Lots of terrestial TV footie on today. Brazil v Senegal ITV4 (the Emirates is a sell out), Wales and Scotland on BBC2 later.

$6m, the big difference that paying debt off makes is that we can use one-off income to fund operational costs, albeit, as we know, it's bugger all use building budgets to the uncertainty of it

AIOW, I've been reading in Private Eye, that Red Funnel have, or are about to be, taken over by a dodgy private equity co

I recommend we get any of the Solent ferry companies involved with the ticket pricing policy, dynamic pricing at its finest. £130 Return 1 day, £360 the next. Spit will fall in line soon enough to being a hater of the 5 mile banditry tax imposed on residents 🏴‍☠️

Yeah it was the day of the game tbf Rob. Had lunch in the diner from True Romance and then made our way up to the Sofi.

TF - did you get those tickets quite near to the game? Know that you can get quite decent prices if there's loads of room

Here you go Timmy [Link]

It's taken many people a lot time yo recognise the losses are Operational and nothing to do with the debt. The DTB sending out mixed messages is unhelpful. Referring some of the debt being repaid is all well and good but makes minimal difference in the long run.

Timmy there was an update a few months ago that we were in negotiations with someone about something. Some kind of extended documentary or film or something or maybe a series or something. We didn't get a lot of detail and since then we have heard absolutely nothing.

I watched Miami Dolphins at the LA Chargers last year and paid around $70 each for two relatively decent seats. Was a good game but all the off the pitch entertainment did get a bit tiresome. And there’s no away end 😁

Just had a quick look at going to the NY Rangers v Boston Bruins at MSG in late January, when I'm there, and a single resale ticket is.... $169

The fan owned football 3-parter we made - what happened to part 3 ?! Parts 1 and 2 were quite good

Ha ha. Yeah but we’re the greatest ever story in football 🤣🤣

And Fulham have a Thames-side location, the cottage in the ground and nice bars and restaurants in the area to attract tourists.

NFL have been cancelling people who have had season tickets for the UK games, and forcing them into pre-sale...

Sorry JG, you’re wrong. Fulham in the PL can only sell out their expensive tourist tickets when it’s a big game - at 2 levels lower and in an area further out of London we have no hope

WJ: I'm not sure that most tourists particularly care what match they attend - the experience is going to see a football match whilst in London. Clearly West Ham's home matches don't always coincide with ours - and is it really that easy to get a ticket.

My son recently went to an NFL game in the US and paid $165 for one of the cheapest seats. Granted there was apparently more razzmatazz to create a better spectacle and atmosphere for neutrals - but at an average of less that £15 (net vat) per match day bum on seat it is little wonder that football and our club is in such a financial mess.

@ JG why would tourists spend £75 to watch L1 football when they can go to e.g. Wet Ham vs Brighton for under £35?

WIJG - you are right that I am making an assumption there, though it doesn't seem an unreasonable one, given that it is the model adopted by virtually every other club in the league.

I presume that the flood damage was covered by insurance, so my question, out of curiosity is, what happened to the money that Graham Stacey (Doobs) helped to raise ?

Lol that's proper prissy 😂

Don't judge me by your standards Mad

Nick W - you are of course making the assumption that a loss making model is sustainable under a single owner scenario. I don't believe that to be the case. Whoever invested or bought the Club would wish to reach breakeven and profitability at some point. Nothing wrong with that! To do so they would immediately look at the bursaries handed out to the over 66s and children as well as the overall pricing and price differentiation. For example - could we differentiate and sell 1000 tickets to London tourists at £75 per ticket? I suspect so.

OI - oh absolutely and I imagine there will be a lot of ire directed their way. But that also sort of sums up my feelings on ownership now. We talk about the dangers of selling out yet somehow believe fan-ownership protects us from existential threats. Yet five years after the last crisis, here we are again.