After the obscenely high ticket price for our opening Premier fixture its nice to see that some clubs are taking notice of their supporters and offering realistically priced tickets.
Whilst it should be noted that manchester City wont be the only club to charge Saints fans over £50 for the priveledge of watching a game in their stadium, no in that respect they just happened to be the first that we play, its refreshing to see that some big clubs are not too detatched from their fanbase and the current economic situation and are willing to make fooball affordable again.
As mentioned a couple of weeks back in the news stories, Arsenal after consultation with their fanbase have revamped ticket prices at the Emirates, the first fruits of this will be on the opening day of the season when Sunderland visit, being a category C game this means that the travelling fans from the North East will only be charged £25.50 to watch the game, with kids at only £10 and senior citizens £11
Now for the very good news a look at Arsenal's website reveals that we have also been designated as a category C match, meaning that we should be charged exactly the same prices as Sunderland, some cheering news and proof that some teams in the Premier want to ensure that for the lesser games they can attract full houses rather than blocks of empty seats, if this game is to survive then the next generation of supporters has to be encouraged to come and that means making some games affordable to most if not all.