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Post by Admin on May 6, 2023 11:20:06 GMT
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Post by antz27 on May 6, 2023 11:57:42 GMT
So you save £35 if you get a season ticket adult ticket £310 or it’s £345 if you were to buy tickets on the day.
Shame it’s only a £20 saving on early bird.
Notice the over 65 price has remained the same £10
At these prices I’d be expecting us to be challenging for the title and not hear Spencer saying the players are tired and resorting to end of season duds to get us over the line
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Post by smithy on May 6, 2023 12:08:04 GMT
Noticed the prices changed after a few comments on social media!
I get matchday pricing going up to £15, thought it would happen last year. But I’d of thought early bird pricing would have a better saving on regular season tickets.
Hopefully the extra money in means we are getting some quality players in this summer!
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Post by antz27 on May 6, 2023 12:12:41 GMT
If the early bird was slightly cheaper maybe £260 there’d be more early uptake that way it’s still a significant saving on the full season ticket price. But at £290 your only saving £20 on the full season ticket so no real need to get in early
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Post by peterw on May 6, 2023 13:58:22 GMT
Feels like on own goal. To be fair the standard £15 will probably be more consistent with other clubs in NLS but an inflation busting 32% increase in the early bird price? If at the same discount as last season the early bird price would be £275. So £290 is basically 1 game less than last season with, as Nigel said, 20 games attended as a minimum to be better off compared to 19 last season.
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Post by Admin on May 22, 2023 23:48:12 GMT
Coming back to this. The Club hasn't moved the dial, so either the Club is happy with the season ticket sales so far or they think they'll get the money from matchday admissions anyway (while losing out on getting the money upfront during a period when there is precious little other income coming in).
I continue to think an opportunity has been missed. An attractive season ticket offer turns occasionals into regulars - and each time they come along there is the opportunity to further monetize their attendance through the club shop, bar and food outlets, bringing their mates, etc. If they're not there in the first place then the incremental revenue is zero.
There's a reason why the likes of St Albans and Tonbridge have massively increased their home attendances in recent seasons. Attracting as many people as possible through the turnstiles by good value pricing organically expands the fanbase. Both price their season tickets attractively.
(I've not included any COVID-affected seasons in the stats below)
Tonbridge Angels attendances:
2022/23 - 1,047
2021/22 - 832
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2018/19 - 620
2017/18 - 421
St Albans City attendances:
2022/23 - 1,402
2021/22 - 1,311
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2018/19 - 841
2017/18 - 765
The numbers for Farnborough FC:-
2022/23 - 602
2021/22 - 480
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2018/19 - 326
2017/18 - 291
So, we've increased our attendances by over 100% in five years, but from an extremely low base. To put the numbers into perspective we've added 311 fans in the last five years while Tonbridge and St Albans have added 626 and 637 fans respectively.
Another but, this past season we were the 6th poorest supported club in the division - only Hemel, Oxford City, Cheshunt, Hungerford and Concord were below us.
This needs to change. Urgently. Otherwise we'll soon be revisiting the bad old days.
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Post by Tom Bowen on May 23, 2023 7:24:54 GMT
How the much is the adult admission price for our matches? Has it stayed the same?
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Post by antz27 on May 23, 2023 8:51:06 GMT
How the much is the adult admission price for our matches? Has it stayed the same? Nope it’s gone up from £12 to £15 for adult tickets |
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Post by peterw on May 23, 2023 11:15:24 GMT
Having considered the position I have come to the conclusion that I will not be taking the risk of buying an over priced season ticket.
With the current early bird price, missing only 3 games is basically break even. The fixtures will not be known before the purchase deadline so if you are unlucky that 2 week holiday you have booked could account for 3 games in itself!
In the last season pre-covid (2018/19) I went to 16 league games (out of 21). In the last 2 seasons I have missed only 1 league game each season so a season ticket was value for money but having purchased a season ticket of course there is an incentive to go to as many games as possible.
It is almost inevitable for most of us that we will miss a game or more due to holiday or other commitments. For me I would take the risk if the break even was 5 games which equates to a season ticket price of £270, but otherwise I will just pay on the gate.
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Post by betweenthesticks on May 23, 2023 19:08:53 GMT
I still say that a book of 10 tickets, a scratch card or a loyalty card stamped with a John Bull kit, or even a potato at the turnstiles, would be a popular option for 10 games paid upfront even for just a £1 saving a game.
That's nearly two pints in the bar.
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Post by archbishopchunder on May 25, 2023 15:08:13 GMT
100% right Nigel! I never understand why we don't learn from other clubs.
It's also a fair bet that the increased turnout from away fans last season accounts for a fair portion of the 122 more people through the turnstiles! So we've probably added no more than 50 of our own spectators in a good season.
All this while teams even lower down the pyramid, such as Farnham, have been enjoying the non league boom in crowds.
Someone at the club needs to be focussing on this. The Trust is just starting out and they are doing some excellent work, but someone else needs to start work on various incentives. Pick up the phone and talk to people at St Albans, Dulwich, Farnham etc
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Post by smithy on May 25, 2023 16:28:20 GMT
100% right Nigel! I never understand why we don't learn from other clubs. It's also a fair bet that the increased turnout from away fans last season accounts for a fair portion of the 122 more people through the turnstiles! So we've probably added no more than 50 of our own spectators in a good season. All this while teams even lower down the pyramid, such as Farnham, have been enjoying the non league boom in crowds. Someone at the club needs to be focussing on this. The Trust is just starting out and they are doing some excellent work, but someone else needs to start work on various incentives. Pick up the phone and talk to people at St Albans, Dulwich, Farnham etc You highlight Farnham, who are owned and sponsored by massive YouTube personalities which therefore drive fans in for their popularity rather than the clubs. Theirs isn’t a non league boom. They’ve now got a massive budget because of the owners. |
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Post by antz27 on May 25, 2023 18:11:13 GMT
They’ve also just announced a new stand and partnership with brewdog.
Be interesting to see what their season ticket price is this year it was £115 last season.
This is one of the problems it’s easier to upset and lose fans than it is to get them back and we already have 2 louder neighbours with cheaper pricing in Aldershot and Woking and we now have 2 up and coming neighbours in Bracknell and Farnham so we now have 5 clubs looking to get supporters and we’re not doing much to entice new supporters and we’re doing everything in my opinion to upset the ones we’ve got with ridiculous pricing and non communication on ins and outs
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Post by Tom Bowen on May 25, 2023 19:14:45 GMT
To add to that, you've got some of the long-serving supporters who have been at the club for years and have had season tickets regularly are not renewing their season tickets. So it's not just discouraging people from thinking about coming along, it's also losing people who have been there for years.
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Post by antz27 on May 25, 2023 19:37:29 GMT
To add to that, you've got some of the long-serving supporters who have been at the club for years and have had season tickets regularly are not renewing their season tickets. So it's not just discouraging people from thinking about coming along, it's also losing people who have been there for years. Yep exactly my point above it’s easier to lose fans than it is to get them. And it seems that’s what is happening long term supporters aren’t renewing which means they will come to less games and spend less money, new supporters will undoubtedly choose one of the other local cheaper to support teams as mentioned previously both Woking and Aldershot play at the level above us against better opponents and their season tickets either cheaper than ours on the early deal or £9 more expensive but you’ll be watching better clubs. And looking at social media Farnham, bracknell and Woking have all been more louder than us with not only announcing fixtures but players leaving, players staying and new signings yet all we’ve done is announce some games and at present as far as I am concerned we don’t have a team to play in them. |
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