FACE-OFF
“I HAD a half-season ticket last season but I’ve got a full season this year. It’s good value – I paid about 400 pounds and it works out at 35 quid a game, with Champions Cup games as well. I wouldn’t go unless I bought a season ticket though, I couldn’t afford it – my equivalent seat for any of the games was 50 pounds plus a booking fee.
“They have just introduced a dynamic ticket pricing system and some of the one-off tickets have been over 100 quid and that makes people angry. The only complaints I hear are about tickets on a match-by-match basis, which are exorbitant. Thankfully the Bath product at the moment is quite good!
“The food prices are a bit punchy in the ground and there are times when I go to the supermarket near the station and get a meal deal.
“At Leicester this season myself and my brother paid about 35 pounds, which was fine and shows the benefit of having a bigger ground.
“I won’t go to Twickenham anymore. I found England boring to watch and the atmosphere stale. I go to Cardiff more often; I’ve seen the last two Wales v England games there and it’s a brilliant atmosphere – a real rugby atmosphere. I know people who go to Twickenham just for the drinking! Then there are the amount of people up and down during the game to get beers.
“With Bath I’m very happy, though. It’s a nice ground and a brilliant atmosphere. Broadly speaking it’s all good, although we all want things cheaper.”
Current season ticket holder at Bath Rugby Former season ticket holder at Leicester Tigers
“I HAD a season ticket for about 25 years at Welford Road and when things started going sideways I jacked it in. Because the capacity was bigger, I thought I’d pick and choo
