Pay Per View Premier League Games

I don't understand why anyone thinks that's expensive. The cheapest Premier League season ticket is £320 a season so that's almost £17 a ticket. The cheapest of the most expensive season tickets is £513 so £27

 

What if you've already bought a season ticket and now have to pay again?

 

I don't know about other clubs but United cancelled the renewal deadline so you didn't have to pay for your season ticket but wouldn't lose it. And anyone who did pay they have promised refunds for any match played in a closed stadium or any match where they aren't given a ticket due to a partial open stadium. Admittedly United may be an outlier as apparently, Woodward was apparently pushing for the PPV price to be closer to £5 and also wanted season ticket holders to get it for free but all the other clubs wanted £15 and no free access so its possible the others have kept the renewal date and won't return the money but I would be surprised if they aren't all refunduing

 

You charge £10 a game to watch LEAGUE 2 football and with iFollows AWFUL production values. When you compare League 2 per match price for season tickets to the PL one £5 more and getting better coverage for it is hardly out sync with the EFL. The only people losing out are those who wouldn't go to matches anyway and they wouldn't have got to see the matches anyway if COVID wasn't happening.

And this is likely to help the likes of City out. First of all it makes the £10 a match iFollow fee that might put casual fans buying a game seem better value and it might offset some of the massive losses clubs are making which might make it a little easier for them to give to an EFL bailout

 

First of all PL games haven't generally been available on a game by game basis. The games that were shown at the end of last season and then the start of this season only really helped the broadcasters, they weren't paying for these matches (infact due to rebates due to COVID they were adding value to their customers, getting more ad revenue, driving subscriptions and having the clubs pay for the privilege). The broadcasters weren't willing to pay more for the extra matches and were not willing to let the clubs sell their own rights for clubs not covered by TV contract.

And perhaps spend 5 mins googling

Arsenal - Required a partial payment to secure access to the ballot when reduced capacity starts. This is I believe about 10 games worth of matches and if will be refunded pro-rata if you don't get into enough matches to recover that. You can choose not to be in the ballot and take a holiday paying up either the pro-rata amount if full capacity happens this season or you space is kept for next season if it doesn't

Aston Villa - Didn't put season tickets on sale. Everyone is on a 'holiday' period

Brighton - They don't do season tickets, they have rolling 12-month memberships which go from Feb to Feb so they were already paid up before COVID happened. They have had this years membership converted in cash balances which any match they get to attend is deducted from and anything left over will go against next season membership

Burnley - Are already refunding anyone who requests it. or they can wait and get a refund based on how many matches they weren't able to goto at the end of the season

Chelsea - Didn't sell any season tickets

Palace - Sold season tickets but at a discount by the number of games they had at home before the proposed partial reopening. They are then giving credit for games that can't be attended which can be applied to next season. They have also put in place a system where if you don't want to go you can pay for the season ticket but sell it on a match by match basis through the club to get your money back. If you didn't want to renew due to being high-risk they charged £200 to hold the season ticket which would be deducted off next seasons price

Everton - Are refunding ona pro-rata basis

Fulham - Didn't put season tickets on sale

Leicester - Charged a reduced initial payment with ticket prices taken from that for each game they get to go to if the stadium is partially opened. Any leftover of that initial payment will go towards next seasons ticket

Liverpool - Suspended season ticket sales and refunded. Plan to sell them game by game until full stadiums.

Man City - No season tickets. Last seasons season ticket holders will go into a ballot for partial reopening and charged if they are successful

Man Utd - As already mentioned

Newcastle - Didn't sell season tickets

Sheffield United - Didn't sell season tickets

Southampton - Charged full price put allowed it to be paid in instalments and gave them a £35 voucher to be used in the club shop. Are refunding on a pro-rata basis

Spurs - Paid 20% of the season ticket cost. This may be partially refunded in the event of partial stadiums. You an also pay the 20% and skip the ballot and any seats this season if we get full stadiums but reserve your season ticket for next season

West Ham - See @Interested Bystander

Wolves - No season tickets on sale


The only two clubs I can't find any info on are Leeds and West Brom. So there are many who haven't charged, some who have partially charged, others who are refunding (or giving credit against next season) on a game by game basis. Most certainly have something in place

 

I remember in the earlier days of the Premier League they did something similar. You could buy a season ticket which would allow you to watch an extra 30 matches or so. It lasted a few seasons and then died a death.

 

People using illegal streams to watch these games will go up ten fold. By charging they'll have pushed many people into doing it as they'll be even easier to find now.