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Really impressed with the club today. I'd renewed my season ticket, but then my dad told me that he wanted to start coming. (He's only ever been to one match before and has never really been a big football fan but enjoyed the atmosphere and supporting his home town club when he came this season). He is disabled after some surgery a few years back and so I contacted the club as I thought I'd need to move to a different part of the ground and to ask about their access scheme. Long story short, anybody who is in receipt of PIP is entitled to a free carers ticket. But because id already bought my ticket, and it was in my name and not my father's I didn't think this would be possible. They have said it's not a problem, honoured the scheme and instructed the ticket office of my case. Just need to pop in with the paperwork and it will all be sorted. Really pleased that they have this access scheme. We implemented one at my work a few years ago but I didn't think it would exist in football.

 

we aren't going to sell any tickets at £299 so why don't the club extend the cheap ticket deadline- perhaps until the end of the season,and then promise to put every single penny made from season tickets from now until the revised deadline directly into the playing budget? We aren't going to lose out financially because any purchases will be additional (if folk haven't renewed at £299 they never were) and it could encourage those who haven't renewed to renew,thus increasing the budget.

 

12,000 sold as of now.

https://twitter.com/officialbantams/status/985838472417218561

 

So the uptake on season tickets is markedly down and some of our fans think thats not bad in the circumstances. Jesus wept, money coming through the turnstiles equates to a better budget for the manager and more bodies in the ground equates to better merchandise and more sales at the food kiosks and more potential for better sponsorship deals.

But hey, at least we've got rid of those pesky 'plastics'.

What a strange world we live in.

 

Can you name any club that tells its rivals how much they have to spend

 

It says to me people should plan better and not wait till the last day.. I saw this post and to blame is ridculous.. no sympathy for this person at all.

 

football fans are fickle as anything. couple more wins, a decent signing - if it's still cheap they'd renew.

probably not if its £299.

just because you're uber and bought in the first 5 minutes doesn't mean everyone is, and personally I'd rather the club sold as many possible, and raised as much income as possible. and there's more chance of doing just that if they keep prices low. no one is going to buy at £299 if they haven't already, where as theres every chance if it stayed low.

 

I think 12,000 represents a decrease of interest but also a drop towards our normal level of season ticket holders. Promotion was the only way we'd get close to 18,000 again. This season is probably the first season since 2011/12 where we haven't achieved anything of note/interest what with cup runs, promotions, play off campaigns and the first season back in L1. And apathy quickly sets in.

While a drop of 6,000 is disappointing, I do think it represents a drop back towards "our level" of season ticket holders. The 15,696 crowd for the Fleetwood play off semi final last season was probably a good indicator of where we are support-wise (and the atmosphere that night was electric). So after a pretty rubbish season, 12,000 season tickets compares reasonably well to that.

But it clearly exposes a missed opportunity. A season of dreadful home form has prevented possibly turning some of those 6,000 fans into regulars.

 

That's interesting, how many more, and why Park? There's been nothing positive from the club, on or off the field to give anyone sitting on the fence a reason to buy/renew. I think the deadline helps people to make a decision, people who would otherwise still be pratting about and still not necessarily have bought a ticket had we left the deadline until the day we kick off. Doesn't help with any sort of budgeting either.

 

I think i've gone along with this from the start. I agree, i think years ago they used to call them early bird deals where if you bought early you would get the equivalent of few games free whereas now its half the price. No one will buy at the full price so any floating voters changing their mind in the summer are lost. Easy to say they should have just renewed at the cheap price but we have potentially a few thousand fans where some could change their mind dependant on what goes on in the summer.Would be a shame to lose some of them because the price has doubled.

 

Some good news,My brother who I thought wasn't going to renew his season ticket,did today and one extra for his son.

I still think the £199 offer will bring extra season tickets with something good coming from the club helps.

 

Nah that’s when @Norman Corner will he buying his. He doesn’t agree with tickets being so cheap so he’s going to wait until the last minute and pay double bubble

 

I'd be really interested to see the make-up of those who have not renewed.. How many are Adults/Seniors/Kids/Flexi's

This would give us a greater understanding it has on the financial impact.

 

Just been reading on Facebook about someone who tried to buy tickets on the fnal day (I don’t know why people leave it till the last minute) and couldn’t buy 4 tickets. They have contacted the club who say they working their way through a backlog of e-mails. All this says to me once again that early deadlines cuts down sales and should be extended

 

Dead right in a low wage city two adults and two children is a small fortune.

 

Which puts in context where we are in the pecking order our 12k puts us on a par with clubs on 6k plus. Big club? Don’t think so

 

But its not. I know how marketing works but the tickets are never worth £299. I guarantee you the deadline sales would not change one little bit if the after deadline price was £249, you would still get exactly the same uptake. But you have more chance of shifting after deadline tickets at £249 than you have at £299.