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Well we need a thread soon.

I go to a lot of games generally but considering a season ticket for the first time in probably 16 years. I definitely can't go every week and this is more a gesture purchase for the new look town. If you can't attend a match does the season ticket still allow you to watch the home game on ifollow? Or was that purely down to covid times?

If I can't get to the game a lot of time I still have access to phone/laptop which would make a nice added benefit.

Now we should be back into the stadia. only midweek games will be iFollow.

Whether you will be able to get these for 'free' if you pay for a ST, I do not know, as they normally charge £10, even though we did get them for 'free' last season as it was the only option.

Is that confirmed? As someone who isn't technically abroad but might as well be for the chance I have of getting to the CG regularly, paying £10 a week to watch the games would be a lifeline.

Might have to work out how a VPN works otherwise.

It was said at the start that iFollow would still be allowed in the UK for all games, until 50% capacity was allowed in grounds. I haven't seen anything to suggest this has changed.

Grounds are full capacity now though arent they?

I think so, absolutely no reason for them not to be.

Yeah, sorry, I was trying to say iFollow won't be allowed for weekend games this coming season because of this.

Believe we will hear about season tickets today from the club

It’s €160 for my iFollow ST. How much does the club get from that?

Here’s the prices. Reductions.


We want to reward the loyalty of existing season ticket holders and attract plenty more too, so we are offering reduced season ticket prices for all renewals and all new season tickets for the new campaign.

 

Side stand renewals and new season tickets will be reduced by £30
Town End renewals and new season tickets will be reduced by £20
Concession renewals and season tickets will also be reduced by £20
U21 and U18 renewals and new season tickets will be reduced by £10

Where have they been published?

Was there any mention of what is happening about last season’s tickets?

https://www.swindontownfc.co.uk/news/2021/july/season-tickets-202122/

Refunds available if requested.

Contact Mr Lee Power, c/o Wormwood Scrubs

:D

Cheers

I think the conclusion we came to was around 50%.

The away purchases are more complicated as the away team gets nothing until they sell over 500

Being an old fart it works out at £10.86 per game for me, absolute no brainer.

I haven’t had a season ticket since the 90’s, I’m getting one for me and the two kids

I have never had an ST. Living 90 miles out of town I probably only get to half a dozen games or so. But thinking of getting one this season and trying to commit to more

Thanks to the bastard that is Parkinson's, I'm no longer able to walk from my old parking place and am considering a car park season. Anyone know how much it costs?

£10 off price for me then.

1 adult 2 u18 pack has gone :(

one u18 is now working most Saturdays, but 90 knowing it'll go to the club is fine

Top price of £320 renewal. Great value; some clubs in this league are charging over £400.

I’m not sure I agree with them trying to get us to waive refunds as a £30 reduction doesn’t really feel like a fair reduction. Ultimately we paid £350 for something we didn’t get through no fault of our own last season, I’ll renew but I’ll probably request the refund and don’t think there’s any sense of shame that should be given out for doing so.

Looking forward to getting my first season tickets in years, great price

I'm in for a season ticket even though most Saturdays are taken up with hockey. This new regime deserves our support. Come on the people of Swindon. Get behind Clem and his team and help them bring back the good days.

The new owner has absolutely zero responsibility or association to last season, so I find it hard to understand why he should take on someone else’s debts.

A lot of respect to him for doing so, mind.

You need to understand how companies work

It’s the same company so of course he has responsibility, ultimately like it or not the 20/21 season ticket money probably kept the club in business so I personally don’t feel that £30 is a big enough compromise to avoid claiming the refund.

Smile

Agree RE the £30 sentiment, but it’s something, and not something that he necessarily had to do whilst at the same time offering refunds

How's does it compare to what other clubs have offered?

Like I say I don’t feel it’s a sufficient level of compromise to not claim the refund, we’ve had years of being taken for granted as supporters and this just feels no different IMO.

I’ve no issue with anyone claiming a refund. Why should anyone shame fellow fans for doing so? Our own financial circumstances should dictate what we decide to do.

Fortunately I’m in a position to write off last season’s ST. In previous years I may not have done.

Power fucked off with last year's funds, I'm able to write off last year's contributions but completely understand those that can't.

😁

Unfortunately I think last seasons season ticket money is in a swiss bank account .. ! Given the level of debt we have I think the pricing and option of a refund from Clem is excellent.. we just need to all get behind the club. 100% understand people who need the refund due to their circumstances,  but my 2 season ticket monies has been written off for the good of the club this season.

That's great but everyone's circumstances are different

Did those who paid for ST's last season receive free match passes for iFollow?

hence why he said "100% understand people who need the refund..."

yeah . 1 per season ticket

Power would have said you've had the value of £230 😀

so did Clem this time


I think it's fair enough under the circumstances.

in normal times I'd be disappointed with the total £10 off all my 3 season tickets. but the club is struggling, so can luckily afford to back Clem as much as I can

So would a refund of the difference between an iFollow sb. and the ST cost be considered fair for those that want it?

that's what they have offered. I consider it fair.

but....

some families will have bought multiple season tickets but only used one pass.
==========
one thing I hope is addressed is the lack of recognition of donating. just a small token. like a plaque in the concourse of the various stands saying thanks.

it's such a small thing in the grand scheme of club issues I know...

Fair play and a good suggestion.

Good point.
Cheltenham have done some wall of thanks thing and also issued a 3rd shirt with the names of all fans who passed on refunds

they may have already thought of it.

or maybe they're a bit busy with all the debts.

just something to think about if they get time

Yep completely understand everyone has their own circumstances.. you.must do what is right cor you, Clem also said this.

That’s all great but ultimately the club is still a privately owned business now by Clem and whereas the owner gets to reduce the level of debt the fans are taken for granted and left with very little to show for it. I still think £30 is a poor compromise and the euphoria of a new owner shouldn’t cloud that judgement.

I would have thought a reduction of £100 would be fair but that's just my opinion

£100 and offering refunds or instead of offering refunds? Think it's a bit fairer this way where people can have the money back if they need it (mostly) but the club isn't totally screwed either. It's a tough one.

I would have liked an option of using the £120 refund against the payment for a renewal. Still £200 to the club & not taking money out in Jan.

£100 off of next seasons season ticket that way there's an incentive for both parties

Going back to my original point it’s the tugging at peoples heart strings requesting us to waive the refund that’s my primary issue. It almost makes people feel guilty about getting a refund which I think given the circumstances isn’t really the right way to go about it and will probably see some spending more than they really should be. But that’s just my opinion.

Having paid £700 for our two season tickets, used one set of ifollow codes for £230 & potentially get a £240 refund.

Seems to penalise couples/families.

Oh well, it is what it is I guess

I suppose it depends on how we view the club at any particular point in time. It’s more community asset than private business for me and so I’m willing (and can afford) to not worry about last season’s season ticket money, nor am I fussed about some kind of public recognition that seemingly presents me as being a better fan than someone who needs to claim a refund. I’m not.

One could argue that anyone who views the football club purely as a private business enterprise shouldn’t be surprised if that business decides to do what it thinks best to protect itself rather than worrying about customer good will.

We bought a family ticket and only used one pass.  Also you were encouraged not the pass the codes on and they actually stopped it half way through the season. There is no reduction on family tickets at all so I do agree with some others that families have been worst hit.

I think what we will end up paying and what we will end up with watching won’t come anywhere near to matching.

I’m gonna get one but it’s gonna be through gritted teeth. Wait till the first goal gets conceded. 


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Are you gently trying to let us down that you won’t be able to support the town this season?

My friend, I will be at most matches this season. I also do what I can for the local economy by parking in town and buying the odd snack and drink on the way to the ground.

You drink on the way to the ground :pint:

Only ‘odd’ drinks. Oh and ‘odd’ snacks. Not normal ones then?

Very odd😀

With the greatest of respect to the residents of Swindon and, in particular, those who elect to hang around the bus station, a lot of odd stuff is encountered on my stroll to the ground.

Living outside of north Wiltshire, I haven't had a season ticket for many years. If STFC want to innovate, it would be good to see the introduction of some form of flexible season ticket.

Use the car park in St Joseph's school and avoid the bus station

Love you to expand on the “odd stuff’ you encounter with the cultural diversity of down town Swindon. Can I take it you live in a culturally sterile part of this sceptred isle?

Is there no way the club can work out/find out which season tickets used iFollow passes and subtract the difference.

