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Arsenal Season Ticket Holders – It’s Time To Act!

A Rare Chance for Season Ticket Holders To Send A Message to Stan Kroenke and the Arsenal Board

9 March, 2016 9:00 88 comments
Arsenal Season Ticket Holders – It’s Time To Act!

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With Arsenal’s home FA Cup quarter final against Watford on Sunday afternoon being the eighth home FA Cup / Champions League fixture, the club’s financially stretched season ticket holders have the option not to take up their seats, and thus avoid having to pay between £35 and £70 extra if they renew their season tickets at the end of May.

Such a gesture also presents them with the rare opportunity to send a direct message to the board of directors and Stan Kroenke in particular if they are unhappy with:

• Stan Kroenke extracting £3 million a year from the club for ‘consultancy services’, the details of which the directors refuse to divulge in spite of repeated requests from shareholders

• The high price of tickets to watch Arsenal matches, which could easily be reduced as a consequence of the bumper new Premier League TV deal

Season ticket holders, paying the highest prices in English football, will need to inform the club that they wish to opt out of using their seat by their deadline of 12 noon on Thursday 10th March, and in so doing take the opportunity to let the board know they are not happy by refusing to give them any further money.

Click here for full details of how to opt out and avoid being charged even more for your season ticket renewal.

If several thousand season ticket holders opt out of Sunday's game, the club will be under no illusion that they can simply do as they choose without alienating the most loyal element of their fanbase. So act now if your pocket has already felt enough pain or if you want to take the opportunity to send an important message to the Club.

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  1. Hillary,Nairobi Kenya

    Mar 11, 2016, 20:16 #86076

    Hi,I am writing from Nairobi,Kenya.I am totally with you guys on this. As fans in Africa we really feel hurted and so disappointed with our club each year.I support DT with his banner about Wenger leaving. I personally feel it's you Arsenal fans in the UK who can save this beloved Club of ours.We in AFRICA have little we can do (or nothing at all )to send the message to the club's managemnet.In this we are together.All the best.#COYG

  2. Sanjay

    Mar 11, 2016, 11:17 #86026

    Pretty much sold out bar a few thousand tickets in the upper tier.

  3. Made Up Stat

    Mar 11, 2016, 9:51 #86012

    Big Raddy : think you're getting confusing 'fire in bellies' with 'accepting any old tripe the management and board vomit out of their arrogant stink holes,

  4. Badarse

    Mar 11, 2016, 8:27 #86011

    I have a couple of spare tickets and a few sherbet lemons in my pocket if you can't afford to go Mark from chumsville.

  5. Mark from Aylesbury

    Mar 11, 2016, 8:14 #86010

    Goonerjon - wow OMG wow.... What's your expected turn out? 136,506 bigger than Celtic v Leeds 1970, or even bigger 149,416 than Scotland v England 1937 ( 1 in 12 Scottish men attended) or possibly the biggest crowd ever, bigger than the Circus Maximus. Wowwee. Please can you get me a ticket! I think you must work for Stan so bound to have connections

  6. Made Up Stat

    Mar 11, 2016, 7:18 #86009

    I see Manchester Utd played last night against a team that was motivated, proud and had an obvious tactical game plan. I wonder if that had any effect upon a certain Marcus Rashford who rather than terrorising weak bottlers, found himself playing as a virtual defender?

  7. Cyril

    Mar 11, 2016, 0:00 #86007

    Ron: I agree with your sentiments. It's all a bit strange, Your posts alongside Westie are the best. Sorry, I wasn't being provocative or intended to be rude.

  8. mbg

    Mar 10, 2016, 23:01 #86004

    Rocky RIP, yes mate that's some thing that really pisses me off, all this we will learn, we have learned, when they never do, (especially wally) if they were all true to their word (and even wenger too) and learning from these defeats embarrassments, etc and showing it and progress, we wouldn't be down on them half as much we really wouldn't, but the fact is they never ever do, and haven't done now for years, and it's obvious they're not going to now at this stage, they all really do make a rod for they're own back.

