[Football] Worthing FC

[Deleted member 37369]

£250 for a ST for 21 games at Worthing compared to £550 for 19 at the Amex. Worthing is actually quite high for 6th tier, Havant & Waterlooville do an early bird ST for £150. Taking a kid and partner to the Amex is best part of £1300, Worthing that’s going to be £550. Think cost definitely comes into it, these clubs are seeing their highest average gates in their history.

Worthing did an early bird ST too. I can't remember exactly how much it was but £165 rings a bell. Unfortunately both sets of fixtures weren't out by the deadline so I opted to just pay for each Worthing game I could attend. As it turned out there have been hardly any fixture clashes and I'm probably already close to having paid what the early bird ST would have cost me. Something for me to look at if they do the same next season.

 

[bobbysmith01]

£250 for a ST for 21 games at Worthing compared to £550 for 19 at the Amex. Worthing is actually quite high for 6th tier, Havant & Waterlooville do an early bird ST for £150. Taking a kid and partner to the Amex is best part of £1300, Worthing that’s going to be £550. Think cost definitely comes into it, these clubs are seeing their highest average gates in their history.

Forgetting the cost difference. I was very pleasantly surprised with the standard of football. Worthing have some very talented players and when you think that the population of Worthing is about 110k, then they should have a good team and club. Think Worthing is bigger than Burnley and loads of other professional clubs.

I will always be Brighton first, but nice to support my local team as well, as good facilities, got a beer when we wanted. Will go again as really enjoyed it.

 

[Bold Seagull]

All a bit over the top with Worthing. They are a very good well supported club but looking on here you would think there was 5/6k watching. and not 1.6k
It was not long ago you could go to a non league game for a fiver interesting how £14 now looks on LRs inflation scale.
Important all these clubs survive and they do because of much voluntary work behind the scenes. However in general players are a different matter. Big changes each season as off to play for highest payer. Shame it has reached this level

6th tier admission hasn’t been a fiver for at least 20 years. £10 was a ceiling for quite a long time. Average gates used to be about 500, gates of 1.6k unheard of, now half the league average over 800, many sides take 100s away.

Finances are delicate, many clubs only operate on short player contracts so players do regularly move due to being out of contract.

 

[Bozza]

Worthing did an early bird ST too. I can't remember exactly how much it was but £165 rings a bell. Unfortunately both sets of fixtures weren't out by the deadline so I opted to just pay for each Worthing game I could attend. As it turned out there have been hardly any fixture clashes and I'm probably already close to having paid what the early bird ST would have cost me. Something for me to look at if they do the same next season.

EARLY BIRD OFFER​

An Early Bird season ticket is now available, which will provide a 15% discount on all adults/concession season tickets.
Offer ends at midnight on Friday 24th June 2022.

• Adult: £212.00 (standard season ticket £249.00)
• Concession: £151.00 (standard season ticket £178.00)
• Under-16: £55
• Under-12: £33

2022/23 Season Ticket details and Admission Prices Announced

Worthing Football Club are pleased to announce season ticket details and admission prices ahead of the 2022/23 National League South season.

worthingfc.com

 

[Deleted member 37369]

Non-league also do the local double header where possible. Look at these attendances for Worthing's visitors yesterday v Ebbsfleet!

And look at the results! Makes Worthing's 3 nil win even more impressive!!

 

[Deleted member 37369]

EARLY BIRD OFFER​

An Early Bird season ticket is now available, which will provide a 15% discount on all adults/concession season tickets.
Offer ends at midnight on Friday 24th June 2022.

• Adult: £212.00 (standard season ticket £249.00)
• Concession: £151.00 (standard season ticket £178.00)
• Under-16: £55
• Under-12: £33

2022/23 Season Ticket details and Admission Prices Announced

Worthing Football Club are pleased to announce season ticket details and admission prices ahead of the 2022/23 National League South season.

worthingfc.com

Ah, thanks ... my mind playing tricks on me this morning. Still a decent discount I guess I've a few years before I qualify for the concession

 

[chaileyjem]

The demographic has changed significantly over the past decade. Many are now priced out of Brighton and Hove.

I’d be really interested in seeing the data on this . All we really know is it’s considerably more overall since the Amex opened a decade ago. (More sell outs, bigger away sections, bigger Amex ). On my away trips I still see plenty of teens/twenty somethings. Nobody is denying it’s not a cheap day - £100 for northern away day ? - and nobody says some are obviously priced out but crowds are still rising , and demographic data is all anecdotal.

 

[Bozza]

I’d be really interested in seeing the data on this . All we really know is it’s considerably more overall since the Amex opened a decade ago. (More sell outs, bigger away sections, bigger Amex ). On my away trips I still see plenty of teens/twenty somethings. Nobody is denying it’s not a cheap day - £100 for northern away day ? - and nobody says some are obviously priced out but crowds are still rising , and demographic data is all anecdotal.

