SUPPORT

[AndyKirkup]

Before I type this, please note that this is purely my opinion and I have absolutely no relevant qualifications and only a certain amount of relevant experience which qualifies me to make these remarks.... but:

When the heck are the club going to realise that making money out of matchdays isn't purely down to ticket price? If you knock a few quid off the entry fee in order to attract a couple of hundred more people you will easily make that money back from Strikers + Kimberley suite + snack bars + parking + programs + sale sof merchandise etc. etc.

That said, if it doesn't attaract more people, e.g. K*tt*ring, then they are really screwed and maybe this is what they are scared of. I think ultimately though, ours is exactly the kind of modern, exciting club that is geared to make these revenue streams work whereas K*ttering is a bit more of a 'bovril and freezing cold rain blowing in your face' club, so I don't believe that such fears are justified.

I actually wrote to KC on this subject at the start of the season and suggested that a unilateral adult price of £13 to get 'bums on seats' would be a good idea. I didn't get a reply though

[STAGMAN]

Was it Mansfield last year who only charged a fiver for one match, or was it free and completly sold out, this way you might get a lot of repeat buisness and also you sell a lot more beer, programmes etc and parking fees , would this be an idea for one game i wonder ?

[BartonRaz]

The club needs to do something for next tuesday, or we'll see it go below 800.

[Olly]

Was it Mansfield last year who only charged a fiver for one match, or was it free and completly sold out, this way you might get a lot of repeat buisness and also you sell a lot more beer, programmes etc and parking fees , would this be an idea for one game i wonder ?

It was Mansfield who did a free entry game and got 7000. Wrexham of course also did it as well at the end of the season for the game against us when they had nothing to play for and also got a much higheer attendance and I think its an excellent idea that if we can get to work (i.e. have the right marketing and publicity for it), could be beneficial in the long term in attracting new support and as you say we'd certainly make decent money in terms of all the other income we the club makes through matchdays.

[Mad Dog]

With me the £17 thing has always been the principle of being forced to pay the same as someone in a seat, its wrong and should be challenged at the highest level - a £4 (33%) increase for an adult on the PDB in one season was a joke, as is making me to pay to join a Trust just to get a discount. But that is my choice.

That said, times are getting harder and if you've got a mortgage, bills to pay etc AND you're worried about the security of your job, you're not going to be having a great deal of disposable income to blow on football. Thats the harsh reality for many people now and its going to get worse !

I'm lucky (at the moment!!) I can afford it - I've got to work now the evening of the Luton game, but even if I hadn't, I wouldn't have been there due to the price (its not included in my half season ticket), not because I can't afford it, but because I want to see the club fight against the Conference's stupid policy - my stupid principles (in some people's eyes) !! Its the only place in the UK where the governing body enforces a same charge for all areas of the ground and its plainly wrong and should be challenged. We're being penalised for having a modern stadium, its price fixing plain and simple.

I'm jumping back off my pedestal now

I agree. Incidently it is illegal to charge the same for standing as for seating in the League - Standing must be at least 10% cheaper than seating. I don't envy the club's situation but I really hope the new owners work to get this ruling overturned which I do believe is stopping a few newcomers coming to see what we're about.

[Diamondsiy]

http://www.bluesqfootball.com/story/0,2 ... 66,00.html

eastbourne are cutting prices for last few games for kids and that.

I think we should do it for are last few games, cut adult prices to like 12/13pound like K*ttering did.

just think its ridiculas that with how much we (adults) have to pay , u16s can watch 3 bloody games for that basically. :|

[rudolph_hucker]

We've got 3 consecutive home games in a week, it costs me £29 a game for me and my 2 under 16s to get in - that's £87 pounds in a week to watch football Add to that a cup of tea at half time, a few 50/50 tickets, maybe a snack for the kids and there's not much left out of over £100 and I haven't even thought about the ridiculous cost of petrol to get us there. Enough said I think.

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[Oundle Diamond #2]

We've got 3 consecutive home games in a week, it costs me £29 a game for me and my 2 under 16s to get in - that's £87 pounds in a week to watch football Add to that a cup of tea at half time, a few 50/50 tickets, maybe a snack for the kids and there's not much left out of over £100 and I haven't even thought about the ridiculous cost of petrol to get us there. Enough said I think.

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It's a bad time to turn 17 :lol: :lol: I used to pay £6 a match, now I've paid £51 in a week.

[rudolph_hucker]

Come on down if you can the club really needs your support because on gates of 8-900 we proably won,t have a club in the future , i do realise that some of you out there are struggling financially but there are others of you who come on this forum on a regular basis who can afford to come . So lets get behind the club until the end of the season and give our new owners the support they deserve, it wasn,t them who set the present pricing policy a nd have a number of great ideas for the future of the club

I would have been there but unfortunately I owe a £100,000 out to my mortgage company and therefore I need to work some evenings. I hate it when people assume their OWN reasons for low attendances. Its freezing cold, people work/babysit their kids while their partners work. There are a hundred other reasons for low attendances, not just financial.

[rudolph_hucker]

Thank you Barton for replying I'm a little disapointed that you accuse 'us lot' of being tight when you claimed a reduced price season ticket. Perhaps some one with your high moral judgement should make a donation to the club for the difference, I mean you wouldn't want to be classed as tight as a ducks ass would you ;) ?

As for travelling to away games, um don't we all have roughly the same expense? I can also assure you I did buy my round in the pub :| but my night out didn't cost me £17 and as Piggers has quite rightly explained on many occasions, the cost is not the point, the way it was implemented and forced upon us is the reason I object to it. Worringly maybe I have high morals also ;)

Why would I buy an adult season ticket when i'm entitled to a concession? That doesn't make any sense. A donation to the club? Nope, that doesn't make sense either. You've got more faces than Janine Butcher in that post.

Clearly I meant home games. I realise that you are not the 'brightest bulb in the box' - perhaps i should have made myself clearer.

In the match thread you stated that you didn't go tonight because £17 was too much (or to be more precise - "I will not pay that amount to watch non-league football"), not because of the way it was implemented. Why the change of heart?

You don't need to thank me for replying every time.

2 things strike me here.
1, Who the fekk is Janine Butcher?

2, So nice to see an argument I'm not involved in ;)