  9. leek fc

    Mar 10, 2016, 21:40 #86002

    WOR are retardios, WOR are retardios, WOR are retardios, WOR are retardios.................... sing up lads

  10. The real McCoy

    Mar 10, 2016, 21:40 #86001

    Old man - Snoopy lives in a very bad part of town (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh) And everybody, yeah, tries to put my Snoopy down (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh) Snoopy, I don't care what your wenger daddy do (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh) 'Cause you know, Snoopy, girl, I'm in love with you (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh) And so I sing out Hang on, wenger Wenger, hang on Hang on, wenger Wenger, hang on

  11. Badarse

    Mar 10, 2016, 21:04 #86000

    WOR are retardios,WOR are retardios,WOR are retardios,WOR are retardios.

  12. Rocky RIP

    Mar 10, 2016, 20:40 #85999

    Mbg - I cringe whenever I read what Walcott has said most of the time. He comes out with exactly what you don't want to hear. 'We've learned the lessons', 'turned the corner' ...er, no you have not, you never do. A nice guy I'm sure, but he's about as far removed from what I want from a captain of The Arsenal as it's possible to be.

  13. mbg

    Mar 10, 2016, 20:36 #85998

    Gaz, your spot on there, TOF would think everyone has fallen in love with him again, so fook that get him out now.

  14. mbg

    Mar 10, 2016, 20:25 #85997

    Did you see and read the ranting and rambling of wally today ? raving on about this special meeting (for all the good it's going to do) about having belief, character, and listen to this one, never give up spirit, (i know some will be hanging on his every word and believe him) did you ever hear such spin/s***e in your life ? does wally and these players think fans are fooking stupid ? what or who does he take us for ? Jesus H if there were a league for talking a good game wally and the dwarfs along with his old fraud of a manager would fooking walk it. You couldn't make it up.

  15. Rocky RIP

    Mar 10, 2016, 20:24 #85996

    People who are bogged down by the argument over Wenger seem to miss the point that the real problem at Arsenal is Kroenke. Wenger moving on won't change the fact that the leech will still at the top of our club, using our money to pay for a new ranch and generally not giving the slightest s*** about us as long as the profits roll in. (Hence why Wenger is his ideal man.) He needs to go. He puts nothing in and takes plenty out. People losing their rag with Wenger (often quite justifiably) should redirect some of it at the guy who seems to set the silent agenda whereby we are stuck in a perpetual cycle of 'nearly'.

  16. Old Man

    Mar 10, 2016, 20:06 #85995

    Who the fek is Snoopy???

  17. Goonerandy

    Mar 10, 2016, 19:40 #85993

    Season ticket holders complaining about ticket prices , I'm a red member and prefer to go to away games now .I have to buy all my tickets off ticket websites , these tickets are originally in the hands of travel club members or season ticket holders who buy them and then sell them on for profit .....what about that ?

  18. Gaz

    Mar 10, 2016, 19:34 #85992

    Mark-if Wenger announced he was definitely leaving next season I'd not only be delighted but my support for him and his side would totally change and I'd get right behind him again. I think most anti-Wenger fans would feel the same. Unfortunately there's a big problem with this in that knowing Wenger he'd mistake this sudden support as something completely different and he'd reverse his decision and sign a new deal!!!...

  19. mbg

    Mar 10, 2016, 18:48 #85990

    Bob, yes indeed nice one, Wexit is the new buzz word. Mark you can bet our posts wouldn't last long, and anyway you can't talk to wenger Koresh disciples.

  20. Mark from Aylesbury

    Mar 10, 2016, 18:46 #85989

    Some interesting gossip from transfer rumours site ( yes ok could be BS) They are saying club sources are deffinitely replacing Wenger end of next season (sadly not this one) and Unai Emery ( i believe two Europa trophies on the trot) is a favourite

  21. Mark from Aylesbury

    Mar 10, 2016, 18:32 #85988

    Bob - love it Wexit !!! Sums it up beautifully. Anybody fancy going onto Untold Arsenal to lead the Wexit campaign?

