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Okay folks only post on this thread when you've been to the ground and bought your ticket.  Please include family and friends season tickets as long as they have definitely bought their tickets.

I haven't yet as I have to wait til Monday, but this post will be edited then.

So please let us good TEF'ers know how many the TEF has contributed towards our STFC target of 6,000. (As V V and DB have done below).

Me, brother and mate got ours. So 3.

2 for me (adult tickets) Don Rogers Stand

2 in the Arkells, me and my mate. No queue to report.

5 in arkells.

1000 in the TE, 2000 in the Arkells and 2000 in the Don Rogers

Glad I got in before you then. I bet you paid with loose change as well.

I think the key thing is though how many are new S/T holders rather than existing, as we need to find around 2800 new S/T holders

I don't think all TEF'ers have been st holders recently - I and and my friends family haven't.

Just interested to see how many the TEF(and fs&f) take up.

Did not renew season ticket last season, before that a season ticket holder for many years.

12 so far then, unless you count Si Pi's magnificent contribution

   I think its only a hanful of hardcore regulars from the TEF who actually go to games.

I failed to make double figures last season.

I will be renewing, but haven't done so yet. Would you like me to let you know when I've done it?

What I would like to see is an STFC Season Ticket Initiative version of the classic "Minesweeper" game (typically found within Microsoft's popular Windows operating system). How the games works is that you pick yourself a seat in the south stand, and if you are within 5 seats of a migrating Town End'er, then you lose.

Over to you Nick Watkins.

3 of us have been going football nearly 5 years with season tickets, the other two i have joining are just starting really.

my dad and 2 others are renewing.

I imagine that quite a few will wait until they get paid at the end of the month

I go to most games but never had a ST as never sure whether I'd be in Swindon for the full season.  Getting one this season for the DR a) because they're cheap and b) will definitely be here for a whole season.

Some of us refused to buy a season ticket last year because we didn't want Diamandis to get his hands on the money.  I bought a "last six" ST when the rabble had gone, but suspect a number did not, but certainly would this time.

Just so you know 300 have been sold so far.

By the way that proves Si Pi is a lying wanker

Is 300 good or bad for a few days?  Not bad really considering most won't be paid until the end of the month plus we've already had a bank holiday which tends to drain the funds.  I'd imagine they'll sell well at weekends (if the Box Office is open Saturday still?) as a lot of people can't there during the week.

As Nick watkins said if we sell 150 a day we will hit target i would imagine end of month will see a big increase aswell

 :shock:

I just phones the ticket office - I was on hold for 6 minutes before I got through - thats a good sign isnt it?

No, they were all on a coffee break

Id imagine everyone who had one last year will renew,we wont see whether or not theres any chance of making the 6000 until they go on general sale

300 in two days so far is what he is going by i presume

Im getting one and so's my wife. :mrgreen:

Don't forget that this week is only renewals as well and people like us who will be buying as a new ST holder cannot do so just yet.

Yeah of course, roll on Monday!  :beers:

I will be renewing mine in a week or two, and best of all my parents are paying for it this year \ :D /

Me too, I found out yesterday that the family are planning on buying mine as my birthday present. Result!  8)

Im selling things on Ebay to pay for mine!

Same as, well they werent going to buy it....I told them to buy it.

When I was younger is was my birthday present from my Dad every year, but he stopped going and I stopped getting a season ticket and when they are over £300 its a bit much for a Birthday present.

But £229.....done, sorted!

Spoilt cunt

i'm going to get my first st this year in the don

I might stick to the Town End it's probably going to be better now most people are off to the Don Rogers  :mrgreen:

huddersfield close to selling 11000 and next target is all time recorg of 14000 .

Done.  5 renewals, all migrated from the TE to the Don Rogers.

I didn't think you could renew, but to a different stand, unitl next week - didn't really apply to me though

We have, so you can.

Unsuprisingly Town End sales a far lagging the main stand thus far.  But I guess those renewing the same seat in the Town End (or any stand) aren't likely to be in any rush to do so given the deadline is a while away.

Incidentally about 100 were solday today at 1pm. Going to be hard to keep this momentum up, so start press ganging anyone you meet!

So thats 600 sold already!

I think thats put nicely, ive been lucky to get a knitted jumper the past 5 years, ah well!

Maybe this year you could ask for a knitted season ticket cosy?

I'm sorry my parents work for their money and chose to spend it the way they do.... :D

So that's a fifth of renewals done. and 10% of the 6k, sold in 3 and a half days.

Not bad at all.

I'll be getting mine sorted in the next couple of weeks.

After just getting the email circulation from the Trust, I have to say fantastic idea/initiative to go round next Wednesday with leaflets re season tickets.  Well done to the club as well for providing these and getting involved.  Nice to see an active approach.

Cheers Lady. Which reminds me I meant to start a thread on this on here to drum up some support. See you Wednesday?

Yeah should be fine.  I start new job Monday so will see what time I get out cause of training but shouldn't be a problem.

If there was more time a few t shirts printed wouldn't go a miss for a future event....

No more time needed - the club already have t-shirts printed. We'll look like a Christian mission group hitting the pubs!  :D

Oh excellent, 6.45 at the winners then?

How many they got printed?  Might be able to talk my mate to coming to help as well....

Yup.


No idea, but I'm sure there'll be at least one spare for your mate  :D

No problemo.  She'll agree to it - I'll make her  :D

Done, migrated from TE to Don Rogers. 647 sold so far

Mine's going in today via "missus courier" - two adults and a child so that's 650!

Good start this week. 650 or so is not bad at all for 5 days of just renewals.

Probably a lot more than that now - that was 10ish this morning. If we've kept up with previous days this week, should be 800+ by now!

