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With all the media interest in the price of season tickets, do you reckon our season ticket prices will go up, be frozen, or shock of the century be dropped in price for the 2007/08 season?

Cardiff are cutting the price fo their's even if they go up!!  Good on ya you welsh baaaasts.

Personally I reckon if we go up the prices will go up, if we stay down, they'll freeze the price.

I think it will stay the same, for renewals at least.

what Birdy said

i agree

they'll go up. why would the board resist the chance to piss us off once more?

surely it depends what division we are in.

I was basing my assumption that we are in the same league next season but with a new board

The were only dropped under the Power budget last summer.

Expect a £23 a side stand again.

they'll plump for stay the same I think, they won't know what league we will be in when they are set (expect an April announcement).  To be fair it's good marketing sense to release them before the end of a season, especially when going for promotion - get the fans buying in hope.

Agreed Rob

I expect them to go up, with a heavy early renewal incentive

When has this board ever had good marketing sense?

Bob Holt will announce a price rise. Guaranteed. They cant resist it.

Fucking wankstains that they are.

I think Bowden's a bit sharper than the rest of them, even though I don't agree with pretty much anything he says

Bowden is about as sharp as my flaccid cock.

Which doesn't say much about the rest of them either.

I'm not so sure. I know he speaks a load of shit, but I'm almost sure that he's one of the reasons the message boards have been subjected to police attention, which I think as much as a bastard move it may be, has all the characteristics of a lawyer's work.

But hey ho, that's speculation and just a view. It could be Willie Carson that sent the OB round to someone's house.

I'd be astonished if they tried putting the prices up. Actually I probably wouldn't, but it really would be an amazingly stupid thing to do.

That's why I think they'll put them up a bit and then give heavy early discounts. Get people to panic buy before we potentially don't go up. Then if we do go up they'll still get the extra tickets sold.

1000 house points !

Woot!

Woot ???????

 :shrug:

You're such a bopard Fred.

Lost

series 5 !

Bopard is just a word that Bushy accidentally invented by mistyping the word board. I like the sound of it though and have decided to try and get it into usage circulation.

You fucking bopard.

Ace

Ill use it with one of my engineers tomorrow, I am doing his appraisal

Ill let you know how it goes

 :mrgreen:

sweet.

same division - price freeze
higher division - price increase

Didn't someone point out the prices might be set before we know if we're going up or not?

'Sending the OB round' is slightly wide of the mark imho. More like he or someone else made a complaint to OB in an effort to try and scare the shit out of the moderators or web hosts in the hope that the site would be closed down.

His plan to supress freedom of stfc speech failed.

Bowden, is a cock.

Yep, based on the fact that they;ve done it for a few seasons that way.  Normally late April, like last season when it was trumpeted as being reduced even if we managed to stay up.

I THINK it could of been maverick i bet he was gutted when he couldnt get on that site.Im not saying it was him of course but those are just my thoughts

nah

Wasn't Mav macca

FACT

I am oblivious to the post above.I reckon it was mav :D

:D

Late April last season - forgive if I'm wrong, but wasn't relegation all but a mathematical certainty.  I guess the powers that be had rather hoped promotion would be similarly assured this time round.  I suspect match day tickets will go up but seasons will be good value on renewals and early bird buys - they can then extend teh early bird period if we stay down, an shorten it if we've gone up.

But are season tickets really value for money? When if you miss just 2 games it doesnt make them worth it.

For me they are scandalously high, and should be half the price they are. Germany and Italy have season tickets which work out half the price of match tickets.

I doubt il ever have a season ticket again.

If they increase match prices it is another disaster for STFC.

Spencer - I got an early bird season ticket this season which was £339 (Nationwide/Arkells) for 23 games (about £14.75 per game).

If you buy all your tickets in advance it works out at £18 per ticket which is £342 for only 19 games (so you can miss 4 and you would still save by buying a season ticket). If you buy on the day then it is £20 per ticket which is then £340 for just 17 games (so you can miss 6 and still save by buying a full season ticket).

Seems the season ticket works for me costwise - plus I can always offer my ticket to someone else if I can't make it (hasn't happened this season), and if I need playoff tickets etc I get first claim.

In all honesty Mav, cost aside, I just like the convenience of a ST

Me too Fred - being an "out of towner" it is too much hassle getting in before a game to sort tickets etc.

Plus I get to sit in the same place every week and most of the people around me have learned to tolerate me (on a good week)!

Imagine getting tickets in different places each week - I could end up next to some of my best buddies like Reg!!  :D  :shock:

OK, its better than I gave it credit for. But I still dont think its worth it and I still think thats overpriced. Its a lot of money to pay out all at once. I still think the club should reward and value hardcore fans a lot lot more. We are the most 'taken for granted' and 'taken advantage of' fans in Europe!

Plus the club has a lot of power of you. They can withdraw your season ticket. I like moving around. As for the first claim on tickets, cant see it being an issue this time. L2 is a lot more low key than League 1. Bet Bristol Rovers sells out, but only after theyve been on general sale for a week.

I take your point. But they dont work for me. I liked the card ones, but the books are crap, and I sometimes forgot it.

Fair enough Spence, I can't argue with the pricing compared to Europe. But then it is the same with so many things like petrol etc. compared to Europe.

I also agree about the old card ones, fitted in a wallet, so I knew if I had my wallet I was ok. Haven't forgotten the book yet, but then my lad always reminds me before we leave home!

I liked the old card ones too

Season tickets should get boycotted if this bunch of idiots are still in charge.

I can feel a campaign coming on.

I wont buy one next year

When BP comes in I will fork out for executive club, grab the meal, watch the game in the TE then back to take the piss out of Peacock then back to the CGH

Perfect Day !

I want to buy a season ticket. It's convenient & saves money.
But I don't trust the Board not to run with the money. I refuse to put anything in their pockets until I absolutely have to.

did i imagine this or did someone (bowden?) say that they would rather we play in front of 12,000 than 5,000?

which can only mean that the ticket prices are going to be dropped to £15 / £10 - hooray! board in!

Under a tenner to get 12000 in for a normal league I think.

You have to remember that is 12,000 imaginary people inside the imaginary stadium that only exists inside his head.
But don't worry because he used to work for npower you know.

Are you Bob Holt?!  :D

But seriously....12,000 a week?.....not going to happen until we are pushing to get into the Championship! Which will only be 4 years apparantly! Huzzah!

(or not)

I think if you let everyone in for free you still wouldn't get past 10000 at the moment.