La politique du Club

[Lba]

Va falloir vendre les maillots moins cher maintenant ! Même le maillot rétro est à 110 boules c'est indécent

[Nono]

Ça, faut pas rêver.

[Floh27]

J'ai pas les finances cette année mais je retournerais à Londres dans un bar qui on est champion.

Quel bar ? Je suis à Londres le week-end de Chelsea-Arsenal

[Lba]

«Arsenal a conclu un accord de sponsoring colossal avec Deel. Le géant mondial de la publicité devrait également remplacer l'écusson « Visit Rwanda » sur la manche du maillot emblématique des Gunners.

Darren Dein, fils de l'ancien vice-président d'Arsenal, David Dein, a mis en relation les deux parties. On lui doit également son rôle dans le contrat retentissant entre Spotify et Barcelone.

Juliet Slot et son équipe ont joué un rôle central dans ce méga-contrat, qui a rapidement reçu l'approbation de Josh Kroenke et du nouveau conseil d'administration.

Il semblerait que Chelsea était sur le point de conclure un accord avec Deel pour un sponsoring maillot exclusif, mais que les négociations aient capoté lorsque Arsenal a démontré sa capacité de déploiement à l'échelle mondiale, bien supérieure à celle du club londonien.

Un coup de maître dont Andrea Berta aurait été fier.»

[Nono]

J'espère qu'ils ont plus ou moins le cul propre.

[jones79]

Apparemment oui. C'est de bonnes nouvelles pour l'image du club.

[Nono]

Je pourrais enfin racheter un maillot !

[Vince]

Nouvelle augmentation du prix des billets + introduction de safe standing areas

Arsenal a annoncé plusieurs choses qui seront mis en place dès la saison prochaine.

Après un gel du prix des billets entre 2014 et 2022, Arsenal va augmenter pour la 5ème année consécutive le prix des billets. En moyenne c'est une augmentation de 3.9% pour la saison prochaine.

En plus de ça, de nouvelles catégories de prix seront crées, B+ et A+. B+ étant probablement a mi chemin entre ce qui est actuellement la catégorie B et A, concernera 2 matchs de PL contre des équipes qui ne font pas partie du traditionnel top6. Et la catégorie A+ qui ira encore au-delà des prix de catégorie A (après augmentation du prix des billets) concernera les matchs à domicile en cas de qualification en quart et demi finales de Champion's League. Par contre 1 match de phase de groupe de CL pourra être qualifié en catégorie C (comme le match contre Kairat).

L'AST a réagit : "On est déçu qu'une nouvelle fois le Club n'adopte pas la proposition de la FSA (Football Supporter Association) 'Protect the Fans, Protect the Game' qui demande un gel du prix des billets chez les Clubs de Premier League. On a la conviction que le secteur du Football bénéficie de droits TV et revenus de plus en plus conséquents, et qu'il est temps d'arrêter de vider autant les poches des supporters se rendant au stade. On attend des explication de la part d'Arsenal et la Premier League qui continuent d'ignorer cette proposition, soutenu en majorité par les supporters et ainsi que leurs représentants dans l'Arsenal Advisory Board."

L'autre nouvelle c'est l'introduction de safe standing (tribune debout) à l'Emirates à partir de la saison 2026/27. C'est en Clock End, pour les supporters extérieur et ceux d'Arsenal situé en tribune basse, que les sièges seront retiré et que des rembardes seront installées. Lors de la saison 2027/28 ce sera au tour de la North Bank, donc en total dans 2 ans 13.500 places debout.

Depuis des années maintenant beaucoup de stades de PL bénéficient déjà de ce genre de tribune (Aston Villa, Bournemouth, Brentford, Burnley, Chelsea, Everton, Leeds, Liverpool, Man City, Man Utd, Newcastle, Nottingham, Sunderland, Tottenham, ainsi que Wembley pour ne citer que les principaux). C'est donc avec un peu de retard qu'Arsenal suit cette tendance.

"Ca n'aurait jamais dû prendre autant de temps, les excuses qu'Arsenal a utilisé à travers les années n'ont fait que ralentir l'introduction des safe standings. Mais on félicite Richard Garlick et son équipe qui ont reconnu l'importance de ce sujet pour les fans" a declaré l'AST.

(Athletic)

[Vince]

La declaration de l'AST dans son intégralité ici :

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AST response to Ticketing arrangements for 2026/27

Arsenal ignore game wide call for price freeze
 
We are disappointed that the FSA's 'Protect the Fans, Protect the Game' proposals calling for a ticket price freeze across all Premier League clubs has not been taken up. Neither the Premier League nor Arsenal have seriously engaged with the idea that a freeze at all clubs would help stop the 'arms race'.
 
We firmly believe that with the football sector benefitting from ever-increasing broadcast and commercial revenues it is time to stop squeezing match-going supporters so hard.
 
Arsenal recently reported to Deloitte a big increase in last season's total revenue to £691m (up by 10%) and ticketing income of £154m (up by 19%).
 
It is frustrating for fans to see football clubs and leagues do so little to combat increasing costs in the game, with ticket prices continuing to rise. The AST has led efforts through the FSA and FSE for regulation to control agents' fees. Yet the football authorities and clubs seem incapable of collectively addressing this.
 
