Thetownend.com

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41914171

A bit of fun

Survey doesn't include travel or booze and seems to presume satellite tv

Apparently it cost GBP 15.00 to see a home goal last season which made STFC goals the costliest amongst our new Lg 2 peers.

Better value this season but only away?

Swindon Town
You could spend
£589.79
following Swindon Town this season
Tickets   £152.00
Pies   £28.00
Teas   £16.80
Programmes   £24.00
TV sport subscription   £324.00
Replica adult shirt   £44.99

Which is rubbish as I never eat and drink at Swindon and what is that £324 on TV sport subscription all about? I have freeview so my total spend is £0. Might get the away shirt this year so that amount is probably correct.

That said I also would have to add in train travel and pre and post match beers so perhaps that figure isn't a kick in the arse off what I spend (Based on 8 home games a season)

Not really accurate for me as I usually get my tickets through my mate who works for Nationwide... And I almost never eat at the stadium or buy a programme. Travel is the biggest expense for me!

About 25 quid so far this season.

Plus an iFollow sub?

£25 more than me.... I am a shit fan.

Do beer and narcotics to make it bearable count towards the total? If so, a small fortune.

I've been to three games this season, all at a tenner a pop and bought one programme.

£33 for me in total.

Fucking this

According to my results the average weekly wage for a L2 player is just shy of 2k  :hmmm:

Cost me a fortune. Not missed a game this season and taking the kids adds more expense.
Add to that a corporate it soon adds up.

They roll out this survey every year and I never really get the point. As others have suggested, it isn't compulsory to buy pies / programmes / shirts.

There will be times when the whole matchday costs me £10 and times when it's closer to £100. I expect that's the same for most people.

Are you baby faced?  :D

I didn't see any games for that price.

£0 by the way.

I read a couple of years back the average wage of a L1 player was £70k?

£110k for a L2 player sounds barmy.

Where are you getting that from?

Hmm, 1K I could believe but ...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3456453/Mind-gap-Premier-League-wages-soar-average-salaries-2014-15-season-1-7million-rest-creep-along.html

On the price of football calculator on the BBC website I chose STFC & the s/t holder option. The result was that I 'could' spend £911 watching Town this season. It then said underneath that it would take 2 fans spending like 'me' to cover the average wage of a L2 footballer. So I assumed from that that the average wage was £911 x 2. Or am I missing something?

Someone should ask Vic Morgan how much he spends

Or even worse Rob Hartley, on his 12 millionth(ish) consecutive Swindon match.

Not doubting your calculations but I'll call wild guessing on the BBC's attempt to illustrate the spend in terms of players' wages.

Totally agree with you. Seems way too high for my liking.

For me travel to the games is more expensive than the tickets.

On the other hand I don’t understand why they include food & drink prices

Tomorrow is probably a £100+ game. Ridiculous amount really.

I've always had an unpopular opinion about this. Eat before you go to the game.

Couldn't agree more. I make sure I have a decent feed before going to football as the food is invariably terrible and the queues ludicrous.

Just another example of how our society has become split, in this case those who can go to football without eating a pie and those that can't. Presumably when the UK departs the ECJ and ECHR, an Englishman's inalienable right to a pie will be enshrined in law...

Think this may show the BBC figures to be overinflated

It would be interesting to compare earnings in general during this period inc FTSE 100 chief execs and Premiership players vis a vis footballers/employees at large.  There could be a link in disproportionate remuneration growth at the very top....

unless you're visiting FGR.

Veggie pies exist. Cheese and onion is great.

Sent from my SM-G950F

Pukka's veggie  tikka masala, is OK

(http://img.mysupermarket.co.uk/Live/Products_300/92/497492.jpg?v=20171018065247)

Cheese and Onion pies at gloucester services are very nice.  And I had an amazingly good sweet potato, gruyere and caramelised onion pie on tour recently.

But to be fair, they're not as good as a steak pie.

Won't matter as post Brexit animals in the UK don't feel pain (apparently!)

Won't someone think of the unicorns.

Well I've just spent a pound backing us to win the league.40/1 for a team in 5th place?Do they have inside knowledge of some impending financial misdemeanour hitherto generally unknown?

I cannot remember the precise odds, but I got a very good rate a few weeks back just backing us for promotion!

Don't mind us creeping unnoticed into league 1