So, if a household has 3 season tickets and they used one pass to watch every game - could one ticket be deducted the difference and the other two be fully refunded.

Of course that opens up the question of should the fans be paying for one iFollow pass if 3/5/47 people are watching it? You wouldn’t buy one ticket at the cinema for a family of three.

*shrugs*

but you can rent/stream a movie in your house for lord of people to watch..

can o' worms

I suppose it is subjective.  Thus far, I have not been fortunate enough to live in Swindon. Happy to provide details if you are particularly interested.

Yes, yes I am. Do divulge, no need to rush. We have guests coming over for an authentic home made curry, with addition food related accoutrements. Tomorrow’s fine.

That's very good of you.

They had plastic ones for a bit, what are you after, rubber ones?

 :D

Not sure the club could stretch to that!

To be fair to jbz, whilst talking to a friend I suggested some kind of ten match pass would be a good idea , and one I think the clubs done before in the past.

It is doable for sure and yes it has been done before, though in fairness to the club and it’s financial plight, the most pressing issue is to get money in and as much as possible in a short space of time. I suspect that once the rush for season tickets has subsided then it is something that given the new ‘mission statement’ of the club to be open, transparent and genuinely engaging with the fan base be something to present to the club or trust to have a serious look at.

like this https://www.theposh.com/tickets/10-game-flexi-ticket/

Excellent idea and could see that being a massive hit considering how many work shifts etc

That's the ticket

Selling this type of offer brings in cash from those who won't buy a full season ticket.  There will be enough seats to go round.

The flexible 6,8,10 game pass was brought up on twitter yesterday and one of the Trust members said it would be taken away to be discussed with the club. Myself and probably my dad would definitely be interested.

This is an awesome idea. I work every other Saturday so this is perfect for people like me. Clem/Rob if you are reading this make it happen!

Before anyone gets excited, as I mentioned full season ticket and new applications should be fulfilled first. Then any part ST can be sold. Wouldn’t be helpful if a part time ST just dumped themselves down in a full ST holders seat.

Some confusion may have arisen.  With this arrangement, you would book a seat in the run up to the match, as any punter can do on a match by match basis.  It would not guarantee a set seat.

Fine, as I said, that cannot happen until the full season ticket window has been exploited by both the club and fans.

Maybe there would be a timescale needed to select the game just like any other appointment. If for whatever reason you have to cancel then the seat becomes available again on the website with first come first served

Exactly, I wouldn't expect a set seat. I presume that if I bought say a 6 game flexi pass and I wanted to use it for a game in September say, I assume I'd pick a stand and a seat as if I was a walk up on the game kind of guy. I don't know exactly how it would work but I wouldn't expect my 'own' seat or anything.

Its ok for Posh why not us

Maybe it will be. The owner is only just in the door Jimmy.

Sorry Bob I meant if the format works or them it could be good for us as soon as things have settled down.

No need for apologies sir, I agree with you.

😀

I wouldn’t worry to much, personally I think the clubs 6,000 ST target is a tad unrealistic but I do like the positivity involved, I think we will do well to get 4,000. Either way that leaves plenty of seats available.

As a long distance out of towner (170 mile round trip), a 10 game season ticket would be great. 

Advantage for STFC is that these could help with club cashflow by attracting an early lump sum commitment.

It could however act as a disincentive to buy a full season ticket for more local fans who struggle to get anywhere near the 23 games.

Will the club be showing what seats are available before you purchase a full season ticket

I’ve just bought my iFollow ST - €166

Yes. If you go into the club shop after the renewal period elapses they will show you on their computer screen.

Cheers LL  :pint:

I won't buy a season ticket as I wouldn't be able to get to every game, but I'd buy this.

What would be a fair price for 10 games in the side stand around £160

Pretty sure you can see the seats available online and chose which you prefer when buying the season ticket.

This,  even though I will probably miss 6/7 games a season still a bargain.  Not bothered with one for at least ten seasons but at this price (£250) would be silly not to, must be getting the buzz back.

On sale from 1100 this morning for anyone who can get to the CG in person. Apparently there's a problem with online and tele sales, which they're trying to fix:

https://www.swindontownfc.co.uk/news/2021/july/season-tickets-on-sale-today/

[Last season's seats being held until the end of August according to STFC Twitter]

I’ll have to wait for the finance scheme to be in place. Is it interest free anyone know?

call it what you want. Usually you pay a fixed "admin fee" rather than interest.

Just got my old seat back in the Arkells, two years after Power shut that part of the stand 'to save some money'.

Slighty miffed that I enquired about purchasing a ticket for Saturday's friendly and was told they weren't on sale, at around the same time they tweeted that they were on sale.

I'll just have to pop down again in the next few days instead...

Should be made possible to download tickets to print off at home.

Was it busy in the ticket office?

I drove past about 20 mins ago and looked to around 7 or 8 people queuing

According to the details on the OS, online ST purchases should be possible when/if they sort out the IT gliche but, when I went to the CG to renew mine earlier today, they explained that STs are being emailed to people with a link to download it to your phone (no plastic STs this year). That's not a problem for me, but not sure what the plan is for people who don't have a smart phone.


When I went at 1130 there were 3 windows open and only about twenty in the queue. When I drove past at 2-30, there were only 5 or 6 in the queue.

When I went there were six of us queuing. Just had the ticket windows open and not the actual shop. I renewed five season tickets for next year. I’m hoping the crowds will come back now lee power has gone. There were some cracking days pre Covid. If ever the club needs its fan base it’s now. COYRs!!


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If there are no plastic season tickets to swipe, how does it work if you want someone to use yours when you can’t and it is on YOUR phone and not theirs? Or have I missed something?

I’d imagine that the majority of ST holders would have smart phones. Both my parents do and they are mid 70’s!

Ok, I accept and agree but that does not answer my question regarding a third party using yours when you cannot.

What you are sent is a Link which generates a QR code which you save to either Apple wallet or the Google Pay app. I don’t know enough about QR codes to know if there’s a way of sharing them a third party or what the arrangements are for people who don’t have a smart phone. I guess it will be explained later.

you can agreement still get a card instead. I'm doing that for the very reason of letting someone else use it if I can't.

Thanks for that, if they’re going to be flexible like that we’ll get the three I said, if not, only two.

U can share the Qr Code. I’ve got my under 11 and mine on my phone. I have also shared them with my wife so when I can’t got she can go instead and take my little one. There would be an element of trust needed. If you lent it to your friend, they could technically swipe in before you on the next game I believe, unless I have got this wrong.


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Also when getting multiple codes you have to be careful. I had the full range of people going. Concessions, adult, under 11 and under 18. Seats, thus QR codes are assigned these designations so I had to make sure I gave the right QR code to the right person. I.e I did not wanna give the concession in our group the under 11 seat said imagine he may get a strange look when scanning in on match days.

Also I think batch is right in that eventually people will be mailed cards.


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to be honest littlered I've accidentally used my son's u18 card before and nobody cared

We got in once with the previous seasons tickets 🤣🤣 luckily that day the readers weren’t working.

297 sold yesterday. The sooner they get the online problem sorted, the better.

Yep not a large number, but then having to buy them in face during working hours is a problem for most people.

I couldn't get there and I'm in Swindon

Roadworks😀

Different opening hours today: 12-7pm

Yeah and especially during a pandemic where I guess people are still concerned about going out and about. 300 is better than nothing :)

They only posted as well that they are on sale about 11am yesterday.

Is there some kind of “thermometer” type thing somewhere that has how many we have sold on it?

Big queues now forming at CG for ST's - nice to see

https://twitter.com/stfcboo/status/1419986672985513992?s=20

Have we reached 300 yet?

I think I can say, without fears of being classed as ITK that YES is the answer to that question :D

 :yay:

Anyone know if/when tickets will go on sale for Scunthorpe?

5 minutes ago

Got my ticket for Scunny away. More excited than I have been for years. COYR

Can you only get them in person at the moment? On line / over the phone doesn't seem to be an option at the moment...

Don't see Scunthorpe and excitement in the same sentence very often.  :)

But yeah, I'm in.
Get them from the SUFC website if anyone is wondering.

https://sufctickets.com/scunthorpeUnited/ASP/bookTickets.asp?homeArea=home&dept=

Nice one, thanks for the info chaps. Got mine now...come on you yellows  :wotjump:

Too soon...  I was just a little bit sick in my mouth...

