JPT match next week

[Publius Ovidius]

just to start something as a debate point.

as its an evening game, we know we wont get the kiddies going as its a school day, however if the club were to be innovative and set each ticket at say £5, how many more people would you expect to buy a ticket?

I recon if we are not very careful it could be approaching 1000 on wednesday, especially if we lose at Cheltenham in the cup and its raining!


So what do you think....the club take the hit and offer tickets at £5 and hopefully get people through the doors, or keep it at £10 and £12 and possibly risk a poor gate?

 

[bristolseagull]

I'd do a "bring a mate for a quid" thingy, yes make tickets £10-£12- but with the incentive of bringing a mate for next to nothing.

just cutting the price to a fiver wont generate new fans- will just ensure those that were already considering going to actually go.

 

[surrey jim]

i know its been mentioned on here before but why not keep pricing at £10 but dedicate the east stand / family stand to kids and give out tickets to schools / football clubs,

 

[Brovion]

I wouldn't go regardless of the price. I'm not interested in a competition where the criteria for entry is you have to be rubbish. Wake me up when we get to the final. I'd rather watch the Youth Team.

 

[Fourteenth Eye]

I wouldn't go regardless of the price. I'm not interested in a competition where the criteria for entry is you have to be rubbish. Wake me up when we get to the final. I'd rather watch the Youth Team.

Thats a bit harsh!!!

Yes its a competition for lower league clubs but it offers a realistic chance of a wembley final.

In answer to Dave's question, I think the club do try hard to get people through the gate
for the JPT. STH can get buy one get one half price which equates to £7.50 a ticket which i think is great value.

 

[Papa Lazarou]

I will be there regardless, and the rest of you should be ashamed of yourselves..

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Im with SJ here, give the tickets to local schools

 

[Silent Bob]

I wouldn't go regardless of the price. I'm not interested in a competition where the criteria for entry is you have to be rubbish. Wake me up when we get to the final. I'd rather watch the Youth Team.

I don't understand this. We're playing a team in the same division as us, with a real chance of winning and the prospect of a Wembley final.

Yes it's not a prestigious competition, but a football match is a football match isn't it?

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

I don't understand this. We're playing a team in the same division as us, with a real chance of winning and the prospect of a Wembley final.

Yes it's not a prestigious competition, but a football match is a football match isn't it?

I concur, In realistic terms in the only cup Brighton are going to have a chance of winning

 

[Fourteenth Eye]

Also its worth pointing out that it is the Albion first team, and not a make up the numbers give people a run out team.

 

[JJ McClure]

As long as I can find a friend to go with, I'll be making this game my first Withdean visit of the season.

 

[Storer68]

I wouldn't go regardless of the price. I'm not interested in a competition where the criteria for entry is you have to be rubbish. Wake me up when we get to the final. I'd rather watch the Youth Team.

former winners

wigan - now in the premier league
bolton - now in the premier league - nearly got a uefa cup spot
wolves - now in the championship
birminghan city - just relegated from the premier league
bristol city - top of the championship

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

The compeition is an utter waste of time for everyone involved I am afraid.

 

[Brovion]

I don't understand this. We're playing a team in the same division as us, with a real chance of winning and the prospect of a Wembley final.

Yes it's not a prestigious competition, but a football match is a football match isn't it?

Well I think that's just our different perspectives. The fact that it's not a prestigious competition is precisely why I'm not interested; as I said I rate the FA Youth Cup higher even though that doesn't involve our 1st team. Because it's a two-bob trophy I can't really get that excited about the prospect of a Wembley final either - although I'll probably go. For me the early JPT games are little more than mid-season friendlies.

I don't think all football matches ARE equal, which is why I went last night almost out of a sense of duty whereas I was looking forward to the Leeds game. Perhaps sadly I think the attendance figures prove more people think like me than they do you.

Storer68 - But they were crap when they won them.

 

[Wilka]

It would have been good if running along side the season ticket holder deal to buy an extra ticket for £5 if anyone who brought a league ticket in the run up to the game was offered a ticket for this for a £5 as well. Maybe next round

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Is there a FA / JPT ruling that we are OBLIGED to hold our homes games in the competition at Withdean? I think it would be a BRILLIANT idea to take the team on tour round Sussex [much like England when Wembley was shut].

I can't see next Wednesday's crowd being much over 1500. If we held the match at Eastbourne or Worthing for example, we would get a comparable crowd, something a bit different for the regulars, plus [and this is the crucial bit] we might just attract some new fans in those areas.

What do you think?*


*bearing in mind that the competition rules probably don't allow it.

 

[Silent Bob]

Is there a FA / JPT ruling that we are OBLIGED to hold our homes games in the competition at Withdean? I think it would be a BRILLIANT idea to take the team on tour round Sussex [much like England when Wembley was shut].

I can't see next Wednesday's crowd being much over 1500. If we held the match at Eastbourne or Worthing for example, we would get a comparable crowd, something a bit different for the regulars, plus [and this is the crucial bit] we might just attract some new fans in those areas.

What do you think?*


*bearing in mind that the competition rules probably don't allow it.

It could work, but I think you run the risk of devaluing the competition even more by making it seem like a reserve game. Also how many grounds in Sussex are up to football league standards, which I would guess they'd need to be to host a completive game.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

It could work, but I think you run the risk of devaluing the competition even more by making it seem like a reserve game. Also how many grounds in Sussex are up to football league standards, which I would guess they'd need to be to host a completive game.

Eastbourne. Worthing. Crawley?

 

[hans kraay fan club]

JPT Round 3 Albion v Cheltenham. Held at the Dripping Pan.
Sell-out crowd of 2,500 [I'm guessing].
Terracing.
Beer.
Great atmosphere.

Works for me.

 

[Brovion]

JPT Round 3 Albion v Cheltenham. Held at the Dripping Pan.
Sell-out crowd of 2,500 [I'm guessing].
Terracing.
Beer.
Great atmosphere.

Works for me.

Bloody hell. I might go to that!