| Beer prices hiked for new season - is this the way to fill a fanzone 🙁 08:38 - Aug 9 with 4264 views | Block8 |
Decided to have a beer in the ground on Wednesday, bit of a hike in prices for everything in the concourse including a 70p rise in the beer? Are we paying the price for fanzone improvements or promotion?
I think that's a bit heavy a rise in the three months since the season ended.
At this rate I'll be having to watch the games completely sober, a very frightening prospect indeed! |  | | |  |
| Beer prices hiked for new season - is this the way to fill a fanzone 🙁 on 08:50 - Aug 9 with 3782 views | UTS1885 |
I hope all fans use their regular drinking holes to keep them in business, it will be cheaper, taste better and probably served in a glass. |  | | |
| Beer prices hiked for new season - is this the way to fill a fanzone 🙁 on 08:52 - Aug 9 with 3775 views | PatfromPoole |
The subject title sounds like a chant.
Disturbingly reminds me of Amarillo.
“Is this the way to fill a fan zone 🎶 🎵 ….” [Post edited 9 Aug 8:53]
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| Beer prices hiked for new season - is this the way to fill a fanzone 🙁 on 08:54 - Aug 9 with 3759 views | PatfromPoole |
The fanzone might be worth a visit for a post-match beer on a sunny day.
If we have won.
Wouldn’t go near it otherwise. [Post edited 9 Aug 8:54]
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| Beer prices hiked for new season - is this the way to fill a fanzone 🙁 on 09:16 - Aug 9 with 3705 views | arfurdent |
shame, I used to spend my Winter Fuel Allowance in the Fan Zone |  |
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| Beer prices hiked for new season - is this the way to fill a fanzone 🙁 on 09:26 - Aug 9 with 3697 views | MytchettSaint |
Yes, got caught out Wednesday with it being midweek so headed to the ground as time was pressing. Flat pish water in a plastic cup when someone behind mentioned how much the beer had gone up. I don’t like cider and didn’t spot Guinness on offer only to see a few others with it after I’d paid.
On another point, not that I’ll be buying beer at the ground most games now but I thought kingfisher was getting dropped? |  |
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| Beer prices hiked for new season - is this the way to fill a fanzone 🙁 on 09:29 - Aug 9 with 3693 views | saintmark1976 |
| Beer prices hiked for new season - is this the way to fill a fanzone 🙁 on 09:16 - Aug 9 by arfurdent |
shame, I used to spend my Winter Fuel Allowance in the Fan Zone |
So your the reason it’s been stopped for most O A Ps ? | |
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| Beer prices hiked for new season - is this the way to fill a fanzone 🙁 on 09:30 - Aug 9 with 3695 views | SaintNick |
| Beer prices hiked for new season - is this the way to fill a fanzone 🙁 on 09:26 - Aug 9 by MytchettSaint |
Yes, got caught out Wednesday with it being midweek so headed to the ground as time was pressing. Flat pish water in a plastic cup when someone behind mentioned how much the beer had gone up. I don’t like cider and didn’t spot Guinness on offer only to see a few others with it after I’d paid.
On another point, not that I’ll be buying beer at the ground most games now but I thought kingfisher was getting dropped? |
Ho much was a pint, I think it was about £6 last season so are we saying it is nearer £7 now |  |
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| Beer prices hiked for new season - is this the way to fill a fanzone 🙁 on 10:07 - Aug 9 with 3661 views | dirk_doone |
| Beer prices hiked for new season - is this the way to fill a fanzone 🙁 on 09:30 - Aug 9 by SaintNick |
Ho much was a pint, I think it was about £6 last season so are we saying it is nearer £7 now |
From 1947 to 1962 there was no change in the average price of draught bitter and it cost 1s 10d (15p) throughout that period, but old timers would still have yearned for the days when beer was 2d a pint. The price rose steadily in the late 1960s, but went crazy in the mid-1970s soaring to 23p in 1976!
Recent price changes: https://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2022/06/06/UK-Pub-Prices-How-Much-is [Post edited 9 Aug 10:25]
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| Beer prices hiked for new season - is this the way to fill a fanzone 🙁 on 10:19 - Aug 9 with 3634 views | saintwizzler |
| Beer prices hiked for new season - is this the way to fill a fanzone 🙁 on 09:30 - Aug 9 by SaintNick |
Ho much was a pint, I think it was about £6 last season so are we saying it is nearer £7 now |
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| Beer prices hiked for new season - is this the way to fill a fanzone 🙁 on 19:24 - Aug 9 with 3306 views | LondonSaint76 |
| Beer prices hiked for new season - is this the way to fill a fanzone 🙁 on 10:07 - Aug 9 by dirk_doone |
From 1947 to 1962 there was no change in the average price of draught bitter and it cost 1s 10d (15p) throughout that period, but old timers would still have yearned for the days when beer was 2d a pint. The price rose steadily in the late 1960s, but went crazy in the mid-1970s soaring to 23p in 1976!
