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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2016 10:11:52 GMT 1
I'm going to call this early and hopefully wrongly. We don't have sufficient floating supporters to hit the big numbers necessary for this to work. Ergo the tickets are too cheap. football should be more expensive than the cinema its got incredible costs to pay for. This price if true makes it cheaper than my local cinema (forget 3d) and cheaper than watching matlock town. I've a nasty feel the cumulative negativity over the last 2 years which this forum is at least partly responsible for means we can't generate the interest. Really hope I'm wrong. My 13 year old who used to go until about 2 years ago said yesterday that actually going to matches was old fashioned when you can 'do it all online' whatever the he'll that means... Isnt there about 3000 users on here or something. They will mostly be season tickets and die hard supporters. We're trying to attract floating fans with this offer and i bet most have hardly been on datm before so to try and blame this place for a potentially low take up on the offer is a bit daft imo
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Post by Headless Chicken on Feb 6, 2016 10:15:41 GMT 1
A bit more news on the £179 season card offer,its for the first 10,000 to take up the offerThat would be a ridiculous idea!!! Its similar to the ridiculous idea that its more to pay on the day!!! Unless that is extended due to sensational demand, they should put that straight back in the locker, unless it only goes up by say only £20 afterwards to 199. Is your comment about pay on the day serious? If you're on about the level of differential fair enough, but otherwise......WOW!
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Post by Headless Chicken on Feb 6, 2016 10:25:22 GMT 1
I'm going to call this early and hopefully wrongly. We don't have sufficient floating supporters to hit the big numbers necessary for this to work. Ergo the tickets are too cheap. football should be more expensive than the cinema its got incredible costs to pay for. This price if true makes it cheaper than my local cinema (forget 3d) and cheaper than watching matlock town. I've a nasty feel the cumulative negativity over the last 2 years which this forum is at least partly responsible for means we can't generate the interest. Really hope I'm wrong. My 13 year old who used to go until about 2 years ago said yesterday that actually going to matches was old fashioned when you can 'do it all online' whatever the he'll that means... Isnt there about 3000 users on here or something. They will mostly be season tickets and die hard supporters. We're trying to attract floating fans with this offer and i bet most have hardly been on datm before so to try and blame this place for a potentially low take up on the offer is a bit daft imo Yeah, but when the die hard are saying either Town are shit or our fans are twats......
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Post by richhtfc on Feb 6, 2016 10:30:45 GMT 1
I'm going to call this early and hopefully wrongly. We don't have sufficient floating supporters to hit the big numbers necessary for this to work. Ergo the tickets are too cheap. football should be more expensive than the cinema its got incredible costs to pay for. This price if true makes it cheaper than my local cinema (forget 3d) and cheaper than watching matlock town. I've a nasty feel the cumulative negativity over the last 2 years which this forum is at least partly responsible for means we can't generate the interest. Really hope I'm wrong. My 13 year old who used to go until about 2 years ago said yesterday that actually going to matches was old fashioned when you can 'do it all online' whatever the he'll that means... I don't think this forum helps but it's not the reason for the cumulative negativity, that's a trait of the team/town IMO. The fans are out there but they're not coming back en masse until we look like we're Premiership bound.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2016 10:35:17 GMT 1
Think the club realise they have to go beyond the unexamined and DATM to make this work. I've been contacted by them after mentioning on here that as a steward of a club I could do a lot of free advertising for them, as could many on here in staff rooms and in workplaces across the area. We're are the best advert for them, get us up and let us spread the word. Hell, get a thousand t shirts printed up, judging by the quality in the club shop they will only cost a quid a piece, and dish them out. A thousand walking billboards. Everybody needs to do their bit and not assume that all Town fans know things like this. Some live on DATM but a heck of a lot haven't even heard of it. Just thought while writing this, going to try and get my club to buy two season tickets and use them for customers that might not otherwise go to games, get them hooked again.
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Post by 52bob on Feb 6, 2016 10:43:02 GMT 1
Time to scrap HDONE and concentrate on the DIG1 project.
Build a new stadium in Millbridge and the fans will come back in their droves. Problem solved
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2016 10:43:10 GMT 1
Every football forum is the same and I've seen some far more negative ones than this. Other clubs still get the crowds despite people moaning online about their club so you cant use datm as a reason why our attendances are poor. We just dont have the support and haven't since the 60s
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2016 10:55:10 GMT 1
Normally sit at home and whine? Do it at the stadium for one seven nine.