I know... sounds so wrong ???

Come on Swindon feels much natural and doesn't make you feel sick

601 sold. Not bad for walk ups.

Booked the Tickets for Scunthorpe.
Feels ages since the Tour bus was back on the Road - missed it big time.

I’ve actually been out in Scunny a few times at night.
Now that was memorable :)

Will be good to see you again mate.

If there's another dead bird in the stand this time we know we're on to a winner.  I won't be there to find it this time but will be tuning in from Spain.

Look forward to it  :nod:

Got two ST's today and a ticket for Posh. Haven't done a friendly since Tottingham many years ago. Exciting times!!

Nibbling on some of Rob Angus's favourite "Spanish Cheese" I trust?

Might do this opener. Only a hop over the Humber and down a bit for me.

Anyone fancy a pint at the Jolly Sailor?  ;) :pint:

I reckon Rob loves a bit of Manchego!

There's usually manchego or similar in the fridge over there aye.  :D

Ha, yes I remember that. I was stood next to you.

Only 2 years, but seems a long time ago now.

I know we can’t buy online yet, but does anyone know if it’s possible to buy over the phone?

Yeah, I remember you making reference to it on here back then, God knows how long it might have been there.  It does seem like such a long time ago. 

Really looking forward to getting back to games, should be able to get to a few in September/October.  I was lucky to be at the England vs Ukraine game in Rome being an EU resident (only thing Brexit will ever be good for).  It was such a rush being back in amongst it and all that goes with actually being in the ground.

Was only open till 1 today. So wonder how many they shifted today.

Then again 2-5pm

denied.

illness closed it early

Ah that was mentioned today!

Which shows just how bad things were left to rot, that our entire seasons pre-revenue is put on hold because a single employee is sick.  Not their fault, just quite laughable it got this bad and the mess these guys have to now sort out.

yup.

Roll on online purchases

Anymore news when online ST purchases become available? I don’t get back to Swindon until 7.30pm so a walk-in not a possibility for me.

nothing yet,

763 sold to date. Ticket office only open 9-12 again tomorrow.

477 tickets sold for Scunthorpe

Does anyone know when the instalment plan will be open.  Haven’t really got the cash to buy outright?

I believe in the next week or so, no confirmed date

This week I have renewed season ticket, bought the home & away shirts, booked a service & MOT on the car, renewed vehicle tax and paid HMRC (or Hiding Much Revenue Covertly as some business owners prefer to look at it).
Only two of the above transactions were carried out willingly.

Wonder what the issue is with online ST sales.
Has the database been sold to the Albanian Mafia and the new regime are trying to find a backup.
Can't be that the old regime are claiming IPR on the online ticketing system as that would be a massive misnomer.

Anyway, anything approaching 4,000 ST sales would be very good, anything above that would be excellent.

4,000 would be a good achiement for certain, we normally average around 3,000 plus or minus a few.

I think 6,000 is a bit pork pie in the sky but if we could get that it would be absolutely amazing.

The feel good factor is back, but time is against us a bit.

Credit status us what is causing the issue with the monthly options

the club have increased hours next week for season ticket sales :

Opening hours update for season tickets.

Monday 10.30 - 7pm
Tuesday - Friday 9am - 7pm

We will also be opening even more phone lines for those not able to get to the ground.

Unfortunately we are still unable to sell season tickets online as yet.

#STFC 🔴

Good news, Thanks Batch.

Wonder if Sandy from the phone in has got a free one,  or are programmes being printed ?.

Any idea when Carlisle tickets are likely to go on sale?

Club Twitter earlier today:

“Match Tickets for our opening 2 home league games will also be on sale at the ticket office or online later this week. Update to follow”

Thanks - very much up for this. Not been since FGR (?March 2020).

Tried to phone through, the message is the same as prior to the Forest Green match & talks about supporting Richie Wellens Relentless Robins in their push to League 1.

No idea if the phone is actually going to be answered

Same here, just confirming that the ticket office remains closed.
Tel number used 0871 876 1993

I tried 0330 002 1993 (option 1), that did say someone will be with you shortly, but the message was from just before the FGR match before the first lockdown.

Has anyone been able to get through?

I mentioned to the girl in the ticket office last week that the contact number on the email they sent me (0330 002 1879) was unobtainable. She said that, if that continued to be the case, to send them an email at "[email protected]".

Emailed the club asking about the telephone lines, this was the reply

Our phone lines will be opening this week for supporters to buy their season tickets over the phone. The number is 0330 002 1993.

just mentioned in osc thingy with Rob angus

the issue with online/finance is our credit rating is kind of shot, so they want the club to recurve the cash pro rata per game.

naturally the club want the money up front and are negotiating.

I guess this may be why we haven't paid back the 1M to the EFL yet


I'm any case they were expecting the online stuff to go live middle-end of this week

does this cover credit cards as I can’t see how a credit card company would have the resources to do this or is it just the V12 options?

I don't know.. I renewed and used cc. would have used debit if it disadvantages the club

in fact it looks like it's a direct debit option coming this week (3 or 9 months)

So, it’s the online card payments which is the issue. The card acquirer won’t release the money in one go but only per game which doesn’t help the cash flow. This is why you can’t use card online as most people will.

The finance option will be online later this week.

Edit - Having listening again & looked online I think it’s ticketmaster who will hold back the money & only release game by game. If you pay over the phone etc it goes through the clubs payment terminal & into their bank.

It's not Ticketmaster it's the actually card payment provider

So the bank then, if so, why are they allowing payments over the phone or am I missing something?

Presumably the Card Payment Merchant that Ticketmaster use in that case - Visa/Mastercard do not process the payments, they run the cards.  Merchants like Worldpay would be involved inbetween.

Because you’re paying for the product up front, rather than the card provider paying the club up front before you pay..

So online will have an intermediary before releasing the payment to the club whilst over the phone using the same card it’s straight into the clubs bank? I’m just trying to grasp why you can use your card over the phone/in person whilst not online. They did say that online tickets per game will be okay as that money will be released however for a season ticket “they” want to pro rata the payments. I don’t work in banking & never had so just trying to understand the difference.

If you pay over the phone by CC or Debit card you pay for your match day ticket up front and the club give you the ticket and the bank pay the club less the usual admin fee anywhere between 1-3% typically, then the transaction become YOUR liability not the club or the bank. With a season ticket it is the same only for a larger amount. However, the pay monthly option is classed as a ‘loan’ of sorts. A credit agreement like buying a sofa if you like. The difference being, you get the sofa in one hit and the sofa seller the money in one hit and the liability for the money passes to you because you’ve signed a credit agreement. With the ST the club are not giving you twenty three games up front but a promise to play those games I return for your payments, which in this case goes to the credit facilitator. The club would like as much of your monthly payments up front as possible, understandable so. The credit facilitator has to have a guarantee that they will honour all the matches of your ST before they stump up the money to the club. The situation is what do the loan facilitator give to the club up front? This then comes as I see it under the umbrella of finance and for that you need a credit rating (think sofa) that’s the problem. HTH a bit long winded but the best I could do.

Not sure that is quite right...

Season Ticket payment options:
- phone/at the club - club get the money upfront (assuming different payment provider than online)
- online - club get money every game played (due to payment providers risk appetite and club poor credit history)
- Credit option - 3/9 months payment options available (interest free but for other clubs people get charged £30 arrangement fee) - assuming club get money upfront (or why else would they offer it)

Normal match tickets - regardless of where the are purchased the club get the money straight away

1500 sold so far.

Monthly Payment option should be on line later this week

Spoke to club this Morning.
Phone lines to book season tickets could be up and ready tomorrow.
In addition should expect this to be communicated.

Assume they probably need people to man the phones for them and to train them on how to do it.

Yes - card processing companies are used, like Worldpay, Square etc.  The business would have an agreement with a Processor not the card provider.  It's likely that the clubs direct relationship with a Merchant has not been affected but that the merchant ticketmaster are using is being more cautious as probably had fingers burned by us.  Ticketmaster have the rights to sell online tickets for us, so we can't bypass them and sell direct if it's online.

As some people have said some of the numbers are not working. What’s the best number to try and talk to someone at the club over the phone currently?

Ticketing Update -
Season Tickets Sold 1,640
Phone lines are now open 0330 002 1993 as well as the ticket office 9am - 7pm Weds - Friday.
We anticipate the phones to be busy so thank you for your patience

from Official FB account.

