Anyone want to try and justify their argument that by reducing pricesthe attendence will increase? Im waiting...
many moons ago I was an advocate of reducing the admission price to increase the attendance. For the second time this season that theory seems to have been disproved. HOWEVER, my only argument now, is that it was a FA cup match, (which the entire country seems to have sadly lost interest in), the weather was crap, everyone is skint after xmas and there was very little or no publicity for it. PERHAPS, if it had been the Huddersfield match it might well have added a couple of thousand to crwod.
RE: many moons ago They are other factors. Who knows if they are valid or not? Some people though were saying that if ticket prices were reduced they would guarantee an increased attendance. This is simply not the case.
RE: many moons ago I tend to agree with you on that. Reducing the ticket price doesn't work unless you give it some advertisement to raise the fairweather fans awareness and its difficult to advertise without spending money. So its a no go I'm afraid.
The only guaranteed way to raise attendance Is to provide quality entertainment and a winning side. If we played like the second half at bradford in the cup - or a huddersfield away (know we didnt win) every week - we would soon be top of the league and the casual fans would be flocking back. Even if we only charge a tenner to get in - if we regularly serve up performances like rotherham or blackpool at home people will stay away. Its that simple.</p> Price does have an impact - just not as big as some would have us believe. (of course really cheap kiddy tickets might be a good idea though)</p>
Two Things... that will raise the crowds for cup matches etc. 1. £10 adults and £5 children 2. decent passing football and none of this longball rubbish and over the top.
RE: Two Things... We have already agreed that pricing doesnt really affect it. It is the performance. If we start winning again playing at high tempo like against Oldham and Scunny we will win this league. Thats what will get the crowds back. Kell and Howard Centre Mid, bring it on!!!
RE: Two Things... One point that people are forgeting is that season ticket holders had to pay yesterday... Therefore we had over 6000 paying yesterday. How many of these weren't season ticket holders i don't know. Secondly we weren't exactly playing a team full of stars or for that matter one where there was potential to see upset. Attendance wise and this is no slur on Walsall.. it was probably the worst draw we could get at home. Finally it was just after Christmas and I would assume that many people were skint. I went out in town on Friday night and it was not as busy as a usual friday. Evidence that people just tighten their belts a bit this time of year. To increase attendance yesterday the club should really offered a scheme were we had low prices and offered non season ticket holders a degree of priority, second only to season ticket holders on the purchase of tickets if we drew a big club should we get past this round.
RE: Two Things... what is annoying is if we get through the replay and draw a big team then the so called glory supporters will all of a sudden find the money for one match only. to combat this i would if we draw man utd, chelsea etc in the next round at home if we get through. have none season ticket holders be made to buy a ticket for a league match at the same time. this would be a way for the stay aways coming back for one match only to show support to the club in a much more inportant match. IN THE LEAGUE.
How do you know? The crowd could well have been 4,000 without the cost reduction. 12 of us went purely because of the price reduction and I know of 6 others who wouldn't have gone without the decrease. None of us would have gone at £20+. We have had a spate of home games in the past two weeks and there's another one on Tuesday. People don't have a bottomless pit of cash at this time of year and its a long time till pay day. We'll never know what the crowd would have been without the decrease but I know for certain me and my mates wouldn't have been there. I personally think that it does work. I didn't go to the Bradford City match cos it was full wack but how many fans did Bradford bring compared to Walsall?
Had it been full whack for Walsall, I would not have gone along with many others.</p> Not low enough price to make any odds anyway.</p> should have been a tenner.</p> Half baked offering from BFC once again.</p>
The £10 would have been a gesture though wouldn't it? I guess they would have lost money compare to the £15. Incidentally, if it had been £10 and a few "stay aways" had been tempeted back (which I doubt), do you think they would be looking forward to coming again after that display? Happy New Year, BTW
I dont think theyd have lost any money the carpark was practically empty and at 3 quid per car that makes a big difference and I reckon that at least another 2,000 would have been there at 10 pound instead of the VERY poor attendance we had. the club claim that they slashed prices but i'm failing to see how. bradford in leage, 21 quid. in cup 18 quid. ie 3 pound cheaper walsall in league 18 quid. in cup 15 quid. 3 pound cheaper. where is the big slashing? all I saw was the clubs normal cup pricing policy and it wasnt enough to entice anybody. Not when there is a game on tuesday
RE: I dont think theyd have lost any money No, it's not a massive reduction by any means. It WAS enough of one to entice me to attend though (although it is actually an increase against what I would normally pay as a season ticket holder). Maybe £10-11 is more of a benchmark for the cup games. It's interesting that Bradford offered a significantly better reduction for the fa cup reply and there were less than 5000 in attendance (and less than 6000 for the previous round against Tranmere).
I'm not sure it is that simple. I am a season ticket holder (and therefore unaffected by the cost of two home games in a week). The only financial decision I have to make is regarding the cost of a cup ticket(s). I would think this applies to all other season ticket holders, so you have to do your sums relating to both types of supporter. A season ticket holder is more likely to attend even with a small reduction. If there are two games in a week for the "pay on door" fans, that's a different story.
RE: I dont think theyd have lost any money Prove that we would have got another 2000 people. You cant and the argument for lowering ticket prices just doesnt stack up. I knew some people on here would try and change the goalposts. Most of you said reduce prices = bigger crowd. Club did so and got smaller crowd. FACT. Good night.
RE: How do you know? No one knows, all I am saying is that some people on here said reduce prices and the crowds will increase. We did just that and it went down.
Fact is, at 15 quid I was only just tempted to go. And I rarely miss a home game, esp FAC.</p> Full price and I would not have gone.</p> And that is an Actual FACT.</p> And that is the end of THAT.</p>
How do you know it went down? Are you saying that the stay aways thought..FFS</p> "The club have reduced the prices. I am not going, bugger that, not at that price. Its far too cheap"</p> FFS</p>
