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Post by Polish Hippy on Apr 27, 2024 18:29:08 GMT 1
In light of the club’s relegation to the third tier, the Huddersfield Town Supporters’ Association (HTSA) reiterates its call for season card prices to be frozen at current levels. We need as many people as possible to back the team next season. Raising prices will undermine this aim and make it harder to succeed on the pitch, while delivering at most marginal revenue gains, if any.
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Post by robinvar on Apr 27, 2024 18:32:05 GMT 1
Won't sell many if they go up. I sense rhere is very little good will in the fan base. There will be a drop of in interest anyway and with some of the low away followings it will feel very much lower league I think. Massive task for the club on the off pitch side, not just the playing staff.
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Post by isleofmanterrier on Apr 27, 2024 18:34:24 GMT 1
In light of the club’s relegation to the third tier, the Huddersfield Town Supporters’ Association (HTSA) reiterates its call for season card prices to be frozen at current levels. We need as many people as possible to back the team next season. Raising prices will undermine this aim and make it harder to succeed on the pitch, while delivering at most marginal revenue gains, if any. If I was in charge of the club I’d price them at £200 adults, £150 12-17, £100 under 12. With a statement that these prices will remain frozen until we achieve promotion. Pack the stadium and change the tide of the mood around the club. |
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Post by royrace on Apr 27, 2024 18:34:46 GMT 1
Can they also request that the clowns running this season are fucked off sharpish? Thanks.
Personally that's way more important than me saving thirty quid on next year's ticket 🙄
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Post by irverino on Apr 27, 2024 18:41:44 GMT 1
One of many suggestions to Kev & Dave from the fans, if they're sticking around & we're not going anywhere then the re-building needs to be a joint effort.....Show JE & MC the door & give Mr Webber a call, a start.
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Post by leroy212 on Apr 27, 2024 18:51:35 GMT 1
With many people seeming to not care or can't be bothered watching us with how rubbish we been, regardless of season card prices I imagine we will shift 7-8k
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Post by willo on Apr 27, 2024 18:55:07 GMT 1
With many people seeming to not care or can't be bothered watching us with how rubbish we been, regardless of season card prices I imagine we will shift 7-8k We’ll do 9-11k, still a huge drop off though. |
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Post by Lovechops on Apr 28, 2024 7:42:17 GMT 1
Our prices have been low in comparison with even non league teams ie Halifax Town season tkts cost more .
Everything has gone up food costs , electricity etc and all those cost needs to be covered at the stadium so I wouldn’t be surprised if they went up slightly say to like £300 and at that would still be one of the cheapest in L1 and L2
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Post by Christ in Shades (art) on Apr 28, 2024 7:53:55 GMT 1
Our prices have been low in comparison with even non league teams ie Halifax Town season tkts cost more . Everything has gone up food costs , electricity etc and all those cost needs to be covered at the stadium so I wouldn’t be surprised if they went up slightly say to like £300 and at that would still be one of the cheapest in L1 and L2 I'm sure as you can appreciate we probably sell 10 times more season tickets than Halifax, so the cost becomes a flawed argument. |
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Post by shawsie on Apr 28, 2024 7:55:28 GMT 1
Our prices have been low in comparison with even non league teams ie Halifax Town season tkts cost more . Everything has gone up food costs , electricity etc and all those cost needs to be covered at the stadium so I wouldn’t be surprised if they went up slightly say to like £300 and at that would still be one of the cheapest in L1 and L2 Am not sure the cost is the sole issue here - football fans like to see winning teams. Unless we look like having some success on the field i would suggest you may struggle to give em away! |
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Post by joeyjoneslocker on Apr 28, 2024 7:58:05 GMT 1
We really need to move away from this thought that our prices are low.
Our prices are the right prices for a season ticket.
It’s everyone else that is overpriced.
