Another ticket price moan

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RegencyCheltenhamSpa
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I paid £28 for a seat high up in the top tier for Newcastle vs Man City last night. Only £6 more than the £22 I paid to watch Cheltenham at Carlisle.

Is it any wonder that when I arrived at Carlisle station the other week, the platform was full of people waiting to travel back the other way to watch Newcastle rather than staying to watch L2 action.
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Shade
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And yet there seemed to be quite a few people that had travelled over from Newcastle at Carlisle, judging by the PA guy repeatedly saying "so-and-so is however many years old and has come from Newcastle today", etc.

Anyway, that reminds me, on the website before the Carlisle game I thought it said tickets were £19 and to be bought on the day, but when we rocked up they were indeed £22. Were we ripped off?
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Ticket prices at Carlisle are £3 less in advance than on the day.
Terrace tickets bought in advance at Carlisle are the same price as I would pay on the day for the paddock at Cheltenham

For seats, if bought in advance, then it is cheaper at Carlisle than Cheltenham - on match day it costs more at Brunton Park

I understand the comment - that we do not pay much less than some Premier League tickets
The problem is that ticketing and associated income at Cheltenham is what keeps the club running - I would think over 50% of our income is match day revenue. The figures are not published, so I do not have detail

For the Premier League, 13% of income is match day while 54% comes from domestic TV. (figures published by UEFA, relating to FY2017)
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I had to check as I was sure I just saw £19 and that was it, and I did. Not that I'm going to do anything about £3 anyway. It was obviously a CTFC error, though.

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I also had seen the prices that Shade refers to.

I was also was somewhat surprised I had to pay a higher amount.

It should be made clear that tickets bought at the ground on the day are charge differently.
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