Wolves supporters are all saying the same thing after the club raised season ticket prices, in what is an utterly disgraceful and tone-deaf decision from the board.
Gary O’Neil enjoyed a successful first season at Wolves as he guided the club to a 14th-place finish in the Premier League and an FA Cup quarter-final.
Considering the Wanderers were expected to fight relegation and finished 20 points above the drop zone is a testament to the work O’Neil did.
Supporters were beginning to get excited about the summer ahead, with the prospect of welcoming new signings to Molineux and continuing to make progress as a club.
Unfortunately, O’Neil then revealed the club’s transfer strategy is to sell some of their assets to buy, which took some of the excitement away.
And now it has been eroded completely after Fosun raised season ticket prices, with many left horrified to discover how much they’ll need to fork out to renew.
Wolves fans to react to Fosun raising season ticket pricing
As E&S journalist Liam Keen reported on X, there were big rises across the board for supporters, including a 33% rise for U14s in the family enclosure, a 17.6% increase for adults in South Bank and a rise of 176% for under-14 tickets in the Billy Wright upper.
The bad news doesn’t just stop there, though, with Wolves abhorrently raising their ticket prices for disabled fans, with Keen reporting one supporter saw their ticket shoot up from £211 to £489 (he says that fan ‘had changed from an under-17 last season to under-21 next season’).
There is simply no justification for rises as steep as these, especially when Fosun hasn’t shown any ambition in the transfer window of late, but dared to price out loyal fans who continue to show unwavering support for the football club.
The Athletic journalist Tim Spiers has even pointed out that Wolves said last week VAR had damaged the relationship between the fans and football but then dared to skyrocket the prices of season tickets.
Reacting to this post on X, one Wolves fan believes the biggest problem with the increased prices is how much children have to pay to go, saying: “The incredible rises in kids’ tickets is the real horror.”
Another shared a similar sentiment: “142% increase for my 10yo @TimSpiers. Where is the next gen of Wolves fans going to come from??”
A third responded in a similar manner: “Its an absolute piss take 130% rise in under 14 tickets is completely immoral, well done FOSUN you’ve just lost the next generation of fans.”
A fifth said the atmosphere inside the stadium will be so much worse after this news: “Greed. Fan exploitation. The game would be nothing without the support and atmosphere in the stadiums! Whole system needs addressing.”
Another added: “The price hike is beyond a joke. This and VAR, I’ll just pick a few games but I’m done.”
Fosun must reverse pricing or risk losing the next generation
For many fans, football is the escape; ninety minutes where all of lives problems disappear.
Sadly, the hike in ticket pricing has priced many fans out of watching their team in the flesh, some of who will have been watching Wolves at Molineux for decades.
It’s utterly distasteful, especially in this current climate, for the owner to alienate the fanbase by charging ridiculous prices.
If the club finished in Europe last season and were showing ambition in the transfer window then raising the pricing would be somewhat understandable, but even then, bumping up the prices for the disabled and children is immoral.
This is a move that can have widespread damage to the club. Many were already growing increasingly frustrated with the Wolves owner following the mess of their most recent transfer windows, and this could be the final nail in the coffin.
It’s a sad state of affairs occurring at a proud footballing institution and Fosun must reverse this decision, or risk losing the next generation and the thousands of hardcore supporters who watch their club in any kind of weather.