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  1. Steve1970

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    £10 a game £140 half season ticket seems fair enough when you pay £20 for individual games.
     
    #23 Steve1970, Nov 4, 2019
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  2. Steve1970

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    I was replying to daves £75 idea in his post but I agree £10 a game for half season is still a good deal for those wanting to take advantage.
     
    #28 Steve1970, Nov 4, 2019
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  3. Rogered Tart

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    i agree, there's this lovely notion that because we are in the top two and if we whack in a cheap offer then we will suddenly have an influx of new fans. Ain't gonna happen. Nothing wrong with a promotion every now and then or an offer for a ticket to cover so many home games but we should respect the fact that we are pulling pretty much unheard of numbers for league 2 football at Valley Parade.
     
    #34 Rogered Tart, Nov 4, 2019
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  4. Dratsab taf

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    We have three homes games in little over a week at christmas , get them priced up now as an ideal christmas/early christmas gift. Starting with salford on the 21st , 3 for £30 or 2 for £20 the mansfield and morecambe double header over new year.
     
    #37 Dratsab taf, Nov 5, 2019
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  5. Bigrod

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    Just copied and pasted the term used by the EFL ‘34.2.11 Subject to Regulation 34.2.7, discounts or special promotions (in each case for one match only). I suppose if the club did a BOGOF then it would not apply to ‘one match only’. Not saying it would or would not satisfy the rules. Just a possibility.

    I much prefer a ‘half season’ ticket deal, as what you want is people building a pattern of activity which sees going to City as a regular experience rather than a ‘one off’.
     
    #40 Bigrod, Nov 5, 2019
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  6. Keefly Bantam

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    I think you really need to direct that question and your concerns to the club. Just copy and paste it into an email.
     
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  7. Stafford Bantam

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    EFL regulation 34.2.11 states:
    https://www.efl.com/-more/governance/efl-rules--regulations/section-5--fixtures/

    That sounds like two matches then, although I could only guess at the subtle difference between a discount and a special promotion.
     
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    #7 Stafford Bantam, Oct 16, 2019
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    Cheers, thanks for that.
     
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  9. Jay

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    Too many empty seats
     
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    #14 Jay, Nov 4, 2019
  10. bantamlad92

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    You won't find any ground outside the top 2 divisions full to capacity for a league game, barring the rare exception.

    It's nothing to worry about.
     
    #18 bantamlad92, Nov 4, 2019
  11. Bigrod

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    Agree. To many just looking at City and not the broader picture.
    To put it into context.
    Saturday 2/11/2019 some Championship attendances:
    Wigan V Swansea Attendance: 9,080
    Blackburn V Sheffield Wed Attendance:14,147
    Brentford V Bonio fanciers Attendance: 11,727
    Luton V Forest Attendance:10,053
    Reading V Milwall Attendance:14,485

    On 1/11/2019
    Barnsley V Bristol City Attendance:12,178

    So 4 games below our attendance out of 12 and two only just above.
    Not bad after a disastrous season
     
    #21 Bigrod, Nov 4, 2019
  12. Bronco

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    £150 is the main reason for the take up, as you say last season was dire but were a forgiving lot.
    I'd think the teams above pay around double what we pay, I know its been debated many times but if we were asked to pay the going rate we'd be down to 8 to 10,000 IMO, having said that long may it continue.
     
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  13. Bronco

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    I'm thinking more of the empty seats and filling the stadium for a better atmosphere.
     
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  14. Steve1970

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    The only problem will be with fans that bought after the deadline asking for a refund to bring them into line with the rest.
     
    #25 Steve1970, Nov 4, 2019
  15. Bigrod

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    The fans who bought after the deadline, got this deal, “After this time prices will rise by 50%, with adult, student and senior season tickets increasing from £150 to £225”.

    So the cost was just under £9.79 a match.

    There are 12 home league games after Christmas, starting with Mansfield on the 29th December.

    If the club did a ‘half season’ at £120 the price would marginally more expensive at £10 per game.

    You have to factor in that those who bought after the deadline, have had an opportunity to enjoy all the games, earlier choice of seats, earlier access to ‘Away tickets’, etc.

    ‘If’ the club was to progress to the third round of the FA cup and got a plumb home tie, half season ticket holders would have the same opportunity as all existing Season Ticket holders to get tickets.

    Personally I am in favour of an initiative to increase the number of Season Ticket holders.
     
    #26 Bigrod, Nov 4, 2019
  16. Brackenrigg

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    I am amazed that you seem so complacent and incapable of seeing the opportunity empty seats provide for marketing to the unconviced
    or timid population in the Bradford area.
    Ive said it before and I will say it again that every empty seat at every home game is a lost revenue opportunity.
    My background was in low cost aviation which is driven by filling seats to generate a high load factor.
    Empty seats are an anathema to me as we already incur all costs of running a game at VP and sit on our hands thinking how clever we are that
    we have 14000 regulars most of whom are loyal and have been rewarded with fantastically well priced season tickets over many years.
    I am not talking to you lot on here about this subject because my aim is to get the club to recognize the lost revenue they allow to float past us we
    congratulate ourselves on filling about 60% of the seats available.
    Look on the club website and you would never know we were a football club with tickets available to buy to boost the cash flow for games in
    November December January February March April
     
    #27 Brackenrigg, Nov 4, 2019
  17. WilsdenBantam

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    Against Oxford was last season, and we were in the relegation zone not playoffs. In our playoff seasons we had around 18,000 season tickets I don’t remember us doing a £1 game?
     
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  18. Bronco

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    Wow slow down Tiger, I think you have misread my post, I've actually agreed with you twice and posted as much, we should be offering cheap half season tickets, I'm on your side

    https://bantamtalk.com/index.php?threads/who-is-responsible-at-vp-for-filling-the-empty-seats-at-home-games.3167/#post-275340



    https://bantamtalk.com/index.php?threads/who-is-responsible-at-vp-for-filling-the-empty-seats-at-home-games.3167/page-2#post-275423
     
    #31 Bronco, Nov 4, 2019
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    Oxford game 16th nov 2018 £1 a ticket :thumbup:
     
    #32 Rocket, Nov 4, 2019
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    I know it has been said before but there is a couple of major differences between filling the empty seats at VP and on a plane. The first one is the attraction even at a low price may not be there, and the second is the restrictions on what promotions we can actually do. We are restricted to the number of games we can run promotions at, think it is 2. Also we have to let the league know about pricing structures including season tickets before the start of the season, now I’m not sure if that would block us from introducing a half season ticket or not.
     
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