Good start, hopefully this week with non ST holders able to get them then we will start to see that number rise dramatically.

If anyone's going down today can they give us a "queue watch" as I'm going down later and don't want to join a 90 minute queue!

Just got back from getting mine and Lady's

No massive queues but trading is brisk

And, any 1st time season ticket purchasers get a nice new T Shirt too !  8)

hi

just to add to the running total, renewed mine and my lads season tickets and added extra junior so he can take a mate- seemed silly not to at the price. :D

piccy of the t-shirt Fred?

Why bother queueing at all for the STs. Its not as if they are going to sell out!

will take one later and post STA

The reason I queued was because I wanted specific seats near the half way line

Me and my old man want specific seats, so I'm going down later, don't mind a bit of a queue but nothing silly!

Thats just typical of this club taking its loyal supporters for granted, time and time again.

Wheres my t shirt eh? EH?

Malpas / Fitton / Wray / Ticket office man / tea lady OUT!

Cheers mate.... :roll:

ooh what are the Tshirts like?? not that I will qualify for one!!

Text you seat numbers last night bud !

 :roll:

Just a logo with

"The race to 6 k" on it

Not to me you didn't....

Oh, another one close to me - so much for my quiet life at The CG.

What row are you in Fred, I'm in M

Block N3. Row I. Seat 80

If smarties or maltesers start hitting you on the back of the head, let me tell you in advance, it is not me chucking them down from above. :wink:

Who's the twat on the OS? :D

:mrgreen:  :mrgreen:

 8)

Thats going on the wall to be used as dart board.  :x
















 :wink:

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u294/tans2007/010341367058100.jpg

Fred Elliott = Media whore  :shock:



 :wink:

I really do not want one of those t-shirts.  Fred you look like some bloke who's never been to Swindon before, but likes a good bargain!

Poundland

 8)

Fred queued all night to get his. That's how much he wanted one.

Or not.

fair play to you fred.

Got mine and my 2 mates got theirs as well - all renewals tho....

Trying to get a couple of people that I know who used to have a ticket and packed it in a couple of seasons ago to get one this year to boost the figures.

Fred Elliott in "Wasnt a town fan till now" shocker! :soapy tit wank:

FB's going to be jealous... :D

Me and a mate just got ours, so two more for the tally.

Just been down and got 6 new Season Tickets the guy behind the counter said they had sold over a 1000 in the first week.

Much of a queue Lambourn?  I'm just on my way now!

took about 10 minutes in all ,there is a small queue but it seems to be a constant flow. I am pretty optimistic that we will make the 6K.

I get paid on Friday and get my yearly bonus too. That will see me pick up 4 Season Tickets on Friday.  :D

I'm posting my renewal form off on Thursday.

A whole season awaits spent sitting next to Fred Elliott. Better start practicing my apologies to everyone in earshot now.............................  :wink:

When does the online booking system go live, i can't be bothered with queuing...

TBA. May not be for a while yet as I understand it (but don't quote me). If you're looking to renew an existing seat, I'd download the form and post it in

Apparently the club still have no idea how they're going to police the split payment thing. Oops.

Me and my mate have just bought one each and one each for our dad's too, so 4 more to the total.

No queue when I got there, although by the time we left there was about 6 people waiting.

I was wondering that, I would imagine in a sense they will be relying on people's conciece (sp ?) and I'm sure there will be some out there that will leave it and try and get away with it.

Wherby if they used the credit card style ST's where like train station's you swipe your card then they can block certain ST's and when they query why they can't get in they will be told to pay up, but to implement this type of thing will be costly I'm sure.

I would like to see designated ST turnstiles next season though so you don't have to queue behind everyone else.

If they sell 6000 a designated season ticket turnstile will have longer queues than a normal matchday ticket one.

On the split ST thing, the first book will be given to you containing the first 10 games tickets. In order to get the remaining ones, you'll need to go in and cough up for the second half.

There's a box on the form if you're paying by credit card to have the second half payment taken automatically

Yes, but that's the plan for the cash folks.

Sounds like good news, over a thousand in a week. At this rate we'll reach 6k before the end of June! Will print off my renewal form thursday and get it posted off friday morn.

Cheers dude.  I have questions:

what seat number am i
can i swap occasionally to annoy Herthab  :D
do I get a t shirt or do only special people that queue get one?  :mrgreen:

Well over 1,000 sounds good, but what I would be more interested in hearing is how many NEW STs are there?

The real race is to get 3,000 new season tickets sold, as I'm quite sure that almost all current holders will renew.

If you and Fred wake me up during games you'll be sorry!

(I get very grumpy if I'm woken up)

D3 I 78

Yes, constantly, even during the game if you want to

Got it here mate

 8)

How many ST's did you get Fred?

Good question.

If this was the music industry then multiple purchases from the same outlet would be discounted from total sales figures.

deux

Gazza wimped out on the account that you scare him

 :wink:

its calculated on "total sales" mate

I asked the question this morning

Where's mine? Cunt  :cry:

I dont buy for bald people

It's a phobia I have !

 :wink:

You can be so cruel sometimes. I'm off to buy a wig........

get a scouse one please !

 :mrgreen:

Not if they have a designated non season ticket holder turnstile  :soapy tit wank:

About another 250 sold today, pretty good going!

How many have we sold now then? About 1,250 ish? It's going really well. I just hope it doesn't slow up.

No, it's just over 150. We were up to 1100 last night and now it's 1256

http://www.swindontownfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/TicketNews/0,,10341~1312747,00.html

Still good going though.

Oh and a quick question. Does anyone know if the Ticket office is opening Saturdays to sell STs? It's easier for me than getting time off work.