Put off by the negativity on Down at the Mac? Just one seven nine to get you back.
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Post by detox on Feb 6, 2016 11:36:50 GMT 1
Thing about the stay away fans is that generally it takes more than just one game to finally say, no more. The decision will have been made after weeks/months even years of missing the odd game, then a few more games before finally not going any more. Most will have broken a tradition, disconnected with the club and found something else to do..so getting them back won't happen overnight. The key factor isn't necessarily the price, but watching a winning team, pushing at the top of the table. Price might have been used as an excuse, but I suspect there was more to it than that. For example if Town are ever promoted to the top league, thousands more will come down to watch even if a SC is £450 and gate prices are £30.
The £179 SC needs to be followed up by a winning team, and that will only happen with the addition of 3 or 4 more quality players. I'm hopefull this summer will see that happen but in the meantime the club are asking fans to come back based purely on cheap football, and as I've said I'm not sure that was the only reason so many have stayed away. At some point Town/Dean are going to have to say something else to attract these fans, like a commitment that we are serious in building a squad that will compete at the top end of the table. Dean has partially done that by appointing Wagner, and dropping prices...so he's done 2 out of the 3 things needed. So far so good..
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2016 11:45:44 GMT 1
In the championship, we're now the 3rd worst supported club, so naming one won't be an issue. Preston, MK Dons, Bristol, Charlton, Fulham, Bolton Leeds cardiff- have those clubs been flush with success in this division? probably charge more than we do. Same issues with parking, food etc Now you name one other club who have had many seasons of improved finishes in a row, including a promotion, and have seen their crowds fall for the last 3 years. You can't keep moving the goalposts. It used to be cost, now when thats getting sorted its just the results ( ignoring the historical evidence against that) . What will it be if we start winning all the time? The weather? We don't have padded seats? Im not having a sweeping statement that the footballs been negative for the past 3 years, Thats rubbish. Theres been some cracking games since we got promoted. Loads of them. The dull negative games are a small minority, and this idea they don't happen at all clubs is also rubbish. Tell me of a time when we didn't have any dull games? Have you looked at the catchment and transport that Charlton, Fulham, Cardiff, Bristol, Leeds and MK Dons have? Bolton have spent more time in the top flight than any other team not currently in it, including a recent decent long stretch and multiple European campaigns in the last 10 years, so of course they retain bigger crowd numbers. Preston are the similar team to us, and get similar crowds (smaller than our first season back, lets see what they get next year). We get pretty much bang on the crowd that any sensible person would expect us to get.
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Post by willo on Feb 6, 2016 11:51:39 GMT 1
Thing about the stay away fans is that generally it takes more than just one game to finally say, no more. The decision will have been made after weeks/months even years of missing the odd game, then a few more games before finally not going any more. Most will have broken a tradition, disconnected with the club and found something else to do..so getting them back won't happen overnight. The key factor isn't necessarily the price, but watching a winning team, pushing at the top of the table. Price might have been used as an excuse, but I suspect there was more to it than that. For example if Town are ever promoted to the top league, thousands more will come down to watch even if a SC is £450 and gate prices are £30. The £179 SC needs to be followed up by a winning team, and that will only happen with the addition of 3 or 4 more quality players. I'm hopefull this summer will see that happen but in the meantime the club are asking fans to come back based purely on cheap football, and as I've said I'm not sure that was the only reason so many have stayed away. At some point Town/Dean are going to have to say something else to attract these fans, like a commitment that we are serious in building a squad that will compete at the top end of the table. Dean has partially done that by appointing Wagner, and dropping prices...so he's done 2 out of the 3 things needed. So far so good.. Bang on post. Sums the whole situation up perfectly.