  22. mbg

    Mar 10, 2016, 17:41 #85987

    Sorry forgot to add he says Arsenal have told stewards away from home to look for it (orders from the dictator no doubt)he also says how when they first displayed it a few years ago AKB wengerites attacked and spat on them, and we have the gall to run down opposition spuds fans for doing the same ? he says it doesn't happen now though he gets applause, what does that tell you.

  23. mbg

    Mar 10, 2016, 17:28 #85986

    Good interview in Sunsport today with DT (well done that man and friends) who had the wenger out banner, not pretty reading for the AKB wengerites though, and they're all adults too (not kids), so I don't suppose they got a kicking.

  24. jjetplane

    Mar 10, 2016, 17:20 #85984

    English teams make Europa more attractive to fans than Arsene's customary last CL 16 white flag 'we are looking to next season' experience. Deeney Day!j

  25. jeff wright

    Mar 10, 2016, 16:49 #85983

    Stuart Bell ,what you really mean is that Arsene needs your support.The protests are about him sunbeam. How could you be so stupid as to forget the Barcelona game you ask. Well we all forget games played - but as you say it's stupidity to have forgotten that one. Or did you just miss it .

  26. Bob

    Mar 10, 2016, 16:33 #85982

    Will this game become the first competitive game to go to general sale since we moved to the ground? That would send a real shot across their bows....may even tempt some more 'old school' back to join the growing clamour for WEXIT!

  27. NickF

    Mar 10, 2016, 16:09 #85981

    Why are RedAction now encouraging people to buy seats on Twitter? "Also look like there's opportunity to bag seats in blocks 5/6, for those keen to get in that part of the ground!"

  28. Red Member

    Mar 10, 2016, 15:16 #85979

    Dorset Gunner - Yes I agree and as a red member myself I am also boycotting the match. The last 2 matches I attended - Swansea and Southampton have hardly inspired me to watch anymore anytime soon anyway

  29. Dorset Gonner

    Mar 10, 2016, 14:52 #85977

    As a red member I was going to buy tickets for this game, but I think it's important that red & silver members support the st holders and don't buy tickets for this game. We need to be united to send a clear message to the club to stop taking the p*ss out of the fans.

  30. stuart bell

    Mar 10, 2016, 14:45 #85975

    Highbury Boy - DOH!!!! How could I be so stupid! How can I forget Barca????? Oh well I haven't opted out so I'll be there. The boys need my support right now anyway!

  31. mbg

    Mar 10, 2016, 14:43 #85973

    To all those who've opted out does it make you feel any less a fan ? no of course it doesn't, and neither would voicing your concern and taking action against a past it manager who needs replacing for the good of the club.

  32. mbg

    Mar 10, 2016, 14:31 #85972

    KC, and you can be sure the rest are lapping/lapped it up, you can just see the heads going like nodding dogs. You couldn't make it up.

  33. NickF

    Mar 10, 2016, 14:15 #85969

    I gave up my season ticket for this one. The unfortunate thing is that the majority of people just don't give a s**t so the lower tier will probably still be mostly full come Sunday.

  34. jjetplane

    Mar 10, 2016, 13:40 #85965

    Now's your chance to go WEsTiE and show your undying support! lol!

  35. JWE

    Mar 10, 2016, 13:23 #85964

    Took a look at the ticket exchange yesterday and today. I would estimate the number of season ticket holders that have followed suit to comfortably be in the thoushands. You were limited to where you could sit if you wanted two together yesterday but not today, pretty much take your pick of where you want to sit even if you were buying three tickets together. Well done guys!

  36. jjetplane

    Mar 10, 2016, 13:03 #85963

    It would be anarchy heaven if no one turned up full stop. lol! will be remembered as Deeney Day .....