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Post by Christ in Shades (art) on Apr 28, 2024 8:27:38 GMT 1
We really need to move away from this thought that our prices are low. Our prices are the right prices for a season ticket. It’s everyone else that is overpriced. I'd be interested go know how many of these League 1/2 and National Leagye club season tickets they actually shift in comparison to ours and the actual difference in money generated. |
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Post by cyberman on Apr 28, 2024 9:22:10 GMT 1
Methinks the reply to HTSA from the club (assuming they do reply) will be "go bollocks" - if you want to watch us then pay more
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Post by kennyk2 on Apr 28, 2024 9:56:23 GMT 1
One of many suggestions to Kev & Dave from the fans, if they're sticking around & we're not going anywhere then the re-building needs to be a joint effort.....Show JE & MC the door & give Mr Webber a call, a start. Webber won't come anywhere near us if he still thinks that we lack ambition. Did he say something about us operating like a League 1 club? So it has come to pass. |
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Post by digs on Apr 28, 2024 10:15:18 GMT 1
Our prices have been low in comparison with even non league teams ie Halifax Town season tkts cost more . Everything has gone up food costs , electricity etc and all those cost needs to be covered at the stadium so I wouldn’t be surprised if they went up slightly say to like £300 and at that would still be one of the cheapest in L1 and L2 Everything has gone up for the fans too,so many will cover that extra cost buy not spunking the money on a season ticket,difficult choice for Kev |
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Post by specialun on Apr 28, 2024 10:18:14 GMT 1
I agree they should remain low
A small increase to cover inflationary costs increases has to be expected
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Post by sabailand on Apr 28, 2024 10:21:55 GMT 1
We've tended to do well regarding ST sales in recent years becasue they were amongst the cheapest in the country, town fans have got used to it but all good things come to an end, going to be interesting to see how sales go after relegation.
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Post by richhtfc on Apr 28, 2024 10:28:11 GMT 1
I think it’s crazy that we think our tickets should be cheaper than everyone else’s, but we still expect the club to out perform the competition. Prices should be relatively where they should be for a club of our size and ambition.
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Post by alfredsterrier on Apr 28, 2024 10:38:36 GMT 1
If success on the pitch is related to season ticket price then surely all the teams below Town with higher prices should actually be more successful and above us?
I don’t disagree that wages seem to determine who gets the best players but it can’t all be about season ticket price.
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Post by bigtruck on Apr 28, 2024 10:38:45 GMT 1
One of many suggestions to Kev & Dave from the fans, if they're sticking around & we're not going anywhere then the re-building needs to be a joint effort.....Show JE & MC the door & give Mr Webber a call, a start. With Andre’s comments on some of the squad being selfish pricks, I’d suggest Webber would be the last person we’d want to employ. |
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Post by themanfromatlantis on Apr 28, 2024 10:45:39 GMT 1
If success on the pitch is related to season ticket price then surely all the teams below Town with higher prices should actually be more successful and above us? I don’t disagree that wages seem to determine who gets the best players but it can’t all be about season ticket price. It’s not. Can’t be, look at Wrexham. Must be doing well from selling their soul to the media, but that seems to be the way forward for some owners nowadays? I wonder how much Man C are getting for their programme? (more than enough to pay the slap on the wrist fines that will be coming their way) I’ve not watched one of these programmes, they’re just not for me, there’s enough reality TV shite on without watching a load of moneyed folk probably moaning about first world problems… |
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Post by terrierneil on Apr 28, 2024 11:03:12 GMT 1
If success on the pitch is related to season ticket price then surely all the teams below Town with higher prices should actually be more successful and above us? I don’t disagree that wages seem to determine who gets the best players but it can’t all be about season ticket price. ALL the teams below us? There's one! |
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Post by joeyjoneslocker on Apr 28, 2024 11:13:03 GMT 1
I think it’s crazy that we think our tickets should be cheaper than everyone else’s, but we still expect the club to out perform the competition. Prices should be relatively where they should be for a club of our size and ambition. I don’t think they should be cheaper than everyone else’s. They should all be the same. |
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Post by richhtfc on Apr 28, 2024 11:20:06 GMT 1
