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Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: bertlambshank on February 27, 2013, 07:40:01 PM
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A bit board watching German Cup football.
I think a 5% increase across the board whatever division we are in.
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Price freeze.
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All P8 seats to go up by at least £100.
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All P8 seats to go up by at least £100.
I bloody hope not.
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They'll remain the same I should imagine.
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Hope P8 stays the same it's been a cracking deal despite the dire football.
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Everybody allowed in free, but they charge you £50 every time you say "oh for fuck's sake Villa".
Club announces record profits.
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A bit board watching German Cup football.
I think a 5% increase across the board whatever division we are in.
Board? Is that Germanish for Bored? Or are you sitting on a plank?
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Any of you P8 crowd ever come in the Lions Club? We are in there nearly every game.
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A bit board watching German Cup football.
I think a 5% increase across the board whatever division we are in.
Board? Is that Germanish for Bored? Or are you sitting on a plank?
I would swap a plank for this sodding iPhone any day of the week.
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A bit board watching German Cup football.
I think a 5% increase across the board whatever division we are in.
Board? Is that Germanish for Bored? Or are you sitting on a plank?
I would swap a plank for this sodding iPhone any day of the week.
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Weird and worrying to report that I probably would get a season ticket for the Championship, but not for the PL. Reason? Too obvious? 3.00 Saturday kick offs plus almost no TV coverage.
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Weird and worrying to report that I probably would get a season ticket for the Championship, but not for the PL. Reason? Too obvious? 3.00 Saturday kick offs plus almost no TV coverage.
How about Friday night games?
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Any of you P8 crowd ever come in the Lions Club? We are in there nearly every game.
Do you need a secret knock?
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I've sat in DE Upper for years. Where's the Lion's Club?
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I've sat in DE Upper for years. Where's the Lion's Club?
It's the old Dr Targett suite, Witton Lane, right by the entrance to P8. Accessible for a small fee before and after the game and at half-time.
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Weird and worrying to report that I probably would get a season ticket for the Championship, but not for the PL. Reason? Too obvious? 3.00 Saturday kick offs plus almost no TV coverage.
A few people are saying this but I'm not sure that will be the case. They'll be more midweek games for a start and take a look at how many times previous big fish like Newcastle and West Ham in the championship were chosen by Sky either on Friday night or Saturday at 5.20.
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I've sat in DE Upper for years. Where's the Lion's Club?
In the Lion's golf bag
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They wouldn't have the nerve to increase the price if we went down. Even this lot wouldn't do that.
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They wouldn't have the nerve to increase the price if we went down. Even this lot wouldn't do that.
"Great news Villa fans! 23 games for the price of 19!"
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They wouldn't have the nerve to increase the price if we went down. Even this lot wouldn't do that.
"Great news Villa fans! 23 games for the price of 19!"
Yes, 23 games against the likes of Barnsley,Huddersfield and Charlton.
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They wouldn't have the nerve to increase the price if we went down. Even this lot wouldn't do that.
Doug did
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Weird and worrying to report that I probably would get a season ticket for the Championship, but not for the PL. Reason? Too obvious? 3.00 Saturday kick offs plus almost no TV coverage.
That's fine Paul, if you don't mind the relentlessly shit football.
Most teams in that division are hoof merchants.
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Would imagine price freeze unless we win the next 6 & are guaranteed safety before prices announced :-)
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Any of you P8 crowd ever come in the Lions Club? We are in there nearly every game.
I'm not in P8 but i popped into the Lions Club a year or so ago. I can't remember what game it was but it was the day the Stripeyfilth beat Wolves 5-1. It was ok for a one off, i don't think i could go in there every game.
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If they are getting all this money next season ( If we stay up ) , why should they go up ?
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I must admit I've never even noticed the Lions Club. I must walk about with my eyes closed (confirming what my mom always told me). I've seen the doorway halfway up the stairs to the Targett Suite but that looked a no go area.
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Will the club continue the massively reduced prices in section P8 for next season or even offer it in other sections? I assume every seat in P8 is held by a ST holder? If so what chance any of these seats becoming available for those of us who missed out last year? Just seems a little unfair to other ST holders (particularly those 5 or 10 years plus) who couldn't get one last year if they continue the really cheap price in that section for next season. Don't want to sound too much like a moaning git but just want a bit of balance and fairness applied for all ST holders. Maybe a ballot for this section if available again next season? Thoughts welcomed.
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Will the club continue the massively reduced prices in section P8 for next season or even offer it in other sections? I assume every seat in P8 is held by a ST holder? If so what chance any of these seats becoming available for those of us who missed out last year? Just seems a little unfair to other ST holders (particularly those 5 or 10 years plus) who couldn't get one last year if they continue the really cheap price in that section for next season. Don't want to sound too much like a moaning git but just want a bit of balance and fairness applied for all ST holders. Maybe a ballot for this section if available again next season? Thoughts welcomed.
Those seats went on sale when a great deal of season ticket holders were threatening not to renew, sometime around March I think. Sorry to say but it was the early bird that caught the worm.
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I'm surprised that the club hasn't announced an early bird deal for next year already - they must realise how badly affected season ticket sales will be if we go down and I'd have thought they'd want to tie as many in as possible while there's still the chance we'll stay up.
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Will the club continue the massively reduced prices in section P8 for next season or even offer it in other sections? I assume every seat in P8 is held by a ST holder? If so what chance any of these seats becoming available for those of us who missed out last year? Just seems a little unfair to other ST holders (particularly those 5 or 10 years plus) who couldn't get one last year if they continue the really cheap price in that section for next season. Don't want to sound too much like a moaning git but just want a bit of balance and fairness applied for all ST holders. Maybe a ballot for this section if available again next season? Thoughts welcomed.
