tidus_mi2 Still, based on that article, the cheapest price is still £10 and we charged £15 knowing that Fleetwood wasn't a remotely attractive draw at all.
Maybe some business dude drew up a profit/loss graph and deduced £15 was the optimal price but it seems like a poor decision.
Unless you get a plum draw then these fixtures are massive loss makers for most clubs especially when gate receipts have to be split with the opposition & FA. I would happily have paid £10 to go Saturday but understand why the club chose to price it the way they did.
Not sure if this is still applicable but another weird thing with this competition I heard a couple of years back is the hosts have to pick up the hotel bill for any visiting clubs so that could well be another added expense the club they didn't need.