So you’re advocating a scheme that would effectively reduce the number of ST purchases, by making it more attractive to pay £25 membership and pick & choose games (and just not bother if the team is struggling).
What utter fuckin tosh, call yourself a fan!
This has to be the worst post I’ve ever read on AVFTT.
I get the sentiment, but you are advocating a scheme that a good number would prefer, over buying a ST, even those that could afford one.
Sorry it was a bit reactionary lads. In the full context the football team I care about less so this approach to ticketing as I don't see a way back from it. I don't think that making the move to charging home fans more to charge away fans (depending on who it is) more on the day, or whatever it is they're trying to achieve, is a particularly sustainable model for our club or for football full stop. It's nothing new but I just didn't think we'd just jump straight in and join in with it. Shouldn't have to be thinking about ways around it like I highlighted but I bet quite a few do.
They did but stay strangely quiet on this. They are becoming the new bisa but without the I of course.
I think you need to look at this differently, to understand why what BFC is doing, is no different to any other service business. It has to make money and it needs to plan financially. It’s not about charging casual home fans more to bump up away prices. It simply wants to make buying a ST more attractive, so of course it’s going to charge more for casual fans, who will generally want to choose the big matches.
Nah, they are exploiting fans, pure and simple.
I think you’ll find you’re the one sleeping. The world and business has moved on. There is no exploitation at BFC, the pricing structure is sound and reasonable. If you don’t like it, you can watch park football for free.
Wrong Mr wish I lived in Sale
Bad attitude.
Ours is 24 for the middle bracket games when advanced purchased.
It's not that far.
He's upset because we've moved on from altruistic owners putting the club first, as we were under his heroes.
I don't disagree with but you can't criticise the club of disagreeing with what 900 fans said and agreeing with what one fan said. (a bit of poetic license but you get my drift)
Exactly my thoughts, it not us 8k, it the next 2-4k that we need to be targeting.
1100.
What a shocking comment to make. Poor.
A: Do you ‘borrow’ a season ticket for free or give the holder(s) anything towards their cost.
I had taken you for a ST holder Voy.
For a long time family and finance got in the way, then I stopped going altogether when Holloway left, now it's other things I do that mean I can get to some games and not others. I have considered getting a ST this time and getting to as many as possible but another issue is doing it all on my own. My son wants to go occasionally too, so we need 2 seats together. That will now be 56 quid plus travel. I'll do some on my own too. If the average price is £26 then I'd need to do more than 14 home games to make a ST worthwhile. I still might get a ST. I wasn't expecting the 28 category.
The question is what fans want for their club. Under the O’s there was no investment, not even when we hit the PL, so their business model was different.
Does the first game of the season not excite fans?Cardiff category A
Category A games should be ones that excite the fans, this one is far from that.
Our first game back in the Championship - I’m excited!Cardiff category A
Category A games should be ones that excite the fans, this one is far from that.
I'm away for the Baaaadiff game, is it available on tangerine TV abroad?
I expect it will be, better than iFollow, once I’d managed to navigate to the play button
There's a difference between rare occasions and regular occasions, which isn't difficult to work out.
Of course Voy, but this thread was about £28 and the pricing structure. Our first home game back in the Championship. For many, the first match in over 18 months. A match played in summer and likely to attract a large away following. This was always a Cat A match, in the same way Preston, Blackburn and others will be.
I will have a listen later, but re the next 2-4K fans, they already exist, we’ve seen that time and again for big games. They just choose their games and SS cannot rebuild the club and plan for the future on floating fans.
20 he wants it for 15 which works out cheaper than a Season Ticket.
Time to respond to a couple of points on here.
All credit to you for making the long journey. It’s an expensive day no doubt, and I’m sure the £5 won’t make a difference to your decision to travel.
So you want A gamesto be 23
The fan base will grow, but it takes time. For example, my lad is a Pool fan and ST holder. Neither of us are from Blackpool, but I took him and he caught the bug. There are many others with the exact same story.
A - Unfortunately I don't have that network but you know that for those maybe that do but can't commit the same, there will be people trying to find ways around this. Which is why I mentioned it. And nobody should need to be doing that.
No you described them as rare occasion fans. I'm talking about fans who go to maybe 8 -15 games a season. Quite a few I reckon. I expect to be in that range this season. Watch others on Sky or TTV.
Exactly and I wonder who's behind it? I just had to send this in after numerous complaints on one of my posts apparently.
Bit paranoid that Plumbs.