Those seats went on sale when a great deal of season ticket holders were threatening not to renew, sometime around March I think. Sorry to say but it was the early bird that caught the worm.
Yep,I moved from the North Stand Lower.
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Will the club continue the massively reduced prices in section P8 for next season or even offer it in other sections? I assume every seat in P8 is held by a ST holder? If so what chance any of these seats becoming available for those of us who missed out last year? Just seems a little unfair to other ST holders (particularly those 5 or 10 years plus) who couldn't get one last year if they continue the really cheap price in that section for next season. Don't want to sound too much like a moaning git but just want a bit of balance and fairness applied for all ST holders. Maybe a ballot for this section if available again next season? Thoughts welcomed.
Those seats went on sale when a great deal of season ticket holders were threatening not to renew, sometime around March I think. Sorry to say but it was the early bird that caught the worm.
Absolutely and fair enough to those who managed to get one but I bet they were oversubscribed by a fair bit, they must have had more enquiries than seats that's fact because I tried but couldn't get one. Anyway just out of interest as a holder of one of those seats are you expecting the renewal price to be the same in terms of them being the same percentage cheaper than other comparable tickets in the Doug Ellis or Trinity Road?
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I don't get that question try again.
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Will the club continue the massively reduced prices in section P8 for next season or even offer it in other sections? I assume every seat in P8 is held by a ST holder? If so what chance any of these seats becoming available for those of us who missed out last year? Just seems a little unfair to other ST holders (particularly those 5 or 10 years plus) who couldn't get one last year if they continue the really cheap price in that section for next season. Don't want to sound too much like a moaning git but just want a bit of balance and fairness applied for all ST holders. Maybe a ballot for this section if available again next season? Thoughts welcomed.
Those seats went on sale when a great deal of season ticket holders were threatening not to renew, sometime around March I think. Sorry to say but it was the early bird that caught the worm.
Absolutely and fair enough to those who managed to get one but I bet they were oversubscribed by a fair bit, they must have had more enquiries than seats that's fact because I tried but couldn't get one. Anyway just out of interest as a holder of one of those seats are you expecting the renewal price to be the same in terms of them being the same percentage cheaper than other comparable tickets in the Doug Ellis or Trinity Road?
Same price in P1 where we are level with the goal line Holte End. I don't think they are oversubbed where we are.... empty seats m'lord!
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We sit in the front row of P8 (there are four of us in our group) and the 3 or 4 seats next to us have only been occupied on 3 or 4 occasions. I didn't think we were that rowdy. ;)
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We sit in the front row of P8 (there are four of us in our group) and the 3 or 4 seats next to us have only been occupied on 3 or 4 occasions. I didn't think we were that rowdy. ;)
What is the legroom like there pauline if you dont mind eastie asking?
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Don't push it Lerner. I'm really not in the mood..
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Will the club continue the massively reduced prices in section P8 for next season or even offer it in other sections? I assume every seat in P8 is held by a ST holder? If so what chance any of these seats becoming available for those of us who missed out last year? Just seems a little unfair to other ST holders (particularly those 5 or 10 years plus) who couldn't get one last year if they continue the really cheap price in that section for next season. Don't want to sound too much like a moaning git but just want a bit of balance and fairness applied for all ST holders. Maybe a ballot for this section if available again next season? Thoughts welcomed.
Those seats went on sale when a great deal of season ticket holders were threatening not to renew, sometime around March I think. Sorry to say but it was the early bird that caught the worm.
Absolutely and fair enough to those who managed to get one but I bet they were oversubscribed by a fair bit, they must have had more enquiries than seats that's fact because I tried but couldn't get one. Anyway just out of interest as a holder of one of those seats are you expecting the renewal price to be the same in terms of them being the same percentage cheaper than other comparable tickets in the Doug Ellis or Trinity Road?
I moved from the Upper Holte to get this deal. I cheekily asked for a seat a couple of days before they went officially on-sale whilst I was in the ticket office and got one there and then. Pure luck. Great leg-room but I am on an aisle seat so can stretch out. There are plenty of empty seats in there by the way.
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I don't get that question try again.
What I meant was that if I am correct those seats were £295? this season, compared to around £485 in the next block along and the same £485 in the seats directly opposite you in the Trinity and mine in C3. So do you expect your seats to be the same 60% cost of those other comparable seats again next season or will the club end the special offer they had on your seats this season?
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I don't get that question try again.
What I meant was that if I am correct those seats were £295? this season, compared to around £485 in the next block along and the same £485 in the seats directly opposite you in the Trinity and mine in C3. So do you expect your seats to be the same 60% cost of those other comparable seats again next season or will the club end the special offer they had on your seats this season?
I sincerely hope not.
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We sit in the front row of P8 (there are four of us in our group) and the 3 or 4 seats next to us have only been occupied on 3 or 4 occasions. I didn't think we were that rowdy. ;)
Pauline are you saying those seats next to you are not held by season ticket holders then or is it just that the holders have not bothered to turn up all season, if so what a waste for those of us who didn't manage to secure one of these seats this season.
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Don't push it Lerner. I'm really not in the mood..
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I remember re-reading an old programme years ago. It had the ST prices for the 81/82 season. All home cup games were included in the price (which was something like £30). Not a bad year to have taken advantage.
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Will the club continue the massively reduced prices in section P8 for next season or even offer it in other sections? I assume every seat in P8 is held by a ST holder? If so what chance any of these seats becoming available for those of us who missed out last year? Just seems a little unfair to other ST holders (particularly those 5 or 10 years plus) who couldn't get one last year if they continue the really cheap price in that section for next season. Don't want to sound too much like a moaning git but just want a bit of balance and fairness applied for all ST holders. Maybe a ballot for this section if available again next season? Thoughts welcomed.