I think it’s crazy that we think our tickets should be cheaper than everyone else’s, but we still expect the club to out perform the competition. Prices should be relatively where they should be for a club of our size and ambition. I don’t think they should be cheaper than everyone else’s. They should all be the same. Surely that’s a different argument? I agree they should be capped somehow but they’re not and we are much cheaper than the teams we’re competing against. |
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Post by joeyjoneslocker on Apr 28, 2024 11:55:57 GMT 1
I don’t think they should be cheaper than everyone else’s. They should all be the same. Surely that’s a different argument? I agree they should be capped somehow but they’re not and we are much cheaper than the teams we’re competing against. It reminds me of the old saying ‘if everyone else was jumping off a cliff would you do the same?’ Just because everyone else is overpriced it doesn’t mean we have to be. Some lowly clubs have to charge £400’ish as it’s the matter of keeping the club afloat. We aren’t currently in that position. Increasing ticket cost by 10-20% is not going to change our season and not going to define if we can compete in League One. At all. Or any league for that matter. These charlatans get paid incredible sums of money for absolutely zero return. The scales are tilted in the wrong direction. It’s about time clubs made a move. If we stick by our guns then I’m ok with that. |
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Post by alfredsterrier on Apr 28, 2024 11:58:18 GMT 1
If success on the pitch is related to season ticket price then surely all the teams below Town with higher prices should actually be more successful and above us? I don’t disagree that wages seem to determine who gets the best players but it can’t all be about season ticket price. ALL the teams below us? There's one! Not in the current pyramid as it stands. If we continue to work our way down the leagues then maybe there is an argument to be made🤷🏻♂️ |
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Post by richhtfc on Apr 28, 2024 12:15:26 GMT 1
Surely that’s a different argument? I agree they should be capped somehow but they’re not and we are much cheaper than the teams we’re competing against. It reminds me of the old saying ‘if everyone else was jumping off a cliff would you do the same?’ Just because everyone else is overpriced it doesn’t mean we have to be. Some lowly clubs have to charge £400’ish as it’s the matter of keeping the club afloat. We aren’t currently in that position. Increasing ticket cost by 10-20% is not going to change our season and not going to define if we can compete in League One. At all. Or any league for that matter. These charlatans get paid incredible sums of money for absolutely zero return. The scales are tilted in the wrong direction. It’s about time clubs made a move. If we stick by our guns then I’m ok with that. I suppose as long as our significant benefactor agrees and picks up the shortfall that’s fine. We are already at a disadvantage because of the stupid stadium agreement, cheap season tickets compounds the lack of ability to make income and puts us further behind our competitors. I just don’t see any argument for why we should be cheaper than the average for the division we are in, not more not less, just average. If our relegation means we are now at that average fair enough, if we’re below, they should go up IMO. |
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Post by detox on Apr 28, 2024 12:28:31 GMT 1
The fans have stood by the club over the past 3 years since Covid, with gates increasing each season despite the relegation battles ...our average gate for 'home' fans (excluding away fans) has risen from 16,002 to 17,537 and to 17,807 this season...compare that with our league one promotion season of just 13,196 in 2011/12.
By 2015/15 our home fans gate was just 11,053 after 4 seasons of finishing 19th, 17th, 16th, 19th...and that was in the Championship.
It was only the end of the Clibbens crazy pricing structure and the one price fits all with cheap SC's did the fans return and set the catalyst for our promotion to the PL in 2016/17 with an average home fans gate of 19,122.
if SC prices go any higher we are likely to lose approx 7,000 fans who do not want to watch league one football..
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Post by harris on Apr 28, 2024 12:48:25 GMT 1
We really need to move away from this thought that our prices are low. Our prices are the right prices for a season ticket. It’s everyone else that is overpriced. So 99% of clubs are wrong and the 1% is right? It’s a nice thought but in reality it’s us that are the anomaly. |
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Post by joeyjoneslocker on Apr 28, 2024 12:53:45 GMT 1
We really need to move away from this thought that our prices are low. Our prices are the right prices for a season ticket. It’s everyone else that is overpriced. So 99% of clubs are wrong and the 1% is right? It’s a nice thought but in reality it’s us that are the anomaly. It isn’t 99% of clubs. You can buy an adult season ticket at Bayern and Dortmund for £160 and £250 respectively. It’s England where everyone is ok having their pants pulled down. |
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