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Post by Captainslapper on Feb 6, 2016 12:18:30 GMT 1
I'm going to call this early and hopefully wrongly. We don't have sufficient floating supporters to hit the big numbers necessary for this to work. Ergo the tickets are too cheap. football should be more expensive than the cinema its got incredible costs to pay for. This price if true makes it cheaper than my local cinema (forget 3d) and cheaper than watching matlock town. I've a nasty feel the cumulative negativity over the last 2 years which this forum is at least partly responsible for means we can't generate the interest. Really hope I'm wrong. My 13 year old who used to go until about 2 years ago said yesterday that actually going to matches was old fashioned when you can 'do it all online' whatever the he'll that means... Got to say , those are my fears aswell. I really hope they've done some thorough research on this and worked out their sums. There's a fine line to be met between re-engaging the missing fans whilst still generating enough money to compete. Maybe Clibbens leaving is a hint that he thought this would make his job impossible?? I don't know, it might be just coincidence that the CEO leaves at the same time as this gets rubber stamped? Suppose it raises a few questions- Have we re-negotiated the deal with KSDL where the more bums we have on seats, the more we pay to use the stadium? Is this a loss leader- ie short term pain for long term benefit ( getting folk back into the habit of supporting their club again) ? Are we hoping Wagner's contacts on the continent can get round any lack of income compared to our divisional rivals? Is this DH's last throw of the dice to try and get the people of Kirklees interested in their club? Think we sold about 15000 STs when the centenery price was £100 but that was in League 1, and it wasn't long ago that we took 34000 fans/followers to Old trafford, so in theory there should be a very big take up of this offer. But I think there'll have to be for it to not make it even harder for us financially than it is now.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2016 12:50:20 GMT 1
I'm going to call this early and hopefully wrongly. We don't have sufficient floating supporters to hit the big numbers necessary for this to work. Ergo the tickets are too cheap. football should be more expensive than the cinema its got incredible costs to pay for. This price if true makes it cheaper than my local cinema (forget 3d) and cheaper than watching matlock town. I've a nasty feel the cumulative negativity over the last 2 years which this forum is at least partly responsible for means we can't generate the interest. Really hope I'm wrong. My 13 year old who used to go until about 2 years ago said yesterday that actually going to matches was old fashioned when you can 'do it all online' whatever the he'll that means... Got to say , those are my fears aswell. I really hope they've done some thorough research on this and worked out their sums. There's a fine line to be met between re-engaging the missing fans whilst still generating enough money to compete. Maybe Clibbens leaving is a hint that he thought this would make his job impossible?? I don't know, it might be just coincidence that the CEO leaves at the same time as this gets rubber stamped? Suppose it raises a few questions- Have we re-negotiated the deal with KSDL where the more bums we have on seats, the more we pay to use the stadium? Is this a loss leader- ie short term pain for long term benefit ( getting folk back into the habit of supporting their club again) ? Are we hoping Wagner's contacts on the continent can get round any lack of income compared to our divisional rivals? Is this DH's last throw of the dice to try and get the people of Kirklees interested in their club? Think we sold about 15000 STs when the centenery price was £100 but that was in League 1, and it wasn't long ago that we took 34000 fans/followers to Old trafford, so in theory there should be a very big take up of this offer. But I think there'll have to be for it to not make it even harder for us financially than it is now. Its a loss leader, paid for by increased payment from the Football League to member clubs and Dean Hoyles declared acceptable losses, I think that message has been shared multiple times back after the initial meetings where people necame aware of the sub £200 intent. Think anything above 11000/12000 would be good. You can add 1000/1500 pay on the dayers, which would see total gates around 14500/15500, quite impressive given how tediously procession everything has become over the last few years on and off the pitch. I guess the theory then is as the price creeps back up over future seasons we retain 10500+ season ticket holders, instead of the 8000 we are/were heading down towards, which easily becomes 7000 after a poor season.
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Post by fredcarno1 on Feb 6, 2016 13:07:49 GMT 1
The £100 ticket for the centenary season was all set up to get fans back into the swing of following Town again, there were loads of lads in our local that got tickets for themselves and their kids. Trouble was we appointed an awful dinosaur of a manager who was here to top his pension up and line the pockets of one of his agent mates. Added to the fact the football was in the main dreadful, not really a fit way to celebrate your centenary and get a load of floating fans into watching Town. I've no doubt we would have got a lot of those fans to stick with us if the football had been more successful and better to watch that year.
On on the subject of not having a sufficient floating fan base I don't buy that, just look at a game like the Mansfield one in League 2 where we could have gone up. You could hardly get into the ground that day yet in typical Town style we fucked it up. That's half the problem, most of the teams of similar stature around us have had their flirt with the Premier League / Cup Semi or Final and even in some cases a European campaign. We haven't had that one / couple of magic season to sway the floating fans from thinking that Town will 'fuck it up again'. Like it or not it's the bandwagon jumpers that we need to attract, the ones we probably all dislike for claiming to be a Man U or Liverpool fan despite only having ever seen them on TV.
