So how many Season ticket holders for next season?

[SIMMO SAYS]

Oh, go on then, I'll be there

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Me! Feeling a lot more positive for next season now!

I genuinely cannot work out why any Albion fan would give you a thumbs down for that post.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

I think it will be lower than people think, most are fair weather supporters who thought they were jumping on a promotion band wagon. My first game was in 1979 and I have seen a lot of bad times, newbies are not interested in bad times. 14,000 max!

I, on the other hand, think it will be slightly more than many are expecting. Even if there was a 20% drop off, that would still leave us around the 18,000 mark, which is by no means shambolic. I doubt there will be a 20% fall. Most people have got themselves back into a football habit (or into a new football habit).

 

[Alex Alex Dawson oo! oo!]

I think it will be lower than people think, most are fair weather supporters who thought they were jumping on a promotion band wagon. My first game was in 1979 and I have seen a lot of bad times, newbies are not interested in bad times. 14,000 max!

If correct this equates to a drop in income of around £3M, so probably the same off the playing budget for next season then?

 

[Mellor 3 Ward 4]

Between 17000 and 17500

 

[dazzer6666]

If correct this equates to a drop in income of around £3M, so probably the same off the playing budget for next season then?

Not necessarily. I think STs will be well down (20% or so based on what we were told at the club recently) but matchday attendances nowhere near that much as people buy individual games instead. Actual matchday bums on seats may be higher than this season as a result (but we'll never know for sure) as the STHs who often stay away drop their tickets and are replaced by people buying match by match (at higher prices)

 

[Mellor 3 Ward 4]

Not necessarily. I think STs will be well down (20% or so based on what we were told at the club recently) but matchday attendances nowhere near that much as people buy individual games instead. Actual matchday bums on seats may be higher than this season as a result (but we'll never know for sure) as the STHs who often stay away drop their tickets and are replaced by people buying match by match (at higher prices)

We currently sell an incredibly small number of match by match tickets. The prices are too high.

We'll have to be pushing at the top of the league to shift any reasonable quantity on a regular basis.

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

Me and my bro have already renewed. Is that 6 definites - plus the 1901's.

 

[Driver8]

I have renewed but my wife hasn't so that's a 50% reduction.

 

[dazzer6666]

We currently sell an incredibly small number of match by match tickets. The prices are too high.

We'll have to be pushing at the top of the league to shift any reasonable quantity on a regular basis.

Agree but I think the numbers will increase as by the same token we currently have an incredibly high number of STHs

 

[Hampster Gull]

Between 17000 and 17500

Thats a bit loose. Need to be more accurate

 

[dazzer6666]

The fall will be Stockdale's fault, whatever it is

 

[somerset]

I think it will be lower than people think, most are fair weather supporters who thought they were jumping on a promotion band wagon. My first game was in 1979 and I have seen a lot of bad times, newbies are not interested in bad times. 14,000 max!

Oh how wonderful you are,... in 1979 you didn't have to pay premium prices, queue to get to the match and queue to get home......different ballgame...... People who make a choice to stop buying STs are not fairweather as you put it, they are just realistic.....they decide that there is more to life than football, they share their support of the Albion with a raft of other things.

 

[Bombadier Botty]

We currently sell an incredibly small number of match by match tickets. The prices are too high.

This. Dress it up whichever way, try and defend it as good value for the 'experience' offered, but unless we are going to be challenging at the top of the table people won't part with £28 and upwards match on match. Companies that get blocks of seats in the East to give out discounted to employees (£15 per ticket) have struggled to shift tickets and I know a couple of people who get free tickets who don't even bother going to many games.

 

[Alex Alex Dawson oo! oo!]

Not necessarily. I think STs will be well down (20% or so based on what we were told at the club recently) but matchday attendances nowhere near that much as people buy individual games instead. Actual matchday bums on seats may be higher than this season as a result (but we'll never know for sure) as the STHs who often stay away drop their tickets and are replaced by people buying match by match (at higher prices)

But the budget for 2015/16 will be set in the next month or so based on real data, not on one or any number of non-validated projections of what might happen. If you're right then then the budget can be adjusted, if needed, but that's not going to impact the retained list, summer transfer business or whether some support staff lose their jobs at the end of June.

 

[Alex Alex Dawson oo! oo!]

Oh how wonderful you are,... in 1979 you didn't have to pay premium prices, queue to get to the match and queue to get home......different ballgame...... People who make a choice to stop buying STs are not fairweather as you put it, they are just realistic.....they decide that there is more to life than football, they share their support of the Albion with a raft of other things.

Surely this applies regardless of whether they've renewed their ST or not? Attending 23 games of league football at the Amex is not an absolute priority for me or any of the STH's I sit with or know, and never has been.

 

[tiberious]

i renewed because it gets me away from the wife and i can drink beer ..... oh no sorry i renewed for the football....

 

[Diego Napier]

I cannot work out why any genuine Albion fan would give you a thumbs down for that post.

Corrected for you

 

[Justice]

Everyone will be on the phones trying to get their old seat back if we get promoted next season will be carnage.

 

[somerset]

Surely this applies regardless of whether they've renewed their ST or not? Attending 23 games of league football at the Amex is not an absolute priority for me or any of the STH's I sit with or know, and never has been.

Well I think in these first 4 seasons at the Amex, myself included, a lot were prepared to make sacrifices to enable them to attend games. They would tolerate the sometimes difficult travel arrangements, tolerate the high prices, tolerate the night game logistics, tolerate the earlier up and down food and beer quality and availability, all to ensure they had a place to call their own at the Amex....... that drive of necessity is not there as much anymore......hence the drop of circa 20%.......sadly the club have missed the boat of goodwill.....now they need to provide entertainment and a quality competitive squad again to get people back.