Hull City membership scheme
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Bryn Gunn
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MTFC offer a similar scheme that runs alongside standard season tickets.
If I remember right, it's £35 a season to become a Quarry Lane Member. After that each game is £15 admission and there are other incentives like a free programme and drink every now and then.
It's nowhere near as big a saving as Hulls idea and the scheme falls on its arse if you don't pre purchase match day tickets (goes back up to the standard price on the day). Which kind of defeats the objective in my opinion, it supposed to be as flexible as possible.
A good idea though. Especially these days of people having irregular work patterns, shifts, working away etc. because games get moved around regularly and football isn't a 3pm Saturday thing anymore.
Season tickets are no longer financially viable for some people.
If I remember right, it's £35 a season to become a Quarry Lane Member. After that each game is £15 admission and there are other incentives like a free programme and drink every now and then.
It's nowhere near as big a saving as Hulls idea and the scheme falls on its arse if you don't pre purchase match day tickets (goes back up to the standard price on the day). Which kind of defeats the objective in my opinion, it supposed to be as flexible as possible.
A good idea though. Especially these days of people having irregular work patterns, shifts, working away etc. because games get moved around regularly and football isn't a 3pm Saturday thing anymore.
Season tickets are no longer financially viable for some people.
valspoodle
Steve Chettle
Having floated the subject then given no details about it, how are we supposed to think it a good or a bad idea. Sounds like an insurance salesman writing that bit of news "..some people will save £232 per season". And what about the rest?
The cynic in me suspects that if a businessman thought up the idea, then he's not going to lose money over it. Perhaps he's gambling that more people will buy cheaper tickets so that he not only clears the same amount in gate receipts, but gains more in catering, programme sales etc.
The cynic in me suspects that if a businessman thought up the idea, then he's not going to lose money over it. Perhaps he's gambling that more people will buy cheaper tickets so that he not only clears the same amount in gate receipts, but gains more in catering, programme sales etc.
Bryn Gunn
Cash is King!
Theoretically it's a good idea, you spend and watch what you want when you want, it's a more flexible way of following your team.
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Jack Burkitt
Hull fans have been going over this all day at work today. Most feel that they'll be making a saving, even the non-season ticket holders. I asked what would become of the standard club finance model where you sell X season tickets and know you've a guaranteed income to spend on players but fans here felt the chairman would not be spending much next year if they don't go up. I also asked them why they boo their players when they are in the top four with a game in hand over the top two and got told the team 'should easily be' in the top two because it's a top two squad. Hmm.
Raymondo Ponte'
It's all about mid-table...
Mekkit a tenner at every ground in all 4 divisions of the football league.
That's a good scheme.
That's a good scheme.
Raymondo Ponte'
It's all about mid-table...
Thuv orlus binna bit dense in Hull.
Bryn Gunn
Cash is King!
Football Utopia.
Barry
Where's me hammer?
Why were the 20s plenty campaign claiming a victory when the price was set at 30 notes?
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A. Trialist
Good post
I work shifts and can no longer make night games or Bank Holiday weekend matches
This can be as much as half the home games if Sky piss about with the fixture list
Bryn Gunn
Cash is King!
It's a compromise, which is more than most expected. They don't usually budge on these things.
Exactly. It's the way forward mate. The times have changed and so has Football, there needs to be more flexibility, especially outside the Premiership.
This season has been the worst for me in terms of games being rescheduled at short notice, sometimes too short if the game is moved to a weeknight evening for television.
Sometimes I feel the Matchday supporter is treated as an after thought by clubs.
Sometimes I feel the Matchday supporter is treated as an after thought by clubs.
Bryn Gunn
Cash is King!
In terms of revenue we are Chris. But to promote the product on TV they need folk in the stadium. Thankfully.
We are the backdrop.
What will Villa receive in parachute payments this season? £90m allegedly. The income from their gates is irrelevant by comparison. The Holte End is scenery, it used to be an asset.
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Andy!
This season I've missed 3 or 4 games but only one has been moved, I was on holiday for Cardiff and the others I just couldn't be bothered as we were shit and they were night games when I had work at 6am the the following day
I'm Red Till Dead
Stuart Pearce
Sounds great, but the 23 home league games would only generate £7,032,480 pa. with full attendance or under a third of the £26m 2014-15 wage bill. If you can get the players wages capped it might work, otherwise we might have to go back to using amateur players to fulful FFP.
GOBIAS
Ian Bowyer
I don't know the full details but a lot of my Hull supporting mates seem to be saying it will work out cheaper for full adult season ticket holders but will work out costing concession tickets so will put off kids, OAP's and young adults. I think they are uprooting a lot of regulars from their seats. All in all it will probably have the effect of reducing their crowds and pissing off the fanbase (again) should they not go up.
MaxiRobriguez
Bob McKinlay
I renew my season ticket purely cos I like where I sit at the moment. Does this scheme guarantee a specific seat?
Interesting way to look at it and it could get people at the ground earlier (spending more money)?
Interesting way to look at it and it could get people at the ground earlier (spending more money)?
Raymondo Ponte'
It's all about mid-table...
I thought we were doing.
GOBIAS
Ian Bowyer
Yes it does but I think they are changing the pricing of certain areas that will displace people currently there. They are also closing the upper tier entirely and aren't selling memberships up there and will only open it for big games as ticket only.