Yes this initiative might not work but I definitely think it's better than not doing anything, even if we raised our fan base by 4 or 5 thousand paying top whack admission fees we still won't be able to compete with clubs paying 10 million transfer fees and 50 - 60k a week transfer fees. Maybe the club have thought let's throw caution to the wind and get in a left field manager with some new ideas, sign a few better value European players and get some extra fans in the ground to get behind it all. I know in general the teams with the most money 9 times out of 10 come out on top but there's always a chance if you try an alternative. For every couple of dozen relatively small teams at this level that struggle around the bottom of the table at this level you get a few that can break through a la Burnley / Blackpool / Bournemouth / Swansea.
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Post by otium (EPBS) on Feb 6, 2016 17:19:29 GMT 1
In the championship, we're now the 3rd worst supported club, so naming one won't be an issue. Preston, MK Dons, Bristol, Charlton, Fulham, Bolton Leeds cardiff- have those clubs been flush with success in this division? probably charge more than we do. Same issues with parking, food etc Now you name one other club who have had many seasons of improved finishes in a row, including a promotion, and have seen their crowds fall for the last 3 years. You can't keep moving the goalposts. It used to be cost, now when thats getting sorted its just the results ( ignoring the historical evidence against that) . What will it be if we start winning all the time? The weather? We don't have padded seats? Im not having a sweeping statement that the footballs been negative for the past 3 years, Thats rubbish. Theres been some cracking games since we got promoted. Loads of them. The dull negative games are a small minority, and this idea they don't happen at all clubs is also rubbish. Tell me of a time when we didn't have any dull games? The only team in that list i would expect us to have larger crowds than is MK. The only reason they are above us with crowds is that they got promoted by winning 9 out of 10 (and one draw) at the end of the season. This led to increased season ticket sales...watch next season what happens. I repeat that we have endured THREE years of dull, negative football. Last season i saw 3 home games in a row with just SIX shots!! If we were playing well, challenging for something and prices were fair i would expect 15/16 thousand, we are not far off that considering how shit it has been. Your "continued improvement" mantra does not wash with me Slapps...we were awful last season, its just there were others who were worse. 3 seasons of fighting relegation...you are polishing turds. As for "cracking games" since we got promoted...i might give you half-a-dozen from 120. Pitiful.
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Post by 4 pts on Feb 7, 2016 15:14:06 GMT 1
Does DH make any money from beer and food sales yet
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Post by Tanzanian Terrier on Feb 7, 2016 15:40:51 GMT 1
I think for the less committed supporter, the cost/simplicity of pay on the day prices is the main issue, not season ticket prices Talk was made of making only 2 tiers of ticket prices for pay on the day, one at £20 and the other £30. But if you only attended 9 games at £20 then it would make sense to get a season ticket. I could only see perhaps 5 games or so throughout the season being £30, depending on who was in the league and the dates of the fixtures i.e. Boxing Day or Easter. So on that basis those 9 games might include 2 at £30 thus you would only need to attend 8 games to break even on a season ticket. But I don't know how many times a less committed supporter might go and watch
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Post by Tanzanian Terrier on Feb 7, 2016 15:46:50 GMT 1
Does DH make any money from beer and food sales yet Food and drink sales go to KSDL and any profit throughout the year is returned to the 3 interested parties. But I suspect that Sodexo will have to pay for the franchise and may or may not have to give some of their profits as part of the deal to KSDL. The important dates to consider is when the stadium is paid for, which I seem to think is 2021 but not sure on that. That means there should be further monies returning to KSDL, Giants and Town or something to that effect.
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Post by townrwe on Feb 7, 2016 15:54:39 GMT 1
That would be a ridiculous idea!!! Its similar to the ridiculous idea that its more to pay on the day!!! Unless that is extended due to sensational demand, they should put that straight back in the locker, unless it only goes up by say only £20 afterwards to 199. Is your comment about pay on the day serious? If you're on about the level of differential fair enough, but otherwise......WOW! I am talking about having to pay more as walk up prices, than buying in advance. 20 a game, no categories and no increase on a match day. Simple pricing, that's why I can't agree with the season tickets going up in price. It should just be 179 anywhere in the ground, whenever you buy them, if that's what they want to do no 10000 limit as that just confuses things. Offer something free for the first 10000 if they want to get the money in... I.e charge 199 and give first 10000 a "free" shirt. Changing the prices for the same event is in my opinion the biggest mistake a club can make. It's stops plenty of my mates going as they don't know if it's gonna be 24 quid, 30 quid or 37quid, so they don't bother to find out they just do something different.
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Post by detox on Feb 9, 2016 11:52:41 GMT 1
Time to scrap HDONE and concentrate on the DIG1 project. Build a new stadium in Millbridge and the fans will come back in their droves. Problem solved yeah but MOST SC holders live in the sunny side...Holme Valley...
