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Just wondering, how many haven't or aren't planning on paying the second installment of their season ticket?
My old man just told me he wont be re-newing his, and that shocked me, and he's seen some shit in his time.
Is it really that bad?

Nope i wont be

I have not paid for mine, but that is more a logistical problem

I fully intend to though

Weren't you supposed to pay a month and a half ago?

like I said.............its a logistical problem

a) I work in London

b) Saturdays I am in the pub

UMMM neither me or my boyfriend have renewed yet - he doesnt think he wants to and Ive got no money!

My dads in a right stress and is refusing to go to the Leciester legends thing - like you said STFC4LIFE my dads seen some proper shit in his 50 odd years of supporting town - never known him so pissed off with it all

you can pay over the phone you lazy cunt

I signed up for the direct debit and the fuckers took it a month early.

I'd have paid it anyway but the principle is a bit of a pain.

I've renewed mine.

Doesn't matter how fucking bad it is (And it's not that bad) if I only wanted to see a winning team, I wouldn't have started supporting Swindon in the first place.

I can understand new people, who took advantage of the price, not paying the 2nd installment, but people who have followed Swindon for years?

If it's due to finances fine, if it's because we're not winning games fuck off then, you fickle fuckers.

It's not actually optional. People signed up to pay for a s/t just in two installments, not to buy half then decide whether or not to pay for a second half

Technically we have until the yeovil game. Herthab mine is a bit of both and the fact i cant be assed to go to the ground to update it

Correct, but for those who paid in cash the first time round, I doubt the club will go to the effort of pursuing them for the money- it would be unpopular and cost more than it gains I suspect.

That makes you a semi fickle, lazy fucker then.

This is true, what if i go to every away game but not the home games?

In practice yes, but in principal it's not supposed to be optional. Oh and DRS the deadline was Oct 1st, not the Yeovil game, it's just you keep your seat until then, so technically you don't have till then you're overdue. If they start selling half season tickets and you haven't paid the 2nd half, you run the risk of losing your seat

Ok but if i turn up at the yeovil game and say "Hi i am here for for fucking dross here is my cash" they wont say no.

Well, if I had to pick you up from work/home you'd still be a lazy fucker. Maybe, if you like away games that much, you'd be a lazy fucker with a semi?

Well, yeah, but it was you who said "technically". So I was just being pedantic for the sake of it. You can stab me on Saturday

Well,  thanks to all those who decide not to pay the second instalment - That'll ensure we don't get that option next time around.

I have, only because i said if my dad does i will. Damn it! Still, let's hope for a quick change in fortune and get better results..starting at leicster haha.

I've heard AF is changing the spread payment idea a little next year.  The season ticket prices will be going up but you can spread your payment over 23 matches, any you only actually pay for games you attend.   Sounds like a winner.

Don't mention it, i would imagine the people who had money taken out 4 weeks earlier than they should of would not take that option next year anyway.

I feel for Andrew Fitton.  The feel good momentum from the season ticket deal - which, let's not forget, was the best deal we've had in years - has been lost.

He has clearly wanted to sort out the club off the field first, and then on the field second...in that order.  But much as we love the fact that Diamandis has gone and that the back office is being run professionally, it doesn't set the pulses racing the same way as a winning team.  I think he'll need to address the manager/coaching staff issue sooner than he had wanted to.

I paid no attention to that part of my purchase. I didn't even know that we owe payment for the second installment, i just assume because i still have some tickets, everything is good.

They'd opt to pay 100% upfront even if they didn't have to ?

I got a letter from the club about it a couple of weeks ago but the postman left it poking out of the letterbox thing and it got soaked and broke in half

my boyfriend never got one

Neither have i had a letter yet

I had a letter,but never had a season ticket.

are you jealous?

Blame Ralphy

I paid for mine at the first instance.

well done Gary

I will pay 15th December.  Cash flow, Ive used it 4 times so they can wait. 

Sorry but I don't understand: 'the results aren't right or I don't like MM, so I won't pay for the 2nd payment' bollocks. I paid for my season ticket on the basis I would attend every match (that's what a season ticket means).

The 2 part arrangement was only there to accommodate the scenario of how many season ticket holders we eventually end up with, not optional on the basis of whether we're happy with the results.

I had a letter from Malpas begging me to pay for the 2nd part :)

really? or are you a big fat liar?

whats not to understand?

People dont want to go to every match anymore because its rubbish.

Its a big V sign to that Fitton loser

I signed up to watch every game until christmas. Understand that bitch

Dont get me wrong I will pay, just when I really have to, my understanding was it was December when I cant use mine anymore.

So don't sign up for a season ticket then. I don't get a season ticket on the basis we will win promotion, but because I want to see every match.

I got one due to everyone wanting the 6,000 mark.  In fact its cost me about £30 quid a game come saturday.

Good for you Mr Die Hard.

I didnt get one because I cant go to all the games and also Im way to cool.

People like DRS are fickle and related to Satan,if i see going to a game ill chuck dobs at him.

I thought you had written Mr D Hand

thats my dads name tee hee!

Grow up. It's not a question of being a die hard supporter, but personal responsibility, if you sign up for a season ticket then you've made the choice to pay to watch every game regardless of the results.

