[Official Site] 2024/25 SEASON TICKETS ON SALE

And which other club will guarantee you a goal in first 15 mins

 

Anyone actually checked the price on their account yet? Mine comes up with no discount!

 

It's here: https://www.barnsleyfc.co.uk/tickets/seasontickets/frequently-asked-questions/

On the FAQ page under 'Do I qualify for a concessionary season ticket'

 

Yes make us pensioner’s who have paid top price for decades take up the slack,we’re all obviously loaded.

 

Just been down to club, yes this still applies. I'm 60 in May and just gave details to lady behind counter who verified date of birth with my driving licence and up dated my records, and confirmed I qualified.

 

Not guaranteed for the many, like me, who live away from Barnsley and may not manage midweek games. I’m only 50 miles away but plenty are much further and with so many matches rearranged these days it becomes less worthwhile getting a ST

 

whoops my bad, looking at wrong price!! I'm not having a good day today

 

One quarter of UK pensioners live in households with assets of over £1m. There's no reason they should be paying £230 less than a full adult in the East Upper. You could give them a discount of £100 and raise more than the club will get from increasing the price of six U14 tickets.

 

£29 is still cheap when looked at in isolation but the fact remains that it is as good as trebling the price.

Say you had three kids under 14, you’re going from paying £30 for them for the last few seasons to £87 this year. That’s quite a jump.

Everything is going up ok - my ticket is £29 more and my 16 year old’s is £14 more - but they are increases of 9% and 15%. The kids tickets have nearly trebled, 190% increase, 290% of this year’s price.

I can only imagine they want to sell less kids season tickets and recoup a similar amount of money as they are seen as just buying extra leg room. But it isn’t all - some get tickets for their kids for the games they do come to - eg I have one for the youngest - she does come to games but not all. I don’t bother for the middle child and just get her a ticket for the one or two games a season she comes to.

Without knowing if they also plan to treble matchday ticket prices for younger kids next year I’ve no idea if I should get one for next season or not. If season tickets are going from £10 to £29 I’d be interested to know whether it remains £5 a game for the same age range.

 

Agree with that. Nothing against an OAP discount but I personally feel the difference is too much. I also really disagree with the 60-65 discount because that age group is the best off out of everybody. Least financial ties and should be at their highest salary (or have chosen to take early retirement). I'd love to see that discount removed and either shared out amongst everyone or given to those who actually need it.

 

That's the bigger problem for me. Drip fed information given out at different times.

Will the carparking prices by skyrocketing? How does someone who needs it buy an early bird ticket when the carpark prices won't be announced till June?
What are matchday prices? How does someone who can't make all games decide if it's financially better to buy a season ticket without knowing them?
Will there or won't there be safe standing? How does anyone in the Ponty end commit to a season ticket when heir seat might be getting ripped out?

The prices aren't horrendous (though 'only the second price rise since 2017' is insulting the intelligence a little when in reality its a second price rise in 12 months) but please give people the full information to make an informed decision.

 

Wonder how many OAP Barnsley season ticket holders have assets over £1m

 

I think those figures were probably skewed by any pensioner living in London or SE who owns a house.

 

Dont assume it mate. if you are 60 afore the new season starts. and have had one since 2009. Let them know when you renew. Mi cousin forgot all about it around 2015. I mentioned it and he got a refund of the difference.

 

I'm down to mi last million. Pesky kids and grandkids.

 

The figure itself isn't really relevant, the point is pensioners as a group aren't some destitue part of society and are in all likelihood better off then some of the younger families who might be affected by this increase.

 

Probably few. Maybe none.

How many OAP Barnsley season ticket holders have a lot more disposable income and more tangible assets than the majority of our working age fans who may also have to fork out for their kids though?

The generation aged 60+ have benefitted, through no fault of their own, from many things in their working lives; in particular house price appreciation, the ability to support a house and family on one average wage, and free post 18 education.

To still give a discount to this demographic seems a little myopic and unfair on the ones slightly younger who will likely never find themselves in the same position as they didn’t have the same things afforded to them.

And before anyone comes back at me with mortgage interest rates, just look at the relative cost and benefit compared to today. I don’t blame anyone of that age for what hand they were dealt. Not for the fact I didn’t get the same nor will my kids. Good luck to them.

But it sticks in the throat a little to keep doubling down on it and giving more and more. I don’t feel the demographic warrants such a large concession.

OK, some pensioners will be living on only a state pension and in unowned housing.

But plenty of adults are in rented or council property, working full time but with no realistic prospect of getting on the ladder, have very little to no spare income. We aren’t talking about a small minority either, especially not in our part of the world - and they don’t get a concession. Nor do others.

Imagine the uproar if we gave a discount to working age people on benefits. Universal Credit concession. This site would implode. But nearly half of people on UC are in work, a hell of a lot of the rest unfit for work/disabled - and not really that many serially unemployed. Should they be helped? Where do you draw the line?

It seems to me we have an OAP discount out of history and convention as opposed to typical people of that demographic actually having a financial need for it.

The club have mentioned having an older fan base and a higher proportion of st holders being oap - yet they keep incentivising them hugely, to the cost of other areas of the population.

Look, I’ll renew, probably all three tickets. I can afford it. (Just about…)

But there’s a bigger picture here. We aren’t looking after the future fans, or at least we are looking after older ones more at the expense of younger families. Call it controversial if you like, argue with me and tell me I’m wrong - but I don’t think that’s right.