How Do You Feel About The Club Effectively Abandoning Affordability?

Kopendin1964 · Jul 17, 2026 at 1:26 PM

Rogered Tart said: ↑

Problem with all these plans, they all cost money, of which we have a very limited amount. Firstly let's drop this idea of what Rupp is worth, in the grand scheme it's pointless. He's already funding to a small scale, that isn't going to expand to a level where it finds things like stadiums and training facilities. Sizeable investment to that scale would have involve multiple agencies and the appetite for that discussion simply isn't there in the current economic climate.
Personally I'd like to know what the long term plans for Valley Parade are, especially as it is pretty much nailed on we will be signing another long term lease for the stadium. The infrastructure itself is at least 25 years old at its youngest part, new seats is like putting lipstick on a pig. I love the old girl but at some point during that new lease it's gonna need a serious refurb, in a world where sport is transgressing more to the corporate side Valley Parades facilities are somewhat outdated
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Had to laugh at that “putting lipstick on a pig”. Very funny.

andyc · Jul 17, 2026 at 5:30 PM

JudgeMental said: ↑

I stopped going to VP after 50+ years when RS decided that adequate investment was a new club shop roof and being self sustainable was our goal.
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Sparks is the monkey, not the organ grinder
If he was running the club against the owners wishes, he wouldn’t be the monkey for very long

BearBantam · Jul 17, 2026 at 7:36 PM

Affordability? Difficult concept. Affordable for who? At the end of the day I hope that the Club is still making sure it is still helping and opening affordable access to our more disadvantaged communities.

Nevertheless the ST price will go around in circles. The business model has n't and won't change, bums on seats to maximise match day and merchandise revenue. The recent £50 hike was enabled only by our form as a newly promoted and relatively successful team. I do not believe for one second if we had been at the other end of league 1 the price would have increased.

If the product on the field becomes less attractive the prices will drop again.

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