Was expecting to be on hold forever, but only 10 minutes of the phone ringing I got through, season tickets for me and my youngest sorted :toocool:

Flash got mine and his yesterday, no problem, no queues, simply walked up to the window, job done in less than five minutes, looks like the rush has now finished.

Well the rush of people not prepared to hold off for the online option, hopefully. Otherwise the race to 6k getting stuck at 2k is going to look pretty shit.

Yes, but it won’t. There is a week and a half to go till our first home game. Then there is the day of the home game. Then there is the instalment option which the Legends household is waiting for. Add into the mix the next payday date.

Personally think we'll finish up with three maybe three and a half thousand, would love to see it get to the six but unless there's a major rush think that's going to be a bit beyond us.

Yeah I think 6 is optimistic and reckon we'll get somewhere 4,500-4,800 which is still very good.

Although I doubt the info is available, it would interesting to see how many season tickets we’ve sold each season over the past 10 years. The PDC season in League 1 especially. I’ll bet it’s not as high as people would think. Prove me wrong kids, prove me wrong.

As far as I am concerned, the three most important season ticket transactions have been secured.
COYR!

The only year I remember numbers being regularly pushed out was the Fitton season where they also wanted 6k and offered incentives to get there. Again, think that fell well short, maybe around 4.5k in total? Would assume normal is between 3-4k, but others will know better.

Just renewed ours, total call time in terms of waiting & getting payment sorted was just under 15 mins, so not too bad

Just phoned and straight through.
Pot luck as tried twice before earlier and hung up.
3 renewed.

Not sure whether they will post or have them available for collection was the message from the ticket office.

Just bought my Carlisle ticket  :toocool:

I’ve just bought some reduced mini sausage rolls.

Reduced mini?

You bought micro sausage rolls, you on a diet?

Now, now, don’t be silly. I realise the news of my sausage roll purchase isn’t as earth shattering as your season ticket purchase, however, still news worthy. The sausage rolls as you’re well aware are mini ones, the price and only the prices was reduced. There is more though, i skinned about 50% of the pastry off because, yes I am on a diet, how smart are you eh? Bet you can’t skin 50% off of your season ticket. 😁

It wasn't even as earth shattering as a season ticket. It was a ticket for the Carlisle home match :)

Mere details. A ticket is a ticket and a sausage roll is a sausage roll.

Does anyone know what's happening for the Cambridge game? Is it just pay on the day?

Just purchased 2 tickets for the Carlisle match as have worked out I’m going to miss 7 home Saturday games because of work so season ticket not really viable. Annoyingly STFC login says they don’t have my email registered despite my inbox having plenty of STFC communication over the years. Meh 😒 had to create a new account in the end.

Glad you have asked as club didn’t know when I asked them.

Maybe Jan the Nice Trust Man can find out  ;)

Just purchased a ticket for me and my son for the Carlisle game. Unfortunately they're not doing the "My First Game" thing currently. Oh well.

Last week I looked on cambridge’s website and you could buy away end tickets there (like scunthorpe) but that option is no longer valid. I seem to remember £22 the price they were selling for.

It's there, you need to go to the Shop then Buy Online, Click on, Tickets, then Home Tickets. Select the game and switch to Change to Away

Yes it's £22 with a £1 Booking Fee (Bloody Cheeky), goes up £2 on the day

Not easy to find

Thanks gazza - missed the ‘change to away’ part.
Quite pricey for a carabao first round!

@STFC_Gazza. Thanks for pointing that out.
Been scratching my head for a few days.

I guess this will be the way of it with away tickets.

It was said that things should revert to normal soon with tickets on sale from STFC. Think it was something to do with other clubs not receiving the ticket money from us as promptly as they might have done.

Or not at all I shouldn’t wonder.

To be honest I quite enjoyed going to Scunnys website and being able to pick my seats. I hope it does become a regular thing!

That’s the only enjoyable thing I can think of  “going” to Scunny:)
I can confess though I have been clubbing in Scunthorpe.

2,051 now

Three tickets bought, first since 2006

i've just been over from Stroud to visit the County Ground again and call at the Beehive about a wake for Reg. Spoke to three Academy youngsters at the railway station and all smiles as I congratulated them and said, It's a great feeling. We've got our club back'. A walking football scouser mate in Stroud said I should write something about what 'We've got our club back' means. I dunno if we could start a thread about that. But I'd love to collate and write something about this. I'm going to start this afternoon while it rains.

Cheers Gazza...that couldn't have been any more hidden away...two tickets now booked  :clap:

Are season ticket renewals available at the shop and have they sorted out monthly terms yet ?

The shop is still closed but the ticket windows are open for ticket sales and the new phone lines are available:

https://twitter.com/official_stfc/status/1422834304053284864?s=21

I think they’re hoping the monthly terms will be sorted next week.

2362

When I bought my tickets yesterday the guy said tickets would be printed and sent out this week.

Just renewed - got straight through - and was told tickets are being sent out tomorrow.
Asked about the car park - I am now partially disabled - and was told that no arrangements have been made yet.

Got through this morning and the guy said monthly terms will be sorted within the next two days

Beautiful!

UPDATE 🎟️ | We have now sold 2,812 Season Tickets for the 2021-22 season - thank you for your continued support!

Season Ticket cards are being printed now and will be sent out this week, and we will have an update on ST being able to be purchased online soon.

#STFC 🔴⚪️

2812... I think that's fantastic for 2-3 weeks of sales. How many did we have in 2019/20?

I think that's fantastic given the online/credit situation.

I don't think we'll get 6000, happy to be wrong, but I do think we've exceeded what we would have got had power been able to carry on somehow.

Forza Swindon

No...no chance of getting to 6K...really, really good effort though nonetheless...

Financially it’s better for the club to have a big number of walk ups paying £23 than discounted STs.

Am I right in thinking the club are operating A Kid a Quid scheme for the whole season?

I think it was between 3,000 & 3,500.

The irony being it was never really made public before, just another thing that we are being more open against.  Also hoping that we go back to announcing how many away fans turn up. We used to do it regularly but stopped doing it in the last L2 season

In some ways it is, if people go to every game but with a ST they get the money up front, which at the moment is probably a bigger issue.

Think we have exceeded what we would have got with Power still in charge by about 2800?

 :football:  Just renewed my season ticket, only took 2 mins on the phone  :clap:

Can't wait to get back, didn't manage to see a live game last season at all !

Happy days  :D

Absolutely it is a great effort, 2,900 inside 2 weeks.

By comparisonour Gassy neighbours and L2 title favourites have only sold around 3,800 since theirs went back in April.

I think if we can beat 4,500 we will be doing really well.

And Mansfield, another highly tipped team have only sold 2,300 so far.

Shit on it! Just picked up 3 ST’s and had the best day at Scunthorpe Saturday and have just been pinged ffs! I am absolutely gutted, that’s the first 2 home games I’m due to miss now.

I would isolate and take a test Saturday morning

hopefully many more are waiting for online and possible finance. like me- my first season ticket in 20 years despite quite a regular attendance every year. This year will be no different for me- i will miss at least half the home games but want the club to have the money this year more than any

Went to the cricket at Edgbaston on 13th July and got pinged on the 20th!
Three negative tests in the meantime. Just carried on with holiday on Fife Coastal Path.
If you order now, you might get a box of lateral flow tests through in next couple of days and maybe have time to squeeze in a PCR test in before Saturday if necessary.

It's a bit of a moral dilemma.
But people in the vicinity without the app etc will be carrying on as normal.
Best to err on the side of caution though.

I am worried for our attendance Saturday while people are waiting for this to be fixed. Feel sorry for the club being left in this situation

il still be going saturday if i have to pay on the door! First home game and clem deserves to see a good attendance. a win tonight would certainly boost that even more

Just got my previous season ticket out ready to call the ticket office, which reminded me that our previous season ticket was also a credit card valid through to 2022, which I completely forgot about! Wonder what, if any, impact this has/had on us and the club. Remember at the time this felt a bit dodgy...

3,086

Now available online.

I wonder if the reduced parking availability for this season is covid related or anything to do with Power’s alleged cash up front leasing of land to a well known local scumbag  :hmmm:

A question about this alleged leasing was asked in the OSC thingamy last night, but nobody had an answer.

Interesting, I only listened up to when Garner left but will try to catch the rest.