They are open from 9am to 12pm on Saturdays, I think.

I would still be more interested in knowing how many new STs are being bought...

They are opening on Saturdays, but rather unhelpfully I can't remember what times!

Got mine, no queue, and the ticket man seemed quite jocular.

1,377 sold now  8)

Got mine this afternoon.

And they are open until 8pm tomorrow.

Just posted off mine and my lads..........

Just bought 3!  First time ever!

 8)

well done mate !

Fuck that I'm, having a Chelsea one I want teams that are good

Me and my mate renewed today (although we have moved from Town End to DR stand)....2 more to the tally!

That seems to be the consensus Bob

The DR next year is going to be jammed and with that hopefully a good atmosphere, in a Russ Abbott kinda way

More standing room in the TE then  :D  :beers:

on your own, on your own, on your own !

 :wink:

Nope i'll be part of a great last day atmosphere when we stroll to promotion  8) I'm sure many others will be involved in the party  :D

good for you and the chavs on the front right of goal.

I am proud of you for sticking to your roots Rich

 :mrgreen:

The Chavs in the DR are a lot worse though Fred  :wink:

Lurker mCann just bought first one for 10 years(still been to pretty much every home game)and 2 mates who were long term stayaways just been in with me and bought up,free pizza and free road to promotion dvd.

I'll be going in on Saturday to get my first ST for 5 years - along with my Dad and a mate who are getting their first ST's at Swindon!  :D

Also persuaded the mrs parents and grandad to get them as well!  So all in all another 6 new ST holders towards the 6k!   :beers:

We're going to have to rename this place at the rate people are moving from the TE to the Don Rodgers.

thedonrodgersstand.com...hmm. Not quite right.

 Maybe because there's no d in Rogers.

That'd do it.

I sit in the Arkells, and from an outside view thetownend has lost it's atmosphere. It's been shocking for a while now, maybe because of that bad run near the end of season. Lets hope it changes for next season...

MAJOR SYSTEM FAILURE

thats what the ticket office bloke told me :(  

they cant process any applications currently, meaning i am going to have to get myself out of bed tomorrow morning after tonights piss up

dammit

They take your details and will process them when fixed.

i was on the phone, with cash in my hand..not going to work unless i go in person

How do you pay by cash over the phone? :?

i phoned to check re getting specific seats

wtf is this 20 questions!

what was you wearing have you ever touched a fish

cowboy hat, speedos and yes, many many times

I am going to add you to my awards list

1,638 sold now. Good stuff.

Posted my form off today  8)

are you in the same place?

Not for me they didn't. 4 of us went went down in our lunch break armed with £600 between us and were bluntly told we would have to come back because of a computer problem. I find it quite appalling there is no contingency plan for this sort of thing and turning paying customers away when trying to hit a target I find most odd. Get it sorted STFC. I know we will come back but it might make others think twice.

Have they tried switching it off and on again?

Come on chaps (not you si) Its a new system, bound to be issues at first.  So many people on here stuck up for Terminal 5 and Heathrow when that went tits up!  Give our little box office a chance please - its a step forward from what we've ever had before ticketing wise!  If some of you don't want to go in, wait until the online system is working and use that.  :wink:

Or post the fucking form! It only costs a 1st class stamp and, if you add £1.50, they'll even post your season ticket(s) back to you.

No queues, no hassle........

My dad renewed his yesterday I think. He goes with a friend and his son (not sure if they've renewed yet or not)

I was tempted to get one myself as I plan to go to quite a few Saturday home matches (10 is my target) but I don't think it is financially viable bearing in mind it costs me about 150 Euro just to get to the County Ground each time I come over.

Yes, but I can see the point GR is making - fair enough, systems do fail, but surely it's not unreasonable to say well OK, we'll take your completed forms and your cash and add them when the system comes back up? We need to be selling all the tickets we can and if there's people stood there with completed forms and cash, they shouldn't be turned away.

<disclaimer>There may be a perfectly good explanation as to why this isn't possible in which case I apologise for spouting out of my arse about stuff I know nowt about</disclaimer>

just purchased my 2

That I am, you renewing for the same place?

yeppers.

Cool. See you next season then!

How many are staying in the townend on here?

moi.

Just got 2 ST's first since 93

Me and Si are i think.

Got 2 today for the DRS.

What are you buying that cunt season tickets for?

I am. I'll give you a wave.

me too

if i do i will

i am aswell. Getting mine tomorrow.

Got our 3 tickets today - that's roughly 1800 now per the guy in the ticket office! :)

1800 by lunchtime is pretty good going. Hopefully we'll atleast be pushing 2000 by close of play tomorrow!

Got mine on Sat

I'm impressed they've only been on sale to general public for 8 days and we've already sold almost 2000.

But how any are ST holders renewing though, hopefully a good chunck is newbies.

I must admit I expected it to be higher as people would want to try and make sure they get decent seat's rather than having to get 2nd best.

After 16 June (ST holders seats are held) that will give us a good idea of if we can hit the target, hopefully we will see 4000+ by this time.

Good so far, but we haven't beat last years total yet :)

Wonder how many % are new sales?

I expect alot are new sales due to the fact season ticket holders (none of this bangwagon jumping shite  :D ) still have their seats held onto for another week.

i think 4500 needed by june 16 that leaves 1500 more to get in the 7 weeks remaining-----i still haven,t got my 4.

Me and my dad are off to renew our seats in Arkells stand, so thats 2 more for the count.  :beers:

800 new sales so far. :beers:

Not bas at all that.

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that worked well.  :D

we,ve all been on the bottle by the look of it

well it is Friday.

