Tickets Burnley away 4 Feb 2025

[Wallop]

What extra facilities do the away fans get that makes it worth it? Half time rub downs?

I hope so. I'll let you know.

 

[Carpy]

I hope so. I'll let you know.

No complaining if it's a scantily clad middle aged bloke called @RyanioBirdio with a few bottles of baby oil.

 

[Manorlounger]

Burnley made a printing error on the tickets when they were initially issued. Our ticket Office queried it with them, but by the time Burnley got back and offered to reprint them, we already had them on sale. The date being brought forward was also factored in so OUFC kept the mis-printed tickets.
Burnley charge between £31-£38 for home matchday adult tickets depending on the area of the ground. Individual home matchday tickets aren't available in the Barnfield Construction Stand, it's all season ticket holders.

Unless there was a clearly stated disclaimer issued at the time of sale, the printed price is the price. Making excuses after the fact is not acceptable.

Clearly, in this instance, the onus is on Burnley to check that the ticket bears the correct price. They either didn't bother, couldn't care or just didn't think about letting anyone know. Whatever, their fault. Refunds are in order.

 

[Manorlounger]

No complaining if it's a scantily clad middle aged bloke called @RyanioBirdio with a few bottles of baby oil.

You have experience?

 

[Carpy]

You have experience?

He offers his services free of charge to all the mods, @SteMerritt is a particularly regular visitor.

 

[Manorlounger]

He offers his services free of charge to all the mods, @SteMerritt is a particularly regular visitor.

He does colonic irrigation as well!?

 

[Steve Gilbert]

Burnley made a printing error on the tickets when they were initially issued. Our ticket Office queried it with them, but by the time Burnley got back and offered to reprint them, we already had them on sale. The date being brought forward was also factored in so OUFC kept the mis-printed tickets.
Burnley charge between £31-£38 for home matchday adult tickets depending on the area of the ground. Individual home matchday tickets aren't available in the Barnfield Construction Stand, it's all season ticket holders.

Which similar facilities and view is £35 for Burnley fans?

Behind the other goal the lower tier is £30, ok fair enough, it is lower tier so not the best view so I thought I would see how much the upper tier was, a view that is much superior than in the away stand (I know from watching games in both stands) and low and behold it is still cheaper at £34.
The side stands are £38-£40.
The away stand is the worst stand in the whole ground with poor facilities.

Burnley are taking the p**s and I would also say they could well be breaking the EFL rules on ticket pricing.

As @Manorlounger also states, if you print a price on a ticket then that is the price. You can't then make up an excuse after you have messed up.

 

[RyanioBirdio]

No complaining if it's a scantily clad middle aged bloke called @RyanioBirdio with a few bottles of baby oil.

Middle aged?! I hadn’t even been conceived when we won the Milk Cup in 86!

The baby oil is fair enough, but middle aged…

 

[holdsteady]

What age do you become middle aged? 47?

 

[ECYellow]

Its a different stand with different facilities.

Gordon Bennett Worse facilities!

Supporting pillars, old seating and antiquated catering facilities. You cannot believe the information that you are being fed, and you are surely going to ask a few more pressing questions on the matter, you know, on behalf of us, the supporters that you represent?

 

[Scotchegg]

Not quite sure why you are defending them?

There's a difference between passing on information and defending that information.

 

[NorthWestOx]

There's a difference between passing on information and defending that information.

There is, and in my opinion, the post I quoted, "Its a different stand with different facilities.", was more than just passing on information.

Burnley are charging us more for a similar product (our product is actually slightly worse), which as others have mentioned, is against EFL regulations.
If they can explain it, I'd love to hear it.

 

[MarkG]

There is, and in my opinion, the post I quoted, "Its a different stand with different facilities.", was more than just passing on information.

Burnley are charging us more for a similar product (our product is actually slightly worse), which as others have mentioned, is against EFL regulations.
If they can explain it, I'd love to hear it.

There's a table on page 106 of the pdf (numbered 292)

https://www.efl.com/documents/efl-handbook.pdf

equivalent accomodation
ONE
covered seats on the touchline
TWO
covered seats on the goal line
uncovered seats on the touchline
THREE
covered seats on the corners
uncovered seats on the goalline
covered terrace on the touchline
FOUR
uncovered seats on the corners
covered terrace on the goalline
uncovered terrace on the goalline
FIVE
covered terrace on the corners
uncovered terrace on the goal line
SIX
uncovered terrace on the corners

So basically if we are in a covered stand behind the goal then we should pay the same as the opposite covered stand.
[edit]I think you can be charged at the same level as home supporters in your tier or the one above. eg if you are in level 3, you can be charged what home supporters pay in level 2.