Those seats went on sale when a great deal of season ticket holders were threatening not to renew, sometime around March I think. Sorry to say but it was the early bird that caught the worm.
Absolutely and fair enough to those who managed to get one but I bet they were oversubscribed by a fair bit, they must have had more enquiries than seats that's fact because I tried but couldn't get one. Anyway just out of interest as a holder of one of those seats are you expecting the renewal price to be the same in terms of them being the same percentage cheaper than other comparable tickets in the Doug Ellis or Trinity Road?
I moved from the Upper Holte to get this deal. I cheekily asked for a seat a couple of days before they went officially on-sale whilst I was in the ticket office and got one there and then. Pure luck. Great leg-room but I am on an aisle seat so can stretch out. There are plenty of empty seats in there by the way.
If this is true why was it that all the £295 seats sold out then as I thought the offer was on the whole block? Was that not correct. Would it be worth transferring for the rest of this season then in the hope of securing the cheap deal for next season do you think?
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I don't know. Ring the ticket office and ask.
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I thought that £295 for P8 and other areas was for a limited time only - hence the "early bird" incentive. If you didn't get the offer you'd probably missed the deadline ?
I sincerely hope they run this again as we couldn't afford x2 @ £595 each.
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I remember re-reading an old programme years ago. It had the ST prices for the 81/82 season. All home cup games were included in the price (which was something like £30). Not a bad year to have taken advantage.
I honestly think that if I told my dad how much I pay for a season ticket these days, he'd drop dead on the spot!
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Will the club continue the massively reduced prices in section P8 for next season or even offer it in other sections? I assume every seat in P8 is held by a ST holder? If so what chance any of these seats becoming available for those of us who missed out last year? Just seems a little unfair to other ST holders (particularly those 5 or 10 years plus) who couldn't get one last year if they continue the really cheap price in that section for next season. Don't want to sound too much like a moaning git but just want a bit of balance and fairness applied for all ST holders. Maybe a ballot for this section if available again next season? Thoughts welcomed.
Those seats went on sale when a great deal of season ticket holders were threatening not to renew, sometime around March I think. Sorry to say but it was the early bird that caught the worm.
Absolutely and fair enough to those who managed to get one but I bet they were oversubscribed by a fair bit, they must have had more enquiries than seats that's fact because I tried but couldn't get one. Anyway just out of interest as a holder of one of those seats are you expecting the renewal price to be the same in terms of them being the same percentage cheaper than other comparable tickets in the Doug Ellis or Trinity Road?
I moved from the Upper Holte to get this deal. I cheekily asked for a seat a couple of days before they went officially on-sale whilst I was in the ticket office and got one there and then. Pure luck. Great leg-room but I am on an aisle seat so can stretch out. There are plenty of empty seats in there by the way.
Sorry to go on with this but in reference to your answer that there are plenty of seats in there, I have just been on the ticketing site and according to them there is no availability in either P8 or P1 for any of the remaining home games that are on sale online. So what's going on then?
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I thought that £295 for P8 and other areas was for a limited time only - hence the "early bird" incentive. If you didn't get the offer you'd probably missed the deadline ?
I sincerely hope they run this again as we couldn't afford x2 @ £595 each.
My understanding was that they only offered £295 pricing in P8 and the block sold out pretty quick?
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Phone the ticket office tomorrow and ask.
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Disillusioned ST holders perhaps? I really have no idea.
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Don't push it Lerner. I'm really not in the mood..
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If we are relegated after Lerner declined the opportunity to make any meaningful contribution to helping our fight in the January transfer window I personally will be a very angry season ticket holder, and mood and loyalty will be far from enhanced if he has the nerve to raise prices next season.
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If prices go up, we will revert to picking and choosing games based on the regular ticket offers and picking up cheap seats off Viagogo . Let's face it there's always going to be plenty of tickets spare.
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I thought that £295 for P8 and other areas was for a limited time only - hence the "early bird" incentive. If you didn't get the offer you'd probably missed the deadline ?
I sincerely hope they run this again as we couldn't afford x2 @ £595 each.
My understanding was that they only offered £295 pricing in P8 and the block sold out pretty quick?
1,000 seats were on offer.Sorry to be so blunt,but everyone was told first come first served.
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We sit in the front row of P8 (there are four of us in our group) and the 3 or 4 seats next to us have only been occupied on 3 or 4 occasions. I didn't think we were that rowdy. ;)
Those people saw that Legion was nearby and never returned
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I thought that £295 for P8 and other areas was for a limited time only - hence the "early bird" incentive. If you didn't get the offer you'd probably missed the deadline ?
I sincerely hope they run this again as we couldn't afford x2 @ £595 each.
My understanding was that they only offered £295 pricing in P8 and the block sold out pretty quick?
1,000 seats were on offer.Sorry to be so blunt,but everyone was told first come first served.
No I fully accept that and that's fine, its just a pity that it seems from earlier comments from ST holders in P8 that a significant number of persons who bought them in P8 have subsequently not bothered to turn up to the games, either that or they have tried to sell every match through viagogo at a profit! Lets hope they don't renew next season and they become available again.
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Or they know that the Upper Witton never sells out so just sit in the middle every game rather than P8. When my ST was Upper Trinity I often sat in other seats.
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Or they know that the Upper Witton never sells out so just sit in the middle every game rather than P8. When my ST was Upper Trinity I often sat in other seats.
We have done that a few times this season.
Got a couple of mates in the middle.
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Surprises me more don't buy the cheap wing seats and then just sit in the middle. I used to swap sides so as I was near the end we were attacking. Some matches it felt you had a choice of half the stand.
