Lower the ticket prices and more will attend...

This week is gonna test that theory! Around 1,000 - 1,200 Barnsley fans at the KC yesterday at £10 / £15 but earlier on in the season we only took 600 at £25 so almost double attended at half the price.

But, the Millwall home match on Tuesday could be the lowest crowd at Oakwell this season despite ticket prices being reduced to £20. It's against Millwall on a cold (and rainy) Tuesday night in January and we are 7 points adrift from safety...ideally we want Oakwell to be packed on Tuesday to roar us onto 3 points but can't see this fixture capturing the Barnsley public's imagination.

Just hope the board don't panic if it is a low turn out..just wait till we play Leicester and Hull at Oakwell and it's £20 to get in..that's when lowering the prices should come good.

 

It was the FA Cup though, more away fans always turn up for FA Cup matches. I don't think it's a very fair comparison.

 

I don't think the Millwall game will be a good test of the new ticket price, likely to be another cold evening even though the weather is supposed to be gradually getting milder. Evening games are never as convenient for people as Saturday's either.

It's going to take a while for the effect of reducing the prices to filter through to everyone as well, it's a step in the right direction for the club but their marketing leaves a lot to be desired but, again, this costs money.

Ultimately though, attendances are always going to be linked to results and our form seems pretty decent at the moment, I wouldn't say we are scoring more but we are conceding a lot less which is obviously changing the results.

 

well that's what annoys me, 10000+ fans come out of the woodwork when we have a big home FA Cup tie. I'm not the most hardcore fan, I don't have a season ticket and I'm currently attending just over half of the home games.

In 2008 I was lucky enough to get a ticket for the Liverpool game but I had a nervous wait to secure a ticket for the Chelsea game, it meant nothing to the club that I had stubs for a large proportion of home games already played that season - in the end I got a ticket through one of the sponsors who had an executive box at the time (apparently they could purchase ten tickets for other areas of the ground for the game) but on leaving the ground I saw friends of mine who I knew for a fact had never previously shown an interest in Barnsley or in football in general.

I know other people who live and breath the club but struggle to afford to go to most games (but will spend any spare money they have on doing so) who had to settle for watching the Chelsea game on TV.

I'm not getting my hopes up for a top side in the draw today, but if we do the club will end up making a right b*llocks of the sales process of tickets. Obviously season ticket holders should always have priority, but definitely no more than two match tickets per season ticket. Let the membership card holders have one ticket and let the rest go down to stubs from this season - not that I could actually put my hand on many for this season but that's my fault for throwing them away.

 

The lack of home league games recently might add a few to the millwall gate. With the £20 price, recent good form, and fa cup still, it could be a respectable turnout. Might be an fa cup ticket stub deal to be had soon.

 

and i would hazard a guess the club could charge £40 a ticket and still sell out

 

If the draw is an away tie against a big club, give the Millwall ticket stub some priority on buying tickets.

After season tickets and Collchester stubs naturally.

 

The club has tried lowering prices with minimal success.

Think if we get a big tie awa,there should be category system like when we were in the prem. Season ticket plus 7 stubs then 5 then 3 . . . Etc.