Ticket Prices Announced

Darlo_Pete - 1st May 2010 07:16:58

Prices of next season season tickets have been reduced by at least 10% by the club.

Pre-June11 Post June 11 Early Bird/match-day
Adult-----------£250------------£280-----------£16/£18
Concession-----£155------------£175-----------£10/£12
Under 16s-------£46-------------£69-------------£6/£8
Under 10s-------Free-------------£69-------------£3/£5
Ron Greener
(Adult)----------£300------------£330
Ron Greener
(Under 16s)-----£66--------------£86
Car Park---------£100------------£100--------------£5

The free offer for under 10's only applies for the first 300 adult tickets sold.

I still think that £18 for a matchday ticket for non-league football is still a bit pricey and if Raj Singh wants to get lots of season tickets sales before June 11th, then people will need to see that Simon Davey is putting together a side capable of getting us out of the Conference at the first time of asking. All monies raised from season ticket sales will go straight into Simon Davey's playing budget.

Jazz Maverick - 1st May 2010 08:19:43

Hmmm.

Whilst the season ticket prices are reasonable enough and pretty much what I expected, I would have thought a couple of quid may have come off the 'on the door' price. I dunno, hes the businessman, I guess he knows what hes doing!

gabbas - 1st May 2010 08:27:37

Yes, me too, not concerned about the extra on the day but I thought a sweetener would have been applied to the pay on the day customers. I think we wil really need to hit the ground running to see an increase in attendances with these prices.

al_quaker - 1st May 2010 10:23:16

Season ticket prices are as expected. I thought there might be a couple of quid knocked off on the day prices, but I suppose by lowering the season ticket prices, and keeping the on day prices the same, it makes the season ticket an even better option with regards to value for money.

According to the Northen Echo, season tickets also include free entry to the 1st round of the FA Trophy (if at home), 10 % off in the club shop, and discounted tickets for friends and family for selected winter games, amon others.

I'll certainly be renewing (although I probably was going to anyway!)

Quakerz - 1st May 2010 10:28:53

Looking at the prices the season tickets are good value, certainly if you bring kids with you. I could save an absolute packet by getting a season ticket and may renew on that.

However I could save even more by not going at all, so the product needs to be attractive.

Even if the product is attractive and we sell more season tickets, crowds will still be low because people aren't going to fork out 18 quid to watch tinpot level football, and pay a fiver to park.

cameron-darlo - 1st May 2010 11:00:22

£175.. no thanks.

TeessideQuaker - 1st May 2010 11:03:59

You know there is always the option to spread payments out over the season don't you?

mikkyx - 1st May 2010 11:13:10

Season ticket price isn't too bad, works out at just over a tenner a game, but given what people thought of paying £18 to watch League Two football, I have a feeling they may as well not open the ticket offices on matchdays now.

cameron-darlo - 1st May 2010 11:20:03

TeessideQuaker wrote:You know there is always the option to spread payments out over the season don't you?

nope didnt know that... how does that work?

TeessideQuaker - 1st May 2010 11:23:20

The club use a company called Zebra Finance I believe, where you pay so much each month or every couple of months. You pay a little bit extra, but that's to be expected.

Jazz Maverick - 1st May 2010 11:30:12

cameron-darlo wrote:£175.. no thanks.

did you think they were going to be free like?

cameron-darlo - 1st May 2010 11:31:35

Jazz Maverick wrote:

cameron-darlo wrote:£175.. no thanks.

did you think they were going to be free like?

no. just thought they would be abit cheaper with us being relegated... and with me only on £30 a week i havnt got a chance on being able to afford that.

Quakerz - 1st May 2010 11:49:05

So if it was £150 would you be able to afford it? That is, in your words, "a bit cheaper"

Certainly on £30 a week there is no way you could pay the gate prices twice a month, your only option is a season ticket really. Do it over 10 months payments?

Hilly - 1st May 2010 11:50:23

cameron-darlo wrote:

Jazz Maverick wrote:

cameron-darlo wrote:£175.. no thanks.

did you think they were going to be free like?

no. just thought they would be abit cheaper with us being relegated... and with me only on £30 a week i havnt got a chance on being able to afford that.