  37. danluvsafc

    Mar 10, 2016, 12:57 #85962

    Ive now opted out of this.First home game Ive missed for over 6 years and my father too who probably is close on 15 years without missing a home game.What is interesting though is the amount of people that look like they've followed suit.Just been on the online ticket page on arsenal.com and there are masses of unsold tickets on their stadium map for this match. You can practically choose how many and where you want to sit in the stadium. Well done to everyone for making this stand as i realize how difficult this has been but hopefully will be worth it

  38. Highbury Boy

    Mar 10, 2016, 12:30 #85961

    Stuart bell, Barcelona.

  39. Captain Frank

    Mar 10, 2016, 11:55 #85960

    I've just opted out of Sunday's game. It's the first home game I'll have missed in 12 years so is not something I've done lightly and have done it with a heavy-heart. However, as the article points out, it is a rare opportunity for ST holders who want to remain ST holders to send a message to the board that we are sick of being taken for granted. The timing of the game means they have around 48 hours to resell my ticket and the hundreds, maybe thousands, of others who have done the same as me. If they don't, then that's impacting the bottom line. They should still ensure the seats are filled by giving away the tickets to local schools and by doing so encourage the next generation of supporters (or customers to use terminology which Stan will understand), but I'd be surprised if that happens. The person who sits next to me at games is still going, so he'll report back on who occupies my seat, if anyone, and I'll share that information on here next week. I do understand why some find it hard to balance this action with someone who claims, as I do, to be a dedicated fan, but as we've seen in the last couple of days protests can be a force for good and if I can play a small part in making the board recognise they have pushed ticket prices far beyond what was reasonable, then I'll feel proud to have done so.

  40. KC

    Mar 10, 2016, 11:45 #85958

    Untolds main contributor running a story why we could not buy Schniderlin. Reason was we have Pers, Koscielny and Gabriel. Such marvellous football knowledge.

  41. Jamerson

    Mar 10, 2016, 11:43 #85957

    Season tickets should be scrapped,Im giving mine up next season,mainly because I like to spend most of my time in East Anglia these days and I don't agree with the same mongs being given the seats for every game and bragging that they're some sort of superfans,it was a good idea in the 80's when there was only about 17,000 ST's yet not anymore.I want to see Arsenal pushing for more away tickets at grounds that don't always sell out and I want to see the Emirates expanded to about 100,000 so if I want to go I can.

  42. stuart bell

    Mar 10, 2016, 11:19 #85955

    I do not understand..... this is not the 8th home cup tie this season but the 7th.... 1: 25/09: Olympiacos 2: 20/10: Bayern Munich 3: 24/11: Dinamo Zargreb 4: 09/01: Sunderland 5: 30/01: Burnely 6: 20/02: Hull City Have I missed something here?

  43. mbg

    Mar 10, 2016, 9:49 #85953

    Hiccup, yes such a thing for an Arsenal/wenger player to do, he must have been jaded and fatigued from the journey and wasn't thinking straight.

  44. Tony Evans

    Mar 10, 2016, 8:56 #85951

    Ron - too true mate. Wenger's petulant post match displays after a defeat have been nothing short of embarrassing and have reflected terribly on Arsenal's good name.

  45. Far far away fan

    Mar 10, 2016, 6:30 #85949

    The players had a meeting WITHOUT THE MANAGER OR THE COACHES so that THERE IS NO ONE TO SIMMER DOWN THE ANGER during the discussion. Imagine the anguish Cech must feel knowing that this is the sort of "title challenge" that Arsene is capable of mounting. The meeting would have turned out very differently had Wenger been there. Cech: "You miserable sons of b****es!! The title is there for the taking. Show some testicular fortitude for Gods sake. If it was Terry on Sunday, he would have the kid Rashford around all day and then gone home to shag his mother after winning the game. You sorry lot make a hero out of this scrawny lad and come out looking like a bunch of cuckolded fools. And if you've forgotten that you've got a pair look down, say hello to those withering, miniscule b****s that are hanging off your spineless bodies and pray that they get bigger before the end of the season." Arsene: "Petr, there, there, no need for such language. I don't see why you are so angry. So we lost against Swansea and got pushed around by teenagers at OT. But we are still above 4th place. So we are still ahead of where we should be."