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Post by detox on Feb 9, 2016 12:14:55 GMT 1
Is your comment about pay on the day serious? If you're on about the level of differential fair enough, but otherwise......WOW! I am talking about having to pay more as walk up prices, than buying in advance. 20 a game, no categories and no increase on a match day. Simple pricing, that's why I can't agree with the season tickets going up in price. It should just be 179 anywhere in the ground, whenever you buy them, if that's what they want to do no 10000 limit as that just confuses things. Offer something free for the first 10000 if they want to get the money in... I.e charge 199 and give first 10000 a "free" shirt. Changing the prices for the same event is in my opinion the biggest mistake a club can make. It's stops plenty of my mates going as they don't know if it's gonna be 24 quid, 30 quid or 37quid, so they don't bother to find out they just do something different. There are two fans campaigns going on at the moment. The recently publicised one at Anfield where home fans are protesting about prices for home games, and the twentiesplenty campaign for away fans. Both campaigns are gaining momentum. The Liverpool fans saying £77 for a home game next season is out of order and I expect Liverpool will have to address this before it gets out of hand. Arsenal are another club that exploit fans. However the lid on away fans prices , if successful ,would see an end to variable home match categories because it's only there to exploit the fans who come in big numbers. If this gains more momentum then this practice must surely end, and in that case your argument for a fixed price for pay at the gate fans will probably come into fruition. The additional tax of £3 if you pay on the day was just sheer insanity by the clubs that did it and should be scrapped anyway. It's good to see fans across the country protesting about rip off prices and I think Dean has seen the writing on the wall with this. Apart from a £179 SC (if true) I'd expect he will fix gate prices across board too although he might not announce these until he's sold enough SC's ..
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Post by galpharm2400 on Feb 9, 2016 12:21:29 GMT 1
I am talking about having to pay more as walk up prices, than buying in advance. 20 a game, no categories and no increase on a match day. Simple pricing, that's why I can't agree with the season tickets going up in price. It should just be 179 anywhere in the ground, whenever you buy them, if that's what they want to do no 10000 limit as that just confuses things. Offer something free for the first 10000 if they want to get the money in... I.e charge 199 and give first 10000 a "free" shirt. Changing the prices for the same event is in my opinion the biggest mistake a club can make. It's stops plenty of my mates going as they don't know if it's gonna be 24 quid, 30 quid or 37quid, so they don't bother to find out they just do something different. There are two fans campaigns going on at the moment. The recently publicised one at Anfield where home fans are protesting about prices for home games, and the twentiesplenty campaign for away fans. Both campaigns are gaining momentum. The Liverpool fans saying £77 for a home game next season is out of order and I expect Liverpool will have to address this before it gets out of hand. Arsenal are another club that exploit fans. However the lid on away fans prices , if successful ,would see an end to variable home match categories because it's only there to exploit the fans who come in big numbers. If this gains more momentum then this practice must surely end, and in that case your argument for a fixed price for pay at the gate fans will probably come into fruition. The additional tax of £3 if you pay on the day was just sheer insanity by the clubs that did it and should be scrapped anyway. It's good to see fans across the country protesting about rip off prices and I think Dean has seen the writing on the wall with this. Apart from a £179 SC (if true) I'd expect he will fix gate prices across board too although he might not announce these until he's sold enough SC's .. might have been more impressive if the liverpool fans had walked on 77 against man utd or everton??? they will sell out next year at the prices they have mentioned.