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We sit in the front row of P8 (there are four of us in our group) and the 3 or 4 seats next to us have only been occupied on 3 or 4 occasions. I didn't think we were that rowdy. ;)
What is the legroom like there pauline if you dont mind eastie asking?
Eastie, at 5' 1 1/2" the leg room is fine. :D
None of the other three in our group has complained and one is just under 6 foot.
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I don't get that question try again.
What I meant was that if I am correct those seats were £295? this season, compared to around £485 in the next block along and the same £485 in the seats directly opposite you in the Trinity and mine in C3. So do you expect your seats to be the same 60% cost of those other comparable seats again next season or will the club end the special offer they had on your seats this season?
I sincerely hope not.
They'd be daft if they did. They couldn't fill those seats, and the others in the ground they offered the same discount, before they reduced the price and as attendances are falling by the game they surely wouldn't want to potentially p**s off current season ticket holders.
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We sit in the front row of P8 (there are four of us in our group) and the 3 or 4 seats next to us have only been occupied on 3 or 4 occasions. I didn't think we were that rowdy. ;)
Pauline are you saying those seats next to you are not held by season ticket holders then or is it just that the holders have not bothered to turn up all season, if so what a waste for those of us who didn't manage to secure one of these seats this season.
We tried to buy them for one game and were told they were not available.
May be they just move nearer the half way line as the upper Witton never appears to be sold out.
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We sit in the front row of P8 (there are four of us in our group) and the 3 or 4 seats next to us have only been occupied on 3 or 4 occasions. I didn't think we were that rowdy. ;)
Those people saw that Legion was nearby and never returned
Haha, I think you may be right. A real liability is our Legion. Look at the results this season.
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I don't get that question try again.
What I meant was that if I am correct those seats were £295? this season, compared to around £485 in the next block along and the same £485 in the seats directly opposite you in the Trinity and mine in C3. So do you expect your seats to be the same 60% cost of those other comparable seats again next season or will the club end the special offer they had on your seats this season?
I sincerely hope not.
They'd be daft if they did. They couldn't fill those seats, and the others in the ground they offered the same discount, before they reduced the price and as attendances are falling by the game they surely wouldn't want to potentially p**s off current season ticket holders.
But you could make that same argument for the empty seats in my block or any other block surely. By definition any empty seat is one that "they couldn't fill". If we are then going to be allowed to walk around the ground sitting in any empty seat we fancy having not paid the price for that seat then we would all like a piece of that action. I shall point this out to those in the ticket office when the renewal detail comes out.
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But you can't walk round the ground. Just the tier of the stand you are in.
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I don't get that question try again.
What I meant was that if I am correct those seats were £295? this season, compared to around £485 in the next block along and the same £485 in the seats directly opposite you in the Trinity and mine in C3. So do you expect your seats to be the same 60% cost of those other comparable seats again next season or will the club end the special offer they had on your seats this season?
I sincerely hope not.
They'd be daft if they did. They couldn't fill those seats, and the others in the ground they offered the same discount, before they reduced the price and as attendances are falling by the game they surely wouldn't want to potentially p**s off current season ticket holders.
But you could make that same argument for the empty seats in my block or any other block surely. By definition any empty seat is one that "they couldn't fill". If we are then going to be allowed to walk around the ground sitting in any empty seat we fancy having not paid the price for that seat then we would all like a piece of that action. I shall point this out to those in the ticket office when the renewal detail comes out.
so just because you missed out you are going to have it out with the ticket office.Dont forget to take the toys out of the pram before you go.
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Getting bored of this being the P8 thread. I think a price freeze if we drop and a minor increase if we stop up.
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I'm no mathematician but I reckon a 20% cut in ticket prices would pay for itself in the way of increased sales, match day spend and merch sales. Probably.
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I'm no mathematician but I reckon a 20% cut in ticket prices would pay for itself in the way of increased sales, match day spend and merch sales. Probably.
It doesn't work like that. Price cuts never lead to a corresponding rise in crowds.
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I'm no mathematician but I reckon a 20% cut in ticket prices would pay for itself in the way of increased sales, match day spend and merch sales. Probably.
It doesn't work like that. Price cuts never lead to a corresponding rise in crowds.
I'm afraid he's right.
That Morecambe offer for free entry to one of their games has had virtually no effect on their average attendance.
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Just to get back off topic, the leg room in our seats in P8 is far better than it was in our old seats in B3.
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I'm no mathematician but I reckon a 20% cut in ticket prices would pay for itself in the way of increased sales, match day spend and merch sales. Probably.
It doesn't work like that. Price cuts never lead to a corresponding rise in crowds.
Just as relegation doesn't result in price cuts, not that that will happen to us.
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I don't get that question try again.
What I meant was that if I am correct those seats were £295? this season, compared to around £485 in the next block along and the same £485 in the seats directly opposite you in the Trinity and mine in C3. So do you expect your seats to be the same 60% cost of those other comparable seats again next season or will the club end the special offer they had on your seats this season?
I sincerely hope not.
They'd be daft if they did. They couldn't fill those seats, and the others in the ground they offered the same discount, before they reduced the price and as attendances are falling by the game they surely wouldn't want to potentially p**s off current season ticket holders.
But you could make that same argument for the empty seats in my block or any other block surely. By definition any empty seat is one that "they couldn't fill". If we are then going to be allowed to walk around the ground sitting in any empty seat we fancy having not paid the price for that seat then we would all like a piece of that action. I shall point this out to those in the ticket office when the renewal detail comes out.
so just because you missed out you are going to have it out with the ticket office.Dont forget to take the toys out of the pram before you go.
