England

[chaddyrovers]

The World Cup ticket pricing for games is a fecking joke. 4 times more expensive than the last World Cup pricing, a lot of regular fans who attend international games priced out of attend them

 

[roversfan99]

Football sadly has long ceased to become a game directed for the benefit of the fans.

Prices, kick off times, further attempts at greed, we are just collateral damage.

[chaddyrovers]

7 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

Football sadly has long ceased to become a game directed for the benefit of the fans.

Prices, kick off times, further attempts at greed, we are just collateral damage.

What can you do about the kick offs when the world cup is in Canada, Mexico and USA? 

FIFA's ticket price is ridiculous and unnecessary 

[roversfan99]

Was a general comment about the state of football.

Specific to World Cups, also consider expanding the tournament diluting the quality for a money grab and selling out to countries with shameful human rights records.

[chaddyrovers]

We debated all that before and dont want to get into another debate about kick offs, etc, etc as it as nothing with my original point about FIFA decision to put their ticket prices for England fan members(and other nations) over 4 times the price compare to the Qatar world cup

@roversfan99

Edited December 12 by chaddyrovers

[Bronzed A Donis]

2 hours ago, roversfan99 said:

Football sadly has long ceased to become a game directed for the benefit of the fans.

Prices, kick off times, further attempts at greed, we are just collateral damage.

Read today regular 'welfare breaks' just increased long enough to fit adverts in during the game..

[Upside Down]

4 hours ago, Bronzed A Donis said:

Read today regular 'welfare breaks' just increased long enough to fit adverts in during the game..

It's so pathetic. 

What a bunch of non entities these people are. What an absolutely sad and pathetic existence they have whereby they'll do anything for financial reward. 

Society needs to rally against this and rid ourselves of these empty vessels. It's totally disgusting that being a complete cunt is not only socially acceptable but is encouraged and rewarded.

[joey_big_nose]

At some point surely there will be a movement to leave FIFA. Its ludicrously corrupt.

[joey_big_nose]

On 06/12/2025 at 06:01, ... said:

The potential route to the final is horrendous as group winners as is runner up. Spain, Argentina Brazil all sit in our path. Providing they top their groups 

Well tbh its what you expect at a world cup to have to play at least 3 top teams. England have been very fortunate in recent tournament draws.

Great opportunity to improve our appalling record at major tournaments against the top 10 or so sides. Think if you go back 30 years we've managed to beat those sides 5 times (Spain & Netherlands in 96, Germany 2000, Germany in 2021, Netherlands in 2024)

In that time we have managed to lose to the top sides 10 times (Germany x2, Argentina, Brazil, Italyx2, Spain, Portugal x3)

[wilsdenrover]

Too little too late:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c157xenkg24o

[Upside Down]

2 minutes ago, wilsdenrover said:

Too little too late:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c157xenkg24o

"A small number"

[wilsdenrover]

Just now, Upside Down said:

"A small number"

The word begrudgingly springs to mind (amongst others!).

[speeeeeeedie]

On 12/12/2025 at 04:26, chaddyrovers said:

The World Cup ticket pricing for games is a fecking joke. 4 times more expensive than the last World Cup pricing, a lot of regular fans who attend international games priced out of attend them

 

Americans are used to paying silly prices to go to sporting events. The average NBA ticket price is £100, NFL is £120 with concerts being smuch steeper, so spending big money on a once in a lifetime event won't phase an American populace getting more and more interested in watching football. FIFA know this so have priced accordingly. It's not right, but they have a captive audience.

Also factor in that the country has immigrants from everywhere who also want to see their country play, and that football fans in America tend to be higher than average earners you have a recipe for FIFA to maximise profits. 

[chaddyrovers]

2 hours ago, speeeeeeedie said:

Americans are used to paying silly prices to go to sporting events. The average NBA ticket price is £100, NFL is £120 with concerts being smuch steeper, so spending big money on a once in a lifetime event won't phase an American populace getting more and more interested in watching football. FIFA know this so have priced accordingly. It's not right, but they have a captive audience.

Also factor in that the country has immigrants from everywhere who also want to see their country play, and that football fans in America tend to be higher than average earners you have a recipe for FIFA to maximise profits. 

Thanks for sharing. I know NBA tickets are expensive as I looked into pre covid and they were too high for me. Lakers NBA tickets are expensive anyway

[jodrell]

For me I hope it's a complete flop and it's like that world club thing when they had to give tickets away.

[joey_big_nose]

8 hours ago, jodrell said:

For me I hope it's a complete flop and it's like that world club thing when they had to give tickets away.

The tickets and visiting the US are so so expensive in the midst of a global cost of living crisis I do wonder if the whole character of the tournament will further deteriorate. Will it be mostly rich Americans, celebrities etc, and not many actual home fans?

I don't imagine too many empty stadiums, but I expect the atmosphere might be a bit muted and shit.

Managing to successfully hold the last 3 world cups in post-Crimean invasion Russia, human rights crushing Qatar, and now daylight robbery in Trumps America is a real hatrick of evil.

[chaddyrovers]

3 hours ago, joey_big_nose said:

Managing to successfully hold the last 3 world cups in post-Crimean invasion Russia, human rights crushing Qatar, and now daylight robbery in Trumps America is a real hatrick of evil.

2030 world cup will be held by Morocco, Spain and Portugal with Argentina (anniversary match co-host), Paraguay (anniversary match co-host) and Uruguay (anniversary match co-host)

2034 world cup will be in Saudi Arabia 

[roversfan99]

Cover loads of continents at once so we can get back to Asia and they can rake it in from another wealthy country with a diabolical human rights record.

[chaddyrovers]

The South America games is based the 100 years anniversary of the world cup. never experience a world cup in South America. 

The Saudi bid was the only bid for 2034 bid during the process. 

should Human rights record play any part in Football given its very separate issue or could Football being a full for good

Looking very forward to the 2026 world cup still, should be a great tournament

[roversfan99]

Yes, a dreadful human rights record should play a part. The biggest football tournament should simply not be going to countries with human rights records like that.

Clearly you share a moral compass with the corrupt FIFA.

[wilsdenrover]

Should human rights play a part - WTAF.

[chaddyrovers]

Shouldn't come into play. Separate issues. Football should be based on footballing issues and thats it. Other always want to bring in non football issues all the time into these situations 

Edited 1 hour ago by chaddyrovers

[wilsdenrover]

Sometimes it’s best to keep your thoughts to yourself.

[roversfan99]

A catalog of quite frankly ludicrous posts.

But not sure you'll find any worse than those.

[chaddyrovers]

27 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

A catalog of quite frankly ludicrous posts.

But not sure you'll find any worse than those.

Give it resr RF99. 

Football decisions should be based on footballing issues and nothing else

Edited 50 minutes ago by chaddyrovers