Fred's still got my birthday bottle of axs red. Grrr... at Fred.

White Ace is seeming a bit uncivilised at the moment. Oh well, we've got to push through our boundaries occasionally.

Looks like around 200 sold today, getting there slowly

gayyyy. your all battyy no-one in theire right mind will get one, its not thtat special an offer,

i,m not in my right mind and i,m getting 4.

Just been to renew mine. They have had the booklets delivered this morning, so they should be ready to be collected soon.  8)

How the fuck are they going to do that??  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

How are they looking at the website without internet access?

Fitton out!

2750 sold at 9am today.

don't think we are going to do it, maybe 4500 but not 6 :(  

shame, maybe next year

I went and renewed yesterday as I was in Swindon and the season ticket wallets had just been delivered and their pretty much the same as this years really from what I could see.

I noticed they were pressure washing the plastic windbreaks on the Arkells Stand..........must be a fun job as probably 40 years of grime on them to remove.

from the amount of contractors and workmen buzzing about the arkells stand when i pick the mail up compared to this time last year, i think we might be pleasantly surprised come the first home friendly. i particularly like the rather simple touch of painting the bricks on the arkells stand red, just kinda freshens it up a bit.

Just renewed my season ticket this morning and they are now issuing the plastic wallets.

Not earth shattering news I know but hey !!  :D

5 of us will be getting ours Saturday morning before we loose our seats

Old man at the end of the row has moved to disabled so we can all fit in the same row! yeay!

You bully!

I think there's going to be a bit of a rush of people getting their tickets towards the end of this week to keep their seats. If people on the 'outside' then see the increased number sold it mnight encourage them to join the bandwagon

I've already taken it. Unlucky.

you cant off - the man in the ticket office wont let you - he is my best mate not yours!

Sam I only care for the wellfare of said old man  :D

Just bought mine and the missus'.

Mine arrived in the post today. Which was nice.

We're going to get ours next week.

Getting mine tomorrow (Friday). After I've paid my money I'm going straight over to that cunting great thermometer sign that they've put up opposite the magic roundabout, just to watch it creep up a little bit more :wink:

I couldn't help but read that in a Danny Dyer stylie.

Jog on you caaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaant

Just went past and they have the race for 6k chart on the magic round about.

Missus said though you said they were not skint why do they need 6k?

Stupid Bint

:Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

It did raise a interesting point though Br ,we all know what it is for but all it says is race for 6k does not mention season tickets.

Yeah, but it's a "brand" isn't it? It's the slogan the whole campaign's running under. Part of the point of such a slogan is to get people to stop and think and ask what it's about - which clearly worked in this case

Yeah i agree paul as i know what its about but on the other hand my missus would not go in and ask why they need £6k.

Dont get me wrong what a refreshing change to see the club advertising and i am more optomistic of hitting the target now than i was 2-3 weeks ago.Just thought that could confuse people but like you say that could be part of the reasoning.

By the way any chance of getting something put on the big screens in town

It's a bit of a balance really - with a drive past slogan like that, all you can do is get people to notice it and hope it sticks somewhere, even if it's just to get them thinking "What's that about, must ask someone". They can't really put the whole season ticket leaflet up on a big banner and hope people will read that as they drive past (not without causing accidents anyway)


I believe the club are working on that, but there's a fair few levels of beaurocracy to jump through as I understand it

Just renewed mine and bought my son one (adult)  So, one existing season ticket holder and one new one.

I'm getting mine next week, as is my old man. Literally can't wait for the new season to start!

3200 now, and roughly 100 being bought a day!  Looking more positive now I would say.

Be interesting to see after June 16th how many they have sold and how many of those are new ST holders.

Thought id pop in just after 12 on a Sunday.....wont be busy....

50 minutes later I've finally got my season ticket the que is still out the door and the ticket office is due to close in 10 minutes.

Witnessed at least 7 new season ticket holders while I was there. Be interesting to hear the numbers by end of play tomorrow.

Must have been our brilliant leafleting last night.

Sales really have picked up this last week. That's obviously partly due to renewals but the rate we are selling at now puts us easily on target which is great.

I believe we have already exceeded last years total sales. With daily sales in excess of 100, there is no reason why we cant acheive 7,000 with the six weeks to go.

interesting to see the figures at close of play today, should give a good indication of if we expect to hit the 6k mark

I say we possibly need to be 3500+ as there should be a reasobable rise from last season with the new ST holders that have signed up

Got Mine l (3 in total) up one from last year on Saturday, (2 Renewals and 1 additional), Still not sure if were make 6,000 or not.  I really hope so, just needs to keep going a current rate.

It seems to slow a little and then picks up again for various reasons.  ie renewals deadline, payday.

We all got ours Saturday - 3 renewels plus one newby

Big love the man in the ticket office - he is a legend

Well as up to last night the figure has risen to 3,446, with just under 7 weeks to go.

It's good, but there is a long way to go yet in time to deadline, and in getting the numbers up.  

Approx 71 a day on average needed.

Anybody on here know what the opening hours are for the ticket office on a Saturday?

Normally 9am-12pm

Four sorted for me, three newbies.

I think we might be due some flag waving from the club on progress. On one hand, given the recent trends, I think we'll do extremely well to turn 3500 into 5, never mind 6 thou.

On the other, if we already have 1000 - 1200 new season ticket holders, that means there must be 600 - 800 existing who haven't renewed yet....taking us towards 4500 and game on.  And if we do get beyond 5500, I can see enough momentum building and arm twisting to drag us over the line....

To be fair, they made a big thing of passing the 3000 mark last week, they've got a "cunting great thermometer" (as deltaincline called it) on the Magic Roundabout, they do pretty much daily updates on the club site on figures sold, tbh I'm struggling to see how much more flagwaving they can do.