How do you do it at the minute?

cameron-darlo - 1st May 2010 11:53:15

Quakerz wrote:So if it was £150 would you be able to afford it? That is, in your words, "a bit cheaper"

Certainly on £30 a week there is no way you could pay the gate prices twice a month, your only option is a season ticket really. Do it over 10 months payments?

i could pay on the gate as theres nothing else i really need to pay for.. its just i wont be able to pay for it all at once.. i'll go to the ticket office next saturday and see how this payment thing works.

Santino - 1st May 2010 13:09:04

Not impressed with it still being £18 on the day. Not impressed at all.

Yes I know it's £16 in advance, but still. Bit of an own goal by Raj I think. It might make a season ticket even more appealing to some pay on the dayers, but for others like me who can't make X amount of games a season, getting a season ticket is pointless. Certainly won't win over the floating fans either.

cameron-darlo - 1st May 2010 13:13:35

pay on the day, but i get a junior ticket to save abit of money, but they are starting to question my age so i'll have to start getting student tickets.

littlecar - 1st May 2010 13:55:30

What do you get for £300 for the Ron Greener? Does that just cover going in there for a drink, because if it is then it's damned expensive. Surely there must be something else included for that?

Darlogoth - 1st May 2010 14:07:21

littlecar wrote:What do you get for £300 for the Ron Greener? Does that just cover going in there for a drink, because if it is then it's damned expensive. Surely there must be something else included for that?

heater in decmember and comfy chair. you seen the prices of prawns nowadays

bigrichiet - 1st May 2010 14:48:10

great move by the club, cracking incentive to get permanent bums on seats and some guaranteed cash in the coffers for the season. No excuses from anyone i'm afraid. Absolutely no need to pay on the day if your a regular. a full price season ticket means its about 11quid a match.

The credit agreement through the club allows you to pay for your ticket over 10 months with minimal interest. I think i paid about 30quid interest on my ticket so that would make making the match ticket about 12quid instead of 11. still much cheaper than the match day price.

Up the Darlo

The Love Slug - 1st May 2010 14:52:12

not happening im afraid. £300 for this seasons shite and £5 a month off after being relegated and not even being able to sit in my seat for the back end of the season?

stuff it, ill go when i can either be arsed or when i have spare cash to pay on the day. It just seems a little bit short of the mark to me.

micra3 - 1st May 2010 15:08:29

When do the season tickets go on sale

m62exile - 1st May 2010 15:14:39

As a season ticket holder I reckon £250 is Ok and the junior and under 10 offers are excellent. I do have a concern that we will not get many fair weather fans prepared to pay £18 for BSP footy, but there you go. If we are in the top couple in the league then maybe we will. I'll renew, but not sure those prices will attract many new fans....

Lets see. Looking forward to the season, sounds like we're playing well today at least...

bigrichiet - 1st May 2010 15:23:13

m62exile wrote:As a season ticket holder I reckon £250 is Ok and the junior and under 10 offers are excellent. I do have a concern that we will not get many fair weather fans prepared to pay £18 for BSP footy, but there you go. If we are in the top couple in the league then maybe we will. I'll renew, but not sure those prices will attract many new fans....

Lets see. Looking forward to the season, sounds like we're playing well today at least...

The point of the offer though is that the club know we have a large proportion of fair weather fans who wont pay a tenner nevermind 18 if we are playing shiite. So they want to try and entice those floating fans to commit to the season and have done so by making the season tickets even more attractive.

Its one of them though isnt it. If we are doing well then people will come anyway, be it 16 or 18 or whatever. If we struggle they wont pay 2 pence. If Raj sees an increased commitment for season tickets then he can better support Daveys budget.

for me its a no brainer, well done Raj.

Darlogoth - 1st May 2010 15:27:16

Iam thinking about getting one. but iam going to wait and look at the fixtures list first before getting one

Darlo_H - 1st May 2010 15:30:33

Darlogoth wrote:Iam thinking about getting one. but iam going to wait and look at the fixtures list first before getting one

What difference would the fixture lists make? A season ticket means you could attend all home games so you'd get to see all the teams in the division anyway.

