ICT you are spot on---------- recently saw an article in the Herald which illustrated the increase of football crowds in Germany. The cost of a Season ticket for instance at Dortmund for the STANDING SECTION behind the goal ( capacity 27,000 ) is about ?100, and the fans can expect to pay about ?10 on the day, with the family being encouraged by the reduced price structure. so at Dortmund ( lovely stadium by the way with beer available ) there will be approx 70,000 fans while about 20 miles along the road where Shalke 04 play there will be another 50-60,000 attending. Have a look at Germany attendances next season, and even at the end for seemingly meaningless games the turnout is huge. It is all down to Fan power whereby they are consulted on any price increases etc
I know we will never have a huge capacity here but it is definitely overpriced.