FlyingOwl Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Season tickets are also way over-priced. Just told my dad, who couldn't afford a season ticket for the first time in 35 years, that it's £39 to sit on the Kop for the first game of the season. He told me that's him done - he's not going again. This is an absolutely outrage. My season ticket works out at just under £10 a match. My brother's season ticket is £4 a match. My parents are paying £17 a match each. Season ticket's at the early bird prices are a bargain, when you take paying on finance into it as well. Money in football is ridiculous full stop. As a club you take one side or the other. You keep ST prices low, get the fans in straight away but fail to generate the income needed to either buy the players needed or to comply with FFP. On the other side you raise ST prices, risk annoying fans momentarily but you generate income to bring in the players and fall within FFP guidelines. Every now and then a club comes a long with a shoe string budget and does well out of nowhere. But they're few and far between. We've been around the championship and league one for too long now, we need to change the way things are. The chairman needs to be a bit of a hard nosed poopydoo....in the long run we'll hopefully reap the rewards. It sucks. I know it does! I wish football wasn't like this. But the change needs to come from FA, from FIFA. Until then our club has to adapt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam779 Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Those celebrating the decision to renew in phase one (like me), have a think what next year's renewal will be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sultan_Pepper Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Don't you pay to follow your team, not the team they are playing? He doesn't need to explain himself at all - traditionally we've had a very high walk up and it affects us commercially. That is changing. I assume you mean a higher walk up prie would encourage more season tickets? You'd have to actually announce prices and sell season tickets for that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EcclesallOwl Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 3rd Phase Season tickets will sell like hot cakes now Genius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chezzyowl1 Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 The prices will be based on a strategy, with risk assessments carried out, the risk of course is the 3-6000 who turn up for the bigger games continue, with another risk that the 21600 who go every week continue to do so. What did we really expect heavy investment already and more to come means a need for some form of return on this investment, I for one have moaned for 20 years about the tripe we watch, I'm excited to see what happens in the next 2-3 weeks and then of course how we start the season. Having said that its indicative that football has moved from a working man game to a middle class business!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royalowlisback Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Expecting our lowest average attendance since the dark days of the 70's. p155 up in a brewery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poite Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Oooof that's steep! Might not get many walk ups due to that That's me unfortunately. I live in Leicester so it costs me a fair bit to travel up to S6 and back each time. I was really looking forward to this season but unfortunately this has totally priced me out and I wont be able to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRUCE LEE Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 I reckon with membership discount, our prices will stack up with the likes of Leeds They will have been benchmarked against other clubs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelowl Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 afraid i knew about this for sometime ontop of the corporate hike and advertising sh*t just got real as they say I think this puts to bed that the Chansiri are going to fund this alone they're putting in and expect us to I believe they have a shock coming to them, the ordinary working man with a family is going to struggle Hillsborough will be empty if we dont hit the top 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddogbob Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 One word OUCH! That's just silly, and I was priced out last season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taximark Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Has anyone told DC that Sheffield in not the capital City of England, maybe he thinks it is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRUCE LEE Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 (edited) Those celebrating the decision to renew in phase one (like me), have a think what next year's renewal will be. You'd guess they'll be around this years phase 2 bracket Edited July 15, 2015 by BRUCE LEE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KivoOwl Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Those celebrating the decision to renew in phase one (like me), have a think what next year's renewal will be.May well top £500 for the Kop - which would be me out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sultan_Pepper Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Those celebrating the decision to renew in phase one (like me), have a think what next year's renewal will be. I agree, he's made a rod for his own back with me. It had better be the best football since Waddle and Sheridan and a top 6 finish or I won't be able to justify a season ticket again next season. I very nearly didn't get a season ticket at this season's early bird, I dread to think what next year will be like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeeeeJ Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 4 minutes after the accouncement I get this email . Join our 2015/16 Owls Membership Scheme and enjoy MASSIVE savings and a range of benefits!Adult Members will benefit from our biggest ever discount on match tickets, receiving a £5 discount for each home league match*. Members will also benefit from priority to buy home tickets before they go on general sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owlZfan84 Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Gi' cheaper tickets back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingOwl Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 I'm not justifying these prices. The prices are ridiculous. But I also understand them. It's a shame for those who genuinely can't afford it. But football needs to change. Wednesday can keep tickets low, we can keep them the lowest in the league. But that won't change things for football in general and we'll be the ones left behind watching dead end football. It's catch 22. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KivoOwl Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 So is Chansiri actually paying for anything other than the fee he paid Mandaric? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefdave Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 That's priced me out, 50 years over and out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichieB Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 3rd Phase Season tickets will sell like hot cakes now Genius Suppose that's a good point. Can't see how anyone wanting to attend more than 5 or 6 games can afford NOT to get a season ticket now in phase 3. Still shocked at those prices though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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