If you want to look at the fixture lists because you'll miss a fair few games then there probably isn't a lot of point getting a season ticket regardless.

m62exile - 1st May 2010 15:31:17

bigrichiet wrote:

m62exile wrote:As a season ticket holder I reckon £250 is Ok and the junior and under 10 offers are excellent. I do have a concern that we will not get many fair weather fans prepared to pay £18 for BSP footy, but there you go. If we are in the top couple in the league then maybe we will. I'll renew, but not sure those prices will attract many new fans....

Lets see. Looking forward to the season, sounds like we're playing well today at least...

The point of the offer though is that the club know we have a large proportion of fair weather fans who wont pay a tenner nevermind 18 if we are playing shiite. So they want to try and entice those floating fans to commit to the season and have done so by making the season tickets even more attractive.

Its one of them though isnt it. If we are doing well then people will come anyway, be it 16 or 18 or whatever. If we struggle they wont pay 2 pence. If Raj sees an increased commitment for season tickets then he can better support Daveys budget.

for me its a no brainer, well done Raj.

To be fair I'm broadly supportive of what Raj has done here, although there had to be some form of reduction to react to the relegation etc. I'm not whingeing about it and as I said, I'll pay my £250. I just think that £18 on the day won't attract much more than the hard core like us. It might mean we'll shift an extra 250 season tickets or so, but its unlikely to attract your man on the street...lets hope we can surge to the top ofthe table early doors, get a bit of momentum, and build some interest from there...

BishopQuaker - 1st May 2010 15:46:20

I could cope with £16.

The onus (not sure how to spell that) is on the individual to call the club in advance if they want to save the £2.

I'm as guilty as anyone for not getting my tickets in advance so I've only got myself to blame.

I'd be interested to know what some of the clubs in the BSP will be charging.

comeondarlo - 1st May 2010 15:52:15

I'm going to get a Season ticket, the first time for a few years.

I wont get to a lot of games but Raj/Darlo need our support.

Darlogoth - 1st May 2010 15:56:52

Darlo_H wrote:

Darlogoth wrote:Iam thinking about getting one. but iam going to wait and look at the fixtures list first before getting one

What difference would the fixture lists make? A season ticket means you could attend all home games so you'd get to see all the teams in the division anyway.

If you want to look at the fixture lists because you'll miss a fair few games then there probably isn't a lot of point getting a season ticket regardless.

cos if they playing away when iam away Ill be able to buy a season ticket

mikkyx - 1st May 2010 16:06:37

I'm waiting on a bit of money coming in - if it comes in quick enough I'll get a season ticket. If not (yes, it could take that long) I'll just have to try and get to as many games as possible - and buy the tickets for them in advance!

Quakerz - 1st May 2010 16:10:33

You do know you can get a season ticket on installments?

mikkyx - 1st May 2010 16:16:15

Quakerz wrote:You do know you can get a season ticket on installments?

I do, but I can't. Getting stuff on credit isn't exactly something which is available to me right now.

Darlo_Fanatic - 1st May 2010 16:16:55

Well if were at the top of league and playing well it will be money well spent. £14 early bird and £16 on the day would be better most possibly be a better deal because say you can take £20 with you to the game and if you paid £14 for the ticket then you have £6 to buy on drinks and food etc.

comeondarlo - 1st May 2010 16:20:59

I think the pay on day prices are high because they want you to get a season ticket!

Darlo_Pete - 2nd May 2010 09:36:29

comeondarlo wrote:I'm going to get a Season ticket, the first time for a few years.

I wont get to a lot of games but Raj/Darlo need our support.

Nice one COD, I know how far you live from Darlo and that's a great gesture. Hopefully see you up here a bit more next season. Hopefully a few others on here will follow your fine example.

1Superlidds - 2nd May 2010 09:46:19

will be getting the season ticket but think the club have dropped a bollock charging £18 matchday. I don't understand why there has to be an on the day increase. That will be a deciding factor to anybody thinking about attending.
The season ticket prices though are excellent

Quakerz - 2nd May 2010 09:52:02

I agree about the £18.