They should do an advert on GWR

Or radio Oxford and really piss off the yellow muppets!

There is quite a following in the Bath area. Can we gwt GWR to do an ad on Swindon & Baths channels?

Fair shout about 'flag waving' in that respect, what I meant was.....given that from day one AF and co have espoused the Japanese stuff - kaizen, lean, six sigma etc - as long as they are practising it, they'll already have a very very very clear idea about whether we'll hit 6000 or not.  

So if we're bang on the money, I might expect some bullish 'flag waving' telling us precisely that, it could rally a few more to the cause and help to dispel a growing, prevailing sense that we're not going to make it.

And if we are behind target, they'll be putting into action a million ideas about how to catch up, which we'll soon see the benefit of.

Of course, all this good business practice should be managed behind closed doors, but I'm intrigued, nosey and perhaps a little carried away: is all this change really happening at our football club?

That, and living 25 miles away I don't have the benefit of seeing a cunting great thermometer every day.

All fair points Christy. At the very least they should have a "Cunting great thermometer"-cam on the official website

This would probably infringe on the civil liberties of the "Cunting great thermometer" in all fairness.

On the GWR question, you can advertise on as many as you like but GWR Swindon, West Wilts, Bath and Bristol normally allow a packaged price which is a bit cheaper than doing 4 different ad orders.  It's not that expensive either and I've noticed Brsitol Coty do it from time to time.

What other clubs have done is to have an "event" day at the ground linked to the season ticket push, so a meet the player BBQ style thing.  I'd imagine a bit of organisation could quickly create an event that the local media cover by way of it being newsworthy, so gaining free advertising.

I still think some kind of temporary presence in the Town Centre would help.  PLenty of empty stands in the Brunel for example, where the gadget people set-up around Christmas and harrass you when shopping.

they could get a flag.

And wave it.

:mrgreen:

Sat with 5 other town fans tonight, none got one yet, I could name 20 others who havents who like us go to every game and will get one! Why but now when we can wait till October, if thats a sign

je ne comprends pas.

Balls, you know what I meant!

If by "but" you mean "buy", and by "october" you mean "the end of July" then yes.

I really didn't, and don't talk about your balls again. :D

I meant July, also buy

God I am drunk, should I be trying to upload houses to Rightmove, not so sure!

penthouse for 50 quid a month? I'll take it!

Nah only a few studios and flats, all market price! No one gets a deal from me I am afraid.  Don Rogers Shop is also thinking of nicking my business! He makes me laugh

don't ever go into advertising.

:D  I am sort of, you rented your place yet?

yep.

port vale have managed to shift 6000,if we don,t reach the 6000 what does that say about the size of our club---i mean port vale a bigger club surely not!

Good work Avs, and yes we should sell more than Vale

Make you laugh do i? how dare you.

We could of been good together

Anybody on here know what the opening hours are for the ticket office on a Friday night?

Anybody on here know what the opening hours are for the ticket office on a Thursday afternoon? :mrgreen:

As the morning genrally finishes at 12 and the after finishes at 5 I'd say they opening in theafternoon between 12 & 5  :mrgreen:

booooo! you could have continued this little jollity (hmmm think i just invented a word!)

Very funny ladies but does it open in the evening on a Friday?

No, It opens in the morning and closes in the evening. Hope this helps :mrgreen:

Yes, no, maybe, I don't know, can you repeat the question?

Don't think so, late night opening is usually Thursdays. Saturdays are 9-12. Late night threads are every night Ben's got some White Ace kicking about

I've got a plan to get to 6k. But it's a bit immoral!

Oh right, the plan. On July 31st, if we are short of 6K, get all season ticket holders beg/borrow/steal (actually not steal) an under 7 year old child. Get them a free season ticket. We'd hit 6k no problem. Mwhahahahahahahahha!

Only joking (obviously)
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Seriously, when I got my ticket I  didn't notice that "under 7's go free" , or rather didn't realise this meant they could get a season ticket of their own - thought it would be on a per-match 'subject to availability) basis. So I have gone and got one. My little one will get to go to a fair few games now, building up through the season (he's only 4 in August). I had intended to buy a ticket on a need by need basis. But this fantastic offer means he now has his own season ticket.

I feel a bit bad that his seat won't be in use every game, but it does mean we can sit next to each other (with a bit of a rejig in out group) and I don't think I am depriving anyone of the seat. We aren't going to sell out every week.

So anyway whoever thought of this initiative, nice one.

just spoke to a mate who works somewhere within the club who reckons we wont get anywhere near the 6k and the inside view is that we will get to around 5,200 tops. I asked what he was basing this on and that was that they were selling between 80-100 a day and now they are selling 30odd.

Think thats slightly pessimistic as sales are bound to pick up in the last two weeks.

If you hear anything else like that keep it to yourself, not having a pop, just think that if it's spread about that me won't make it people will believe it and we won't get anywhere near.

The other clubs who have carried out similar promotions had a mad rush in the final week or so.  Around 30% of all sales occured when the big deadline loomed at Bradford last year I think.  The mere fact of a deadline prompted a pick-up in sales and then the jump in sales caused a rush as people realised all the seats were going and they wouldn't get a decent on matchdays.  Even those who probably felt they might not get to enough games had to buy to make sure they had a seat.

im with Rob, i think alot of people wil wait and once deadline week comes round if we are near 5,200 as stevecollins says there will be alot of season tickets sold

If it's around 5000 with a week to go, I'd think we'll make it and probably go a fair bit beyond it as well.  Just think, 5000 is half the home seats sold for every match.  When that happens we tend to fill the middle 3/4 sections of the 2 main stands to a point where only singles are left.  If people realise that they are going to end up in AA1 if they don't get a season ticket, watch them panic a bit.  5000 with a week to go could very easily equal 7000 sold a week or 2 later.