Well do you think it is fair and the correct behaviour for a £295 P8 holder to sit in the centre of the Doug Ellis upper all season just because there are empty spaces and they can? Just asking like because if they came and sat next to you and you had paid top dollar to sit there I think you would be entitled to feel a bit pissed off mate. Grow up and be a bit adult about this, no toys required to be thrown by anybody, you sound a bit worried that your behaviour may be found out? I am merely on here asking questions and wanting to clarify why there are empty seats in P8, that's all and now I know why!!
Don't worry sir your secret is safe with me.
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But you can't walk round the ground. Just the tier of the stand you are in.
So that makes it ok then?
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Just out of interest why should the prices go up when our operating costs will go down considerably next year due to a much lower wage bill and our income will go up significantly next year due to the new TV deal. I appreciate this assumes we stay in the PL. Given this set of circumstances there is no commercial reason why the prices should go up. Keep the season ticket prices as they are, if you have to increase prices then do it on the individual match day tickets, it won't matter anyway because they always do ticket deals for every game.
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I sit in K6 in the Holte. In K7 it was £100 less last season. If i'd have chosen to sit in K7 and my mate sat in K6 and thoughout the season there was an empty seat next to him, i would'nt have though twice about moving over.
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But you can't walk round the ground. Just the tier of the stand you are in.
So that makes it ok then?
I was pointing out that despite your claim, no one can walk round the ground to any seat.
And yes, it is okay.
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I reckon they'll go up by around 5%. The justification will be that if we're relegated we fans get an extra 4 home games, and they'll need the extra money to compensate for the reduced attendance numbers and significantly reduced TV revenue (not sure how much the parachute payments are but they're certainly less than the share we get of the current TV deal and microscopic in relation to the new deal). If we stay up the justification will be that they need the extra revenue to pay for all the wheelbarrows they'll need to transport the new TV deal money to the players and their agents
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Anyone know when the club will write to existing ST holders to see if we wish to renew our seats for next season ?
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Anyone know when the club will write to existing ST holders to see if we wish to renew our seats for next season ?
I have had 3 phone calls in the past 2 weeks.It can't be far off.
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Anyone know when the club will write to existing ST holders to see if we wish to renew our seats for next season ?
I have had 3 phone calls in the past 2 weeks.It can't be far off.
Where do you sit currently? Full price or discounted ?
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Do you think we could call the club now ,asking them what they are prepared to offer for a renewal now ?
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I don't get that question try again.
What I meant was that if I am correct those seats were £295? this season, compared to around £485 in the next block along and the same £485 in the seats directly opposite you in the Trinity and mine in C3. So do you expect your seats to be the same 60% cost of those other comparable seats again next season or will the club end the special offer they had on your seats this season?
I sincerely hope not.
They'd be daft if they did. They couldn't fill those seats, and the others in the ground they offered the same discount, before they reduced the price and as attendances are falling by the game they surely wouldn't want to potentially p**s off current season ticket holders.
But you could make that same argument for the empty seats in my block or any other block surely. By definition any empty seat is one that "they couldn't fill". If we are then going to be allowed to walk around the ground sitting in any empty seat we fancy having not paid the price for that seat then we would all like a piece of that action. I shall point this out to those in the ticket office when the renewal detail comes out.
so just because you missed out you are going to have it out with the ticket office.Dont forget to take the toys out of the pram before you go.
Well do you think it is fair and the correct behaviour for a £295 P8 holder to sit in the centre of the Doug Ellis upper all season just because there are empty spaces and they can? Just asking like because if they came and sat next to you and you had paid top dollar to sit there I think you would be entitled to feel a bit pissed off mate. Grow up and be a bit adult about this, no toys required to be thrown by anybody, you sound a bit worried that your behaviour may be found out? I am merely on here asking questions and wanting to clarify why there are empty seats in P8, that's all and now I know why!!
Don't worry sir your secret is safe with me.
Would you be happy if your visit to the Ticket Office results in all £295 season tickets being withdrawn, unless you get one?
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And he is telling me to grow up.You missed out,live with it.
Stop having a hissy fit.
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I'm sure there will be plenty of opportunity for all next season. I can only see ST numbers declining.
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You don't have to go on 'pick a seat' on the OS with the crowds we have had this season.Just wait till you get in the ground.
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There must be some seats in the ground that haven't been used in years.
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I'm sure there will be plenty of opportunity for all next season. I can only see ST numbers declining.
I can see numbers improving but only if we go down, if they get the pricing right there are many of our old midlands rivals from the 80s in the championship so would tempt a lot of people looking for nostalgia and chances are we would win our share of home games. Atmosphere would be good as teams that haven't been to VP for a while will make it their big away day so makes for a good day out.
If we stay up take your pick, unless there is investment in personnel it will be very hard to tempt the missing 10k back, losing at home every other week to the likes of Wigan and Southampton is soul destroying regardless of the price. McCleish must have cost about 5k renewals last season another few thousand will disappear at the end of this season so they've got to gamble, come up with something people can't refuse regardless of what division we're in or end up with crowds of 20-25k next season.
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There must be some seats in the ground that haven't been used in years.
Randy Lerners for a start
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Just out of interest why should the prices go up when our operating costs will go down considerably next year due to a much lower wage bill and our income will go up significantly next year due to the new TV deal. I appreciate this assumes we stay in the PL. Given this set of circumstances there is no commercial reason why the prices should go up. Keep the season ticket prices as they are, if you have to increase prices then do it on the individual match day tickets, it won't matter anyway because they always do ticket deals for every game.
Because we're in a competition and every other competitor will put their prices up?
