student concessions?

does anyone know when the club last gave student concessions

 

how about i've got a job concessions?

 

as far as I'm aware they never have......Its not as if we're a University town though ,is it ?

 

Season ticket wise Under 18's are juvenile and if you have an NUS card you can get a student ticket for one off matches

 

Neither is Donny or Rotherham

I'm stuck in an awkward position that may leave us having to stop coming on a regular basis,my lad is currently 17 and
at school,we came to renew our season tickets today but were refused on the grounds that he will be 18 by the time of the first league game,(despite the fact that they want payment before his birthday)and the 403 quid I have saved for us both is not enough,they want a lad who is at school to pay a full 290,I then asked for the student price,to be told there wasn't one,every club in S. Yorks does this,but not us!! Unfortunately a total of 580 is a fortnights wages for me,and just on cost grounds it looks as though the club will lose 2 more fans,I've been coming since Roy Ironside was our keeper,and Eric Winstanley was an up and coming whippersnapper,I'm absolutely gutted tonight.

 

When i turned 18, i used my m8 who is a year younger than me, to get my season ticket, so i didnt have to pay full price, any chance you could try that?

 

One off matches ?? you mean away games with teams that offer student discount

 

Doesn't mention student tickets on the website

if you have a link that would be appreciated

 

Are you both renewing?

If so, just do it over the phone. I had an under 18s season ticket last season, and my 18th birthday was early September..

 

We are hoping to but...

the lad on the counter just said that as his birthday was before the first match(according to his computer)it would be the full 290......I am not a happy bunny,

 

I think there was a scheme in the 90s.....

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....where they matched every pound you scrounged from somewhere else.</p>

No, sorry, don't know.</p>

Just taking the piss out of a gret big new-student scrounger parasite psychobully.</p>

 

Hilarious Windy!!!

I'm not sure of the way it was intended,but (giving you the benefit of the doubt) you probably do not realise how difficult it is for some of us to make a living,never mind finding the cash to watch football.

 

not being funny and i do somewhat sympathise that you are strugglinging to find the money to take your son but your not the only person who is struggling to make ends meet and buy a season ticket. why cant your son go get some work for the summer?

 

No, I do, honestly mate.

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I should have made myself clearer.I wasn't referring to you.I was hijacking your thread to poke fun at someone else.</p>

Iapologise if I caused you any offence. Good luck with your course and I hope you make it to the well as often as you can.</p>

 

RE: No, I do, honestly mate.

Ok Windy,sorry mate, I'm probably being too sensitive,everything seems to be going down the tubes and I'm sat here gutted that on top of that we might not be at Oakwell in august,
cheers!!

 

Sympathise

Main reason I stopped getting season tickets a few years ago. Who is best able to pay full price an eighteen year old (who has just started work or is a student) or a 60 year old retired bank manager? Bring in a young person's discount.

 

I had a season ticket every year I was t uni. Just cos there's no uni in Barnsley doesn't mean Barnsley supporters at uni don't have a season ticket

 

Retired?

The main issue I have with the over 60s discount is that half of the buggers are still working and on a significantly higher wage than me yet get in for half price for a reason that i've never understood.

 

RE: Retired?

There is this misconception in so many areas. These days a lot of old folk are significantly better off than those of us struggling to bring up a family, pay the mortgage, etc yet they get concession after concession. I don’t have an issue with those who are genuinely struggling having concessions but shouldn’t it apply to everyone?

I have a similar argument with council tax and the way that is applied but that’s a whole new post.

 

There's an easy explanation.

As far as council tax breaks, free bus passes and any other initiative introduced by the government goes, it's simply because they're a voting group who can make the difference in elections, especially in marginal constituencies. By ensuring that they're not exposed to any of the terrible decisions that this government has made the political thinking is presumably that it'll make the figures better come election day.

Younger people and those on low incomes tend either not to vote or not to be a part of any discrete voting group so the government can afford to take the risk of them railing against the government for tax increases or the general state of public services.