Watching Sky sports news and he has just referred to Arsenal as a company and the fans that are not happy about ticket prices as customers. He Justified it by saying that as the fans demand expensive players, as customers they have to pay an excess to enjoy this.
Sky sports said there is a planned walk out on the 78th minute as that's the price of the most expensive ticket as well as Liverpool.
Obviously our protests are for a different reason, but if they were to protest, would this take the media focus away from Charlton or would it help our cause?
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This excuse is just tiresome now... As the Bayern owner said; If we raise ticket prices whats the points, whats a further £2m to us.
There is a close relationship between this attitude and the fact that all clubs, bar Wolfsburg and Bayer Leverkusen must be 51% owned by supporters or the community in some way. Bayer and Wolfsburg are the exceptions as Bayer and Volkswagen essentially founded those two clubs.
Shockingly, German clubs do not (and are not allowed to carry) the levels of debt that clubs in the other major European leagues are. There is also a massive effort (driven in part by the German FA) to focus on academies and growing young players.
I'm not as bothered by the term "customer" as many on here, but I think that is largely due to the fact that I was not raised on English football or with the strong local and cultural ties to the club that many were. I am massively bothered by how punters (whatever you call them) are treated and looked after (or lack thereof) by the Premier League, Football League, and FA. Clubs, now more than ever, are business, even if many are run on unviable business plans. It's the job of the regulators to keep them in check.
At the moment the Premier League is living off its own hype that its the best League in the world, i.e. whenever the ticket prices or anything is argued with its because: We've got to remain competitive and the best in the world apparently thats why our clubs are better than Bayern Munich and Barcelona yet when you look at the spending of Premier League clubs compared to the rest of Europe (i.e. even Norwich are spending more than most) you have to question it.
I've got no issues with the Customer tag either when its used in the right way...
Lame excuse Wenger.
Today I picked up on the word minute. A minute is 60 seconds. 60 as a number is very important in Babylonian numerals
The Babylonians, who were famous for their astronomical observations and calculations (aided by their invention of the abacus), used a sexagesimal (base-60) positional numeral system inherited from either the Sumerian or the Eblaite civilizations.[1] Neither of the predecessors was a positional system (having a convention for which ‘end’ of the numeral represented the units).
This system first appeared around 2000 BC;[1] its structure reflects the decimal lexical numerals of Semitic languages rather than Sumerian lexical numbers.[2] However, the use of a special Sumerian sign for 60 (beside two Semitic signs for the same number)[1] attests to a relation with the Sumerian system.[2]
If you want to find out more just google Babylonian numerals, they had a symbol for this use of 60 as a zero, I don't really understand it to elaborate on it.
I'm also very keen to point out that this could become a regular feature on CL and a very popular one (my fact of the day that is), however, two lifers @Henry Irving and @IA are already ridiculing me and may ruin it for the rest of you.
The depth and how I explain the fact isn't relevant, it's the fact that I'm giving the forum a fact in the first place. And you and Henry are ruining it with your immaturity.
'Woolwich Arsenal's move to North London in 1913 gave Charlton an opportunity to develop, and they became a senior side and progressed through the Lewisham League'.
That new (and flawed) new stand at Anfield is costing them a fortune.