Season ticket sales update - latest total

[Brighton Breezy]

Might be fixtures, might be considered spam by some, but just thought I would post this as it might be of interest.

http://www.eastbourneherald.co.uk/sport/brighton-and-hove-albion/albion-season-ticket-sales-top-23-000-1-3958953

Really encouraging news.

 

[aftershavedave]

first time i've ever seen the word "flogged" used in a newspaper in the context of sales!

 

[Brok]

Marvellous scenes

 

[227 BHA]

So exactly how accurate is that reporting? I didn't think we've reached the 23000 mark yet? Maybe I'm wrong but I get the feeling this is just more lazy journalism (and the use of flogged doesn't exactly inspie confidence in the journo! Lol)

 

[hans kraay fan club]

So exactly how accurate is that reporting? I didn't think we've reached the 23000 mark yet? Maybe I'm wrong but I get the feeling this is just more lazy journalism (and the use of flogged doesn't exactly inspie confidence in the journo! Lol)

The thread starter IS the journo, btw...

 

[The Large One]

"Flogged" - ah, there's nothing like lapsing into the vernacular, is there?

 

[Brighton Breezy]

We have reached 23,000 because the club gave me that figure when I asked them about an hour ago.

 

[somerset]

How is it the Albion articles are more interesting to read in the Eastbourne Herald than they currently are in the Argoose?

 

[element]

first time i've ever seen the word "flogged" used in a newspaper in the context of sales!

I'm afraid it is just a sign of the times. You look at websites like BBC News, and there is bad spelling and grammar in abundance. You used to need a degree to get a journalism job, and also take an NUJ course as well, but now they let anybody put together the output. One of my two bugbears unfortunately, the other being the standard of driving on our roads...

 

[The Large One]

I'm afraid it is just a sign of the times. You look at websites like BBC News, and there is bad spelling and grammar in abundance. You used to need a degree to get a journalism job, and also take an NUJ course as well, but now they let anybody put together the output. One of my two bugbears unfortunately, the other being the standard of driving on our roads...

So poor written English is a bugbear, but not poor spoken English?

"Can I get a coffee...?" etc.

 

[Brighton Breezy]

I'm afraid it is just a sign of the times. You look at websites like BBC News, and there is bad spelling and grammar in abundance. You used to need a degree to get a journalism job, and also take an NUJ course as well, but now they let anybody put together the output. One of my two bugbears unfortunately, the other being the standard of driving on our roads...

I have a degree and the necessary NUJ qualifications. Just the Albion stories we do are purely for the website and meant to be less high brow.

Also, as far as standards of candidates who are getting jobs, I know someone who got a job as a trainee reporter on a weekly newspaper on about £12k a year and he had to beat 211 other candidates to get it. Anyone without a degree or high scoring NTCJ marks did not even get an interview.

 

[Mellotron]

So poor written English is a bugbear, but not poor spoken English?

"Can I get a coffee...?" etc.

Thing is, "Can I get" isn't completely incorrect, is it? They don't know whether Costa has sold out or not. It's an Americanism sure, but not incorrect.

If someone said "Can I HAVE a coffee?", the server could equally come back with; "I don't know, have you got the money for one?"

 

[hans kraay fan club]

I have a degree and the necessary NUJ qualifications. Just the Albion stories we do are purely for the website and meant to be less high brow.

Also, as far as standards of candidates who are getting jobs, I know someone who got a job as a trainee reporter on a weekly newspaper on about £12k a year and he had to beat 211 other candidates to get it. Anyone without a degree or high scoring NTCJ marks did not even get an interview.

The first line needs fixing, Richie.

Brighton have sold more than 23,000 tickets for the club’s Amex stadium next season as demand for continues to defy expectation.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Thing is, "Can I get" isn't completely incorrect, is it? They don't know whether Costa has sold out or not. It's an Americanism sure, but not incorrect.

If someone said "Can I HAVE a coffee?", the server could equally come back with; "I don't know, have you got the money for one?"

"May I have a coffee?" ("please")

 

[amexee]

If the club has sold 23,000 and has another 1000 on offer, then match by match tickets could be hard to come by, especially for the big games.

For clubs wanting the maximum of 3200 that would leave about 300

For most games, with away teams having 2000 then it would leave similar amounts as last year.

Excellent if true

 

[element]

I have a degree and the necessary NUJ qualifications. Just the Albion stories we do are purely for the website and meant to be less high brow.

Also, as far as standards of candidates who are getting jobs, I know someone who got a job as a trainee reporter on a weekly newspaper on about £12k a year and he had to beat 211 other candidates to get it. Anyone without a degree or high scoring NTCJ marks did not even get an interview.

Are you saying there is a conscious decision to use less than standard written English when writing content for the website? I find that bemusing to say the least. Shirley there is only one 'written English', that should be used across all media? Saying that, there is the urban myth that The Sun is written so a thirteen year old can understand it!?

 

[Mellotron]

"May I have a coffee?" ("please")

No you may not. F**k the f**k off.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

No you may not. F**k the f**k off.

It's ok. Someone has just brought me a nice cup of TEA, anyway.

That should see me through to home time.

 

[Vegas Seagull]

We havn't flogged another 4,000 it's another 5,000 as last years total was 18,500 & 4% non renewals took it down to 17,800ish...remarkable numbers

 

[The Large One]

Thing is, "Can I get" isn't completely incorrect, is it? They don't know whether Costa has sold out or not. It's an Americanism sure, but not incorrect.

If someone said "Can I HAVE a coffee?", the server could equally come back with; "I don't know, have you got the money for one?"

In the context of being served - "Can I get..." is to presume that the customer helps themselves. If the verb 'get' is to be used, it ought to be "Can you get [for me] a coffee..?", which is actually pretty clumsy. It's the difference in the standpoints of the two people involved in the verbal intercourse. I would suggest 'get''s closer synonym would more likely be 'fetch'.

The correct interrogative statement is "May I have a coffee...?"