It really wouldn’t be a surprise, and I expect there was a few similar shady deals signed off just prior to his exit. I wonder if we are stuck with Dolph’s firm for the security for a start…

online up as said... but no finance option yet

Randford would be brave to keep his cars there tbh.

That thought did cross my mind too, Batch… it would be a shame if there was a wayward pint glass or two from the CGH on a matchday.

We are

A few of the vans were there last night

Brilliant  :no:

I can't see that ending well.

From what i have heard we should be ok. I don't think they were as close as some initially thought towards the end

Dolph or randford, or both?

Who the fuck are Dolph and Randford?

Power’s muscle

Dolph runs the security company that has supplied staff to the club for the past few seasons and until Power left was a non-Exec director.

Ranford - Google is your friend

Both have been threatening town fans online in recent weeks

He’s a real tasty geezer

https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/18194565.jason-ranford-jailed-using-limo-customers-bank-details-spend-luxuries/

I think considering this is all ‘upfront’ money it’s a cracking number to have sold.  Sure, people may have put it on the credit card but that’s still cash in the bank for the club.

I wonder how many we will have sold one the credit option is available

You have to consider there will be a good number of potential ST holders, who will still be nervous about covid and crowds, so 3k odd is not bad at all

just ordered mine online,got confirmation,anyone know if i'll be able to go saturday?

first time i've had a season ticket in 45years of following the Town ,so not sure of the procedure,always paid on the day.
got a feeling about this season like no other,somethings gonna happen i reckon and want to be there. :hmmm:

he's all mouth and trousers Aud,nothing to worry about

Surely the council still own the car park, we only have use of it on match days

Should be alright to go, so long as there's no delays with the post!

hope so fella,it did say they would email a pdf to print off if you didn't want it on ya phone,so a bit confused not received either yet,early days so will panic friday  :ty:

Might just be that they're done in bulk every si iften rather than instantly after your order. If you haven't got anything by Friday just call the club and I'm sure they'll sort you out.

EDIT: Just soptted this on the OS...

Renewed mine last night. Will miss the first two home games but looking forward to coming back to the CG

You'd think that most people would want to take a finance option on ST's.

So, if they reached 3k without finance being available, then maybe their target of 6k is not as unrealistic as thought. Granted, I am making quite an assumption about people buying more tickets in finance, but I don't think it's an unreasonable one.

3,207

Sold 134 overnight since the online option became available

Have we firm date on the finance availability yet? And if so and it is after the next two home games, how does that effect the cost?

In a normal year possibly, at present a lot of people have a fair bit more liquidity off the back of not spending during various lockdowns which might be inflating the cash up front sales.

A fair few unfortunately also have no other option but to hope finance becomes available

3,207 sold as of this morning.

6k aim was always lofty, but understandable.

Anything over 4k is quality imo.

Any ideas on numbers for previous seasons?

Anything from the Lee Power era is filed away in the Lord Lucan/Shergar mystery folder. Highly unlikely we'll ever know sadly.

Well, you can hazard a guess.

He’d have 2 front pockets and 2 back pockets in his strides. Maybe a jacket also which has 2 outside pockets and, usually, an inside pocket.

How many notes can you stuff in them?

Over 4k would be a right result in my book.

I'd love a season ticket but I work 3 weekends in 4 so just can't justify it. I do seldomly get away early on a Saturday but that is only confirmed on the day so can't commit to attending. Has anybody heard if they're offering the 10 game ticket that has happened before? I would do that if an option

it was mentioned they'd be willing to look at it to assess demand, but priority was getting season tickets sorted. with nudging them in a week or two, maybe through the trust

I think the club does need to update on any finance option or lack of

Yeah as Batch said it was discussed but the priorities remain in getting the season tickets sorted. I'm in the same boat as you where a 6/8/10 game ticket would work perfectly for me and my dad.

They must be getting messed around as they been saying 2 days since Rob Angus was on the sofa

Imagine that's the kind of thing that might get pushed out in Spetember or October. In some ways that's a bit late, but by all accounts they've got too many other things to get sorted for this to be a priority in August.

yeah, must be a hell of a credit rating nightmare..

Just wait until Barry Scott applies for one !!.

Got our tickets for Saturday. The young chap told me after I asked that their hoping to announce something today if not before Saturday, well Rome was not built in a day so let’s say Saturday and be pleasantly surprised if sooner, that if it does not happen before or even before the Tranny game ST on monthly plan will be amended accordingly and to keep ticket receipts for the games that have been played and you’ve paid full price for.

I’ve just received my season ticket “digitally” via email. Added to my iPhone wallet. Anyone else just had that come through as I wasn’t expecting it.

yes. just now. I request a card so presumably will have both options

From the club

‘Swindon Town Football Club would like to issue the following update on Season Ticket Cards for the 2021-22 campaign.

Anyone who purchased a 2021-22 Season Ticket and requested a card prior to Monday 9th August, your cards have been sent to an external printer who are dispatching them and supporters will receive these to their registered address on Friday.

Supporters do not need to do anything.

All purchases done online will receive a digital ticket which the Ticket Office will fulfil each afternoon to your registered email.

Any supporters who had purchased a Season Ticket between Monday and this afternoon have been issued a digital card, but if you had requested a card (only if you purchased between Monday - Wednesday), please email [email protected] and the Ticket Office can advise. ’

I wasn’t asked if I wanted a card or electronic version over the phone

still not got my e-ticket yet,not a problem,will just turn up on the day with confirmation email..do i get it from ticket office or somewhere else,sorry,new to this season ticket thing,normaly pay on the day :-[

they'll sort it 'billy

Same.

Sent from my XQ-AD51

Apologies if this has already been asked, but I have three E season tickets that have been emailed to me, I’m unable to attend the game so how do we go about giving the tickets to others, can we just send a screen shot etc?

exactly the reason I asked for a card. sharing e-tickets can be a pain.

but ...

surely the qr code will be the same and the qr code will do.

Yeah, as I only got mine yesterday I didn’t get the option for it unfortunately, we’ll see what happens haha

I got an e ticket version but cannot open in, anyone else had this issue?

What device are you trying to open it on? And are you trying to open the Apple Wallet link, the Google Pay link or the PDF?

Clicked on the link with my ipad

Not sure what to think about the whole Clem on Tour thing today, part of me thinks its a good idea, part thinks its a bit tin pot!

had the same problem mate,downloaded google pay and it installed and saved in there,for Apple it's their version of wallet i think :)

Which link? There are three. iPads don't have Apple Wallet as far as I'm aware so you're best using the PDF.

The vans broke down  :no:

Well Sky Sports News is accompanying him on his tour today, gimmick or not it gets the club positive attention in the media for once.

Doesn't work for me either. I clicked on the google pay link as I have that, but it's not opening at all.

I wonder if he might not have more joy touring the market towns around the county.

If just selling season tickets was the aim then I feel that would be a good idea, but, I think the main idea is re engaging with the Swindon community as a whole, make the club more in the public eye in the Town and show fans what it has become after so many years of turmoil and shit.

Its great that Clem is such a nice guy and loves all of this, and fair play to him, we have never had an owner like that ever.

Hopefully this is just teh start of the club becoming a true "football club in the community" , something we have always strived for but never even got close.

Yeah it is a bit, but i don’t really see it as being aimed at us. There’s been a lot of damage to the floating/less engaged fan support in the last few years, and so some kind of hard hitting PR drive in the short term is probably needed to ram the message home that things have changed

For all the support the trust got in the summer, membership only rose to a fraction of what we know our support is. Easy to think the fanbase in general is up to speed and on board with the new ownership, but think that might be a misinterpretation

It is a bit tin pot, but it's likely to do a lot more harm than good. (I can't think of any harm it will do at all)

Agree with both of these, as I said I kind of get it, but just wonder how it would be received on here if that lot up the road were doing same.

Plus the whole standing on the terraces with the fans sets my eyebrows off a bit, brings back shudders of Jed and Mike Ashley.

I had something similar when I renewed mine a couple of weeks ago. In the end, I forwarded the email from my main email account to a separate gmail account that I have. The link from that account to my google pay app then worked OK.

Was at the silverstone Grand Prix this year 140,000 on the Sunday, you need to take precautions depending upon your own circumstances, it is odd being back in a crowd, but having been to Scunthorpe and Cambridge this week, the fear wears off.

