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[Kerrins]

What! £25 quid for adult non season ticket holders to watch QPR Second String play Bournemouth Reserves

Fa Cup Early Rounds my A**e! We will be doing well if we get over 10,000 inside the ground

[Tommy Cunningham]

Cluehoos organization, apologies I meant clueless.

[steveqpr881]

Bernard, do you not qualify for the, er, Over-50s* discount??
* - that's me being diplomatic

[Kerrins]

Yes Steve an old dinosaur like me would qualify for that discount but it would still be over £20 in the Stan Bowles stand. Not that I would even consider going!

For over 22 years now in these early rounds of the FA Cup there are farcical team selections and weak teams fielded amongst the Premiership and Championship Clubs and fair enough why should QPR and Bournemouth be any different? All football supporters know this.

The question here.....Is the "product" worth the price. In my view certainly not. Adult non season ticket holders should only be charged a maximum of £15 for this fixture and even at that entrance fee the attendance would be low.

Ah the magic of the FA Cup eh?

[steveqpr881]

Ah the magic of the FA Cup eh?

You're right, there's no magic in the FA Cup any more. Because there's no money in the FA Cup.
Ok, attendance fees will help, but with so many Championship clubs focused on promotion
(to the promised land ) and so many Prem clubs focused on avoiding the drop,
nobody takes the Cup seriously any more.
Mind you, an adventurous club could take a chance, go for a decent Cup run....
maybe claiming a few bigger clubs'* scalp would give the players a morale boost??


* - & btw, the fact that 'Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic' are a bigger club than us, says how much
we've failed to keep up over the years

[Kerrins]

Good comment there Steve.

Let me take this opportunity to illustrate from recent football history......
Wigan win the FA Cup and receive 8 million pounds for doing so and at the same time they were
relegated from the Premier League and lost out on 90 million pounds!

To quote from a Monty Python sketch..... say no more squire....Say no more

[steveqpr881]

The perfect example, Bernard.
And 3 points for a win makes promotion and relegation that much more likely,
should a team go on either a good or bad run.
Therefore, they don't want to take their eye of the ball, by going on a long cup run.

[Tommy Cunningham]

I spoke to a Watford season ticket holder this afternoon, they are playing Chesterfield at
home in the FA Cup on Saturday.

Ticket prices:
Adults - £10
65 & Over - £5
19 - 21 - £5
18 & Under - £3

The people running QPR are just taking the piss out of an extremely loyal fan base.

The club is an absolute disgrace.

[Kerrins]

Tommy We must be bottom of the list for the ....Compare the FA Cup ticket prices dot com website

Although you can be sure that Watford will field a second string side Non League Chesterfield will show
respect(like all lower league and non league clubs) and certainly turn out their strongest FIRST TEAM possible