Scunthorpe Away

[Paolo69]

Oh and the fuckers really shouldn't be allowed to charge us £17 more than their own.

[Peter Gibbons]

Cheers, I'd completely forgotten about the land slide business.  Will probably still end up going though.

[THE FLASH]

Nowt riding on it so it's a no from me.

[Peter Gibbons]

Who is going to this by train?  The Honest Lawyer sounds like the place if football ground guide is to be believed.

[Dostoyevsky]

Oh and the fuckers really shouldn't be allowed to charge us £17 more than their own.

Could always go in their end.

[Paolo69]

Could always go in their end.

Yeah true but that's not really the point. Plus, i'd rather let my hair down.

[Dostoyevsky]

True, and our players will need that vocal thrust from our support as they set unto the breach that is the play offs. Besides, my suggestion was a bit daft as Scunnny fans are going to be rather tetchy at the prospect of League 2 footy staring them in the face.

It's quite shocking that they're not extending the offer to away fans - can only foster resentment.

[STFC_Gazza]

Oh and the fuckers really shouldn't be allowed to charge us £17 more than their own.

I'm sure Swindon have done the same during the season.

Clubs are allowed to offer deals to home fans only for a maxium of 2 games under Football League rules, the only difference is that we've probably done it for games where a low attendance (and away support) is anticipated; they're making the offer to try and get as much support behind them as they know only a victory will do.

[Paolo69]

Clubs are allowed to offer deals to home fans only for a maxium of 2 games under Football League rules,

Is that right? I honestly never knew that.

[STFC_Gazza]

I'm sure Swindon have done the same during the season.

Clubs are allowed to offer deals to home fans only for a maxium of 2 games under Football League rules, the only difference is that we've probably done it for games where a low attendance (and away support) is anticipated; they're making the offer to try and get as much support behind them as they know only a victory will do.

Is that right? I honestly never knew that.

I was informed by a friend who works in the Ticket Office one of our Rivals and deals with the away tickets. If memory serves me correct clubs can make upto 4 ticket promotions a season of which 2 can be available for Home Fans Only.

Can understand why there doing this although it is annoying for away supporters

[Honkytonk]

I'm sure Swindon have done the same during the season.

Clubs are allowed to offer deals to home fans only for a maxium of 2 games under Football League rules, the only difference is that we've probably done it for games where a low attendance (and away support) is anticipated; they're making the offer to try and get as much support behind them as they know only a victory will do.

That's an odd rule. What is the reasoning behind it? I'm honestly interested if anyone knows.

[Paolo69]

I was informed by a friend who works in the Ticket Office one of our Rivals and deals with the away tickets. If memory serves me correct clubs can make upto 4 ticket promotions a season of which 2 can be available for Home Fans Only.

Can understand why there doing this although it is annoying for away supporters

I can understand it too, just not happy we're not reaping the benefits too. I'm happy to believe (under duress) that a club can offer a ticket promotion twice a season to home fans only, I'm struggling with the 4 times bit though. Surely a club can set any prices they like at any time?!

[STFC_Gazza]

I was informed by a friend who works in the Ticket Office one of our Rivals and deals with the away tickets. If memory serves me correct clubs can make upto 4 ticket promotions a season of which 2 can be available for Home Fans Only.

Can understand why there doing this although it is annoying for away supporters

That's an odd rule. What is the reasoning behind it? I'm honestly interested if anyone knows.

I can understand it too, just not happy we're not reaping the benefits too. I'm happy to believe (under duress) that a club can offer a ticket promotion twice a season to home fans only, I'm struggling with the 4 times bit though. Surely a club can set any prices they like at any time?!

I can understand the annoyance; I'm not happy that that we're being charged more than the home fans. Don't know the exact reason; I'll ask, however I can only make a couple of thoughts

Home Teams keep there own Gate receipts for League games any offers will be at their loss.

Home Teams aren't really that interested in Visiting Supporters, they want supporters who will return on a regular basis.

Limitiations on the number of offers could possibly be down to Season Ticket Holders. What's the value of being a Season Ticket Holder if it works out cheaper because a club has numerous offers.

Discounts for away supporters is likely to have less of an impact on attendance than home supporters. Away Supporters tend to travel regardless of price, so whilst if Scunthorpe offered Swindon £5 tickets I doub't the numbers would increase that dramatically.

Scunthorpe want as much backing as possible as they need the points to stay up, they're clearly gambling on people turning up in the hope it works. Then again sometimes it's better to be at the top in a lower Division than struggling in a higher division; fans will come and watch a winning team.

Does anyone know if we offered Carlisle discont tickets as well as our home fans?

Bottom line is Football is a business and it's all about how they can hope to increase revenue

[Mrs Miggins]

The huge difference in ticket prices is hugely unfair & I even questioned the FL about whether they were allowed to offer deals like this to home fans only,  and sadly they are !  This is the response I got from the FL.  It appears we haven't extended our ticket price deals to away supporters either this season (if the FL are to be believed of course ......

Football League Regulation 32.2.11 (agreed by our member clubs) states that, ‘Discounts or special promotions (in each case for one match only) made available to supporters of the Home Club must also be made available on a similar basis to visiting supporters provided always that each Club shall be permitted to designate four (4) Matchers per Season as ‘local promotion’ Matches where this Regulation shall be deemed not to apply.  Clubs shall notify the Executive of the Matches so designated as and when they are designated.’

Scunthorpe United have notified the Executive of their offer and it complies with our regulations. Whilst we encourage clubs to be fair with their pricing and where possible make gestures to both home and away clubs, every club has the ability to run four local promotions per season, and as individual businesses, can set their discounts accordingly, as agreed to by our member clubs.

It is worth noting that Swindon Town have utilised the four local promotions designated to them for this season.
 
We appreciate you taking the time to contact The League but Scunthorpe United have not contravened Football League regulations.

Thank you for contacting The Football League.

£22, yer 'avin a laff .........

[Paolo69]

Cheers Mrs Miggins, at least they dignified you with a response. A pretty detailed one at that.

I understand all the reasons thanks Gaz, and i have said i fully understand why they're reducing the prices. My gripe is charging us £17 more. I don't think we will but it would serve them right if some of our boys infiltrated the home end.

I'd like to think we've extended our promotions to include away fans when in reality i have no idea and probably don't care that much i suppose. The nature of a football fan!