I think we know answer to that one. Standard football fan behaviour resulting in a multi page thread containing a lot of finger pointing and laughter.

I find it a bit cringy today but it’s not doing any harm, all part of the charm offensive. Highly doubt it was Clem’s idea and imagine he can’t wait to get it over and done with!

I'm all for what Clem is doing. He's trying to repair the relationship the club has with the town. Lets face it, we've had cunts in charge more often than not and just coming off the back of the worst one of all.

Getting out there and speaking to people is the only way to do it. He almost needs to encounter the people with bad feeling towards the club more than the hardcore fans. We're on board already.

When I first saw this yesterday on twitter I thought it was a bit cringey and naff, but today all I can think of are positives. He's engaging with the people of the town, making them smile again, bringing hope to the club. Absolutely fair play to the club for arranging it, seeing smiling fan faces is good to see.

As someone else said, (possibly JJ) it was on Sky Sports News earlier and is a good news item for once!  :nod:

Power should have done the same on his way out!

He would have had a hearty farewell, I’m sure!

I don't see anything tin pot or cringe worthy about what Clem is doing. Quite the contrary; I applaud him for rolling his sleeves up and taking time to get out and engage with new and existing fans . There is a lot of damage to repair and  being visible and taking time to meet people goes a long way towards that. If he can flog a few season tickets along the way then even better.

If it was Oxford's Chairman, I bet some would be slagging it off saying it stinks of desperation.

Fair play to Clem though.

As Abraham Lincoln (may well not have) said...

You can please some of the people all of time
You can please all of the people some of the time
But you can't please all of the people all of the time...

Whether he said it or not, it's as true today as it was back then...and I'm sure Clem knows it only too well. I don't think you can fault what he's doing personally...

I wonder how many people he'll bump into in town during the day, with even fewer than usual about due to homeworking? He should do a pub crawl in the evening, when people's judgment might also be sufficiently impaired to sign up on the spot.
 :beers:

That is football for you

SAF went around Aberdeen in a van or car on match day with a megaphone urging people to go to their home games. That turned out ok.

Build it and they will come, Spread the word or ....both.

I like what hes doing.

The relationship between the fans, town and club had gone toxic.

Did this and it worked fine. Have to open it from the email the Gpay was registered to! I use a yahoo address for STFC... Thanks for the tip

The bloke is definitely a grafter. You can see how he has been successful.

Just one letter away from previous incumbents.

Exactly this.

If it were Oxford their fans would love it and we'd think it's tinpot. The damage has been done by Power and Clem is going out there and repairing it. Seeing the reaction on social media shows why it's valuable. I'm all in.

3,457 sold now.

first minor criticism, there needs to be an update for those waiting on a finance option.

I guess things are close in the background, but even so..

I love the fact that he was actually driving the van.... I'd assumed someone would be driving him... bollocks to what Oxford fans might think and what some our fans might think if it was the other way round... as you say, you've got to love it...

Just had my digital tickets through.

I had bought for myself and cousin online linking club account #'s (confirmation email picked up correct name / #'s) but the digital tickets all have my club account # and name. I guess in reality it probably doesn't matter but has anyone else had this?

Is the finance option still not available?

Hopefully the club offer refunds if people have to buy match tickets for Saturday/Tuesday and get a season ticket after the fact.

I last had a season ticket in 2013 (unrelated to Power taking charge) and have only been to a handful of games since then. This morning I started thinking about going to the Carlisle game and that has evolved into going to buy a season ticket!

I'll be billy no-mates as I've no idea if anyone I used to go with goes anymore. Sure I'll see some familiar faces though.

Would be good if they can just knock the price of the tickets purchased off of the season ticket balance.

If I'm not mistaken they've told people to keep their ticket receipts for once finance becomes available?

Sent from my CLT-L09

have they? missed that

Hi guys on finance option unfortunately taking bit longer than they expected (due to credit record of club) . Was expected this week but now next week club working tirelessly to get this sorted asap

yeah I get that Jan, I'm sure they are desperate to resolve it.

is/has communication going out about it. that the only concern really

Courtesy of LL

yes, but that needs communicating clearly

Agreed, I just remembered reading it somewhere. Perhaps JanAirplaneMan or someone else can ask the club to spell it out through the OS and other media.

I have let Rob Angus know hopefully they will provide an update on the official channels. But told its next week for this being available

Thanks Jan, meanwhile hang on to your stubs gents!

cheers Jan

I had the same problem, asked my son to sort it out - he sent the original email to my gmail account and it worked ok

Just wish to check if anyone is aware if the club will get the full money upfront if the finance option is taken.

I was waiting for the finance option to renew, as just prefer to pay for it throughout the season, however if the club doesn’t get all the money upfront I may rethink.

Unfortunately can’t go Saturday due to a family wedding, so haven’t panicked over the delay.

As I understand it they do.  The finance company pay STFC in full, you repay the finance company in instalments.

This was one of the issues Rob Angus was talking about previously, that due to the clubs credit rating if tickets are bought with finance that the club only get the money as games are played.  It could be that it’s taken longer because they have been trying to investigate different options (if there are any)

I'm sure they are investigating every which option they can.

if not criticise the efforts, and the club obviously want every bum on seat they can get.

but they have been pretty poor keeping the fans notified on the situation given the first 2 games are Saturday and Tuesday. I'm sure there is good reason for that. but it may not be obvious to those that need to make plans

Update on finance option:

https://twitter.com/Official_STFC/status/1426115176202444803?s=20

brilliant. just what was needed

So!

Has anybody had the actual physical season ticket card delivered?

Thats the one i asked for...paid at the window on 3rd August.

They're due for delivery today I believe.

To break 3,500 in 18 days of sales is quite amazing TBH.

Thanks, fingers crossed then.

Agreed.....4K would be a superb result with finance plan add ons etc.

When are they doing the cut-off for the ST sales out of interest? Is it literally at 12pm tomorrow?

Existing ST holders who have not renewed yet have until 31/8 to claim their current seats.

I thought they carried on for about a month past the first game normally, but I have no idea mate.

Thanks LL and PV - so the race to 6k ends on or around 31st August then by the sounds of it?

Clearly any value of the ST will have been massively negated by then as we'll have played 3 games!

Absolutely, thats almost using up the free tickets saving by then, normally they start the half season tickets then around Christmas time.

today!

+ I got the email with the qr code in too the other day

I also received my card this morning.

Well mines a no show!  Rethink require for tomorrow.

Get an online ticket, save it for a refund when your ST arrives  :)

Sorry, you've probably been asked this. Did you receive a digital one too by email? If you can't get it on your phone you should be able to print it off and the barcode should work.
I'm sure i've read this elsewhere.
You could do that until the card arrives.
A faff I know as only about 3% of UK households actually have Ink in their printers.

Footnote
Percentage may have been made up.

All you need is proof of purchase and they will give you a paper one

Mines not arrived also. Will see if it turns up in the post tomorrow, and , if not, go to down to the club to print me off a ticket for tomorrow...

Thanks.

I have proof so will take it with me.

No emails at all etc.

Trouble is i usually arrive at the CG pissed up at 2:30pm earliest.

Digitals arrived yesterday and added to wallet.
Physicals landed today.
I can't believe how exited I am about tomorrow- like a kid on Christmas eve!

If it turns up tomorrow, you can still turn up at the CG at 2.30 pissed.

If it doesn't, get to the CG earlier, get a ticket printed...then get pissed at the CG hotel.

That might be the way tomorrow!

What time does the ticket office close? 12??

Season card arrived today after digital thing did a couple of days ago.  So long ago but when trying to get a FA cup ticket online and not being able to sign in to do it , the only option left to sign in was through facebook. And it worked but my facebook name is different to my real name and the ticket system changed my name to my facebook one.  And even thou i asked the lad in the ticket office to make sure they had correct details it arrived with the wrong name on it. Still it will let me in so no worries.

the club have just put some info up on the Website that people on here may find useful.

https://www.swindontownfc.co.uk/news/2021/august/fans-guide---important-information-ahead-of-carlisle-clash/

In your seats by 2.15 seems ambitious! Most fans roll in about 2.55.

Link doesn’t work for me, and can’t find the page on the club site

On website click on tickets - buy online on the drop down menu - buy now - find tickets -

It’s back on tha OS again now:

https://www.swindontownfc.co.uk/news/2021/august/fans-guide---important-information-ahead-of-carlisle-clash/

Cheers

Any update re: how many we have sold?