We now expect both Arsenal and the Premier League to give more explanation as to why they have chosen to ignore the compelling case for a price freeze put forward by the 'Protect the Fans, Protect the Game' campaign, which was overwhelmingly backed by supporters including all representative members of the Arsenal Advisory Board (AAB).
 
Protection of all concession categories and ticket fees
 
We welcome Arsenal's decision to retain all concessionary ticketing categories (children, young adults, disability and senior) and a community tickets initiative. At a time when many clubs are reducing concessionary commitments it is good to see Arsenal retain these important protections.
 
We are also pleased that Arsenal will maintain the policy of not charging fans for using the Ticket Transfer service, the Ticket Exchange, nor signing up for a digital membership. Many other clubs are exploiting loyalty by increasing fees for these types of services and we commend Arsenal for recognising how important these services are to supporters who share tickets among family and friends helping to fill every seat.
 
Fairer categorisation of Champions League games
 
Arsenal have partially responded to our request for a review of pricing categories for Champions League matches by committing to apply Category C to the group stage match against the team seeded in pot four.
 
We still believe that the pricing categories for Champions League games are too high – especially for group stage games where almost certain qualification carries little sporting jeopardy – and we will continue to press Arsenal for fairer prices. We believe the new B+ category could justifiably be used instead of the A category for some Champions League games.
 
Improvements to the option to buy a 19-game season ticket for Premier League matches only
 
Last season we were pleased that our long-standing request for the option of a 19-game season ticket was introduced. But we advised at the time that take up would be low given that those season ticket holders who took up this option were not afforded any priority rights to buy their seat for the knockout stages of the Champions League.
 
This year we again strongly advocated that the 19-game season ticket should give holders an automatic right to purchase their seat for all other competitive home matches in the League Cup, FA Cup and Champions League. This is in line with arrangements at other Premier League clubs, and recognises the dedication of season ticket holders and their still large up-front financial commitment.
 
For next season Arsenal are proposing to amend this option so that a 19-game season ticket holder has the right to buy all League Cup and FA Cup tickets and Champions League group stage games, but not the Champions League knockout games.
 
We made it clear that this adjustment will not move the dial and that take up will remain low until 19-game season ticket holders have the right to buy tickets for all Champions League knockout games. This is a missed opportunity, as encouraging more season ticket holders to take up the 19-game option would create more ticket availability for silver and red members – a vital priority.
 
Arsenal did acknowledge our concerns and have committed to a further review of the 19-game season ticket before season 2027/28 when evidence from this year's change can be fully reviewed.
 
More ticketing information to be made available to supporters on how away tickets are allocated
 
We are pleased that Arsenal have committed to publish more transparency on how away tickets are allocated from the start of next season. The club are also undertaking further reviews and improvements to how away tickets are distributed to ensure fairness and continue the fight against touting.
 
More action to tackle ticket touting
 
It is also good to see more action being proposed on ticket touting in general. Our longstanding call for photo ID verification on membership purpose to be applied to all red and silver members will be introduced. This should reduce the number of duplicate memberships being held by touts. In time there is a case for ID checks being applied to all membership categories.
 
We would also like to see concerted action to trace the source of away tickets that regularly end up on secondary market websites at multiples of the face value. This has to be stopped and more mystery shopping is needed as well as once again reiterating to all those who receive away tickets that any being sold on these sites will result in a lifetime ban on receiving any further tickets, either home or away.
 
The new Category A+
 
We strongly opposed Arsenal's proposal for a new category A+ ticket, starting in season 2026/27.
 
This ticket category will see general admission ticket prices range from £90 to £168, making it by far the most expensive general admission price in English football. It puts Arsenal top of a table we don't want to win and questions how serious the club is about its commitment to being together on a journey with supporters.
 
At first it was suggested by Arsenal that this category would only apply to big Champions League matches – likely knock out rounds.   
 
We reminded the club that when Arsenal proceed to the later stages of the Champions League, huge additional sums are earned in broadcast rights, commercial bonuses and ticketing revenue, negating the need to extract even more from supporters. Furthermore, UEFA have already announced big increases to future broadcast revenues. 
 
Following further discussion Arsenal returned with a commitment that the A+ would only be applied to a maximum of two games in season 2026/27, specifically a potential Champions League quarter-final and semi-final. They also responded to our call to rule out any extending of this price category in future seasons by giving a commitment not to do so for at least two seasons.
 
This provides some temporary comfort but we do fear that in future seasons we will see price category creep.
 
This pricing level follows the American/FIFA model of squeezing more and more from fans. It is perhaps significant that this change has come when Arsenal's Boardroom has become more US-centric following three appointments in September 2025.
 
We will continue to make the case for ticket price restraint and fairness to both the new Board and Arsenal's Executive in future meetings as we believe it is vital that the club is aware of the impact pricing has on its loyal supporter base.

Selon l'AST cette catégorie A+ pourrait aller jusqu'à £168 la place, ce qui en ferait un record dans le Football anglais. L'AST a obtenu la promesse d'Arsenal que cette catégorie ne s'étendra pas aux matchs de Premier League dans les 2 prochaine années. Mais après ça reste incertain.

[Nono]

Merci Vince !
C'est quand même assez honteux cette augmentation des prix des places alors que niveau droit tv (PL + LDC), on a jamais gagné autant.
Déjà quasiment 100 millions pour la LDC de cette année.

[jones79]

Oui, c'est incompréhensible.