  46. Ron

    Mar 09, 2016, 23:44 #85946

    Guys, Gus Hiddink. Thats how to speak to the media after a loss. Humble, honest and giving credit through his disappointment by declaring the opponent as a better team. When has that ever happened at Arsenal this last dozen years? Night night guys.

  47. Ron

    Mar 09, 2016, 23:32 #85945

    Hi Cyril. No, not all mate. Sorry if i gave that impression. What i mean is that membership system of which the season tiket syetem is intergral 'traps' fans into going to as many games as they can to justify the cost. As a result the Club fleeces its own members as they know they ll pay up so they dont lose the memberships and the chance to gain away credits etc. I just think it needs liberalising and the allocation of tickets then becomes less geared to those who ll stump up the ST and membership costs. It traps them and excludes others from going to games and encourages corruption and protectionism by the ST holders. Ive had STs Cyril until 2010 and i never liked the system when i was part of it to be totally honest with you. The malaise is AWs and the Boards, though they ll never admit fault. Why shuld they when theres 55000 odd showing up each home game all paying up to justify to themselves the extortionate price the Club charges them. In my view Cyril NO footie match is worth more than 20 quid. 25 quid tops. How many players get you off yr seat these days? Next to none in my view. How many teams would you mover heaven and earth for and work overtime to pay to travel to see/ I cant think of one. Not for me. Im an unabashed away fan only, who then only goes if a cheapo ticket falls my way from old mates and from the odd blokes who i barely know really who i used to do a few favours for off the back of my own membership down the years. Sorry my post gave the wrong impression. Ive finished paying my dues Cyril lad.

  48. Cyril

    Mar 09, 2016, 22:21 #85941

    Ron: how are you. You can't seriously put the blame on malaise to ST holders. All we do is pay up and turn up each bloody year. Surely re-package the remaining tickets and make it happen. We cannot be criticised for our loyalty. Its unlikely I will carry on. But hey, I gave it my best as a fan supporting the greatest English team ever in this country!

  49. Ron

    Mar 09, 2016, 21:50 #85937

    Its all of this 'membership' bol l o c ks that keeps the home match tickets high. Its them that need skewering, not the away games. A high proportion of those who go away do so on the cheap by taking away match tickets off season ticket holders who buy them to get 'credits' and then take the hit so to just shift the ticket. The SC s often have spares too that they flog off cheaper. It ll never happen but the abolition of the silly 'memberships' (ffs, what are they members of for the money? Nothing much in my view) and limit season tickets to the Club level brigade should happen. tickets thyen for the supporters clubs to flog and what they dont want, first come, first served. Season ticket holder doesnt = loyal fan. It just means deepest pockets. This would create some unfairness but the present system does anyway. We might even get some atmosphere back into the morgue too, just like a ticket free for all does at the last day of some Test matches and at Wimbledon.

  50. Hiccup

    Mar 09, 2016, 21:31 #85934

    jj, you have your wires crossed. No one from Arsenal would elbow another player in the face? Sanogo must have been instructed by the knuckle dragging Neanderthal charlton manager to do it. Arsene needs to get him back and away from this environment. The MK Don player went to the ground rather too easy in my view, and the ref succumbed to pressure from the players surrounding him and a phone call from Fergie in his ear piece to send him off. Just like our players don't dive. When welbeck dived the other week, he thought he was still playing for that angry red nosed 'got Mike Dean' in my pocket bully Ferguson. He won't do that again after Wenger had a word in his ear. Isn't it great knowing Arsenal are the most sporting team in the league. If only Carlsberg did a league for this! Oh, hold on, according to AKB Central there is. We are the current Ethical League Champions... for the calendar year of course.

