a fortune and you are watching world class players come to carrow road,did you really think they would charge the same as when we were in the championship, big wow an extra 2.50 a match.2mora you have terry lampard torres mata playing at carrow road, in a few weeks man u will be at carrow road,would you rather of saved the 2.50 a match and be looking forward to a championship game with doncaster visiting carrow road, cant belive people are moaning,especially the fool that said protest!! wake up we are not in div 1 any more
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jmm
Friday, January 20, 2012
I for one am quite happy - roughly 10 percent more than we were paying to watch Championship football last year. Afraid I won't be releasing any of my 3 x tickets.
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bunwellian
Friday, January 20, 2012
Why are you part-time supporters even on the waiting list? When I started going there was 16-17000 a week, plenty of spare tickets. OH YEAH we're in the premier so lets jump on the bandwagon and make the regulars feel guilty becuase they have to pay more.
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john norton
Friday, January 20, 2012
Im with Jimmy, if you dont like it - dont pay it. Plenty of others will! If you want to club to grow then the money has to come from somwhere. OTBC!
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Norwich L
Friday, January 20, 2012
Dont like it dont pay it seemples...and I or one of the 1000's in the que will have your season ticket chears
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Jimmy Hupperby
Friday, January 20, 2012
Outrageous, always stinging the fans, even Ipswich don't treat both their fans like this. Protest tomorrow.
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john norton
Friday, January 20, 2012
The choice baggio is to have a premireship size ground , 10.000 more fans,and not a div. one size ground..
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billythebookie
Friday, January 20, 2012
David you can have mine, £1000, supply and demand and all that, if your that desperate you'd pay it.
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BarclayBigMouth
Friday, January 20, 2012
Turn the record over billy. Your constant negativity is boring to say the least. The price rise is not going to effect you as you're Obviously not a Norwich supporter. You just like having a pop at NCFC. I think the price is good value as do many others as we have moved up in standard and we want to stay there. What choice have the club got but to put up prices? Fans will soon start moaning if we can't compete in the transfer market with the other smaller clubs and therefore get relagated. OTBC
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baguio
Friday, January 20, 2012
Supply & demand so less than £500 sounds like an exceptional deal to me. If anyone doesn't want theirs then I'm one of the thousands that will gladly pay up & take your place.
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DAVID WILLGRESS
Friday, January 20, 2012
While some are saying under £500 is good, we were paying around £350 last time in the premier and I'm pretty sure like billy said we got a free cup game. Looks like we are paying for the rise of the club now which is probably expected, but when you look at clubs like Blackburn who are under £300 and still struggle to get fans, I wonder if some fans will start walking.
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Piranha24
Friday, January 20, 2012
I presume that there will be lots of non Norwich fans snapping them up as it will be cheaper to watch their teams play at their own grounds I.e all the Norfolk born Chelsea,Man Utd,Arsenal fans etc.....
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wes1975
Friday, January 20, 2012
Canary sid , Don't you know when your being tucked up. Going by 1970 prices you should be paying around £200 for a season ticket with free f.a. cup games throw in
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billythebookie
Friday, January 20, 2012
Well i guess we all knew that a Season ticket would go up in Price, but at £471 i still think this is a good Price, under £500 to watch Premiership Football has to be fantastic Value...OTBC
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CanarySid
Friday, January 20, 2012
As long as people can afford it,I believe it's worth every penny while PL is in charge.
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nrg
Friday, January 20, 2012