When we were relegated in 2015, the price reduced. Although they sneaked up for some categories over the years, they did go down again. I'm probably not the best person to take a pitch at this, because I benefitted greatly when the concession net was widened a while ago.
As a wrinkly, I have paid £170 for my South Terrace season ticket the last couple of years. If I didn’t have a season ticket, to pay on the gate would be 10 quid. To put that in perspective, if I paid the full adult admission price at my local club, Bishops Cleeve, it would also be 10 quid… and that is for Southern League South Div 1. Concession price there is £7. The whole subject of pricing for football in this country is a contentious one but given that we are already one of the cheapest EFL clubs, I wouldn’t be against a rise of 5-10% if we are going to try and be competitive in League One. I also understand that a lot of people don’t have the disposable income to cover that so it is a delicate matter for the club to try and solve.
I think the current season ticket price is a bargain. I'm lucky that my circumstances mean I can cover any but the most astronomical of increases, I put aside my annual bonus to buy season tickets for myself and my better half.
But I do think it would help others if there was a way of paying it in instalments, so it isn't such a big hit at one point in time (during those trying, expensive summer months for parents).
At £20 for a standing ticket we would probably be the cheapest in league 1 but because its been held down a rise of that amount would be considered too steep.
Yes we are cheapest (or were) in L2, but the owners need to be careful and not suddenly jump prices even if justifying it with whatever average L1 is. We have done exceptionally well to increase the average gate and income comes from beyond match ticket, so things like the fans zone must have been a good revenue stream. I would be shocked if its above 10%; trouble is the club in some ways haven't helped themselves by allowing younger kids in free with an Adult ticket and I would expect these ticket entries to at least have a small nominal fee. We might struggle in L1 and then the floating fan (we must have a large percentage of these and more than STH) could just as quickly get turned off regular attendance if we start to struggle, so pitching increases too high could back-fire (albeit in my aforementioned example it'll be too late for STH that would have already committed).
To achieve 3rd lowest spot in L1 table prices would need to go up 13.3% obviously there is no way of knowing what prices other clubs have (unless they've already declared).
To achieve 3rd lowest spot in L1 table prices would need to go up 13.3% obviously there is no way of knowing what prices other clubs have (unless they've already declared).
Amazing the difference between the highest and lowest in all the leagues. Must be hard to justify the bigger prices which are sometimes double the cheapest
I know it’s only a small poll of results so far but I think everyone is being realistic about a 5 to 10% increase in the season ticket prices- hopefully the CTSA who WAGMI are consulting with will take notice of this and act accordingly.
Maybe this is one of those areas where an off-field gimmick could be used. All STH or early bird STH entered into a random draw each week for the hospitality package at no extra charge. Everyone wins. The club has extra revenue from the price increase. The STH feel they are getting something for that.
To achieve 3rd lowest spot in L1 table prices would need to go up 13.3% obviously there is no way of knowing what prices other clubs have (unless they've already declared).
Looking at the League One prices a lot of the clubs with the cheapest prices changed divisions, and only Bolton of the cheaper prices for last season had a price of under £300 for next season (but only before 22 April, but they did sell over 15000 tickets before this date!) I assume no one reduced prices, including promoted clubs so the rest will be over £300 apart from below.
The cheapest club appears to be Huddersfield with a great price of £249 for adults, well cheaper than anyone else with the exception of the early bird at Bolton which was the same price for renewals. Birmingham don't seem to have released their prices yet, but their cheapest tickets for last season were well over £300.
Therefore even with a 10% increase, our prices will be one of the three cheapest in the league. As it can take a while for us to issue prices, and Preston said the playoffs put us a bit behind in plans, I am not expecting an announcement until next week.
Post by crawley62away on May 28, 2024 20:23:27 GMT
Ive voted for Over 30% increase. I think you tight southerners need to back Scott and make sure he can afford Jeremy Kelly otherwise we will probably go straight back down!