  51. Exeter Gunner

    Mar 09, 2016, 20:06 #85929

    These 'clear the air' talks sound a bit WOB-ish to me. This suggests the players think they've not been up to scratch, when the AKBs have explained it's all due to Leicester's fixture list and corrupt refs. How dare the players criticise themselves - the anti-Arsenal traitors!

  52. Snoopy

    Mar 09, 2016, 19:39 #85925

    I know for a fact Arsenal have decided to freeze ticket prices over the next two seasons and develop through the players they already have rather than spending big during the summer months.

  53. CT Gooner

    Mar 09, 2016, 19:30 #85924

    By the sounds of it the players who lead the Team meeting are the past it players who'll be out at the end of the season (bar Cech). From the outside, it doesn't seem like all things are rosy at our beloved club. As for Snoopy, can the admin please kick out the troll!!

  54. mbg

    Mar 09, 2016, 18:39 #85915

    Hi Berry, good post, interesting that isn't it, obviously they thought they needed clear the air talks in the first place, I wonder why that was ? (as if we don't know) and was it before Hull ? if so why ? was it because they knew they had a good chance of a result against mediocre opposition ? and it would have looked good ? They're just as bad as TOF all spin merchants and most of them not fit to wear the shirt.

  55. Wenger Must Go

    Mar 09, 2016, 17:44 #85911

    Do it season ticket holders. Wish I was one but can only afford red membership. Kronke and Gazidis out.

  56. jjetplane

    Mar 09, 2016, 16:18 #85904

    See AKB big star for the future Sanogo may yet get a season ban for violent conduct. As well as helping Charlton to go down a league he now is Elbow in more ways than one. Another one of Arsene's Jewels ..... lol!

  57. jjetplane

    Mar 09, 2016, 15:58 #85901

    Bit like granddad with the grand children running amok while Bouldie's daughter prepares the meds ..... Wrighty of bandwagons BT, Sun and any old **** castigates poster fan and fan calls Wrighty a Prick! Nice one geezer! Who wants to watch the Watford forwards bust the off red ballon? Like that myself. Bored of Wenger (BOW).

  58. Hi Berry

    Mar 09, 2016, 15:32 #85896

    So Theo says a 'clear-the-air' meeting was held at the instigation of the senior players. Firstly, should players need to 'clear-the-air' - aren't they supposed to be dedicated professionals all pulling for one common cause, and secondly, how can things get to the point of having to 'clear-the-air' without the manager stepping in beforehand?

  59. RedPig

    Mar 09, 2016, 15:15 #85893

    I am currently trying to opt out of this ****efest. We only have until 12 noon tomorrow to do so but the Online Box Office is ''currently busy'' and it has been telling me this for the last 2 hours. That may be a good sign in that loads of us are opting out but the message ''Thank you for your patience'' is wearing thin and sounds nauseatingly familiar. ''Patience is a sign of intelligence'' as Wenger once said. That could be the club motto for the next 50 years.

  60. jjetplane

    Mar 09, 2016, 14:39 #85882

    Gave up my ST with the move 'cause I knew the only 'old school' at the WOK would be Snoopy and his mates in marketing. Must admit am dying to hear of a handbags situ with Ramsay and Sanchez with Ozil holding their jumpers while 'deep in prayer.' Maybe they will have it out on the plane/back from Spain ...... Why has Westie stopped posting? No active interest on this one?

  61. mbg

    Mar 09, 2016, 14:36 #85880

    Oh Dear real barrel scraping now from the AKB wengerites from untold Arsenal (they must really be on the run)in defence of their fading messiah, with more gobbledegook trying to blame the wenger out banner on non fans, if you hadn't read it you wouldn't believe it. You really couldn't make it up, it's not right laughing it's disrespectful. wenger out now.

  62. anthony walters

    Mar 09, 2016, 14:33 #85879

    good news for arsenal away fans just announced .arsenal fans traveling away will pay no more than 26 quid .credit to the club in that ar least .freeze on home tickets for 2 yrs welcome too.enjoy the watford cup match!

