Season Ticket Meeting 09/10

[pauld]

Thats your evidence for proving that we have not been served up garbage is it?

No, that's my evidence that saying we regularly get served up garbage is OTT, and recent form is relevant IMO because the OP implied it was an unremitting tide of shite from start to finish which I don't believe is true, in that it has got better recently. Granted the League position hasn't, but I was addressing the standard of play, which the phrase "regularly served up garbage" is talking about.

[RobertT]

Didn't we sell more season tickets for the 06/07 season than we did the years before it?  There is no clear pattern as to how or why season ticket sales vary from year to year, other than this season when we slashed prices.  Matchday sales are probably more likely to be swayed by the teams performance, not season ticket sales.  Your usual 2k-3k will occur most years, regardless of how we did the year before because it's the loyal fans who want to budget and that isn't going to change much.  It may drop from this years if nothing sparks the public interest, but it won't drop any lower than it was 2/3/4/5/6/7 years ago.

In the good times of the late 80's, our season ticket sales were still around the 3k mark at most, apart from 93/94/95 period.  Ardiles and Macari couldn't even spark the interest in forking out several hundred quid for a ticket, just as Malpas wouldn't wipe out the season ticket base.

[overthehill]

Some fair points pauld but overall the season has been a disaster, and we are far from being out of the mire yet.
I want to enjoy going to the CG but that has been few and far between this season.
It is very doubtful that I shall renew my season ticket next season, I wonder how many others feel the same way.

[pauld]

Some fair points pauld but overall the season has been a disaster, and we are far from being out of the mire yet.
I want to enjoy going to the CG but that has been few and far between this season.
It is very doubtful that I shall renew my season ticket next season, I wonder how many others feel the same way.

Fair enough. Don't get me wrong, even with some dramatic improvements, it's not likely to be a season I'll look back on with any great fondness either in my dotage. But that won't affect my decision to get a season ticket - I can't imagine Saturdays without football (or more to the point I can and I don't like the idea) and I like the people around me where I sit. And let's be honest, supporting Swindon isn't a straight down the line rational "quality of product" decision is it? It's a gut thing for me, but I can see how repeated misery could wear that out of anyone.

[Spy]

no, it was like a bloody funeral

Where were you sat? In the town end there was quite a lot of singing all throughout the game. Not too bad considering it was quite a boring game and the ref seemed to stop it every few minutes because someone had fallen over and he thought that warranted a free kick.

[RobertT]

It was quiet, very quiet, on Tuesday.

As PaulD mentions in his rationale, most people just ignore the previous years drivel when deciding to buy a season ticket, hence my point about little fluctuation from year to year unless very special circumstances prevail (Prem year, prices slashed).

Lets be honest, if it was performance related we'd be down to a sprinkling of about 10 people with season tickets by now.

[pauld]

Lets be honest, if it was performance related we'd be down to a sprinkling of about 10 people with season tickets by now.

Quite. For most fans at our level, buying a season ticket is almost a textbook example of the phrase "The triumph of hope over experience". In fact, that should be printed in large letters as the slogan on the ST books.

[herthab]

After the game on Tuesday I had my first misgivings about going to every game this season. Even when I woke up on Wednesday, I still didn't want to travel to Tranmere and felt pretty pissed off about the money it's going to cost to get to the remaining home and away games.

I'm still gutted about Tuesday's performance, but I'll be going Saturday and I'll be renewing my season ticket, whatever happens.

It's like what Paul said, you can't rationalise why you do it and if you looked at it logically, why put yourself through the misery of watching a poor team week after week?

But logic and rational thinking have very little to do with supporting a lower league team.

Stupidity helps though!!

[Dozno9]

I buy a season ticket every year, have done for donkeys years and will continue to do so. I would pay pretty much anything (within reason) for one. Saturdays are for football.

I get the pissed ripped out of me by the people I meet and work with, but with that comes a certain respect from them that I go and support the team in the town I was born in. I would rather support Swindon than any other team, including the top 4 premiership, I couldn't think of anything worse.

What I don't want is the club to take the piss because I would renew whatever. I don't give a shit if they make the townend £100 for the year when I pay £300+, I don't want to go in that stand so fill it up. I WANT them to lower the price of the townend, I WANT buy BOGOF offers, I WANT bring a friend for a fiver, I don't care that I still pay full whack, it's what I choose to do.

I don't subscribe to the view that, 'oh it's only Swindon so it's shit and you've got to expect that', that's bollocks. I pay my money and expect good football, I don't expect to win the FA cup. When the players play like they have this year it pisses me off. This is even more so when we have a good crowd, not because I am pissed off particulary for me but because I want the non-regulars to come again because they have seen a good performance, playing like we have done it is no suprise that the aggregate has gone down game on game.

[pauld]

Don't think anyone would disagree with any of that Dozno. I certainly wasn't. And very well put btw

[overthehill]

I used to be one of those that would go every game,every season no matter what.
It may surprise some of you but there are plenty of other things to do on a Saturday that can be more enjoyable than watching the Town.
My point is that unless the product improves there may be many others out there who will try the other option.
It is down to the club and most importantly the players to provide us with performances that warrant our support.

[Bob's Orange]

I used to be one of those that would go every game,every season no matter what.
It may surprise some of you but there are plenty of other things to do on a Saturday that can be more enjoyable than watching the Town.
My point is that unless the product improves there may be many others out there who will try the other option.
It is down to the club and most importantly the players to provide us with performances that warrant our support.

Name 3 things more enjoyable than watching your team on a Saturday?

[flammableBen]

Name 3 things more enjoyable than watching your team on a Saturday?

Pub.
Computer Games with radio on
Tellybox with radio on
Cooking a delicious Lasagne with radio on
Going to visit my friend Ally and drinking lots of wine all afternoon.
A Mega Wank.

[overthehill]

Pub.
Computer Games with radio on
Tellybox with radio on
Cooking a delicious Lasagne with radio on
Going to visit my friend Ally and drinking lots of wine all afternoon.
A Mega Wank.

He only wanted 3

[Dozno9]

I used to be one of those that would go every game,every season no matter what.
It may surprise some of you but there are plenty of other things to do on a Saturday that can be more enjoyable than watching the Town.
My point is that unless the product improves there may be many others out there who will try the other option.
It is down to the club and most importantly the players to provide us with performances that warrant our support.

One is not exclusive to the other, without support there is no money to buy players, without better players you will not get the support. Classic chicken and egg scenario. They club need to make it a family event but still attract the single guys (and girls) who want the pub/game/pub event. Suitable pricing and events will do the trick I belive. One thing is for certain; that I have more confidence in the current board getting it right than the previous one.