Top six..

http://the72.co.uk/28562/how-does-your-team-compare-in-our-league-1-season-ticket-price-guide/

So we're aiming for the top six next season, with a top six budget, and the 6th highest 'cheapest' season ticket.

And so far have 6 (thousand) top supporters who've signed up.

Sixy, eh?

 

Our cheapest ticket isn't £370 is it? Ponty is cheaper than that shirley? Even after the early bird.

 

They've gone with the cheapest adult ticket, as of June 2nd. Our early bird offer has ended hasn't it?

Still can't get over Bradford reducing em even more, £6 a game they work out at, and the offer runs til July. Hats off to em, that's seriously good and goes against modern football completely.

 

So the Ponty is £370 after the early bird? Didn't think it was that much of a hike, £70 extra.

 

Seems a bit of an unfair analysis. Our cheapest adult season ticket is £270 and we chuck a free kids one in.

 

£370.

http://www.bebarnsley.com/prices

 

They've used prices at the time of 'going to press'. So our early bird and summer offers have ended, whereas some others haven't, which skews the results I suppose. Or perhaps not? Perhaps if they'd done it but using the cheapest price from the day they went on sale (April) the others who are cheaper than us now, would still be cheaper? I dunno.

 

Fair enough. But our cheapest ST isn't £370 now, it's £330 (in family area - wherever the fook that is in the ponty). And as we don't know if other clubs 'early' offers have ended or not it's a bit of a ***** study really.

 

[SUP]*[/SUP]Passes sold in the CK Beckett Family Area (F14, F15 & F16) are strictly for families only. Adults without Juveniles and unaccompanied Juveniles are not permitted into the Family Area.

 

Other than Bradfords they are all too expensive that's all we need to know.

 

A lot of grey areas in this research. An adult and a kid could go in for just £330.

I wish you'd not pointed it out.

 

Bradford is excellent value and they've been doing these offers for a few seasons now.

 

Is there a family area in the Ponty? Its news to me.

 

Is a top six finish realistic?

As I see it, leading the pack could be:
Swindon: Good side this season and will have ambitions for automatic again.
Wigan: Crowds of between 10-16,000 last term and the Whelan money presumably still in the background after several Premiership seasons.
Blunts: Undeniably a very good managerial appointment and they are bound to go close.
Millwall: (Possibly) Harris could prove to be another very good young manager, and results improved after he took over.

I then have us in a chasing cluster:
Barnsley, Bradford, Chesterfield, Donny, Peterborough, Rochdale.

I believe LeeJay will make some good acquisitions this Summer (now he's back from New York). But I think any of the above group are likely to make equal progress, especially Donny under Paul Dickov. I'm usually optimistic at this time of year (apart from when Hill was appointed) but I think our chances of a top six finish are very average this time around. I certainly couldn't be having SkyBet's 2/1 (= 33% chance).

While I'd love to be proved wrong, I think we're in for another year of rebuilding.

 

Swindon had 8 loan players last season and just lost two players so I wouldn't hold out on them doing much

 

LeeJay gone by crimbo if we arn't up there....no time for rebuilding at Jokewell.....that is not in the plan

groundhog day i am afraid at the well

 

Sadly you may be correct Mr Reev

 

12,000 season tickets sold at Brammall Lane - Fair play - great effort

 

6, the number of goals scored on aggregate by Sheffield United when they were beaten by Swindon in the play - offs

 

Are you forgetting the Saunders effect at chezzy orsen? They'll not be top 6 this season.