Suspect we won't hear anything until tomorrow

Rob Angus said over 4,000 on the wireless, not sure if an exact figure has been given.

Coulda sworn it was 3.4k on Thursday? 600+ in 2 days, if true, is remarkable.

Zavier Austin bought one for each of his brothers, Zaver, Zav, Zavi, Zavinho etc.

Just purchased a ST in the DR.

Doubt I'll go to every single game, but the club deserves the money upfront.

I'm also a loner.

Fair play to you

nice one.

you can't really be totally alone in a football match! Been to a fair few away on my own

This.

We have now sold 3,833 Season Tickets - thank you all for your continued support.

Season Tickets and 🎟️ for tomorrow's home game against @TranmereRovers can be purchased online...

👇

https://t.co/VwMtDblvEM

#STFC 🔴⚪️ https://t.co/qT9bIRTUNr

That's brilliant.  Even more next year in L1. ;-)

Well, mine never showed up today!

I miss Mansfield, so plenty of time for mine to show up after tomorrow night.

My ears need unclogging then, no wonder my wife says I don't listen properly. At least, I think that what she says!

As it has been a popular thing to post wife got ours on line today and printed them off at work. The ticket office was closed today and only open 10-4 tomorrow, honestly, that’s what the notice on the shop door said.

Haven’t received ours yet either, emailed the enquiries@ address at the weekend to see if we will be getting them as we bought over the phone but we’re not asked if we wanted physical cards, no reply yet

Finance now sorted https://www.swindontownfc.co.uk/news/2021/august/season-ticket-finance-option-now-available-online/

Good work by the club for the reduction in prices too bearing in mind the 2 home games. Means all ST holders are on an even playing field.

temporary teething issues

We have taken this down temporarily while we sort through the issues.

Thank you for your patience, and we will keep you updated.

#STFC

I must confess that when I shared the link I had a quick look online, seemed to be very few seats available which suggested either we had sold ST's beyond belief or there was a glitch somewhere. For instance in the DRS there was next to none bar the two blocks nearest the bank....

Sent from my SM-A125F

Still haven’t received our ST cards or a reply from the club as to whether we will be getting them.

I’m not angry, just disappointed ;)

I think a lot are being held back as untaken STs at the minute, I know my oldest's seat from last year is still unavailable to select even though I've told the club I won't be buying it this year, at least it means I've got a guaranteed seat gap next to me until the end of the month :D

finance option back on line

3,960

Nearly 1000 of them new sign ups

Not that we will ever know, but i wonder how many of that 1000 are people that had them the Wellens year and didnt for the covid year. I had always assumed we had aroun 4k ST's for the last few years. So are there 1000 more usual renewals that haven't happened yet, or is this just a rebound to normal levels.

Attendance at first 2 home games suggest there should be more sales to come. I was very impressed at over 8k on a Tue.

I was wondering. What do you think the attendances would have been if this was another Power season? Forget the boardroom shenanigans - pretend we didn’t know about all the shit.

I reckon over the 2 games we are 5000 up - around the £100,000 mark in takings.

Be good to know what the club budgeted for for this season. Could be an interesting January window!

So wish I could add my name to the list, but unrealistic from Scotland...might make one or two home games, and will certainly be at Hartlepool and Carlisle, and possibly Barrow. Do make a monthly contribution to the Community Foundation, so at least putting a little money where my mouth is.

Scotland-based fans really ought to be able to get iFollow subs. I wonder how much the club is making from remote fans these days. For years I paid for nothing but the occasional game and a bit of merch when I came over. Now I pay 166€ a year - basically half a ST - for iFollow. Add to that £6 a month to the Trust and it feels like I'm doing my bit, while being more closely engaged than ever.

Bloody armchair fans  :)

yeah, living in Scotland/Thailand/Some Greek island/France. it's any old excuse with you lot isn't it :)

I swear he said he lived in Asbestos in Greece!?

sounds right.

Agree with that. Although dodgy firestick options are actually cheaper, but the club gets no money so shooting people in the foot making them go that route so they don't have the extra cost of a VPN.

Exactly. I haul my sorry arse (and my wife's quite delectable one) in from deepest, darkest Buckinghamshire for every home game.......

Sorry, you’ll need photographic evidence I’m afraid of your wife’s delectable Harris.

I thought he said Domestos  :)

Private images stay private ;)

You missed Cumbria...  ;)

Bolshoi spasibo ... from Russia, with love naturally :)

comes under Scotland doesn't it ?!

Sometimes  :)

UPDATE 🎟️ | We have hit the 4k mark!

We have now sold 4,045 Season Tickets, which is superb support and we're getting closer to our 6k target!

You can buy yours online now, with finance now available too

#STFC 🔴⚪️
https://t.co/og3gPVrTZv

Sure,  you can buy them but try getting them delivered. Still waiting for card bought and paid for on the 3rd of August !!.  If all goes well might have it before the Mansfield game.    Very poor service, quick enough to take your money.

I was just about to say is adding it to your phone not an option for you then i tried adding it to my wallet and the link keeps coming up with an error!

have you tried contacting anyone about it?

my card came before the first home game

Emailed club again this morning, no reply so far.
Would prefer to talk to someone but that appears to be impossible or expensive on 0871 number, unless anyone knows a Different number?? Would be appreciated.

You Must be one of the lucky ones.   Just looked on website states - they will be sent out between 18th & 28th August.

Try this: https://www.saynoto0870.com/

Same here, have emailed several times but can't get any reply

I am one of four still waiting for cards.

Taking the piss now.

Thanks for all the solutions everyone, but i ordered and paid for a ST Card and it should of been sent to me by now...end of.

I'm sure the club are trying their best here, the next home game isn't until the 28th August, so they have a few days to sort this out. 

If you can get in using the emailed ST then please be patient.

What emailed ST ??  FFS Read the posts properly before replying.

they emailed the STs out too. even if you are waiting for a card

If you actually posted that, then I might read it? I'm sure if the worst happens and you don't get anything then you can go to the ticket office before the game, while not ideal you will be able to get into the game.

It might be worth not over reacting to these things...

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Emailed club again this morning, no reply so far.
Would prefer to talk to someone but that appears to be impossible or expensive on 0871 number, unless anyone knows a Different number?? Would be appreciated.

All you are saying is that you have emailed the club about getting a card? My email was sent without me asking. 

You were not clear, so don't get on your high horse. Calm down and let the club respond, you will be able to get into the game

There are a lot of absolute clusterfucks that the organisation are trying to get sorted. The season tickets is just one of them.

Around a month ago, we weren't certain that a season ticket would be needed.

Please give them time to get our club back on an even keel. They are working their socks off for us all.

I take it you must have received yours.
We should not be expected to fuck about like we have had to for the first two games,  think you’d understand if you had had to do the same.  These were paid for over two weeks ago. :crash: :crash:

New thread?

First time I've ever seen a thread repeated!

No mate,  should be under the original season tickets !!!.

just humour me and check your spam email folder if you haven't already

My mate didn't get an email for his single ticket purchase either mind. It was sorted at the ticket window, bit of a ball ache because we thought they closed at 1 so I did a race across town and queue for him

I agree ST purchases have been the worst process in years. it must be a right mess the fucking tool left behind.

Someone Must be working their socks off as you say, especially at this time of the night,  Have Just had an email explaining that they had the wrong email address, that is despite reading back the email addresses when purchasing, anyway fair play to them still working this time of the night.  Hopefully it will now be sorted but don’t think some people realise the pain in the arse it is when living 40+ miles away!!.

"Taking the piss"?

"JUS A TOETOOL DISC RACE PURSE ON ELLIE SPKN!!?!1"

You have a solution, it's not the clubs fault you can't be fucked to call the number provided.

Shouldn't have to fuck about ringing phone numbers, I paid for a service.

To be fair if the solution is ringing a premium rate phone number then that's not a solution IMO.

This.

You're a fucking tool, mate.

You're welcome to use the ignore button.   Anyway, at least I put it on the right thread so who's the tool ?🤔🤔.

I don't understand why are you getting in such a tizzy about it? I'm sure you'll get your ST card in the post this week, unless there is a reason that you physically need it before Friday? (if you are going away or whatever)

Yes, because accidentally posting something in the wrong thread really compares to being a tool over delays from a department that's been under so much pressure.

