Not only are there thousands of Poles, but if you look at the demographic, a large number of them are men in their 20's and 30's over here for work, with a bit of time on their hands of a Saturday afternoon.
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I was talking about Southampton rather than Brighton, but as it goes these guys have a higher disposable income than a lot of people. Quite happy for the club to do special deals though - anything to get people in.
Lord Bracknell
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Smart card technology is capable of offering discounts to take account of past spending, not just future plans.
In theory, you could get a smart card and pay for the first game of the season at, say, £23.50. When you subsequently decide to go back for a second time, you might pay £23.50 for that as well. But if you decided then to go to every game that season, the club would have the capability of adjusting the charges so that you ended up paying in total exactly what a season ticket would have cost (say, £448 for 23 games) if only you'd decided to buy it in the first place.
In theory.
Although, I'd expect them to offer a smaller discount for the 23 match package bought like that, because the money wasn't paid up-front.
Or some pole dancers......
BensGrandad
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Simple point about this no money at Falmer Ben has just asked me what will away supporters do about it.
Cian
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Starve, and even that is too good for the bastards.
clippedgull
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If you are referring to method of entry then i'm sure that tickets will still be available for advance purchases.
Possibly with barcodes to activate the entry barrier?
Lord Bracknell
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Here's an interesting explanation of how smartcard ticketing will work. It's produced by GCL, who are suppliers of a smartcard system to football clubs:-
http://gcl-uk.com/Documents/Executive Summmary.doc
The answer to the Away supporters question is that they too will be issued with smartcards, which will be 'hot listed' to give admission and the cards will be collected at the ticket barrier for future use by away supporters of other clubs.
The big difference seems to be that EVERYONE, season ticket holder, casual supporter, away supporter will have to be registered on the database before they can get into a match.
A nice touch is the 'buy back' scheme that allows season ticket holders who miss a game to have their account credited with the value of the ticket for the match they don't attend. And if they notify the club in advance, their seat can be sold on to someone else.
And you can buy a pie with your smartcard. And matchday travel as well.
The GCL system doesn't seem to have a mobile phone element. I guess that's part of another manufacturer's system.
Lord Bracknell
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This is from another GCL document:-
7 The wireless movement
The proliferation of mobile devices and personal digital assistants makes it very likely that the GCL system of mobile ticketing will soon take off, as venues themselves begin to integrate wireless technology.
The ability to purchase tickets and other concessions or merchandise, pay for parking in advance, receive information and communicate with venues anytime, anywhere and from any device, represents the type of applications and services that will become prevalent in the future.
Undoubtedly, there will be countless benefits, but only as long as traditional ticketing outlets and sponsorship revenue streams are not overlooked.
In the early stages some ticket buyers will still prefer traditional methods since many supporters want to have their ticket or receipt in their hands prior to arriving at the venue. The GCL system does just that in two ways, by providing an e-mail receipt or text message receipt electronically direct to the supporter or paper receipt at the ticket office purchase point. These forms of receipt enable instant notification and gratification and the ability for the supporter to purchase on match day and attend the match with the receipt in their possession.
http://gcl-uk.com/Documents/GCL Benefits Summary.doc
7 The wireless movement
The proliferation of mobile devices and personal digital assistants makes it very likely that the GCL system of mobile ticketing will soon take off, as venues themselves begin to integrate wireless technology.
The ability to purchase tickets and other concessions or merchandise, pay for parking in advance, receive information and communicate with venues anytime, anywhere and from any device, represents the type of applications and services that will become prevalent in the future.
Undoubtedly, there will be countless benefits, but only as long as traditional ticketing outlets and sponsorship revenue streams are not overlooked.
In the early stages some ticket buyers will still prefer traditional methods since many supporters want to have their ticket or receipt in their hands prior to arriving at the venue. The GCL system does just that in two ways, by providing an e-mail receipt or text message receipt electronically direct to the supporter or paper receipt at the ticket office purchase point. These forms of receipt enable instant notification and gratification and the ability for the supporter to purchase on match day and attend the match with the receipt in their possession.
http://gcl-uk.com/Documents/GCL Benefits Summary.doc
Cian
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I've used this entirely cashless system in a nightclub in Austria once before, its extremely disconcerting at least that first time, you really lose track of what you're buying.
Captain Haddock
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The foreign markets are not to be under-estimated. There's plenty o' foreign students in Brighty, Worthing and so on and, of course, many footy mad Euro workers (esp. Polish).
I'd REALLY push to get new fans in now on the early crest of the Falmer wave via cheap tickets: buy one get one free, group tickets for 7+, language school special rates and even more activity on the schools front.
Getting the capacity up from 6,000 odd to 8,000 or more would be beneficial, even if NO further revenue is generated. It's makes the stats look better, the players feel better and MIGHT just add a few to the list of 'the fallen' i.e those hopelessly addicted to The Albion for ever more like us lot on here.
Captain Haddock
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Fair enough. Tbh I'm REALLY undecided on this...I love the comfort of a deluxe fence!!!
Captain Haddock
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:mushy:
The only other question is would it be worth it from (shocking mercenaryism) the profit pov?
The only other question is would it be worth it from (shocking mercenaryism) the profit pov?
queens park pete
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Could the Albion possible market the club to another group of men, under represented at football generally, but more common here than in most towns?:safeway2: