Championship: Birmingham chairman David Gold: Cut prices or else
divimg alt=”" src=”http://hits.guardian.co.uk/b/ss/guardiangu-feeds/1/H.15.1/21538?ns=guardianpageName=Football%3A+Gold%3A+Cut+prices+or+elsech=Footballc3=The+Guardianc4=Birmingham+City+%28Football+club%29%2CChampionship+%28Football%29%2CFootballc5=Not+commercially+usefulc6=David+Connc7=2008_12_03c8=1127788c9=articlec10=GUc11=Footballc12=Birmingham+Cityc13=c14=h2=GU%2FFootball%2FBirmingham+City” width=”1″ height=”1″ //divpThe Birmingham City chairman, David Gold, has called on clubs in the Championship to reduce their ticket prices in an effort to maintain crowds during the recession and attract the next generation of fans. /ppGold believes crowds are becoming noticeably more middle-aged as young people are being priced out. ‘The fans have been raped and pillaged,’ he said. /pp’If young people don’t come to the grounds they will watch football on television and lose the tradition of supporting their local club. We need to reduce prices, but it cannot work unless all clubs do it across the board.’ /ppSheffield Wednesday have reacted to the economic downturn by announcing a series of cut-price deals, including pound;10 adult tickets for the match against Charlton on January 17. /ppChampionship clubs will launch their 2009-10 season tickets in the new year and many are bracing themselves for a reduced take-up./pdiv style=”float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;”ullia href=”http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/birminghamcityfc”Birmingham City/a/lilia href=”http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/championship”Championship/a/li/ul/diva href=”http://www.guardian.co.uk”guardian.co.uk/a copy; Guardian News Media Limited 2008 | Use of this content is subject to our a href=”http://users.guardian.co.uk/help/article/0,,933909,00.html”Terms Conditions/a | a href=”http://www.guardian.co.uk/webfeeds/1,,1309488,00.html”More Feeds/a
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