Premium Pricing: Genuine Questions

1. Have the club brought in more revenue?
2. What is the 'core' fanbase now?
3. How many people have been alienated by it?
4. Has it worked?

 

1. No idea. Even if they have short term by fleecing away fans they will see a long term drop in revenue from reduced merchandise and refreshment sales along with a reduced long term home support.

2. A couple of thousand lower than before. 20% drop?

3. Thousands.

4. It was a disaster last season and has been a bigger disaster this season. A policy that seriously harms the long term future of barnsley fc.

It is ok alienating our home supporters and saying it doesnt matter because leeds bring so many fans that we make more money anyway (which seems to be the argument) but what happens if leeds get promoted? We lose that big pqy day from away fans but the home fans are still sat at home completely alienated. Short term thinking that puts the long term club at risk.

 

People are always looking to be offended. They're also always looking for an excuse not to go to matches. The stay aways are always the most indignant over prices without accepting/realising they are part of the problem.

 

£30 for a adult ticket at home to Brum next week IS an insult to hard working fans

especially in a working class twon like Barnsley and the surrounding area

The club have alienated a lot of support with their joke of a pricing policy.

Disco Don better scrap it next season or does he have the prayer mat out hoping that Huddersfield, Wednesday and Blades all get promoted to fill the away end ??

 

I would say they probably have brought in more revenue, gates only dropped by 12% and big pay days against Leeds and probably West Ham to come

 

Re: £30 for a adult ticket at home to Brum next week IS an insult to hard working fan

if 2 out of those 3 come up l can't see him scrapping it.

 

Quite right Gordon, if Hudds, and bothe dee dars come up Disco Don will keep the £30

CAT A policy, or maybe with inflation it'll become £32 ha ha ha ha ha ha

 

Home attendances, not including away fans:

2011-2012
Leeds United - 11,771
Blackpool - 10,148
Southampton - 9,584
Doncaster Rovers - 9,458
Crystal Palace - 9,296
Watford - 9,186
Millwall - 8,884
Coventry City - 8,820
Derby County - 8,764
Ipswich Town - 8,761
Leicester City - 8,756
Burnley - 8,727
Middlesbrough - 8,721
Bristol City - 8,546
Hull City - 8,430

2010-2011
Leeds United - 13,577
Burnley - 11,481
Coventry City - 11,118
Sheffield United - 10,971
Derby County - 10,910
Doncaster Rovers - 10,564
Cardiff City - 10,433
Nottingham Forest - 10,411
Middlesbrough - 10,245
Millwall - 10,287
Watford - 10,219
Portsmouth - 10,190
Swansea City - 10,067
Leicester City - 10,053
Reading - 9,910
Bristol City - 9,791
Queens Park Rangers - 9,778
Hull City - 9,558

It might be making them more money in the short run, but in the long run it looks like we will see a decline in our fanbase as too many people are priced out, especially as the economic situation looks set to worsen.

 

Re: Quite right Gordon, if Hudds, and bothe dee dars come up Disco Don will keep the

if the club had charged £20 a game from begginin of the season the stayaways would have simply found another reason not to go, but by all means orsentw@t you keep tryin to prove some kind of point

 

Re: Quite right Gordon, if Hudds, and bothe dee dars come up Disco Don will keep the

it seemed a reasonable thread to me........... but if you wanna have a go at Mr kaht, why not open a new thread called..... 'I wanna have a go at Mr Kaht'

hope this helps

 

Re: Quite right Gordon, if Hudds, and bothe dee dars come up Disco Don will keep the

did he give you a nudge and make you type that ? proper brokeback romance going on there

 

Re: Quite right Gordon, if Hudds, and bothe dee dars come up Disco Don will keep the

oh dear what a bitter individual...... lets hope it is jss bitter!!

 

Re: Quite right Gordon, if Hudds, and bothe dee dars come up Disco Don will keep the

Good Evening thereev! Nice to encounter someone worth replying to!

Racing decimated tomorrow, I fear.

No worries, we're off to see the Da Vinci exhibition tomorrow, snow permitting!

 

Re: Quite right Gordon, if Hudds, and bothe dee dars come up Disco Don will keep the

tbh i find you and your compadre extremely comical, you spend most of the day hijacking most threads through alleged boredom and quoting your lame "hope this helps" catchphrase, while your mate pops up now and again, even less so since his preseason prohecy went tits up, to have a pop at the club, cue lame catchphrase