Don't get me wrong, football ticket prices do feel quite high, especially on-the-day prices, but at c.£500 for a whole season not only are the Villa's prices quite far down the list when you look at Premier League season ticket prices but that's also not that much when compared to the price of other top level sports (£60 for a day at the cricket; £200 to watch the Grand Prix, etc, etc).
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There must be some seats in the ground that haven't been used in years.
The upper trinity wings. If you want a block to yourself you could settle in there with a decent book for 90 mins
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Just out of interest why should the prices go up when our operating costs will go down considerably next year due to a much lower wage bill and our income will go up significantly next year due to the new TV deal. I appreciate this assumes we stay in the PL. Given this set of circumstances there is no commercial reason why the prices should go up. Keep the season ticket prices as they are, if you have to increase prices then do it on the individual match day tickets, it won't matter anyway because they always do ticket deals for every game.
Because we're in a competition and every other competitor will put their prices up?
Don't get me wrong, football ticket prices do feel quite high, especially on-the-day prices, but at c.£500 for a whole season not only are the Villa's prices quite far down the list when you look at Premier League season ticket prices but that's also not that much when compared to the price of other top level sports (£60 for a day at the cricket; £200 to watch the Grand Prix, etc, etc).
The thing that keeps our ticket prices relatively cheap is the fact that we have more empty seats than anyone else. Teams like Chelsea, Spurs and Liverpool all have thousands on a waiting list and know they can charge what they want and still sell out. We have 12,000 empty seats and putting the prices up would be utter madness, especially if we go down.
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Just out of interest why should the prices go up when our operating costs will go down considerably next year due to a much lower wage bill and our income will go up significantly next year due to the new TV deal. I appreciate this assumes we stay in the PL. Given this set of circumstances there is no commercial reason why the prices should go up. Keep the season ticket prices as they are, if you have to increase prices then do it on the individual match day tickets, it won't matter anyway because they always do ticket deals for every game.
Because we're in a competition and every other competitor will put their prices up?
Don't get me wrong, football ticket prices do feel quite high, especially on-the-day prices, but at c.£500 for a whole season not only are the Villa's prices quite far down the list when you look at Premier League season ticket prices but that's also not that much when compared to the price of other top level sports (£60 for a day at the cricket; £200 to watch the Grand Prix, etc, etc).
The thing that keeps our ticket prices relatively cheap is the fact that we have more empty seats than anyone else. Teams like Chelsea, Spurs and Liverpool all have thousands on a waiting list and know they can charge what they want and still sell out. We have 12,000 empty seats and putting the prices up would be utter madness, especially if we go down.
If spurs were in relegation battles 3 seasons running they'd have smaller crowds than us. Probably not the other two though.
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I dont disagree, the point I was making is that prices will depend on supply and demand. We're one of the few clubs where supply outweighs demand and that's why our ticket deals are pretty good in comparison to other clubs. But at the same time, those empty seats and the utter shite on the field are why I would be shocked if our prices went up.
I'm fully expecting a price freeze, regardless of what league we're in.
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If we stay up, you could argue for a price drop with all the extra tv money that will be sloshing about. Whether we'd sell more tickets is another matter.
We didn't sell out even under the giddy years of MON.
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If Chelsea had just had the same last 15 years as we've had they'd be struggling to get 25K. Spurs however would still be in the 30-35K range.
Liverpool are a strange one, everyone has an image of a packed Anfield in the 80s and yet you look at their averages during that time and even though they were winning everything their average attendances were quite shit.
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I'm sure there will be plenty of opportunity for all next season. I can only see ST numbers declining.
I can see numbers improving but only if we go down, if they get the pricing right there are many of our old midlands rivals from the 80s in the championship so would tempt a lot of people looking for nostalgia and chances are we would win our share of home games. Atmosphere would be good as teams that haven't been to VP for a while will make it their big away day so makes for a good day out.
If we stay up take your pick, unless there is investment in personnel it will be very hard to tempt the missing 10k back, losing at home every other week to the likes of Wigan and Southampton is soul destroying regardless of the price. McCleish must have cost about 5k renewals last season another few thousand will disappear at the end of this season so they've got to gamble, come up with something people can't refuse regardless of what division we're in or end up with crowds of 20-25k next season.
I agree with your point about pricing but wouldn't think there is much evidence to support the notion that prices will fall and sales increase if we go down. Most experts on here say that lowering the prices will not increase the crowds but that is not a reason for not lowering them. There is absolutely no justification at all for increasing the price of tickets next year, as by every measure our costs to run the club will go down.
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I';ll take one for a tennre
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The truth of the matter is that in the list of factors which affect attendances, ticket prices are somewhere near the bottom. Arsenal's the classic example - their prices are the highest in the country and have sky-rocketed over the past 15 years and for that whole period they've basically sold out every single home game, even when they moved stadium to one with a capacity 22,000 greater.
All football clubs know this and that's why the prices won't come down. Every year since the Premier League started fans have been declaring a tipping point in ticket prices and the bursting of the bubble and yet prices have continued to go up at a much higher rate than inflation and at the same time average attendances have continued to rise.
If we go down I can see them freezing ticket prices - Blues did. There won't be a decrease. As has already been pointed out on this thread, Doug actually put prices up when we last got relegated so it could be worse.
If we stay up I think there'll be a similar increase to last year of 2-3%.
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There must be some seats in the ground that haven't been used in years.
Randy Lerners for a start
That's a cracker.
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Leaving it late for early bird prices this year?
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The truth of the matter is that in the list of factors which affect attendances, ticket prices are somewhere near the bottom. Arsenal's the classic example - their prices are the highest in the country and have sky-rocketed over the past 15 years and for that whole period they've basically sold out every single home game, even when they moved stadium to one with a capacity 22,000 greater.