I'll only get pessimistic if we are around 4000 with a week to go and with around 3600 sold now and a pay day coming, that seems less likely.  Even at 30 a day until the final week would see us around 4600 with a week to go.

We've just bought ours, so that's three more towards the total.

The last season ticket I had was to stand on the old Shrivy Road.

Sounds like a bit of a trek every other week, assuming you are in Peterborough. So well done you!

We got two this morning. Mine being a lovely shade of pink!

Has anyone had their's posted yet? haven't got mine and I worry that Leggett didn't deliver it.

Had mine posted to me the beginning of last week.................

bugger. might have to pop down there.

I wouldn't worry Axs, they're probably doing the executive seats first and leaving common types, like yourself, till last.

It will probably come 2nd class post by the beginning of August..........

who could blame them? I am but a town end pauper.

They didn't have enough to send out to all last week. Yours is probably just got sent.

I'll hang on for now, I did send it in just before the renewal date so it's probably at the bottom of the pile.

In the three days after a mini-rush for renewals of existing seats and a week or so before pay day, that's hardly surprising though is it? It was always likely to go in peaks and troughs, what's suprising is that we haven't had more pronounced spikes/lows before now

I was beginning to wonder where mine was as it'd been a few weeks, and then it turned up last saturday. I wouldn't worry.

Personally i think it was just really pessimistic of him. If we get to near it with about a week to go then you will definitely see us over the finishing line. There are also a lot of cheap skates out there who arnt planning to go to that many games waiting to see if we are looking like we will do it.

All the way through they've tailed off early in the week, picking up at the weekend, plus i suspect a fair few like myself are getting near the loose change stage until payday.

As I have posted opn thisis:

Before now, their have been discounts for buying very early & early, whilst this year the discount period is a lot longer enabling peeps to save the first installment &/or hold on to their cash til July. From a purely selfish & financial point of view why would any one buy in May & June when you could wait until July ? The only reasons I can think of is a) To get a particular seat (ie Some but not all renewals, & b) Because they don't trust themselves not to spend it on other things & c) To support the club .

In addition, I reckon quite a few will go to a friendly or two & may well be persuaded then to get an ST. The sort who may not support STFC, but are interested in watching football. (The FA Cup winners will be a draw for some)
Hence I stick by my prediction of 6,900 - 6,950

I'm sure there will be a big PR push when we pass through 4,000 and through 5,000.  I'm still fairly confident we'll hit 6,000.  Even though I won't be getting a ticket myself, I personally know of at least 7 people who plan to get one in July.  It's going to be great going to games next season with 8,000+ gates.

Anyone know where the season ticket counter stands at the moment?

3,600

We do live in Peterborough (so really looking forward to the last game of the season).

We won't make it to every game, midweek will be a bit tricky (late back on a school night for sprog), but with the price of the tickets we are hoping to make it for 15-20 games.

My tickets finally came through today one for me and my brother in law  we also will only be able to do 15-20 games as we live in newmarket but  like you say at that price it cant be  passed up :beers:

I've actually emailed the club and proposed a sort of half season ticket for people who live 100 miles away or so, and they have said they are going to discuss and consider whether it has any mileage.

I would definately buy one if possible. So far this year I have picked out 6 or 7 home Saturday games to travel across for (Col U, Millwall, Huddersfield, Leeds, Leicester, Oldham and Carlisle) and will probably try and do the same for last year. My dad has a ST but with the larger gates it'll be harder to get a seat near him if I do a pick and choose thing.

i've decided against getting one for a number of reasons:

- whilst the price is very attractive, i don't want to be restricted to sitting in the same place for an entire season.
- i'm not sure how long my enthusiasm for watching STFC every week will last this season. last year i managed until march.
- i don't intend to be here for the end of the season.

unfortunately i feel a tad guilty as i think people should be pushing for the 6k target and i can't be arsed, but i'll get over it.

Fucking hell, Sonic. Sounds like you're about to slash your throat any minute!

Thats a really good idea IMO.

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Poor Sonic!  :shock:  :P

:emo:

Unless your planning on doing less than 12 games Sonic, you should get one....

Whilst we will have more fans, i'm sure there will still be enough empty seats for to move around and if you want to switch stand you can swap your ticket at the ticket office....or just go into a different stand with a ticket for another one.....which works, ask bennett!!

Plus, you could always flog it for the end of the season or sometihng....?!

Nice idea from sutton, but it could also catch on for locals.  A sort of Top Up system - pay £110 (lets say we add 10% and assume they use a similar cut price offer if so many sold) and get enough credit for 10 games, you then just use that credit through the season.  Could be done by using blank tickets which need to be redeemed before a matchday for a real ticket.  NO guarantee on seat or stand, so it's logistically possible.  Gives you 2nd dibs on tickets for away games etc.

you won't be, just go to the ticket office and they'll take the stub out of the book and print you a seperate matchday ticket

anyone out there who needs a little more time to find the season ticket money and also have an ok credit rating try applying for an amex nactar card.You will recieve 5000 points providing you spend £200min in the first 90 days eg the price of the ticket,thats another £25 back and 3 months to find the reddies.

4 more drs sold today. is seat 85 relatively central?

yep

woop!

didn't you ask before you bought?

it was my mate who got them, so i wasn't 100% sure

its just to the stratton bank side of centre....which row are you sitting in Dave?