Fine comparison. Get a grip man for fuck's sake. I'm sure they're doing their best.

Although part of me now hopes they put you at the bottom of the list.

Somebody fart on your food FH?

Oh, so the other part of you hopes they don't ??.  Thanks.

It's not me you should be asking...

Somebody fart on your food SM?

😁😁

Have you actually received the email copy yet though? Did you pay extra for a card

Well it is, it's just not an ideal one. When you look at the problems every single club seem to have had this summer and you look at liverpool and saints fans issues getting theirs i just think his reaction is a bit OTT. I could understand if he was being refused entry due to this but it's not.

Problem is at our level the matchday experience is key to getting people back through the gates and as well as results the ticket buying process and general experience around the ground is all part of the package.

Whilst appreciating people are working hard behind the scenes it is all a bit of a mess at the moment and really needs to be sorted ASAP as getting a ticket to someone is pretty basic. It's also contributing to ridiculous queues to get into the ground with poor printer quality or people unable to use the e-tickets on there phone properly causing hold ups.

Thanks Theakston,  think you’ve summed up perfectly what I have been trying to say all along.  People that have already received their tickets don’t seem to appreciate the aggro involved.  Hopefully will get tickets this week and I do appreciate that a lot of work has been done behind the scenes and appreciate the long hours the ticket office staff have been working to try and sort this problem out.

Anyone know if you have the digital ticket, if you can share this with someone else some how if your not going to the game ?

I believe if you forward the QR code that will be enough

I’ve not received my card as yet and I’ve no desire to get in a tizzy about it.

I’m lucky in that I don’t live too far away from the CG to give myself time to sort out alternative means of getting in. However, considering the state the club was in just a few weeks ago, I find it hard to understand why anyone can get their knickers in a twist so soon.

Whilst it’s not an ideal situation, it doesn’t feel hard to cut some slack and act like a supporter rather than an entitled customer.

Ordered my ST card at the CG on the 3rd August.

Still not arrived.

No email...nothing.

I live in Calne, so getting to Swindon for a 'solution' is not an easy task and i have banked on mates in Swindon collecting print outs for me and the queues, as we all know, have been long!

Maniac lives in Warminster and has NO mates!!   So thats him fucked!

Cut the moaning cunt some slack! :)

Someone will be asking if they can buy an Advertiser outside the ground next......

And the Pinkun!!

4,096 sold. Looks like we are only going to get to 4,500 ish.

4,500 would be a great total and a fair bit above our HUGE pirate neighbours who have had their tickets on sale since April.

Or the 69er

There's a report here from the EFL on season tickets between 11/12 and 15/16. STFC's sales were consistently between 4900 and 5500 in that paeriod, and in 15/16 we had the 7th highest ST sales in League One.

As a measure of where we're currently at, Plymouth were the 3rd highest in L2 with a total of 4113, behind Pompey (11,476) and Luton (5,893).

https://www.efl.com/siteassets/efl-documents/attendance-reports/efl-attendance-report---season-ticket-holders-season-2015-16.pdf

There's probably a more recent report out there but I haven't found it as yet.

Interesting comparison R4E

Slightly dissapointed the finance option hasn't bumpd the figures much. Maybe ecerybody bought a different way when push cam to shove.

Think that was a typo. Since revised to 4,906

Where you getting the data from Statto Audrey?

Was still 4,096 about 45 mins ago.

https://twitter.com/Official_STFC/status/1430111130748399630

Just checked. Looks like he 4,906 was the original tweet - since amended to 4,096.

boo

Still pretty good though considering that a number of clubs struggle to get 3,000 in total in L2 and in fact a fair few don't even get 2,000...

Decent, but I'm surprised there's not been a bigger jump.

Is there may be a delay or something? Perhaps it takes a couple of days for approval?

Salford have about 600 season ticket holders.

We have more season ticket holders already than home fans in attendance at all of these clubs, taking off away fans from the attendances at these clubs for their last home game played this season in L1 and L2.

Colchester
Crewe
Fleetwood
Gillingham
Wycombe
Carlisle
Exeter
FGR
Harrogate
Hartlepool
Morecambe
Oldham
Rochdale
Salford
Scunthorpe
Stevenage
Walsall
Wimbledon

The following clubs only had between 200 and 250 more home fans than the current 4,100(ish) season ticket holders in their previous home game.

Mansfield
Northampton
Orient
Port Vale

Sutton, Newport have yet to play a home game.

Of all the league 2 clubs the only 3 clubs with more home attendees than we have season ticket holders were Bradford, Rovers and Tranmere.

Nah i think that will be pretty much it now for us in terms of numbers. Hard o know if there has or has not been a jump not knowing how many we had last season i suppose

Have been on the clubs ticketing website, well I think I did. Unless I’m a ‘fucking tool’ 😉 I do not seem to be able to purchase our three ST via the monthly payment plan. Are they actually available? Or as I think only available after the 31/8 renewal cut off? It seemed every way I input two adults and an u18 it was to pay in full upfront.

Just checked and it looked available, you select the tickets when logged in, go to checkout and then it gives you the option to buy, V12 finance.

Oh, that’s what it is. Thanks.

All sorted now thanks.

Mine has arrived!!

Get in!

 :wotjump:

That’s good, when did you buy it?

Still waiting for ours

Err, I now have my digital season tickets, I do t have and have no intention of using Apple Pay or Google pay on any of my devices. So how do I gain access to Saturdays game?

Ticket office before the game or print off your QR code

just out of interest is there a reason why you don't want to? otherwise just screenshot the qr code on your phone and use it on the turnstyle

First game of the season the bloke didn’t scan my QR code, he barely even looked at it. I wonder if they will tighten this up, or it could be very easy to get in with a screenshot from a mate.

For each of the two games so far, the scanner in the DR Stand couldn't read the QR code on my phone and the turnstile person had to scan a paper bar code to let me through. Third time lucky this Saturday?  :hmmm:

I have good old fashioned CASH, bank card and credit card. I find what with those three avenues to emptying my bank account i cahoots with DD & SO I don’t need any more ways to get skint. Will that do?

Seen that happen in front of my very eyes.

I’d really like three plastic cards. Because, my Mrs might want to go, in my absence (work related) my son might want to take a cpl of mates if either me and the Mrs can’t or don’t want to go. Bit of a phaff if you ask me.

You will get the plastic cards but in the meantime save yourself all the phaff by pressing print

Not sure I've been shoving the phone under the scanner the right way up and around.  :crash:
A knowing smile from the turnstile oppo each time and they've let me in.

Would be good if the card arrived soon.

I kind of thought that would be the case.

Woohoo, ours have arrived this morning, along with tickets for Stevenage

I hope the maniac's ticket arrived this week or his blood pressure has probably gone through the roof.

I don't use apple pay or google pay but still have the e ticket in my electronic wallet. The pay platforms only allow access to things you put on them so your accounts are safe.

I have been to a couple of NFL and MLB games in the states and they wanted us to upload to codes to our phones. It worked fine, even without internet access at the stadium.

I understand how these things work, however, for me/us the season tickets have to be uber flexible. We have x2 adult & x1 u18. My wife is going to be a occasional attendee, whereas my son and I nearly every game. Which leaves a spare for either an adult or an u18. More likely to be an u18 which would be any number of his mates.. equally he might not be able to come himself so then my Mrs may or may not but I’d still need that extra adult ticket. We could have just gotten x2 adults but for the extra £10 an u18 was a no brainer. He has bought two different mates to the two home games so far. If we have a plastic CC like before they can be kept at home and bought to each game regardless of who comes. For me in my stone age brain cards work so much better.

Don't get me wrong (Go Chrissie Hynde!) I think plastic is better but having the e card as a fall-back until they arrive saves a lot of queueueueueueuing at the ticket office before the game.......

I have passed the email to my Mrs to print e-tickets at work. She’s the IT expert in our house.

Finally arrived plus my railcard came today,  all ready to go now  !!!!!.

 :clap: nice one maniac.  :pint:

Cheers mate !!. :D :D

Just put the season ticket on there and not your debit/credit cards.

Sent from my CLT-L09

6 game flexi tickets now available.

£108 for the side stands
£99 for the TE

Bit less for us old codgers and whippersnappers.

Is that any 6 games between now and the end of the season?

Edit: it is. Gonna get me some of that  :)

Half season tickets also on sale

Side Stands £210

Town End £190