 

[FAB Admin]

The difference is there is newly installed safe standing in the end we are allocated, giving a choice the other end doesn't have. We might not like it but the EFL won't think this is a breach - especially knowing the battle we had when Bristol Rovers were clearly in breach last season.

 

[Stranger]

What age do you become middle aged? 47?

I would say it used to be about 35 but with lifespans increasing it's probably more like 40 now.

At least, that's how old I was when I bought my Harley and learned guitar and drove a Lamborghini (all in my dreams)

 

[MarkG]

OK i've just looked https://www.eticketing.co.uk/burnle...024+25+oxford+united+home&utm_id=home+tickets
adult tickets for the game against us.
home tickets Jimmy McIlroy lower £30
home tickets Jimmy McIlroy upper £34

Bob Lord stand wings (touchline) £40
North stand lower wings (touchline) £38

"No Club shall charge higher admission prices for visiting supporters for
accommodation that is ranked as comparable with or inferior to that used by
supporters of the Home Club in the same or next highest ranked
accommodation. "
If i understand that if we are in level 2 accomodation (covered behind goal), we can be charged up to level 1 accomodation (covered touchline)?

 

[NorthWestOx]

The difference is there is newly installed safe standing in the end we are allocated, giving a choice the other end doesn't have. We might not like it but the EFL won't think this is a breach - especially knowing the battle we had when Bristol Rovers were clearly in breach last season.

Thank you for the explanation, and also Mark G,
I may not agree with the regulations, but I can see that its allowable.

Burnley was a game that I had planned on going to, but the pricing has put me off.
Thry're getting parachute payments and still charge high match day tickets.
There should be a cap to how much you can charge compared to a season ticket.

 

[Steve Gilbert]

Thank you for the explanation, and also Mark G,
I may not agree with the regulations, but I can see that its allowable.

Burnley was a game that I had planned on going to, but the pricing has put me off.
Thry're getting parachute payments and still charge high match day tickets.
There should be a cap to how much you can charge compared to a season ticket.

I am in the same boat regarding being put off by the ticket prices. I had planned to go to them game with my best mate who is a Burnley fan but both of us agree that £35 is a stupid price to pay for an away ticket.
We will instead be going into Chester to watch the game in one of the pubs and spending a lot less money.

Clubs can’t keep taking fan’s loyalty for granted when it comes to ticket prices.

 

[dickwalton1964]

I am in the same boat regarding being put off by the ticket prices. I had planned to go to them game with my best mate who is a Burnley fan but both of us agree that £35 is a stupid price to pay for an away ticket.
We will instead be going into Chester to watch the game in one of the pubs and spending a lot less money.

Clubs can’t keep taking fan’s loyalty for granted when it comes to ticket prices.

While I agree some are a bit steep, for this one season I can’t be bothered getting all het up over a tenner and missing out through stubbornness on venues and opposition that might not come around again too quickly. In the Championship for the first time in 25 years, sod it, I’m on tour and enjoying every minute!

 

[Steve Gilbert]

While I agree some are a bit steep, for this one season I can’t be bothered getting all het up over a tenner and missing out through stubbornness on venues and opposition that might not come around again too quickly. In the Championship for the first time in 25 years, sod it, I’m on tour and enjoying every minute!

That is fair enough and if it wasn’t a ground I hadn’t been to then I would probably swallow the price but Turf Moor is a ground I have been to the most behind our own.

 

[dickwalton1964]

That is fair enough and if it wasn’t a ground I hadn’t been to then I would probably swallow the price but Turf Moor is a ground I have been to the most behind our own.

Fair point. I haven’t been to Turf Moor before and that’s one I earmarked virtually the minute we won at Wembley, Carrow Road being another. I’m debating whether to do Derby midweek at the minute - been there twice before - so I take your point.

 

[christenedinjericho]

Thank you for the explanation, and also Mark G,
I may not agree with the regulations, but I can see that its allowable.

Burnley was a game that I had planned on going to, but the pricing has put me off.
Thry're getting parachute payments and still charge high match day tickets.
There should be a cap to how much you can charge compared to a season ticket.

So, while I, and others who live in Oxfordshire, take the afternoon off work with no pay (self employed) and then pay for fuel, food and the high ticket price, these fans are facing and doing the hard yards whilst some 'supporters' living up in the North are backing off because the ticket price is a tenner more on this one occasion ffs.

Sorry, but on this occasion I just don't get it.

Imagine if we did reach the PL...there would be some keeling over to worry about then!

However, I can understand if some of our southern based fans are on the edge what with all the enclosed costs incurred with taking time off work etc..... including this 'extra weighty tenner'.

COYY'S.

 

[NorthWestOx]

Not that I have to explain my decisions to you, but some of us are not able to go to every game.
Given the choice between Stoke, £20 and Burnley, £35, and also buying 3 or 4 tickets, it's an easy choice, especially when some of us would also have have to take unpaid time off to attend a mid week game.
Some of us do the 'hard yards' attending home games to give our money to our club.

