Is football worth it

By Jemma Tappenden
November 22 2006

Are the Fans starting to walk away from overpriced non caring clubs.Have we finally said no more. Here is one fans perspective, and i would think a lot of us would agree with Jemmas thoughts.

Its a strange feeling to be sat at the football and to really have to work at feeling the "buzz". But it seems to me I'm not the only one. With attendances generally appearing to fall across the country, is football losing it's sex appeal?

I can't think of any other "entertainment industry" where people would put up with some of the things football fans seem to endure week in week out. For a start football is out pricing itself. With the odd special excluded, the average ticket price for a Championship game is near on £24. I could watch 3 films at the most expensive cinema around for that money. Then there's the match day programme, another £3. Drink and pie at half time, fiver. So that's over 30 quid without considering the petrol or travel cost, or any pre match drinks in the pub (and post match if a travelling Wolves fan in need of controlling oneself).
Add into this that with the exception of a few games, on the whole most of the matches I have seen this season have been far less exciting than your average film.

The gesture by Wolves this week to admit home and away fans into any part of the stadium for a tenner perhaps shows some willingness to put the considerations of the fans first. Although I fear it is more about saving face in front of the TV cameras. Afterall, on a freezing cold November evening, how many people are going to come flocking with their £30 in hand? Not many is my guess.
However, what about fans who already have their season tickets? The loyal ones, week in week out, who have already forked out near on 30 quid for the game? Will we be getting the token gesture? I doubt it somehow. Infact, I'm considering buying a £10 ticket just to not miss out on the offer.

One example, from one club. But if the mood of some Wolves fans reflects the mood of other fans across the country, as I suspect it does, I am not surprised that attendances are down.
Add onto this the excessive player wages, the general arrogance and lack of loyalty from many of our players (Koumas before his current deal as an example) then football is killing itself.

If football clubs do not expect loyalty and effort from their players, how can they expect it from the fans?
No-one player is bigger than the club - I beg to differ. We have a near on full squad of them

Yet despite all this, I will be there in the cold windy November evening, full price ticket in hand, hoping and praying as usual that this time it will be different. Blind faith is strange.

Whinge over lol.