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Mex Martillo 9:09 Thu Apr 4
Season tickets 2024-25 - Hammers United
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SEASON TICKETS 2024-25
Fellow Hammers United members and West Ham fans,
The cost of buying a season ticket has added to the financial pressures experienced by all fans and as we approach that time of year where the renewal prices are set to be announced there is an expectation among West Ham fans that the Club ought to be doing everything possible to keep any price increases to an absolute minimum.
So what have we found following the Club’s announcement this afternoon, details of which are here https://www.whufc.com/news/season-tickets-202425-renewals-open-now ?
Well, not a lot other than the usual happy clappy drivel about what an exciting time it is to be a West Ham fan, how a season ticket is the most cost effective way to see the team play and, of course, the obligatory wheeling out of the Club’s oft trumpeted mantra of its commitment to “affordable football”.
If you can bear to read the entirety of the Club’s vomit inducing puff piece, you’ll come across this little nugget:
“There will be an uplift on prices for 2024/25, with a cost-per-game increase from £1.84 for adults in Band 6, up to £5.26 in our premium 1966 seats. The new pricing is consistent with both our principle of running the Club’s finances responsibly while aiming for continued success on the pitch through significant investment in the playing squad, and maintaining our commitment to affordable family football at London Stadium.”
Those with a keen eye will note that there is no mention of the percentage increases for a season ticket on a band by band basis and no reference is made to the rate of inflation, which is falling (it currently stands at 3.4%) and is expected to fall further throughout the year.
We wonder why that would be!
We’ve no doubt that if the Club was freezing the cost of a season ticket across all bands at 23/24 rates that would be front and centre of any announcement. So why hide the real percentage increases that the Club is expecting its “customers” to pay?
Come on the Club, tell it to us straight! We can handle it!
Shortly after the Club made its joyous announcement, Hammers United was contacted by a Band 5 season ticket holder who discovered that his season ticket was going up by 10%!
That’s nearly 3 times the rate of inflation!
Is this the highest increase? Is it the same across all bands? Is it the lowest increase? We just don’t know and the Club is doing nothing to shed any light on this.
Hammers United would like to hear from our members, letting us know what is happening with their season ticket price increase and how they feel about it. Just click on this link and tell us all about it: https://hammersunited.com/contact/
We also encourage those fans who are unhappy with what they are being asked to pay to contact the Club by email supporterservices@westhamunited.co.uk .
Hammers United believes the announcement of the new price increases is absolutely shameful and fully exposes the long held belief among the fans that the Club sees us all as nothing more than customers who, due to our loyalty and absolute lack of an alternative, are there to be bled dry.
There are many questions we will ask of ourselves, arguably the most pertinent being this: How long can I go on paying the money to support the team I love?
Obviously there are those among us whose ability to pay will see us grudgingly cough up the money even as we watch more and more of our fellow loyal supporters fall foul of the financial realities of supporting their team.
But there will come a time, even if it's not right now, when the answer is: No longer.
That day will come around sooner than you think.
COYI
Hammers United CommitteeHAMMERS UNITED
Hammers United is a West Ham United fans group dedicated to improving things for all West Ham Supporters young & old.
YOUR CLUB, YOUR VOICE
membership@hammersunited.co.uk
https://www.hammersunited.com/
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Manuel
9:23 Thu Apr 4
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Surely the main point, driver here is if Moyes remains or not, not if you have to pay an extra few quid more for your seat??
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onsideman
10:35 Thu Apr 4
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I'm full on Moyes Out and am unlikely to renew if he stays but, like everything else in the world, watching football is changing at a pace. Moyes or not, the experience just isn't the same anymore for those of us they call legacy fans.
Late notice changes to kick off dates and times, ludicrous matchday concession prices, thousands of half and half tourists. The away experience os the closedt you'll get to old skool football, but it's almost impossible for anyone to build up their points sufficiently now for that to be a viable option.
It's not just us though. I caught the last 5 minutes of the Arsenal-Luton game last night and by then the ground was less than half full.. . a team challenging for the league who love their cunt of a manager.
My ST will be £1175 next season and, Moyes or no Moyes, it has definitely reached the point where I'm questioning the value. I go with my daughter and it great to spend time with her and to meet a bunch of mates I've been watching with for decades beforehand, but those are probably the only things I would miss
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Rossal
10:48 Thu Apr 4
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Onsideman
I share your sentiments, all clubs care about now is customers......they don't give a fuck about loyal West Ham fans.
