Today, fans of the Wolverhampton Wanderers have given their thoughts on the sudden change and swift reversal of ticket prices, which was decided after thousands of fans complained to the club for sniping more money out of life-long fan's pockets.
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00:00My name's John, I'm 31 years old and I live in Sedgwick just outside Waterhampton.
00:06So when I first heard about the Tiki Prices I was just on Instagram, just sort of scrolling through as you do.
00:11I got a lot of sort of walls and media people on Instagram.
00:16I saw a post that was released by one of the sort of Walls fan pages and I read it.
00:21My instant feeling was just disappointment I guess, I just felt sort of just ashamed of what the club had done.
00:29So sort of straight away after the board's decision to make the changes I understood what would happen with the fans.
00:35I think most Walls fans that are sort of dedicated would know what the fans would do at that time.
00:40And Waterhampton and the Black Country and the club, the passion that's here for the club is huge.
00:45So I knew that the fans would get together and sort of protect each other I guess with the Tiki Prices.
00:50And that's what they've done, there was banners outside the club, social media went berserk as everybody saw,
00:55which was understandable and it's obvious that would happen.
00:58And I think the fans ultimately getting together and this large delay in people renewing is probably what's kicked the club into thinking
01:04we need to do something here and we need to meet with the fans and act on that.
01:07So I knew the club would make a decision, I knew they would do something.
01:10I think they would have been crazy not to do anything just because of the backlash that's happened.
01:14So that doesn't surprise me.
01:16I think what they've done is just a half measure essentially.
01:20I think freezing the prices for one season is basically saying well the year after next the prices will go up dramatically.
01:25I think that's pretty obvious that's what will happen.
01:27I think freezing the children's prices is great because ultimately the longevity of the club is based on the young fans.
01:32I think the club would be silly not to think that.
01:35I just think not changing the disabled fan prices is something that is ludicrous.
01:40With how the club promote inclusivity and support for disabled people
01:44and then to do that to the fans that go up to the ground and follow the club just seems bizarre to me and it's disappointing.
01:51As a fan I don't feel I've been listened to.
01:54I mean the ticket prices for adults are what they are.
01:57The club have blamed it on other clubs increasing their prices.
02:00Wolverhampton is the second highest unemployment per person of any city in the country.
02:04So I don't feel that's fair.
02:05We can't be based against clubs that are in Birmingham or London for example or Brighton etc.
02:10I don't feel the fans as a whole have been listened to.
02:14Even with freezing the children's prices the adult ticket is still high
02:19so there's still going to be children that aren't able to go because that price rise is so high.
02:23The elderly tickets.
02:25I mean there's groups of fans that have been going 50, 60 years plus to Molineux
02:30and showing dedication throughout Ligue 1,
02:33throughout all the sort of demise of the club throughout different decades in time
02:38and then now they've got to this point and they've just been completely stung.
02:40There's not sort of any reversal on that from what I can see.
02:43So it's just a feel of disappointment really.
02:45I don't feel the fans that could probably benefit from the tickets being reduced or reverted
02:51they're not the ones that are having them reverted in my opinion.
02:53So it just doesn't feel right.
02:55My name's Ron Hodgson, I'm from Wensfield
02:59and I've been a Wolverhampton Wanderers fan since I was 15 panning for myself in 1969.
03:07I was in the house, the wife bought the Xpressen store back with her
03:11and I read it in there.
03:13I wasn't happy. I wasn't happy at all.
03:17The amount, because it's an acceptable thing these days
03:21that things aren't going to stop the same for long anyway.
03:25But I didn't expect them to go as much as they did.
03:28Now we're near.
03:29Still not happy because I think I'm still paying too much this season
03:33and for next season as well.
03:35I don't think it's anywhere near what it should be.
03:38But I thought this year they should have frozen them
03:42and I thought next year they should have looked.
03:45It's all about money in the club
03:48and how much money's in the club and how much money isn't in the club
03:51and they should have looked at it next season
03:54and come up with a reasonable price next season.
03:58But I don't think this has been reasonable at all.
04:02I think it's been forced up on them.
04:06I think that next season, first couple of games of the season
04:10and I think knowing Wolves fans, as we know Wolves fans,
04:13it won't be forgotten.
04:16My name is Rhys Dwyer. I'm from Dudley.
04:19I'm a home and away season ticket holder.
04:21Well, I'm a home season ticket holder and I'm going away.
04:23I was at work and I saw the email.
04:26At first I was quite disgusted
04:28because of it going from literally 6-2, 5-7, 3-5.
04:32I was quite disgusted.
04:34I think I'm happy with it now because they've been frozen for next season
04:38because the last six years they've been going up.
04:40So for myself, I have a full-time job
04:44but it's quite easy for me next season now
04:46and I'm a bit more relaxed about it.
04:48We all stuck together, you see.
04:50I've heard about all the Wolves fan groups.
04:52I've had a meeting with Geoff Shee
04:54and he's come out today with a statement
04:56that I'm going to freeze next season for the junior
04:59and then the adults as well.