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Season Tickets - Dancingwilldoit - 04-04-2019
Prices came out on Tuesday. At first the quoted price for my ST had gone up 49%, later in the day they said it was a typo and it now is 25%.
Mr Bean (if the cap fits) was on Radio Sheffield last night saying what good value they were because the prices for teenagers had actually dropped !!!!
He wouldnt say anything about every other ticket price going up 25% and yet actual matchday prices have only increased by 10% ie £2 on a £20+ ticket. The poor over 80's who had free season tickets up until now have to pay £50.
When I first saw the 49% increase my first reaction was that they could stick it where the sun don't shine (see SGB, I can be polite), then there was the statement about a typo.
You can call me a cynic (a lot do) but I have to ask if this was a deliberate ploy to make me think that a mere 25% increase was in fact a good deal. The answer to that is unprintable on here so I wont even bother.
Having endured 4 seasons of absolute dross and board incompetence CFC actually expect the fans to bail them out of the situation we find ourselves in.
Whilst Ashley Carson drives around in a **cking Bently and Uncle Dave Makes a £1.3 million donation to charity (which I applaud by the way but wonder how much of it is tax deductible?) and yet its the supporters of CFC who once again have to dig deep to make up for the incompetence of those running the club.
Some argue that next season we will get promoted back to the football league so that makes it worth it. Oh yeah, really? One automatic spot with the likes of Wrexham, a revitalised Stockport and Torquay, possibly Port Vale / Notts County / Crawly or Yeovil and we are going to walk it with our new messiah John Boy at the helm.
I don't share the same optimism and would love to ask "If I fork out for a well over inflated Season Ticket and we don't get promoted, will they give all the ST holders a £50 refund?"
Dream on.
RE: Season Tickets - Devongone - 04-04-2019
Personally, whether it was my team or not, I'd simply be working out how much I'd save or not if I attended perhaps 20 home games in the season with my Season Ticket. I'd then want to know how many games that saving equated to in case something happened at the club which pissed me off so much I couldn't bear to turn up, even though I'd already got the ticket ...... The club is hoping you'll make a decision out of loyalty and love for the club, but at some point each fan's personal financial circumstances must eventually lead to a much colder cost-benefit analysis. If for instance fans willingly paying more at the gate prompted the owner to invest £1.3 million in scouting, identifying and developing young talent to improve the team long-term then fans might well be able to justify their own emptying pockets to themselves. If the club's trajectory does not improve and it is clear there is only a plan for more of the same fans will continue to feel exploited and ignored and won't pay.
It is fairly likely we'll be in the promotion race next season, but last season we went down to hot favourites to win the league and look what happened ......... It would be interesting to know if your 25% is paying for the club's past failures or helping to finance its future (and very possibly imaginary) success.
RE: Season Tickets - Dancingwilldoit - 04-04-2019
Its self defeating Dev.
They will probably lose about 1k ST sales as a result of the increase. The increase will bring in an extra £150k so the net loss is circa £150k if a thousand do say "Stuff You".
Had they actually dropped the price £50 they would probably have sold more ST's. Results of late have gone the right way and many of the stay aways were talking about biting the bullet for next season. A 500 sale increase would have gained them circa £150k. To me its a no brainer
I had to think long and hard whether I renewed last season but as things stand I definitely wont be renewing again.
RE: Season Tickets - spireitematt - 04-04-2019
I also think the match day prices for pay on the day are pretty expensive for the division we are in. Also I've heard from a Sheffield United fan that if they get promoted to the Premier League then there season tickets will become cheaper as they'll get more money from TV revenue etc.
Each division in Football needs a pricing structure and a maximum pricing cap so clubs can't charge fans over a certain figure. You can get cheaper season tickets in the Premier League and Championship than those prices of what's being charged.
If you put prices up then you get less fans in the stadium meaning more empty seats but if you lower prices and get people through the turnstiles it will mean more fans less empty seats and the more fans we have then the more impact it will have on the team as it will be like the 12th man.
Dancing your a business man could you explain to me why certain stands at football grounds cost more to go in than others? Our cheapest stand is the South Stand but the East Stand and West Stand cost a lot more.
RE: Season Tickets - Dancingwilldoit - 04-04-2019
Honestly don't know Matt. The view of the game is better down the sides and that's about it.
RE: Season Tickets - spireitematt - 05-04-2019
(04-04-2019, 21:08)Dancingwilldoit Wrote: Honestly don't know Matt. The view of the game is better down the sides and that's about it.
I always find the view behind the goals better because you can see the whole of the pitch.
RE: Season Tickets - St Charles Owl - 05-04-2019
I think the pricing of stands harks back to the day when the stands behind the goals were generally standing while the stands on the sides were generally seats and therefore considered better and more expensive. I’m with Matt, I prefer being behind the goal but maybe that’s because I spent most of my time at Hillsborough on the Kop and I’m just used to that.
RE: Season Tickets - spireitematt - 07-04-2019
(05-04-2019, 21:29)St Charles Owl Wrote: I think the pricing of stands harks back to the day when the stands behind the goals were generally standing while the stands on the sides were generally seats and therefore considered better and more expensive. I’m with Matt, I prefer being behind the goal but maybe that’s because I spent most of my time at Hillsborough on the Kop and I’m just used to that.
I think it all depends on the ground and the lay out of the ground.