Row u

I'll make sure to throw stuff at you  :D

Good position, I sit in the same location (few rows previous) and it is a decent view it is just away from the centre block, you get a few youngsters but tell them to shut up or give them the evil eye and they go back to chanting for Swindon

The way its going DV is going to be *gasp* sat near real living people  :shock:  :D

What were they chanting for other than Swindon?

I know, usually I have a ring of empty seats around me.....even when we've had good attendences and all the other areas have been filled!!!

I must scare people away

haha ok. Its not too near the 12 year olds that sing in fast forward is it

Anything they can think of I reckon usually rubbish !!

nope they are two blocks away....

you just sit, hear them and think....my god how difficult is it to clap in time

the na na na etc fuck off chant is the worst.

we play the music before the game, it starts so the all the clappers start and finish with the fuck off half way through the song....THE SONG IS ACTUALLY PLAYING ITS NOT HARD TO CLAP ALONG WITH IT!

Well, seems it is....which is a shame I like the fuck off chant because I've never heard anyone else end it with fuck off like we do.

Finally got my student card and I get paid Monday, so looks like I will finally be able to get my ST the weekend after this one  :)

I must question your smiley useage sir,surely a very happy would be more in line with that great news rather than a measly happy :wink:

Still haven't got one yet :( If it wasn't for the fact that i know a seat next to Pete [the middle aged man who i sit next to who claims to be in love with me and spends quite a lot of the game trying to pinch my bum ]i'd be rather worried about getting a season ticket for the Don Rogers.

:soapy tit wank:

I'll probably be getting mine next weekend as well  :beers:

Town End no doubt Onion.

Of course  8)

Me and Crouchy got our tickets y-day

What were the ques like gaz

Port Vale fans seem to think that we will sell loads in the last week of the offer. This is what happened with them anyway. They were seemingly going to miss their 5K target by about a 1,000 tickets but all the fence sitters all jumped on the bandwagon in the last few days. No reason to think it wont happen here.
 On a positive note, last season we sold a total of around 3,200 tickets. As it stands we are on around 3,800 currently and even if we finish on say 4,200 I would say an increase of 30% is not a bad thing! IMO I still think we can do it.

I'm suprised with Vale considering Stoke went up to the prem and with them going down, thought a few may jump ship and get a ST at the Britannia - fair play to them mind. I'd be happy with us getting 4/5000 as still an improvement.  I'm starting to change my tune and be slightly pessimistic about the 6000 as I think only success on the pitch will really get the numbers in.

Spencer has posted a very good message on swindon-town-fc.co.uk - one that sends it home.

I'd have got one had I been in the region, without a doubt - to be honest I'd have probably gone for if I was still living in Plymouth.

I remain of the view that we have made progress with the current amount of tickets sold - but 6,000 didn't seem like a huge number to me - it suggests what a small club we are/have become again (we were never "big" but you know what I mean).

As long as we hit 5,000 I would say that was okay... But I fear we won't get such a good ST offer again.

We'll hit 5k easily, it's the extra 1000 which will be tricky. I think we'll get 5500

What queue?  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

I remain of the view that we have made progress with the current amount of tickets sold - but 6,000 didn't seem like a huge number to me - it suggests what a small club we are/have become again (we were never "big" but you know what I mean).

Agree Rich....but the main reason we will struggle to get there is lack of ambition on the players front in alot of peoples opinion...not mine i may add,us the real Swindon fans are a very happy bunch at present because of the massive forward steps weve taken on and off the pitch...we will get our tickets,but the stay aways and people who havnt watched Swindon are not going to get exited at our playing squad,i think maybe one or two exiting signings would push us over 6000 mark.

But as pointed out, the people who don't watch Swindon sit at home/in the pub watching Sky/Setanta. They wouldn't get excited unless we signed someone who was a Prem player/player they had heard of.

I know they were cheaper but if Huddersfield can shift nearly 17,000 we should at least be able to sell 6,000.

Huddersfield can be a bigger town than ours? and they have more direct competition around them.

They havent signed any big name players, they are much like us....finished mid table, did well towards the end of the season and looking to push on.

Being a Huddersfield fan right now cant be all that more exciting than being a Swindon fan. Only difference is the price. Of course I dont expect us to shift 17,000 but not getting 6,000 would be piss poor in my opinion.

I mean Port Vale got 5,000 after being relegated as a side even worse than us when we went down. They've signed no one either...

Not making 6000 fans might silence those who seem to think we're a big club which is failing if we're not in at least the championship.

That won't happen and you know it!

I dont think the offer is as great as its made out anyway.i save a pound or two a game

Depends on where you sit and how old/young you are, for a an Adult sitting in DR or Arkells it is approx £9 cheaper per game!!! sorry but that is a great offer

I was talking to someone over the weekend who (genuinely) works at the CG.

He gave me the impression the club has accepted it will get "no-where near" the 6000 target, despite what is said officially. Apparently, a large number of existing ST holders have failed to renew. When telephoned and politely asked "why not?" the single biggest reason given is "because of the manager".

This is an honest post and the conversation was real, so make of it what you will. Personally, I was very disappointed, as I believe its the team we support, regardless of who is manager, and I hope MM proves them all wrong.

Yes, he must sit in the TE. There isn't any financial incentives to buy a season ticket in the Town End this year.

The theory being that it's cheap enough already (true)  and that people go in the Town End for atmosphere over price.  I guess we'll see if that holds come August.

Season ticket sales i n the TED are really low so far

Well, if that's true, what a bunch of complete and utter wankers (ST holders not club). Hopefully this was a BS excuse when put on the spot, and they will renew when deadline approaches.

If people really think like this then even  I am beginning to think "what's the point" to AF trying to give us a cheaper, better deal.