I will counteract your attack with apples and shit

 :D

People welch on this sort of thing all the time,its not like they are getting something for free is it.If they no longer wish to purchase the product then thats their choice .

unless we are in a relegation battle then our season is over.i dont blame people for not paying the second installment.
the big sales push pre season, and play off talk from management and players has fizzled away into the reality of mid table at very best, with the fans at the players and vice versa.
it really has been dismal so far, and malpas is about as popular as ian huntley.
fitton has to think forward.even if we finish mid table with malpas still in charge, loads of this seasons ticket holders wont bother next season.
this is a season wasted now whatever happens.all fitton and us can hope is for some optimism to whet the appetite again.
i've concluded that malpas needs to be sacked pronto,in an attempt to try to keep this seasons ticket holders.

It'll be interesting if their decision forces us to sell one or two players in the January transfer window.

Do you mean sacking Malpas or just lack of season tickets?

Either way people wont be happy if we sell any of our players, nor will then be happy if/when we end up with Byrne and/or Williams in charge again

I have two season tickets that I havn't renewed.  I'll get round to it eventually I suppose.  But like the team I'm lacking the heart.

Are you some kind of fat bastard? Or just greedy?

Do not try the guilt trip :)

can we pick who they sell???

Right all round.  A fat greedy bastard

Even i've renewed mine and i'm not able to go to Saturday games anymore  :doh:

Has to be said the only reason i've done it is cause my other half wants to let his mates use it in exchange for a pint,but still i've done it  :D

i understand why people are not buying the secound installment,i think i,ve made an error buying mine.like a lot of other people i was realy looking forward to this season and after the first game it looked as though things were changing and being a swindon fan would be exciting and a change from what the last 15 yrs has brought us.How wrong we were.
apart from that result on the first day i,ve endured,
frustration
boredom
embaressment
anger
bemusement
astonishment
apathy
even more embaressment
conned
stressed
uninterested
tired
and very very unhappy.oh and we,ve only got leicester saturday.   shit

Spot on with that, in the past i have justified with the thought that they actually give a fuck but now i genuinly believe they dont, Malpas included. Just my opionion obviously

malpas is about as good as mcmahon.SHIT

no he is worse than mcmahon.just not as much of a cunt

i dont pay for tickets but if i did i wouldnt stop going cos we have been playing shit

im sure jerel would disagree :)

MALPAS  go walk out the door don,t turn around your not welcome anymore   we will survive

Look at you all, jumping on the not going bandwaggon.

i wish

I meant season tickets. Whilst it probably isn't a massive financial impact, the fiuture ST sales in next season could be taken into account.

That said, if they chose to keep Malpas, despite sustained poor performance, we won't get renewals anyway, especially if we do have to sell one or two players.

Oh fuck, that sounds really bleak.

How many season ticket holders did we lose under Kingy?

I expect they went up in the 04/05 season after the play offs the season before but then went down when we finished mid table and sold Parkin.

Has anyone got any stats about season ticket sales?

To me I think (hope) that the only people who will stop going are the johnny armchairfan who have only started going this season because it was cheap.

I'd like to think we've got a hardcore fanbase of a couple of thousand that always have been and always will be there.

Fitton knows what hes doing so I expect he's been realistic when budgeting future season ticket sales.

I don't think it ever drops below 2000 and normally not above 3500 at most.

Non renewals will lead to a sale, that's for sure, because the seasons budget will be carved up if the income doesn't come as guaranteed.

Mine was paid on the due date.  It's my first ever season ticket and I've seen worse, so it's cheaper for my shit watching than in previous years, which allows more pre match beer expenditure.

But we've got 5300 or so season ticket holders and our hardcore fanbase can only be about the same. We've enjoyed decent attendances this year, despite some awful football. I can only imagine this is down to season ticket sales.

Like Rob says, it's guaranteed income which will suffer. A player sale will be inevitable. Fitton cannot budget for underperformance, save perhaps the added cost of a mangerial change. I would imagine his realistic budget would actually be three - a best, worst and average case scenario. My point is if we get the worst case scenario we will have to find the money elsewhere. I suspect the worst case scenario means budget cuts elsewhere and/or other income streams such as player sales.

I don't think it's good to compare budgeting in previous years, because it was non existent.

I thought they budgeted for 4500 they said this year, if they want renewals then a change is needed.

your my hero :)

Thanks. I knew you had 'special' feelings for me, but your hero? That's a lot to live up to.......

I think you are a wanker. From hero to zero in two posts

I love you Dean. You're cuddly.

still time to renew for anyone who has not done so yet, just spoke to ticket office

Yes I know - would anyone like to pay mine for me??? go on I will be your best friend?? I could consider it an early Xmas present?

I'll do it in exchange for sexual favours.

ermmmm thanks but that wasnt really what I had in mind!

Oh well, worth a try ;)

So you want something for nothing? Typical woman... :)

YEP!!!

You can clean my apartment for a year?

how much is it?

£120 - see nothing to a rich man like yourself!!  ;)

where shall i send the money?

seriously Im joking -thats very swet but Ive been doing overtime at work this month to pay for it!
seeing as I dont know who you are (aledigly) then thats a bit random!

JPC > Fatbury

Yep. He's real smooooooooooooooth.

Aledigly

whoop my dad said he would pay towards it as my Xmas pressie!

Good old daddykins

Jcp is Jfw's dad

ummmmm if he was wouldnt that make the "thing under his name" slightly wrong?

He is from oxford