portlock seagull
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We’re certainly aren’t and never will be, which is why we only have c30k seats. And sell out.
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[Football] Ending Season Ticket Culture
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portlock seagull
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Well, it is, no different at almost every club and is a fact not an opinion.
Birdie Boy
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I was thinking that when I wrote it, 30k x 19 games = 570k!!!
portlock seagull
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We could have Rashford on loan for one and a half weeks with that! See, told you not to be sniffed at!!
And then we would be at the "WHY WON'T BLOOM SPEND SOME MONEY?" stage as we start to slide down the table.
Yet my lowly single seat in the south West Corner has sold every time. Including Everton. I think it's about to have it's first failure with the Chelsea game. I always thought it'd be a tough ask on Valentines day
seagullwedgee
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The club could conceivably change the way it allocates loyalty points to STHs. Rather than giving a block of (whatever the number is) say 200 points, it could just give you 10 points for each home game that the STH actually attends PERSONALLY. That would stop STHs who only attend 6 or 7 home games per season getting first priority access to Away matches.
portlock seagull
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Or you just increase prices, increasing revenue and likely enable more fans to experience. That’s called a win win. I thank you.
You don't get FIRST priority unless you maintain a pretty regular away effort.
Who are these 'more fans'? and why aren't they buying up every ticket on the exchange when it opens? There are hundreds available for Chelsea.
edit: 2000+ available for Chelsea. I think that kills your fishing trip stone dead.
edit again: and 800+ available for Bournemouth - before the exchange opens. DEAD AS A DODO.
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dsr-burnley
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The potential problem comes when things aren't going well. Suppose Southampton had ditched their season tickets and relied on people buying for each matchday - how many tickets would they be selling for the second half of the season? Season tickets is a way to keep fans' loyalty in the bad times.
Not actually true - the ticket has to sell on the exchange for the STH to get a refund (minus a £).- assuming the exchange is opened.
Kalimantan Gull
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Well yeah, but the point is that possibility is provided. Normally when you buy things at a bulk discount you don't get the option to sell some of them back at almost full cost
Kalimantan Gull
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Its a discount because you're buying in bulk, not because you're paying in advance. And the fact that you can pay monthly interest-free just reinforces that point.
Wasn't there talk that Jim Ratcliffe is keen for Man U to lower number of season tickets so can get more day-trippers in? They'll pay full whack for the ticket and go spend loads in the club shop when they visit.
Given current prices I'm not sure I could afford to attend every home match if season tickets were ever abolished at the Amex.
Given current prices I'm not sure I could afford to attend every home match if season tickets were ever abolished at the Amex.
Tom Hark Preston Park
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I'd just leave 'em to it. The club would come crawling back to the 'legacy fans' sooner or later. Some might argue the 'legacy fans' and the wider local community are the club
Not if they can't afford it......
Gazwag
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So you don't want more fans/supporters of a football club you want to turn every game into an FA Cup final where the real fans, the life blood of clubs, cannot attend because they are not part of the rich elite.