I think it is misleading to look at the situation at Arsenal and compare it to the rest of the league.
Arsenal could probably sell 20k tickets every home match just to tourists who fancy taking in a game. There is always going to be demand for their tickets, they are the biggest club in one of the most tourist attracting cities in the world, and they play in the best marketed league in the world.
Our attendances seem to be way more price elastic, though, and we are far from being alone.
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Arsenal don't sell out anymore, their annual 60k attendances are just tickets sold.
There's loads of gaps for most of their games now.
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Arsenal don't sell out anymore, their annual 60k attendances are just tickets sold.
There's loads of gaps for most of their games now.
They sell out the games, their season ticket holders just don't attend them all. It's said that up to 8,000 ticket holders fail to turn up at any given match.
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If Chelsea had just had the same last 15 years as we've had they'd be struggling to get 25K. Spurs however would still be in the 30-35K range.
Liverpool are a strange one, everyone has an image of a packed Anfield in the 80s and yet you look at their averages during that time and even though they were winning everything their average attendances were quite shit.
Thats because they were all called Yosser Hughes and could not get a job !
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If Chelsea had just had the same last 15 years as we've had they'd be struggling to get 25K. Spurs however would still be in the 30-35K range.
Liverpool are a strange one, everyone has an image of a packed Anfield in the 80s and yet you look at their averages during that time and even though they were winning everything their average attendances were quite shit.
I think a lot of it's because they were bored with winning everything. The one year they won nothing, their crowds went up. As dan touched on as well, unemployment up there was much worse than we experienced.
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If the season ticket prices for P8 revert back to that of the others seats in the Doug Upper people will either move again or not renew. I have a seat in the block and it has not been full once this season.
I also choose a seat on the half way line in the more expensive seats if the crowd permits. Sitting next to the away fans has not been easy this season so to save myself from the abuse and a line of stewards blocking my view I treat myself.
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Arsenal don't sell out anymore, their annual 60k attendances are just tickets sold.
There's loads of gaps for most of their games now.
They sell out the games, their season ticket holders just don't attend them all. It's said that up to 8,000 ticket holders fail to turn up at any given match.
When we beat them at the Emirates the other year, there were bursts of laughter and jeering from the Arsenal fans when they read out the attendance as a full house. There must have been 10k empty seats easily.
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If Chelsea had just had the same last 15 years as we've had they'd be struggling to get 25K. Spurs however would still be in the 30-35K range.
Liverpool are a strange one, everyone has an image of a packed Anfield in the 80s and yet you look at their averages during that time and even though they were winning everything their average attendances were quite shit.
I think a lot of it's because they were bored with winning everything. The one year they won nothing, their crowds went up. As dan touched on as well, unemployment up there was much worse than we experienced.
Also, they get a huge amount of support from outside of Merseyside. I've worked on the motorway services since the 1990s and they are only a close second to Manure for gloryhunting support. I work Sunday nights, and if the dippers are at home we get loads flooding back through afterwards going towards the south west. Man City support is increasing within this trend.
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I noticed hidden in the programme that prices for next season are released on Friday and go on sale the following Monday.... My guess is one month to buy at this season's price before a 5% increase.
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Any increase would be a complete piss take considering the new TV income next season (or the fact that we could be watching Championship football).
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I think they'll be a price freeze across the board next season. They wouldn't dare increase the prices after the shite we've been put through this season.
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I think they'll be a price freeze across the board next season. They wouldn't dare increase the prices after the shite we've been put through this season.
....and without knowing what division we're going to be playing in!
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Price increases can only be justified if there's an improvement on the pitch imo.
At the moment "achievement" for us would be 17th place....but that's still worse than last season and the season before etc.
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I think they'll be a price freeze across the board next season. They wouldn't dare increase the prices after the shite we've been put through this season.
....and without knowing what division we're going to be playing in!
They could argue we'd get to see more games for our money if we get relegated.
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That's called a tounge in cheek comment from a bluenose, not a serious business statement.
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I reckon my £295 ticket will go up by £50 and the rest will stay more or less the same.
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I would be amazed if there was a price increase for any season ticket, if there was I would seriously consider not renewing, and picking and choosing my games.
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I reckon my £295 ticket will go up by £50 and the rest will stay more or less the same.
There's one bloke who will be jumping for joy if that happens. Not me. I've got one of them.
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The truth of the matter is that in the list of factors which affect attendances, ticket prices are somewhere near the bottom. Arsenal's the classic example - their prices are the highest in the country and have sky-rocketed over the past 15 years and for that whole period they've basically sold out every single home game, even when they moved stadium to one with a capacity 22,000 greater.
I think it is misleading to look at the situation at Arsenal and compare it to the rest of the league.
Arsenal could probably sell 20k tickets every home match just to tourists who fancy taking in a game. There is always going to be demand for their tickets, they are the biggest club in one of the most tourist attracting cities in the world, and they play in the best marketed league in the world.
Our attendances seem to be way more price elastic, though, and we are far from being alone.
Our attendances aren't as price elastic as you think. What about the league cup games every year? Prices are considerably lower than league games and so are the attendances. Look at the trend of our ticket prices over the past 20 years - they've gone up massively and so have our average attendances, from less than 25,000 in 1992/93 to almost 34,000 this year. During that period they've fluctuated massively and those fluctuations were nothing to do with ticket prices going up or down as they've pretty consistently risen year on year.
There's absolutely no evidence whatsoever that lower ticket prices result in higher attendances. Quite the opposite in fact as the highest ticket prices and attendances are in the Premier League and the lowest of both are in the lower leagues.
Whilst there will be individual exceptions, on the whole (and within reason) people who go to watch football will go whatever the price and those that don't go to watch football won't go no matter how cheap it is.
