Dick_Turpin Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Just now, 31Dec1966 said: This ^. I'd love football to be cheaper, and cars, and petrol, and beer, and council tax. If they charged more for a Cortina than a Jag you'd be rightly miffed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick_Turpin Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 14 minutes ago, mkowl said: The converse is a low price against the less interesting teams doesn't always seem to bring in numbers. Hence the use of the word dichotomy. DC must be quite confused by us as a group of fans It's a mixture of things isn't it? It's complicated by season ticket numbers, local derbies, away fans etc. When we were lowering prices for midweek games a couple of seasons ago and figures were disappointing some of us argued if you did the same against a no-mark team on a Saturday then numbers would improve. The result when we did was a crowd of almost 30k against Charlton Athletic. The previous Saturday home game that wasn't a local derby was against Brentford - similar stature club. The crowd was just under 21k. I guess the relatively high number of season tickets we've sold makes the minimum crowds now higher than they would have been in that season - especially as the number of season ticket holders who don't turn up isn't released. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevtheowl Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 1 hour ago, Jarvy said: Whilst this is good, I expect we'll find a lot more matches at the highest price category than in previous seasons. Marketing saw last season that our fans will pay the highest prices for tickets and they'll exploit it wherever possible. I generally like our ownership at the moment but there's no charity in the way they run the club. That said, I'm a realist and they've got to make it profitable somehow. It's just a shame that I can barely afford less than 10 matches a season nowadays. 10 category A games, and you have a season ticket !!!! Easy. UTO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSlicer Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Sunderland Middlesbrough pigs Leeds Barnsley villa hull all highest category? Any others? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costello 77 Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 The top and bottom of this whole topic. The club ( like many) runs it's yearly accounts at a massive loss. Ticket prices/sales are not going to make a blind bit of difference to the profit/loss profile. Some might say it helps with FFP.... I've yet to see a shred of evidence for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenhgate Owl Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 to charge a average £35 for 90 minutes of 'football' is disgusting In any league ,never mind seeing the crap we saw last season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelman Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 We've frozen the prices......... Just like we have the squad and the kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mkowl Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 1 hour ago, Costello 77 said: The top and bottom of this whole topic. The club ( like many) runs it's yearly accounts at a massive loss. Ticket prices/sales are not going to make a blind bit of difference to the profit/loss profile. Some might say it helps with FFP.... I've yet to see a shred of evidence for this. I don't disagree. It goes back to that dichotomy over the corporate areas / pricing. I have given up trying to 2nd guess what the rationale is on both that and ticket prices when the differential in approach probably accounts for a week's wages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uptheowls Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, OughtibridgeOwl said: Sunderland Middlesbrough pigs Leeds Barnsley villa hull all highest category? Any others? Doubt there will be that many category A's tbh Last season Leeds was B and Barnsley C off the top of my head Edited July 10, 2017 by uptheowls - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUMBELOWS91 Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 I'm sure it's already been pointed out, but 'freezing' the matchday prices doesn't make a blind bit of difference when nobody knows how much any of the tickets will be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveyboy66 Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Will the 10,000 boycotters return ? And will the boxes be given away for free to anyone who hasn't had one previously Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james o connor Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Woooo lucky us . Ticket prices frozen. How generous ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saxondale Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 3 hours ago, Greenhgate Owl said: to charge a average £35 for 90 minutes of 'football' is disgusting In any league ,never mind seeing the crap we saw last season. We finished 4th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saxondale Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 4 hours ago, OughtibridgeOwl said: Sunderland Middlesbrough pigs Leeds Barnsley villa hull all highest category? Any others? Sunderland is midweek seriously doubt that will be highest cat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradowl Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 2 hours ago, edited said: Doubt there will be that many category A's tbh Last season Leeds was B and Barnsley C off the top of my head I think Boro was C too, sure we had 3 A category games. Villa, Newcastle and Fulham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradowl Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 4 hours ago, Greenhgate Owl said: to charge a average £35 for 90 minutes of 'football' is disgusting In any league ,never mind seeing the crap we saw last season. It was terrible to see us finish 4th with over 80 points, the 5-1 win against Norwich was worse performance in years. Bring back Irvine and league one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristmace Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 "Freezing" them is just a marketing term. They used higher categories last year that the previous season. I worked it all out at the end of the season and I've forgotten the exact number, but it worked out about £3 a ticket more in 16-17 compared to 15-16. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradowl Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 4 minutes ago, kristmace said: "Freezing" them is just a marketing term. They used higher categories last year that the previous season. I worked it all out at the end of the season and I've forgotten the exact number, but it worked out about £3 a ticket more in 16-17 compared to 15-16. I think we had a few more attractive fixtures last season,Villa, Newcastle and Barnsley are bigger games than Burnley, Hull and possibly Boro from previous season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenhgate Owl Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 6 minutes ago, bradowl said: It was terrible to see us finish 4th with over 80 points, the 5-1 win against Norwich was worse performance in years. Bring back Irvine and league one. so you think the performances where great ? I go to be entertained and hopefully get a win ,not paying £35+ to watch bannan pass to lees,lees lump up the field. and out of 23 home matches you can name 1 decent performance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristmace Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 1 minute ago, bradowl said: I think we had a few more attractive fixtures last season,Villa, Newcastle and Barnsley are bigger games than Burnley, Hull and possibly Boro from previous season. True. The average game was still a category up on the previous year though, so those 3 weren't just the cause of that. We've spent money and it's got to be recouped. I would expect a similar shift up the categories this coming season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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