There must of been 1000 South Koreans in the home end tuesday eve
And what the fuck was that pre match montage/light show bollocks all about
Had to laugh at the montage, virtually all the clips in the 5/6 mins of bollocks were from the first 8 games of the season....not been much to shout about since!!
and finally... the affordable bollocks stuff needs to stop. Outside of the shit seats in the gods behind the goals it isnt that affordable, and the price of food and a pint is an absolute joke
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Takashi Miike
11:30 Thu Apr 4
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"My ST will be £1175 next season"
absolute piss take, especially to sit in that shithole and it's ridiculous views
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SnarestoneIron
11:35 Thu Apr 4
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I'm up in the gods, in the Bobby Moore, and my ticket has gone up by 10%. I've written to the club, but doubt I will hear anything.
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Come On You Irons
12:55 Thu Apr 4
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I note the club has sneakily included a booking window if you want to change seats on top of the price increases. You have to renew by 12 April to be eligible to change seats, so I have had to renew for me and my boy already as I want to be eligible to change seats.
The finance deal via the club is also no longer interest free, I note. I loaded the renewal onto a credit card I currently have an interest free period on instead.
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Come On You Irons
12:59 Thu Apr 4
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One further point, we should never rely on these clubs or any vendor to be transparent regarding pricing as their operating model is obfuscation.
Therefore supporters should make a note of what the prices are each year.
The 2024/25 season ticket prices are outlined on the club's website, so we should take screen grabs of that as that information will disappear after the season ticket renewal window closes.
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goose
1:40 Thu Apr 4
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"Those with a keen eye will note that there is no mention of the percentage increases for a season ticket on a band by band basis and no reference is made to the rate of inflation, which is falling (it currently stands at 3.4%) and is expected to fall further throughout the year."
it's not "falling" it's just not going up as much as it was.
it's still going up.
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62Hammer
1:45 Thu Apr 4
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The RATE is falling, though.
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,
1:57 Thu Apr 4
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The rate of increase is falling.
Nothing is cheaper this year except Tesla’s.
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goose
2:03 Thu Apr 4
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The RATE is slowing but you’d still expect the price of your ST to go up.
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SnarestoneIron
2:07 Thu Apr 4
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goose 2:03 Thu Apr 4
By 10%?
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goose
2:14 Thu Apr 4
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maybe not, but it depends how they cost the season ticket.
have they said the price increase is because of inflation?
the 12 month CPI rate is something like 4%.
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bill green
2:21 Thu Apr 4
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My renewal price is £790 which is £41 per ticket. Comparing that to other entertainment, gigs and shows etc, it's not outrageous.
I don't think West Ham are the problem, it's prem football in general, financial fair play rules, VAR, players diving etc that pi** me off but going to WHU is a great way of meeting up with mates etc so I'll carry on.
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1964
3:33 Thu Apr 4
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My ST gone up by 8%
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scott_d
4:02 Thu Apr 4
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The club have removed any reference to previous years prices from the website but I managed to find them all to do a comparison and this is what I found:
2024 2023 Inc. %Inc.
1966 West 1,720 1,620 100 6
1966 Billy Bonds 1,445 1,360 85 6
Band 1 1,175 1,105 70 6
Band 2 1,040 980 60 6
Band 3 790 745 45 6
Band 4 670 630 40 6
Band 5 385 350 35 10
Band 6 345 310 35 11
So the highest % increase is going to the cheapest tickets with an average of 7% increase accross the board.
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scott_d
4:02 Thu Apr 4
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well that formatting didn't work!
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The Mercernary
4:59 Thu Apr 4
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I'm in Band 4 (BM Lower), and have kept a note of my season ticket prices going back many years:
'24/25 = £670, going up 6.3% next season
'23/24 = £630, up 7.7% on '22/23
'22/23 = £585, up 5.4% on '21/22
So in those 3 seasons it's gone up 20.7% overall.
The 3 seasons prior, so 19/20 to 21/22, the price was frozen at £555.
What's also interesting, and I'd forgotten, is that there was a significant price drop when we moved from the Boleyn to the OS:
The last year at the Boleyn I paid £617.50, then it went down to £499.00 at the OS, so a 19.2% drop.
Next season's £670 is only 8.5% up on what I paid in 2016.
You can therefore paint two very different pictures if you like - up nearly 21% in 3 seasons is appalling, but it's also only up about £50 in 8 years...
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Ron Eff
5:14 Thu Apr 4
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I’m generally on favour of club and owner bashing, but if your season ticket for a Premier League club is £310 and £350 and you’re suffering a ~10% uplift, I really don’t think there is much cause for complaint.
I’m band 3, it’s not really price dynamics making me question my renewal. It largely depends on the manager and whether I want to commit my time to a 3 hour round trip to watch that shit. Suspect I’ll renew to keep my seat and lob a load of tickets on the Exchange.
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Come On You Irons
6:12 Thu Apr 4
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The Mercernary 4:59 Thu Apr 4
Great intel and record keeping. Thanks for sharing that mate.
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