Even if we sell 2,000 season tickets, we'll still only get gates of 2,000!

wylam_rangers - 2nd May 2010 10:01:17

1Superlidds wrote:will be getting the season ticket but think the club have dropped a bollock charging £18 matchday. I don't understand why there has to be an on the day increase. That will be a deciding factor to anybody thinking about attending.
The season ticket prices though are excellent

That £18 is the same as this season - £16 if bought before.

The ticket office and club shop will be open when Boot Sales are held so even more opportunity to buy tickets early.

Darlo_Pete - 2nd May 2010 10:11:49

I think £18 for a matchday home ticket is too expensive, unless we are doing well and then people will be prepared to fork out that much dosh to see a winning successful team.

shawry - 2nd May 2010 10:14:30

I didnt get a season ticket this year as works been a sod, and its likely to be the same next season

For the same reason, I could only get my tickets matchday most of the time, so its quite likely I may well knock a lot of the games on the head now, as although its only a couple of quid, thats on top of petrol etc, its not really within my budget at this time.

fantastic

AndyPark - 2nd May 2010 11:07:02

Quakerz wrote:Even if we sell 2,000 season tickets, we'll still only get gates of 2,000!

But will you be 1 of those 2000? Or you just going to sit on your arse and moan.

Quakerz - 2nd May 2010 11:09:37

I have not decided if I am going to get a season ticket yet.

1Superlidds - 2nd May 2010 11:27:26

wylam_rangers wrote: That £18 is the same as this season - £16 if bought before.
The ticket office and club shop will be open when Boot Sales are held so even more opportunity to buy tickets early.

so the club have maintained matchday prices despite relegation? Surely one level lower should be reflected in prices? Am not suggesting anything stupid but £15 or £16 would have been more than enough whatever day you choose to get the ticket

uncovered - 2nd May 2010 11:31:05

I have to say I am having to think about whether to renew or not. basically it is down to finance. I have got two little ones who have season tickets aswell, but I only get one free so my renewal cost is just under £300, less than last year but still a decent layout in my current financial predicament. But this season, through holidays and work, I have missed around 6 matches, the kids have missed considerably more due to the fact they dont go to the night matches. So I havent really got the full benefit from my tickets.

I now have to work out whether it would be best for me to just pay on the day or get season tickets, I never like laying out £300 in one month. No doubt I will get one in the end but if I am going to miss a few games then I may be better off on a pay as you go basis. But then I will fall into the terrible trap, A cold tuesday night in October. Darlo are playing Crawley Town, would I really drag myself to the game and pay £16 or £18 for the priviledge?

Darlo_H - 2nd May 2010 11:36:37

To be honest £18 does seem a little steep considering you're paying the same for a lower level of football and even a drop to the early bird prices as standard would have been helpful (£16 standard/£14 early for adults etc.)

I can see the rationale behind encouraging people to get season tickets, but for people like myself who won't be able to make enough games to make it worthwhile it seems a little harsh. I suppose Raj has considered all this and make up his mind, but I can't help but feel a little hard done by.

Quakerz - 2nd May 2010 11:37:45

uncovered wrote:I have to say I am having to think about whether to renew or not. basically it is down to finance. I have got two little ones who have season tickets aswell, but I only get one free so my renewal cost is just under £300, less than last year but still a decent layout in my current financial predicament. But this season, through holidays and work, I have missed around 6 matches, the kids have missed considerably more due to the fact they dont go to the night matches. So I havent really got the full benefit from my tickets.

I now have to work out whether it would be best for me to just pay on the day or get season tickets, I never like laying out £300 in one month. No doubt I will get one in the end but if I am going to miss a few games then I may be better off on a pay as you go basis. But then I will fall into the terrible trap, A cold tuesday night in October. Darlo are playing Crawley Town, would I really drag myself to the game and pay £16 or £18 for the priviledge?

No you wouldn't which is why you need to get a season ticket, and why as many people as possible need to.