I think @Herr Tubthumper was talking about people moving to live in Worthing because they are priced out of Brighton & Hove.

 

[chaileyjem]

I think @Herr Tubthumper was talking about people moving to live in Worthing because they are priced out of Brighton & Hove.

Thanks @Bozza / ah! Not for the first time I’ve gone in far too early with my tackle there @Herr Tubthumper . Agreed. On house prices - you are obviously correct - Apols. . (Lots of old fellas like me at Worthing yesterday tho)

 

[Lenny Rider]

Forgetting the cost difference. I was very pleasantly surprised with the standard of football. Worthing have some very talented players and when you think that the population of Worthing is about 110k, then they should have a good team and club. Think Worthing is bigger than Burnley and loads of other professional clubs.

I will always be Brighton first, but nice to support my local team as well, as good facilities, got a beer when we wanted. Will go again as really enjoyed it.

Worthing is the biggest town in the UK per capita not to have ever had League football, it actually has a census backed population of more than both Blackburn and Burnley.

One downside, which we had confirmed to us by the barman at WFC yesterday, this is the last level of football that supporters can watch football with beer in plastic glasses, each specific National League club can apply to its local licensing authority, but with the likes of Wrexham, Chesterfield, Notts County, Southend, Oldham and Scunthorpe all potential opponents at Woodside in the event of a promotion it’s unlikely Sussex Police will not block any application.

It’s clearly not a game changer crowd wise if Worthing go up, but it’s certainly a USP currently.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

I’d be really interested in seeing the data on this . All we really know is it’s considerably more overall since the Amex opened a decade ago. (More sell outs, bigger away sections, bigger Amex ). On my away trips I still see plenty of teens/twenty somethings. Nobody is denying it’s not a cheap day - £100 for northern away day ? - and nobody says some are obviously priced out but crowds are still rising , and demographic data is all anecdotal.

I think @Herr Tubthumper was talking about people moving to live in Worthing because they are priced out of Brighton & Hove.

Correct. My post was a response to @Live by the sea ’s claim Worthing, in general, is full of pensioners.

 

[Lenny Rider]

I think @Herr Tubthumper was talking about people moving to live in Worthing because they are priced out of Brighton & Hove.

A long time Albion fan and NSCer I believe, runs a very successful Nursery business near the Town Centre, he told he was astounded at the level of young professionals migrating in the last decade or so from Brighton and Hove to Worthing requiring child care.

That said according to other stats Worthing unfortunately has one of the biggest gaps between average wages and house prices in the country.

Worrying times for the next generation of first time buyers

 

[Bozza]

A long time Albion fan and NSCer I believe, runs a very successful Nursery business near the Town Centre, he told he was astounded at the level of young professionals migrating in the last decade or so from Brighton and Hove to Worthing requiring child care.

That said according to other stats Worthing unfortunately has one of the biggest gaps between average wages and house prices in the country.

Worrying times for the next generation of first time buyers

I often walk my dog with that gentleman, yes.

I was going to add similar to @Herr Tubthumper's post. As you say it's not just people selecting Brighton because they can't afford to live in Brighton & Hove, those who can afford to live there move west because they can get that much more for their money.

That includes my very own next door neighbours, who can't believe the space and quiet they've been able to buy having sold up somewhere within B&H.

 

[Live by the sea]

Correct. My post was a response to @Live by the sea ’s claim Worthing, in general, is full of pensioners.

Apologies if this is no longer the case , it was about 20 years ago . Not that there’s anything wrong with having a high level of pensioners .

 

[Lenny Rider]

Apologies if this is no longer the case , it was about 20 years ago . Not that there’s anything wrong with having a high level of pensioners .

FWIW Worthing’s pensioner population has consistently fallen since the 1971 census.

 

[Paxton Dazo]

A real possibility of Worthing v Crawley in the league next season then..

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

FWIW Worthing’s pensioner population has consistently fallen since the 1971 census.

A worry for the funeral business I guess ?

 

[Sid and the Sharknados]

A worry for the funeral business I guess ?

Sounds like they're doing great business.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

A long time Albion fan and NSCer I believe, runs a very successful Nursery business near the Town Centre, he told he was astounded at the level of young professionals migrating in the last decade or so from Brighton and Hove to Worthing requiring child care.

That said according to other stats Worthing unfortunately has one of the biggest gaps between average wages and house prices in the country.

Worrying times for the next generation of first time buyers

I presume a lot of this influx of young professionals is down to remote working? This will further distort the wage and house price gap like it did in Brighton when clapped out Londoners started migrating south.

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

Ta. No Dogs ! - Worthing got back to me. No Mrs CJ then !
We are both off to Lewes on Tuesday - dogs are allowed there for first team men’s games.

We went to an FA Cup Qualifier at Lower Breck earlier in the season and dogs were allowed. We wished we had brought along our cocker spaniel as he would have loved it. Will definitely check for games at a similar level going forwards.