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Swindon Town to halve playing budget for next season
Swindon Town are set to halve their playing budget for next season to just over £2m, BBC Wiltshire reports. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22454081
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« Reply #1 on: Thursday, May 9, 2013, 09:48:57 » |
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If our playing budget is brought in line with other clubs in the division then our matchday ticket prices need to be brought in line with other clubs in the division too.
People were happy to pay more than other league 1 fans when the team was assembled at a higher price than other league 1 fan's teams were, but if we're paying more than those fans for the same product people will start to feel ripped off and stop coming.
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« Reply #2 on: Thursday, May 9, 2013, 09:52:18 » |
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Planning for the 8400 average attendance over the last two years seems dangerously optimistic, the last two seasons have contained drama pretty much non stop, the PDC factor, a couple of good cup runs, a game against Oxford and a playoff game. Realistically I think in a midtable season we'd average 7.5 or so.
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« Reply #3 on: Thursday, May 9, 2013, 09:53:47 » |
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Planning for the 8400 average attendance over the last two years seems dangerously optimistic, the last two seasons have contained drama pretty much non stop, the PDC factor, a couple of good cup runs, a game against Oxford and a playoff game. Realistically I think in a midtable season we'd average 7.5 or so.
Yep - and if the average does drop will that then make the wage bill budgeted for unrealistic and thus more cost cutting needed in say January? |
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« Reply #4 on: Thursday, May 9, 2013, 10:05:07 » |
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Planning for the 8400 average attendance over the last two years seems dangerously optimistic, the last two seasons have contained drama pretty much non stop, the PDC factor, a couple of good cup runs, a game against Oxford and a playoff game. Realistically I think in a midtable season we'd average 7.5 or so.
2010/2011 we averaged 8457, and we all know where we finished in that season. |
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« Reply #5 on: Thursday, May 9, 2013, 10:20:00 » |
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2010/2011 we averaged 8457, and we all know where we finished in that season.
Tickets were notably cheaper that season I believe? And we sold tons of STs on the back of the previous season's success. |
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« Reply #6 on: Thursday, May 9, 2013, 10:24:45 » |
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Was that the cheap season ticket year or was the the year before?
Also, what did we do to bring in 10k against Walsall?
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« Reply #7 on: Thursday, May 9, 2013, 10:27:20 » |
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Was that the cheap season ticket year or was the the year before?
Also, what did we do to bring in 10k against Walsall?
Wasn't that the first game with Hart? Obviously before we all realised he was a useless twat. |
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« Reply #8 on: Thursday, May 9, 2013, 10:30:54 » |
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Jed stated previously that next seasons budget would be similar to this one. That didn't take long to halve.
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« Reply #9 on: Thursday, May 9, 2013, 10:31:00 » |
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Wasn't that the first game with Hart? Obviously before we all realised he was a useless twat.
Surely we all knew he was a useless twat before he got here... ...and yes it was his first game in charge, I assume we did some sort of promotion on the day |
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« Reply #10 on: Thursday, May 9, 2013, 10:31:14 » |
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If u work out season tickets sold and walk ups to the 1.8m for concerts, lower wage bill sale of players. there is a fair profit to be had or reivested. Looks like jeds given k mac a budgdet and fuckd off on holiday.
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« Reply #11 on: Thursday, May 9, 2013, 10:34:28 » |
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McCormack,De Vita,Ferry and Miller released so far.
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« Reply #12 on: Thursday, May 9, 2013, 10:35:30 » |
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and Joe Devera
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« Reply #13 on: Thursday, May 9, 2013, 10:36:14 » |
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Is there a source for this?
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« Reply #14 on: Thursday, May 9, 2013, 10:37:24 » |
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...because if the likes of Devera and McCormack our out of our price range, well....fucking hell...
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