Recent price changes: https://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2022/06/06/UK-Pub-Prices-How-Much-is [Post edited 9 Aug 10:25]
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23p in 1976 is the equivalent of £2.10 today according to one of those online converters, if only the beer was anything near that today…
I remember a good friend from school went to Cambridge Uni in 1976, I used to go for weekend visits occasionally and will always remember you could get Greene King IPA or Ruddles for 18p a pint in their subsidised JCR bar. You just used to go and get 11 pints on a large tray for £2 and get 2p change! Stick the tray in the middle of the table and then you’d all drink at your own pace. In his final year it went up to 20p a pint. Those were the days… |  |
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| Beer prices hiked for new season - is this the way to fill a fanzone 🙁 on 19:38 - Aug 9 with 3292 views | MytchettSaint |
| Beer prices hiked for new season - is this the way to fill a fanzone 🙁 on 09:30 - Aug 9 by SaintNick |
Ho much was a pint, I think it was about £6 last season so are we saying it is nearer £7 now |
From my reckoning it has gone up from £5:60ish to £6:25, I am prepared to be corrected though if I’m wrong. | |
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| Beer prices hiked for new season - is this the way to fill a fanzone 🙁 on 20:25 - Aug 9 with 3260 views | Block8 |
damn you man, I can't get that out of my head now 😱😩😂🤣 | | | |
| Beer prices hiked for new season - is this the way to fill a fanzone 🙁 on 21:10 - Aug 9 with 3173 views | hedgeend61 |
| Beer prices hiked for new season - is this the way to fill a fanzone 🙁 on 09:30 - Aug 9 by SaintNick |
Ho much was a pint, I think it was about £6 last season so are we saying it is nearer £7 now |
Think it was 5.90£ last season for Kingfisher, can't quite read price on board Saintwizzer put up but if same price as Thatchers it's 6.20£, so 30p a pint increase.
Sausage rolls were 5.50£ last season, very nice they were but you'd travel a fair way to find a dearer one  Can't see how that price could rise too much this season.
Yes, I was daft enough to buy both at every game last season. |  | | |
| Beer prices hiked for new season - is this the way to fill a fanzone 🙁 on 22:03 - Aug 9 with 3112 views | yateleysaint |
Sagres 0% it is then! |  |
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| Beer prices hiked for new season - is this the way to fill a fanzone 🙁 on 22:26 - Aug 9 with 3100 views | WestEndBoy |
I thought mr parsons said at the supporter meeting he was working to get lager prices dropped by a quid or 2….. |  | | |
| Beer prices hiked for new season - is this the way to fill a fanzone 🙁 on 07:34 - Aug 10 with 2945 views | saintwizzler |
If I wanted a quick pint before or after the game I’d probably have one at those prices because an extra £2 on a pint dearer than a pub in town once a fortnight isn’t going to break me.
It’s not like it’s £2 extra on a gallon of fuel that I HAVE to buy regularly is it?
The problem I have with it is the quality. The draught lager is god awful.
I wouldn’t drink it if it was £1.20!!
Serving up a decent lager isn’t difficult.
What about the bitters, that do need some prep, what they taste like god knows!?
They should have can bars. Guaranteed the quality. Recyclable waste and say at £3 a can still make a hefty profit whilst the customer pays half the price of undrinkable Kingfisher draught.
But could you trust them to keep them cold?
That, I doubt very much.
So, it’s a no from me.
A crisp ice cold Heineken from Bedfords or 5 Rivers it is.
I go there because the drink is good.
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If I was worried about an extra couple of quid on a pint once a fortnight I’d get some cans and sit on a bench in the park or worse, go to a Wetherspoons.
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| Beer prices hiked for new season - is this the way to fill a fanzone 🙁 on 07:52 - Aug 10 with 2915 views | sledger |
madness by the club,if i am paying premium prices for beer then it has to be something i enjoy drinking,i rarely drink at st marys for this reason | | | |
| Beer prices hiked for new season - is this the way to fill a fanzone 🙁 on 15:30 - Aug 10 with 2743 views | SaintNick |
| Beer prices hiked for new season - is this the way to fill a fanzone 🙁 on 07:34 - Aug 10 by saintwizzler |
If I wanted a quick pint before or after the game I’d probably have one at those prices because an extra £2 on a pint dearer than a pub in town once a fortnight isn’t going to break me.
It’s not like it’s £2 extra on a gallon of fuel that I HAVE to buy regularly is it?
The problem I have with it is the quality. The draught lager is god awful.