  63. Eispy

    Mar 09, 2016, 14:13 #85875

    Opt in or out..... do you think the club will give a toss??? Of course not, they probably won't even realise that the empty(?) seats ARE a protest. The only way they'll understand that we're fed up with the cost of our football is if there is a mass non-renewal of season tickets but let's face it, that's never going to happen!

  64. PerryG

    Mar 09, 2016, 14:08 #85872

    Haven't been a member since 2010, haven't been to a game since 2010, haven't given the club a penny since 2010. Won't be back till Wenger, Gazidis and Kroenke clear off

  65. Exeter Gunner

    Mar 09, 2016, 14:04 #85870

    Snoopy, many of the "proper old schoolers" were priced out. The protest is about pricing. Do you really not get it?

  66. Jumpers for Goalposts

    Mar 09, 2016, 14:03 #85869

    Snoopy - (or are you Jamerson??) Your argument is totally invalid mate cos it's the "old schoolers" as you put it that are most fed up. I'm an Old School fan, brought up on the North Bank from the late 70s onwards and I'm sick to chuffing death of what Kroenke and Wenger are doing to our great Club. I voted with my feet and wallet about 6 years ago cos £100 a week to watch rubbish like Almunia, Bendtner, Song and Eboue tipped me over the edge. Change can't come soon enough!!

  67. GTG

    Mar 09, 2016, 14:00 #85867

    Snoopy - The irony in your last post is the reason "Old schoolers" packed it in, in the first place was because of the ridiculously high ticket prices.... That amongst other things is what has driven them out of the club and made the Emirates "atmosphere" what it is.

  68. anthony walters

    Mar 09, 2016, 14:00 #85866

    i am a season ticket holder and someone else is using my ticket for this match as i have a league tennis match. i still enjoy going to matches and for the most part the football on display but i do have criticisms of not just ticket pricing.why is food and drink inside the ground so extortionate?i have bought food and drink a handful of times since being at the emirates only when really late.at the very least i see no reason why red or silver members need to pay 50 quid for membership surely given the tv money a nominal fee of no more than a tenner.

  69. jjetplane

    Mar 09, 2016, 13:40 #85858

    Funny how WESTIE goes quiet on certain subjects like this one ... What can you say when you opted out over a decade ago .... Loyal supporters! lol! Bit thibk those Arsene marketing lackeys .....

  70. cyril

    Mar 09, 2016, 13:33 #85854

    Snoopy: now now! You will be fully aware that many ST holders like myself have been attending for countless years. Some 30 or 40 years in my stand. We are all equal and I can quite easily make an excellent arguement about our loyalty. There is unrest, accept it!!

  71. Snoopy

    Mar 09, 2016, 13:08 #85848

    I wish all the current ST holders would opt out for good and go follow someone who lives up to their expectations instead of stinking the ground out every other week.Get all the proper old schoolers back in the ground and kick out all these grumblers.

  72. danluvsafc

    Mar 09, 2016, 12:59 #85845

    me and my dad are both opting out of this match.Only other bit of advice i give is like me that you opt out at the last possible moment ie 11:50am tomorrow so that the club have less time to fill the seat to more tourists.Enough is Enough.Maybe i should " F off down the lane" while im at it too!!!

  73. Highbury Boy

    Mar 09, 2016, 12:40 #85838

    Just opted out. Hope thousands more do too.

  74. Nick

    Mar 09, 2016, 12:29 #85835

    I object to season ticket holders describing themselves as the " most loyal" Arsenal supporters, I do not question their loyalty but the fact is they are simply the most AFFLUENT of the support base not the most loyal, there are thousands of red members who are either on a waiting list for season tickets or who are simply unable to AFFORD them but who nevertheless do their utmost to get tickets for as many games as possible , who buy club merchandise and pay memberships for kids and grandkids, they are no less loyal than those lucky enough to have season tickets, the fact that ALL tickets are so expensive whether for ST holders or " mere members" is the issue that should be addressed not just an elitist issue!