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Post by detox on Feb 9, 2016 12:26:52 GMT 1
There are two fans campaigns going on at the moment. The recently publicised one at Anfield where home fans are protesting about prices for home games, and the twentiesplenty campaign for away fans. Both campaigns are gaining momentum. The Liverpool fans saying £77 for a home game next season is out of order and I expect Liverpool will have to address this before it gets out of hand. Arsenal are another club that exploit fans. However the lid on away fans prices , if successful ,would see an end to variable home match categories because it's only there to exploit the fans who come in big numbers. If this gains more momentum then this practice must surely end, and in that case your argument for a fixed price for pay at the gate fans will probably come into fruition. The additional tax of £3 if you pay on the day was just sheer insanity by the clubs that did it and should be scrapped anyway. It's good to see fans across the country protesting about rip off prices and I think Dean has seen the writing on the wall with this. Apart from a £179 SC (if true) I'd expect he will fix gate prices across board too although he might not announce these until he's sold enough SC's .. might have been more impressive if the liverpool fans had walked on 77 against man utd or everton??? they will sell out next year at the prices they have mentioned. I think the point is more that the traditional working class fans are being priced out of the game because there are enough middle class fans who can afford to pay the higher prices. Sure, Liverpool will likely sell out, as do Arsenal..but the bad publicity the clubs are getting won't endear them to anyone...especially the sponsors. Brand matters.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2016 12:28:40 GMT 1
Liverpool have sorted the walk out problem,,tickets are £93 now
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2016 13:27:48 GMT 1
I am talking about having to pay more as walk up prices, than buying in advance. 20 a game, no categories and no increase on a match day. Simple pricing, that's why I can't agree with the season tickets going up in price. It should just be 179 anywhere in the ground, whenever you buy them, if that's what they want to do no 10000 limit as that just confuses things. Offer something free for the first 10000 if they want to get the money in... I.e charge 199 and give first 10000 a "free" shirt. Changing the prices for the same event is in my opinion the biggest mistake a club can make. It's stops plenty of my mates going as they don't know if it's gonna be 24 quid, 30 quid or 37quid, so they don't bother to find out they just do something different. There are two fans campaigns going on at the moment. The recently publicised one at Anfield where home fans are protesting about prices for home games, and the twentiesplenty campaign for away fans. Both campaigns are gaining momentum. The Liverpool fans saying £77 for a home game next season is out of order and I expect Liverpool will have to address this before it gets out of hand. Arsenal are another club that exploit fans. However the lid on away fans prices , if successful ,would see an end to variable home match categories because it's only there to exploit the fans who come in big numbers. If this gains more momentum then this practice must surely end, and in that case your argument for a fixed price for pay at the gate fans will probably come into fruition. The additional tax of £3 if you pay on the day was just sheer insanity by the clubs that did it and should be scrapped anyway. It's good to see fans across the country protesting about rip off prices and I think Dean has seen the writing on the wall with this. Apart from a £179 SC (if true) I'd expect he will fix gate prices across board too although he might not announce these until he's sold enough SC's .. The Liverpool thing is ridiculous. It's like Riverside Upper Tier people complaining it's to expensive at Town...go and sit somewhere else then!! Next season, most of their season ticket prices are frozen or reduced, and nearly half of their matchday prices are reduced, compared to this current season. For those Cat A £77 tickets, which apply only to the two sections that surround the tunnel, you could go in the same stand upper tier for £36 or the wings of the Kop for £40 (where a Cat C Premier League game is £28).
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Post by Sugy , Paignton Devon Terrier on Feb 9, 2016 13:27:56 GMT 1
Comparing ticket prices for next season , it seems Liverpool fans will be walking out and town fans will be walking in.
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Post by AndySk on Feb 9, 2016 13:57:10 GMT 1
We always seem to play crap when we do some special offer to get more fans in so this could backfire massively. Maybe we should price them at £1,500 to give us a chance of promotion
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Post by teddytheterrier on Feb 9, 2016 13:59:59 GMT 1
I personally would have uped the prices of season tickets as we will probably still sell around the same anyway.
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Post by stevvy on Feb 9, 2016 15:27:45 GMT 1
Next season, most of their season ticket prices are frozen or reduced, and nearly half of their matchday prices are reduced, compared to this current season. That's little more than PR talk, and while it's true, the decreases are minimal (anything from a few pence to maybe £4) but the increases are far bigger than that (I'm sure I saw increases in most areas of between £5-20). The "most of our prices are frozen or reduced" type line sounds good, but once you delve deeper into the facts, to all intents and purposes they're taking the piss.
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Post by artysid on Feb 9, 2016 16:24:53 GMT 1
Is your comment about pay on the day serious? If you're on about the level of differential fair enough, but otherwise......WOW! I am talking about having to pay more as walk up prices, than buying in advance. 20 a game, no categories and no increase on a match day. Simple pricing, that's why I can't agree with the season tickets going up in price. It should just be 179 anywhere in the ground, whenever you buy them, if that's what they want to do no 10000 limit as that just confuses things. Offer something free for the first 10000 if they want to get the money in... I.e charge 199 and give first 10000 a "free" shirt. Changing the prices for the same event is in my opinion the biggest mistake a club can make. It's stops plenty of my mates going as they don't know if it's gonna be 24 quid, 30 quid or 37quid, so they don't bother to find out they just do something different. Agree with both these sentiments / principles (hope the critics don't take the £37 price too literally, )
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