This club that has done more than most to stimulate excessive increases in player wages. Indeed, City now has the highest wage bill in the country, recently leapfrogging Chelsea. They pay millions upon millions more in wages every week, even compared to the likes of Spurs. Their recent successes are entirely built upon excessive transfer spending and excessive wage bills.
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yeah and don't they also have one of the cheapest season tickets in the league?

not sure i follow your logic tbh

You have cheap tickets because you have so much money. Other clubs have higher ticket prices in order to compete financially (as impossible as that is).

Other clubs have higher ticket prices in order to compete financially
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what like arsenal you mean?

"yeah and don't they also have one of the cheapest season tickets in the league?".

They do. Their cheapest season ticket is almost £500 less than Spurs. Their most expensive one is half the prices of Tottenhams. It's not my logic which is a problem here .

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2219460/Big-rise-football-ticket-prices-revealed--Arsenal-expensive.html

"Other clubs have higher ticket prices in order to compete financially".

Yes. Absolutely. City don't need to do any such thing because they are so rich their ticket prices are entirely subsidized. I'm looking at their wage bill compared to their ticket prices right now, if something like 'FIFA Fairplay' was actually introduced it would kill them.

All prices are far too high, but it is a bit rich City complaining about high ticket prices, when they have completely blown any semblence of fair play out of the window when it comes to dealing with money matters. It is clubs like City and Chelsea that have contributed greatly to ticket prices going through the roof, with their continuing paying sky high wages and inflated transfer fees for players.

I paid £75 for the Arsenal game at home last season, I wouldn't pay that for any other game

I paid £70 to watch Spurs v Liverpool and this was at least 6 years ago (West Stand). I regret doing it now. I have been to 2 World Cups now and whilst not cheap, I saw Germany Argentina (Quarter Final, Berlin) for about 50 Euros. Even FIFA makes the EPL look 'fair' .

Thudd - there is another perspective though. Could it not be argued the excessive spending is the reason we have the most exciting league in the world . The Premiership is the globalization of football in all its glory . The best of the world come here because they make fortunes.

fair play to city fans kicking up a fuss over ticket prices NOW there a "top team", United have had to put up with it for years.

It starts with player power asking for more wages, it starts a trend across the board

Fair point Sandy

Reckon Man City' owners could probably just splash some cash and treat them all to a day out in London without breaking a sweat.

If anyone is to blame for the raised ticket prices it's FIFA for introducing the fair play rule. Teams have to balance the books somehow. I'd prefer clubs to break even in a more sensible fashion though. Why are we being punished for their financial naivety? Clubs should introduce their own salary cap that varies dependent on their debt. Yes, players have contracts and clubs have to honour them but they shouldn't have handed out long lucrative contracts when the FFP rules were looming. Why should the consumer suffer?

Also, it's ironic that Arsenal fans moan about ticket prices, yet encourage Wenger to give Walcott whatever he wants for a new contract. You can't have it both ways. The money has to come from somewhere. Hopefully this means less people go to games and the clubs have no choice but to be sensible with transfer fees and wages. Money doesn't grow on trees but neither do fans.

I spunked £70 on our home tie against Sevilla in the UEFA cup......West Stand as well, great seats but just not worth £70.
£70 bought a lot in 2008 and it still does in 2013.