  75. mbg

    Mar 09, 2016, 12:10 #85832

    You've left someone out who you should also be sending a message too, it's a pity you all cant get together in doing that, is it not just as important.

  76. shu

    Mar 09, 2016, 12:09 #85831

    The problem is it is too late to act. Arsenal fans took the ticket prices at the Emirates on the chin and now have to live with what we have.Good on the scousers for the protest and fan power ,you won't see it at Emirates. We also have Stan thousands of miles away who won't give a toss, sure a few thousand will stay away but they will all be back the week after ,quiet and comfy in their seats. Meek and mild and prepared to continue with a manager who is past his best !

  77. KC

    Mar 09, 2016, 11:43 #85825

    Already opted out. Wengers attitude is so arrogant. It would be nice if he admitted errors but he just never does.m

  78. Website Editor

    Mar 09, 2016, 11:41 #85824

    Almunia is a clown - I will upload it to the site later today and do a link to it in tomorrow's exclusive which will be promoting the podcast

  79. Exeter Gunner

    Mar 09, 2016, 11:32 #85821

    Red Member - I'm afraid that argument is too subtle for them. They can't even work out those seats will be empty, not somehow filled with more 'vocal' supporters. They think acquiescing with having your loyalty exploited IS loyalty.

  80. Almunia is a clown

    Mar 09, 2016, 11:09 #85819

    Brilliant idea, where can I get a larger version of the Kroenke dead or alive picture? WENGER OUT! KROENKE OUT!

  81. James

    Mar 09, 2016, 10:58 #85815

    Shouldn't be to difficult to pull off as at least 3000 season ticket holders are missing at most games.

  82. Red Member

    Mar 09, 2016, 10:52 #85813

    Snoopy and Nuttm Tiddy - you wouldnt be working for the club would you? Sometimes supporting a team is not just about buying a ticket, sometimes a stand needs to be made with a view to the longer term. This is something Arsenal supporters have trouble with understanding more than most. Look how Liverpool supporters talked their club out of implementing higher prices for games.

  83. Snoopy

    Mar 09, 2016, 10:41 #85809

    I hope lots of the ST holders don't take up the option as we need our most vocal loyal supporters for this one. Pleased it's not Cat A.Agree with your post Nuttn Tiddy.

  84. Jumpers for Goalposts

    Mar 09, 2016, 10:28 #85806

    Brilliant idea and long overdue. They've taken the p*** out of us for years and only a protest like this will make Kroenke listen. Hopefully this is just the first step in getting that parasite out of our Club. We should never underestimate the power that "customers" have but we need to use direct action or they'll continue to shaft us.

  85. JWE

    Mar 09, 2016, 10:23 #85803

    The club deciding to charge cat B prices for this game for me was the final straw. I gave up my season ticket years ago but on hearing the decision to try and screw fans over by charging cat B when Watford in the premier league is a cat C game all day long I cancelled my direct debits on three red memberships yesterday. This club is nothing short of a disgrace in my opinion. Anyone continuing to put money into the current setup wants their brain tested.

  86. Garry Mewett

    Mar 09, 2016, 10:04 #85800

    Even with Watford having 9,000 tickets, how on earth are arsenal going to shift all the remaining tickets at CAT B Prices, they don't live in the real world, they should be offering CAT C, especially as I hear its been harder for Red members to secure seats this year. Arsenal are going to need Red members next year when the renewals stop flooding in and the tourist fans watch Chelsea or Spurs at Wewmbley.

  87. Red Member

    Mar 09, 2016, 9:57 #85798

    I am amazed considering the club are charging category B prices for this considering the short notice of the match. So even as a lowly red member I will be joining any boycott by season ticket holders.

  88. NuttnTiddy

    Mar 09, 2016, 9:45 #85795

    Hooray. Great news. The so called supporters have a reason to stay away. Lets us hope it becomes permanent and we see the last of them. Or to put it simple. Sod off.