 

[Lost Marbles]

Not that I have to explain my decisions to you, but some of us are not able to go to every game.
Given the choice between Stoke, £20 and Burnley, £35, and also buying 3 or 4 tickets, it's an easy choice, especially when some of us would also have have to take unpaid time off to attend a mid week game.
Some of us do the 'hard yards' attending home games to give our money to our club.

I used to live in the North West and I went to most away games but rarely made the effort to go to home matches. So hats off to you for doing so.

It's very easy to call out other fans for their perceived lack of support, but every fan has different financial / familial situations and obligations. I never get the argument that supporting your team means you have to accept being ripped off.

Whether you've paid Burnley or not, we should still be united in calling it out for what it is - pure greed. For those with kids, it's been noticeable that some (not all) of the concessions tickets have increased markedly from League One. I think apart from Wembley the most I paid for my then 5 year old last season was a tenner at Cheltenham, with most tickets being a fiver or less (Northampton was completely free!) Burnley is £18 and even Stoke (where the adult tickets are very good value) is a tenner. Fair play to Derby, where 6-12 year olds are a fiver and 2-5 year olds completely free.

 

[SirAndyOfCrosby]

I am in the same boat regarding being put off by the ticket prices. I had planned to go to them game with my best mate who is a Burnley fan but both of us agree that £35 is a stupid price to pay for an away ticket.
We will instead be going into Chester to watch the game in one of the pubs and spending a lot less money.

Fair enough Steve. Though all I would say is Burnley don't really give a f*ck if we take 300 or 700. They may even prefer the former. They certainly won't amend the pricing on the back of it (especially as the likes of Leeds, Sunderland, Preston etc will all sell out the same away end anyway).

It's actually yourself (missing out) and the players (who deserve the support) that are being hardest hit here, IMO.

I appreciate you want to draw the line, but think this is possibly 'cutting off your nose to spite your face' territory and an extra £5 or £10 to back your team in The Championship is worth it.

 

[MarkG]

I haven't been to Burnley so it's one I want to tick off.
Although the £15 price difference to Stoke/Derby isn't much compared to the whole day out if you factor in trains, hotels and food and drink, it could be a tipping point if you are picking between two midweek games to go to of say either Burnley or Derby.

Just read that the cheapest adult away ticket for Leicester at Manchester United in the FA Cup is £51!

 

[CaptainOx]

The difference is there is newly installed safe standing in the end we are allocated, giving a choice the other end doesn't have. We might not like it but the EFL won't think this is a breach - especially knowing the battle we had when Bristol Rovers were clearly in breach last season.

Standing is cheaper than seating at any ground with a terrace?
Surely the fact it's 'safe standing' can't justify the differential in price versus a home end seat?

Away End
Unrestricted View £35 (Based on our website this classes as some areas of normal seating and safe standing)
Restricted View £32 (Based on our website this classes as some areas of normal seating)

Home End
Lower Tier £30
Upper Tier £34

So I assume you could get a normal seat - unrestricted view for £35 towards the bottom of the stand, the equivalent to the home end lower tier which would be £30.
And the excuse given for the differential is because you could have chosen a safe standing spot?

 

[tomoufc]

I'm paying the extra for safe standing, almost certainly in the knowledge that I will be able to sit or stand wherever I want when I'm actually there. This is quite the hit to the wallet, still a couple of day's shy of my January pay.

 

[MarkG]

Standing is cheaper than seating at any ground with a terrace?
Surely the fact it's 'safe standing' can't justify the differential in price versus a home end seat?

Away End
Unrestricted View £35 (Based on our website this classes as some areas of normal seating and safe standing)
Restricted View £32 (Based on our website this classes as some areas of normal seating)

Home End
Lower Tier £30
Upper Tier £34

So I assume you could get a normal seat - unrestricted view for £35 towards the bottom of the stand, the equivalent to the home end lower tier which would be £30.
And the excuse given for the differential is because you could have chosen a safe standing spot?

I read that the rules allow you to charge up to one level above. So an away end covered seat (level 2) can't be charged more than a home touchline covered seat (level 1). Which is what is happening our adult behind the goal £35 vs home touchline £38.

Also I'd imagine that as safe standing / rail seating includes a seat, that changes it from being a terrace and into a stand.

 

[tomoufc]

I read that the rules allow you to charge up to one level above. So an away end covered seat (level 2) can't be charged more than a home touchline covered seat (level 1). Which is what is happening our adult behind the goal £35 vs home touchline £38.

Also I'd imagine that as safe standing / rail seating includes a seat, that changes it from being a terrace and into a stand.

That being the case, their tickets are just too expensive, in my view