I wouldn’t drink it if it was £1.20!!
Serving up a decent lager isn’t difficult.
What about the bitters, that do need some prep, what they taste like god knows!?
They should have can bars. Guaranteed the quality. Recyclable waste and say at £3 a can still make a hefty profit whilst the customer pays half the price of undrinkable Kingfisher draught.
But could you trust them to keep them cold?
That, I doubt very much.
So, it’s a no from me.
A crisp ice cold Heineken from Bedfords or 5 Rivers it is.
I go there because the drink is good.
To end -
If I was worried about an extra couple of quid on a pint once a fortnight I’d get some cans and sit on a bench in the park or worse, go to a Wetherspoons.
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I agree with you the odd couple of quid a pint extra isnt a problem if you are just doing it on a few occasions, but if you are going to the game and having 3 before a game and a couple afterwards, that is adding £10 ish a game or £200 a season to your outlay and as you say the beer is absolute pish.
I can afford it, but its the principle, if you went to a pub in town and they charged you £6.20 for 4% lager you would go elswhere.
As you say charge £3.50 for a can and you make a good profit and sell more because the turn around is quick, so people will squeeze in an extra pint | |
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| Beer prices hiked for new season - is this the way to fill a fanzone 🙁 on 22:00 - Aug 10 with 2628 views | Block8 |
| Beer prices hiked for new season - is this the way to fill a fanzone 🙁 on 07:34 - Aug 10 by saintwizzler |
If I wanted a quick pint before or after the game I’d probably have one at those prices because an extra £2 on a pint dearer than a pub in town once a fortnight isn’t going to break me.
It’s not like it’s £2 extra on a gallon of fuel that I HAVE to buy regularly is it?
The problem I have with it is the quality. The draught lager is god awful.
I wouldn’t drink it if it was £1.20!!
Serving up a decent lager isn’t difficult.
What about the bitters, that do need some prep, what they taste like god knows!?
They should have can bars. Guaranteed the quality. Recyclable waste and say at £3 a can still make a hefty profit whilst the customer pays half the price of undrinkable Kingfisher draught.
But could you trust them to keep them cold?
That, I doubt very much.
So, it’s a no from me.
A crisp ice cold Heineken from Bedfords or 5 Rivers it is.
I go there because the drink is good.
To end -
If I was worried about an extra couple of quid on a pint once a fortnight I’d get some cans and sit on a bench in the park or worse, go to a Wetherspoons.
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An extra couple of quid isn't the issue, being ripped off for a crap pint is! | | | |
| Beer prices hiked for new season - is this the way to fill a fanzone 🙁 on 09:37 - Aug 11 with 2441 views | saintwizzler |
| Beer prices hiked for new season - is this the way to fill a fanzone 🙁 on 22:00 - Aug 10 by Block8 |
An extra couple of quid isn't the issue, being ripped off for a crap pint is! |
Exactly hon!
I’d rather go without than pay for something undrinkable.
That is the choice.
You don’t have to buy it.
It would be nice to have a pint after the game to let the crowd disperse especially after the god awful decision to move the away fans meaning that there’s going to be fun and games by the Kingsland Stand up to the inadequate footbridge, but that’s another story…
I suppose we could stay after and enjoy a fizzy pop.
Surely they can’t make that taste bad!!??
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| Beer prices hiked for new season - is this the way to fill a fanzone 🙁 on 18:39 - Aug 11 with 2290 views | Waylander |
| Beer prices hiked for new season - is this the way to fill a fanzone 🙁 on 10:19 - Aug 9 by saintwizzler |
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Cheaper than Wembley | | | |
| Beer prices hiked for new season - is this the way to fill a fanzone 🙁 on 18:56 - Aug 11 with 2274 views | BLEEDRED |
Sapporo Lager £7.30 a pint !!!!! | | | |
| Beer prices hiked for new season - is this the way to fill a fanzone 🙁 on 19:07 - Aug 11 with 2269 views | UTS1885 |
Obviously trying to fleece fans, stay away and keep youre usuual gaff open. | | | |
| Beer prices hiked for new season - is this the way to fill a fanzone 🙁 on 19:10 - Aug 11 with 2269 views | LondonSaint76 |
| Beer prices hiked for new season - is this the way to fill a fanzone 🙁 on 18:39 - Aug 11 by Waylander |
Cheaper than Wembley |
The London Hilton on Park Lane is probably cheaper than Wembley… [Post edited 11 Aug 19:11]
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| Beer prices hiked for new season - is this the way to fill a fanzone 🙁 on 20:46 - Aug 11 with 2208 views | Berber |
having spent seasons driving down to maximise my ST usage, I can assure you that watching games with no ale in the system can be depressing. |  |
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