Quote ="18th Man"Going to the rugby isn't a cheap day out anymore. If I didn't have a season ticket i'd be paying £10 in fuel, £22 ticket, add a pasty and a pint and you are looking at almost £40 for an afternoon out. That's quite a lot of cash to spend to visit a ground like ours even you must admit that!
I pick and choose away games to go to, away fans will do the same. My concern is that the general feeling about Belle View already is that it is a 'dump', add to that a price increase and I can't see as many coming as last year.
I half expect the club to backtrack on this, just like they did with the season ticket price rising in December.'"
I do get your point and I'm not being obtuse, but I prefer to be a little bit more in control of my own spending; I love the rugby and I go to every away game, with the exception of Catalans. To keep the cost of that down a bit, I buy jr ST's for the kids at £20 apiece, car share with a couple of other people and take a flask of tea and a bag full of fruit juice and falafel for the kids, cos I'm posh like that - saves me £10-15 per away game in fuel and incidentals and helps me avoid wandering round away grounds looking for somewhere to que for over-priced burgers and lousy take-away tea.
Come see me at the first away game next season - if you bring your own cup, I'll spare you a splash of tea.