Maybe it's me, but I go despite us being good, crap or indifferent. IF MM flops I expect him to be on his bike. If he succeeds then brilliant. I want to be there to find out.

I have to be honest at times STFC supporters annoy the hell out of me.

The ironic thing is, they will be the first to sing his name if he does get it right on the pitch and hopefully paying full price for the pleasure of it. I really can not understand this attitude of when King goes, when Iffy goes, when the board goes(well that one I can understand), when MM goes, when AF spends 5 million on a player where does it end.  The only sad thing is AF will probably cut back his ambitions for the club as this was an acid test to see if fan base was there or not.

Have we reached 4000 as yet?

Nope.

3814 this AM.

Worst case I was hoping to be at 4k by now :(

Seems to be taking forever to pass that, we must be agonisingly close to it by now....

I thought going into July we would have passed £4k, shame but heres hoping there will be a big rush in July to take us at least over £5k.

Only sometimes. I swear 80% of fan base is a completely and utterly retarded.

Wont go because of the manager? fuck sake, ok so we had a bad run when he got here - we also had alot of injuries and suspensions. Hell, Malpas even had to play Kaid Mohamad who ranks up there with Ricky Shakes it terms of complete and utter shitness.

We started the season expecting mid table, and we finish the season in mid table. I expect alot of our more brain dead fans believed the adver hype and thought we should have made the play offs  :roll:

To top it all off Malpas technically bought in two of our best players in January (ok, so Cox wasnt technically a Malpas spot but was signed by him)

We finished off the season quite well playing some good football and scoring alot of goals.

People are fucking idiots.

......I take on fBs point about us not being as bigger club as sometimes we think....but are we SERIOUSLY a worse supported club than Port fucking Vale for fuck sake, really? Port fucking Vale!!!!

You must be Stokeing.

Dont get me wrong yes that is a great deal but for the people who want to stay in the Town end its not,they should have had some cheaper season ticket for that stand.

We will have more season ticket holders than last year but i bet you the atmosphere will be awful.

Atmospheres always been awful.

Could be that the non-cheaper townend was to encourage people to get season tickets in the other two stands, allowing them to use the townend as the basis for any promotional stuff next year.

the townend will still get plenty of turn up on the day fans in it.
the atmosphere wont change much imo.i expect it to get better in the don now though.

i dont think people should worry about the failure to flog 6000 season tickets.our gates will be good as long as the team is doing well.
many fans who go regulkar wont get season tickets but will still attend a fair amount of games

You cant compares Ricky's shitness to anybody, he is the god of shitness  8)

FWIW im not getting a season ticket, not because of the manager but because its not worth me doing it due to the shifts that i work. Does that make me one of these fans?

THe 80% retards aren't necessarily the ones not getting season tickets tans. Infact I'd say there was only a  little correlation if at all.

You are not retarded for that reason no.

Bugger.

Did you have a season ticket last season?

Your reason for not renewing is fair enough. If your not likely to be able to make more than 12 games there isnt a point in you getting one....you cant make the games, you're not choosing to not make the games because of the manager.

That doesnt make you one of these fans, whether you're retarded or not is another discussion altogether  :wink:

I was generally going for the point of view that the retards were the ones who've got season tickets and seem to think that ever other fan has a moral obligation to get one.

It's possible to be a fan and not want to commit to a whole season, cheap tickets or not.

Bastard....

Dont need a discussion on it  8)

If we reach 6000 great. I'll get a free 1969 shirt which I'll never wear but I'll also get a season ticket for 229 quid.

If we fail to reach 6000 it'll cost me an extra 40 quid, which will still make it 60 quid less than last season, and I won't get a free 1969 shirt which I would never have worn anyway.

People who don't want a season ticket due to not being able to make games due to work etc (Like the retard known as Tans) fair enough.

People who don't want season tickets because they might have something/find something they'd rather do on a match day, fair enough.

People who can't afford a season ticket, fair enough.
 
People who use the manager/team/colour of seats/quality of food, etc, etc as a reason for not getting one..................................

I'm not getting a season ticket because I don't like the colour of the goal posts.

Oh and spell check thingy...... colour IS the correct spelling and not color. You stupid inanimate piece of software cunt.

American software innit?

There's other words it doesn't recognise......... like recognise  :D

Just set your spell checker to British English for whatever you're using.

I like the uncertainty.........

If you can't change it to British English, use something else.  :D

I've changed it to Hebrew. Lots of nice red lines.................... :D

I got a bit upset when I loaded some software that gave me the options "American English" or "International English".

Only it's not "International English" is it? It's English English. Or more correctly, English.

Oh, and I've renewed my season ticket. Which may or may not make me a retard because I've lost track of this thread a bit.

I think we will.  A lot of peeps get paid today, so may buy in the next few days.

I think that excuse has been used more times than we've sold season tickets

i got paid today but am going to wait untill the last week-so there!

on the subject of the town end st price it might have been wiser to have had a ticket for say £150 in the first week of the offer.People may have snapped them all up giving all games a decent atmosphere,wich could have benefitted the team.I can,t see much noise being generated between the don rogers and arkells stands.THen again a lot of non st holders may think£15 for the town end on the day is their best option.

Yes, yes I will.

We only seem to be selling 30-40 a day now. Lets hope there's a hell of a lot waiting until the last minute

Sorry but i really cant see it we have a hardcore base of fans of about 3500-4500 the rest are pay on the day supporters.But with all those supporters who said  they would come back when the old regime had left well were are you all surely if they came back we could hit the 6000 mark but then again do they exsist or is it just an excuse that are crowds just are not as big as they used to be :roll:

errrr. yes?