Because if you don't have the ticket which makes you go there, then you aren't paying £18 + parking + kids tickets + refresments on the night. Seriously it'll cost you 50 quid and you'll soon think "actually I'll give this a miss and keep the money in my pocket" - I'm talking from experience here, not having a season ticket for similar reasons as yourself (a couple of holidays booked and knowing I really struggle to do Tuesdays meant I'd miss 6 or 7 matches minimum) meant I decided to pay on the day, but when it came to the crunch I couldn't be fooked and spent the considerable amount of money needed to attend one match one other things.

quakersam - 2nd May 2010 11:39:53

Basing it on paying £18 each game Scott, you could only attend 14/23 games to still get the monies worth out of an adult ST. 14 games would amount to £252. You are already saving money, albeit £2, but any more games that you go to you are saving more and more. Who knows, if we have a good season you might end up attending everyone near to the end of the campaign. I suppose it's up to the person and their circumstances in the end.
I'll be renewing my student one as £155 isn't too bad, £25 cheaper than last season, and only need to go to 13/23 games for me to be saving money. I'll be doing 23/23 this season, so I can see myself doing most next season

1Superlidds - 2nd May 2010 11:40:26

its 21 games in the Conference not 23 yeah??

Quakerz - 2nd May 2010 11:42:00

The Conference has been 24 teams for a number of years now.

quakersam - 2nd May 2010 12:07:08

Will be back to normal 24 teams next season 1SL, only difference this year was because of Chester dropping out

1Superlidds - 2nd May 2010 12:09:49

yeah my bad!

bedaledarlo - 2nd May 2010 13:13:40

Prices for season tickets are excellent to be fair. Student price works out at £6.45 per game.

It is a different product though and a massive thing for me will be whether we can sit behind the goal or not.

Not a whinge, I just want to be behind the goal. Id like to know now if we will be or not before making the commitment. Just not used to or that comfortable sitting in the South Stand yet. The craic isnt the same in there....

Quakers1883 - 2nd May 2010 14:06:38

£16 or £17 seems to been the going rate for a seat at the bigger BSP clubs games this season.

Darlo_H - 2nd May 2010 14:52:13

bedaledarlo wrote:Prices for season tickets are excellent to be fair. Student price works out at £6.45 per game.

It is a different product though and a massive thing for me will be whether we can sit behind the goal or not.

Not a whinge, I just want to be behind the goal. Id like to know now if we will be or not before making the commitment. Just not used to or that comfortable sitting in the South Stand yet. The craic isnt the same in there....

As much as I prefer it in there, I really wouldn't hold your breath about us getting back in the West Stand.

wylam_rangers - 2nd May 2010 18:37:26

I repeat that we must get away fans moved from behind the goal.

If we can't use our West (home) stand we should park them in the north east end of the north stand so that they are opposite the vocal home support and less likely to influence home attack/defence.

DL5 - 2nd May 2010 19:00:22

I'm in 2 minds, I may get a ST for the first time ever to help the cause though it would work out over £20 per game I can make, then again I could give my dad the tickets I can't make but that would be defeating the object

Emesel - 2nd May 2010 23:26:20

I wish people would stop moaning about ticket prices. The fans will not, on experience, not turn up even if the tickets were a fiver! Raj would be a fool to think so, therefore he needs to charge us LOYAL fans a little extra to make the club runable. What's the alternative? Administration?

GOD!!

1Superlidds - 3rd May 2010 00:02:43

Emesel wrote:I wish people would stop moaning about ticket prices. The fans will not, on experience, not turn up even if the tickets were a fiver! Raj would be a fool to think so, therefore he needs to charge us LOYAL fans a little extra to make the club runable. What's the alternative? Administration?

GOD!!

err just one lil flaw in that obscure thought....why then did he make the season tickets such a good price? Surely if he was as switched on about screwing the 'LOYAL fans'we would be debating the rip off season ticket prices wouldn't we??

Hilly - 3rd May 2010 08:58:59

I'm surprised that the club hasn't announced some sort of 'Half-Season Ticket' package at the same time as announcing the usual Season Tickets. The Half-Season Ticket would then enable the user to choose which games that they attend. Obviously there would be some sort of premium on top of a normal Season Ticket, but enough discount off the pay on the door / buy in advance price to make the initial outlay worthwhile.

I say this, because I like many above can't attend every single home game throughout the season, but I would still like to support the club whilst still saving a bit of money.

hodgie1 - 3rd May 2010 09:21:35

in fairness, its a good deal for me. 155 for two season tickets - disabled/carer, 3 quid a game cant go wrong