Official Site: TICKET PRICES ANNOUNCED FOR ELGIN CITY SCOTTISH CUP TIE

[Wakeyhibee]

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not sure about discounted but they were on the ST

Didn't know/remember that, although back then ST membership was a lot smaller proportion of the gate than it is today.

I doubt it was much cheaper or dearer in real terms for the walk ups to go to the game back then

[Keith_M]

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Didn't know/remember that, although back then ST membership was a lot smaller proportion of the gate than it is today.

I doubt it was much cheaper or dearer in real terms for the walk ups to go to the game back then

In real terms, going to the football cost a lost less*. Also, in the late 70s and into the 80s, crowds for league matches were pretty dire, and you had a lot of folk that really just turned up for the cup games.




* When I started attending in 1980, adult terrace prices were £1.20. That's the equivalent of about £6 in today's money.

[Iggy Pope]

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if you go, can you get me a programme. ? I will gladly give you 2 quid

3 quid.

[Centre Hawf]

I won't be there. January will be tight for a few folk including myself being so soon after Christmas, thankfully I'm a season ticket holder so these games in December aren't setting me back anything other than what I paid in the summer. But I can only imagine the expense over December and this Elgin game will be for the walk ups. Shocking price for what it is.

If it's true that Elgin have refused to budge on the price, while I'm always glad to see smaller clubs get their pay day in these cups I also find it interesting to see how those clubs with the "affordable family football" principles quickly throw it in the bin when theres the chance to make a quick buck and only annoy the fans of a bigger club.

[KingFranck]

Hibs have missed a trick here
Either let season ticket holder in for £15 or let kids in for £2
Crowd will be really low now

[Billy Whizz]

Looks like our game will be played on the Saturday at 3pm. Surprise surprise, Celtic and Rangers on TV

https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/news/sc...med/?rid=14258

[3pm]

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Looks like our game will be played on the Saturday at 3pm. Surprise surprise, Celtic and Rangers on TV

https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/news/sc...med/?rid=14258

Good!

[Billy Whizz]

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Good!

Should ensure a semi decent crowd. Hibs really missing a trick with games like this, having loyalty points would ensured a much bigger crowd😎

[Carheenlea]

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Should ensure a semi decent crowd. Hibs really missing a trick with games like this, having loyalty points would ensured a much bigger crowd😎

Joking aside, it`s a very good point.

[Billy Whizz]

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Joking aside, it`s a very good point.

I wasn’t joking Carheenlea

[Eyrie]

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Looks like our game will be played on the Saturday at 3pm. Surprise surprise, Celtic and Rangers on TV

https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/news/sc...med/?rid=14258

Pleased that the BBC has taken the Ayrshire derby. Should be interesting.

For selfish reasons I'd have preferred our game to be on the Sunday but will be there regardless.

[Wakeyhibee]

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In real terms, going to the football cost a lost less*. Also, in the late 70s and into the 80s, crowds for league matches were pretty dire, and you had a lot of folk that really just turned up for the cup games.




* When I started attending in 1980, adult terrace prices were £1.20. That's the equivalent of about £6 in today's money.

Thanks Keekaboo, I remember the Raith promotion game in '81 as being 80p for kids and adult £1.30 IIRC, my first game on the east with my brother (old man always went main stand).

I didn't know what that equated to in todays money.

[Danderhall Hibs]

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Thanks Keekaboo, I remember the Raith promotion game in '81 as being 80p for kids and adult £1.30 IIRC, my first game on the east with my brother (old man always went main stand).

I didn't know what that equated to in todays money.

£4.84 for an adult and £2.98 for a child...

[Phil MaGlass]

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£4.84 for an adult and £2.98 for a child...

Crazy prices. No football without fans.

[jacomo]

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£4.84 for an adult and £2.98 for a child...

Tbf you are comparing apples with pears. Clubs have so many more responsibilities in terms of making a stadium safe these days.

Still, no doubt these prices for the Elgin game are way too high.

[LancsHibs]

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Looks like our game will be played on the Saturday at 3pm. Surprise surprise, Celtic and Rangers on TV

https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/news/sc...med/?rid=14258

Elgin have confirmed on their website KO 3pm on the Saturday👍

[PatHead]

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Hibs have missed a trick here
Either let season ticket holder in for £15 or let kids in for £2
Crowd will be really low now

And who would pay the difference to give Elgin their share?

[Keith_M]

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..... Clubs have so many more responsibilities in terms of making a stadium safe these days.

Still, no doubt these prices for the Elgin game are way too high.

Very true and I'm not complaining...well, not all that much ;-)..... just trying to illustrate how much harder it is to afford the football in real terms today.


FWIW, clubs really shouldn't have got away with not investing in stadia for so long and I think a lot of them would probably have not bothered rebuilding if it wasn't for the Hillsborough disaster.

[Aim Here]

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Tbf you are comparing apples with pears. Clubs have so many more responsibilities in terms of making a stadium safe these days.

Still, no doubt these prices for the Elgin game are way too high.

By far, the main cost for a professional football team these days is player wages not stadium facilities, so the cost hike is hardly about safety, unless the players are mucking in with the stewarding when they're not on the pitch...

[BlackSheep]

Regardless of who we are playing, its a Scottish Cup tie, the prices should be and are likely set based on that fact first and foremost.

[Billy Whizz]

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Regardless of who we are playing, its a Scottish Cup tie, the prices should be and are likely set based on that fact first and foremost.

There’s nothing like the Scottish Cup, in my opinion

[hibbysam]

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By far, the main cost for a professional football team these days is player wages not stadium facilities, so the cost hike is hardly about safety, unless the players are mucking in with the stewarding when they're not on the pitch...

You think our overheads (outwith player wages) are relatively similar to why they were 20/30 years ago?

[Danderhall Hibs]

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Tbf you are comparing apples with pears. Clubs have so many more responsibilities in terms of making a stadium safe these days.

Still, no doubt these prices for the Elgin game are way too high.

It’s not comparing apples with pears - it’s showing how much money in the 80s is equivalent to now. Expenses have obviously increased but the fact is if gate prices had increased by inflation the numbers in my post are correct.