Ticket offers

It will come " oh yea of little faith".

 

Last time we did football for a fiver was Nottingham Forest in 2009: Attendance 19,681.

The attendances of the seven home games before that: 10,885, 12,228, 11,299, 11,614, 11,668, 11,183, 11,789

Other attendances against Forest since then all in the Championship: 13,174, 10,550, 10,186

 

£20 per Xmas game.

 

That won't make any difference. £20 is still expensive.

 

Lee Jays tactics are enough to try the patience of a Saint!!!

 

But they're not suffering a loss are they? Not making as much money is not the same as making a loss. It's making less money.

 

Nothing suggests to me that the current regime are interested in what we the supporters want.

 

I've not said anywhere that we won't sell more, was just responding to the 'every £5 they take on a match day is £5 earned, rather than £22 lost' comment.

As I've said numerous times, I hope they do a promotion. I love a full oakwell.

 

They should offer all games from 19.12.15 to 2.1.16 for a one off £25 for all 3 bought in advance, then a tenner on the door - no buy in advance only nonsense. Make it simple, straightforward so people can plan accordingly,

I'm a ST holder - I buy one cos I go to all the games - not to lord it over folk who can't make it every week.

In your next meeting please try and convey to Cryne, Mansford et al that punishing non ST holders is not the way to generate goodwill. Trying to extract as much money as poss from the pay on the day fan will not build a long term loyal fan base. We want the ground as full as poss surely ?

 

A loss on what they would have made had they sold 500 full price tickets.

 

You can't lose something you never had.

 

You know what I mean. Semantics.

 

Samaritans my friend appears the more appropriate at this juncture in time

 

you're deluded if you think that. ADVENTUROUS is when we kick off and have to pass forward

 

I can't see any logical, tangible drawback to either offering one of the games for a fiver or doing all three for £50 or something. More fans to cheer the team on, and the chance to claw back some of those who've fallen out of love with the club or inspire the next generation of supporters.

 

I do, sorry for being a pedant.

 

It will come a couple of good performances coupled with the results will breed confidence.

 

If there's 3 games, £15 per game per adult, scaled down for oap's and juvenile's and also allow people to pay on the gate for the same offer. Then do a advance booking offer where all 3 home game's can be purchased for £30 for adult's and again scaled down.

 

I'm a bit like Dee Tee in another post on bbs that is seriously think of packing in watching Barnsley, they just bore me at the moment.

 

Is it actually as simple as A. £27 down to £5 And B. Stewarding costs going up?

If for example it was reduced to a fiver then yes that £22 off a full price ticket but not everyone is full price. Id wager that full price fans are barely 50% of pay on the day tickets with concessions making up the rest so what is the true reduction? It certainly isnt £22 for everyone, for a 15 year old its inly five quid off. For an oap its 13. Until the club is more open about the true breakdown of ticket sales it is impossible for dans to do any calculations.

Then theres stewarding. The costs arent linear. In fact the vast majority of costs exist regardles of 10,000 there or 20,000. Would an extra 1000 home fans cost much more to police? I very much doubt it in fact i wouldnt be surprised if it didnt see a single extra officer.

Now look at the other side. Every extra fan in the ground is potentially an extra programme sold, an extra pie and drink. Youve just potentially turned your 5 pound into 12 pound. Its also potentially a shirt or other merchandise sold as a christmas present and then there is the obvious fact that repeat business is wasier than new customers so once theyve been to a few cheap games they may then go to full priced games.

It annoys me that in business a few simple rules apply yet in football those in charge ignore those rules and then wonder why they fail