And that's why our ticket prices will be frozen as an absolute minimum.
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Cup attendances always take a hit as not included in the season tickets obviously.
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Our attendances go up when the team improves on the pitch. It's always been like that at the Villa.
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Our attendances go up when the team improves on the pitch. It's always been like that at the Villa.
No they don't, and no it hasn't.
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Our attendances often seem to go up in the second half of the season regardless of how we are doing.
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Our attendances go up when the team improves on the pitch. It's always been like that at the Villa.
No they don't, and no it hasn't.
Yes they do, and yes it has.
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Our attendances go up when the team improves on the pitch. It's always been like that at the Villa.
No they don't, and no it hasn't.
Yes they do, and yes it has.
And your proof is?
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Our attendances go up when the team improves on the pitch. It's always been like that at the Villa.
No they don't, and no it hasn't.
Yes they do, and yes it has.
And your proof is?
I'm not in court, Dave.
Even when I was a kid in the 70s and 80s if the Villa went on a winning run the attendances would improve. We turn up when there's a team to support. We'll always have a hard core, for sure, but we've also got a element of support that come back when the times are good and go away again when it goes tits up.
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Except that our crowds sometimes go up when we're winning, sometimes go down. Sometimes they go up because of other factors, and sometimes they don't. Check our averages over any reasonably lengthy period for proof.
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Our attendances go up when the team improves on the pitch. It's always been like that at the Villa.
No they don't, and no it hasn't.
Yes they do, and yes it has.
How does that correlate with the two huge crowds at VP in the last two home games despite us actually being a bit shit all season?
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QPR was like a cup final, I think the attendences seem to go up when were doing well, the average gate went up under him and dropped a bit after he left, problem is football isn't cheap and when were doing badly it seems like a lot to part with £30-£40 a game when I can watch it in the pub and spend £10-£15, sad but true
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Our attendances go up when the team improves on the pitch. It's always been like that at the Villa.
No they don't, and no it hasn't.
Yes they do, and yes it has.
How does that correlate with the two huge crowds at VP in the last two home games despite us actually being a bit shit all season?
I would imagine there's a fairly strong correlation between success and average crowds across a season. A few minutes with Excel would show this one way or the other.
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Our attendances go up when the team improves on the pitch. It's always been like that at the Villa.
No they don't, and no it hasn't.
Yes they do, and yes it has.
How does that correlate with the two huge crowds at VP in the last two home games despite us actually being a bit shit all season?
I would imagine there's a fairly strong correlation between success and average crowds across a season. A few minutes with Excel would show this one way or the other.
There are all sorts of factors which rank higher than ticket prices in driving attendances - current performance of the team, feel good factor about future prospects, style of play, perceived quality of the opposition, importance of the game, the profile of the players involved, etc, etc.
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Our attendances go up when the team improves on the pitch. It's always been like that at the Villa.
No they don't, and no it hasn't.
Yes they do, and yes it has.
How does that correlate with the two huge crowds at VP in the last two home games despite us actually being a bit shit all season?
I would imagine there's a fairly strong correlation between success and average crowds across a season. A few minutes with Excel would show this one way or the other.
As far as I can tell it's pretty random.
1985 we stayed up, 1986 we went down but had a higher average.
1990 we finished 2nd, 1991 we finished 17th and att were slightly higher
1996 was a lower average than last year. And will probably be lower than this year.
Our lowest averages in the last 15 years were 2000 and 2001. We finished 6th and 8th and made an FA Cup final.
Of course success on the pitch helps crowds but it's not the only thing.
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Our lowest averages in the last 15 years were 2000 and 2001. We finished 6th and 8th and made an FA Cup final.
Of course success on the pitch helps crowds but it's not the only thing.
Were there not stands being rebuilt around then?
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Our lowest averages in the last 15 years were 2000 and 2001. We finished 6th and 8th and made an FA Cup final.
Of course success on the pitch helps crowds but it's not the only thing.
Were there not stands being rebuilt around then?
Not even Doug took 2 years to build a new stand.
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Our lowest averages in the last 15 years were 2000 and 2001. We finished 6th and 8th and made an FA Cup final.
Of course success on the pitch helps crowds but it's not the only thing.
Were there not stands being rebuilt around then?
Not even Doug took 2 years to build a new stand.
He took 2 to put a TV screen up though.
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QPR was a VV price game so was cheap in all areas of the ground.
I would expect good attendances for our last 3 home games, Sunderland and Chelsea will both be 40 k + imo, Fulham a bit less as they'll bring their usual 200.
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QPR was a VV price game so was cheap in all areas of the ground.
I would expect good attendances for our last 3 home games, Sunderland and Chelsea will both be 40 k + imo, Fulham a bit less as they'll bring their usual 200.
QPR was also the biggest home league game of our season so far.
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Sunderland will be even bigger in a few weeks.
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I think the fact that it's a Monday night might knock the attendance in the bollocks a bit.
Aren't the prices meant to be released today?
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The new ST prices are all up on the OS now.
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Frozen
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Trinity Lower... £530 before June 1st
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Why still U16? These days, how many sixteen-years-olds have a job that'll enable the purchase of tickets? We must surely get a sizable drop-off of people in this age group when neither they nor their family can afford the rise to adult prices. U21 for anybody still in education, I say. That's the age range when I first got a season ticket, but it worked out to less than two quid a game back then. Lose supporters when they're young, bloody hard to get them to come back later
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The new ST prices are all up on the OS now.
They are frozen , which is fair enough.
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£325 for me to renew in the Holte Upper, very happy with that.
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My phone keeps firing me straight into the mobile site and doesn't show the stadium plan. Would any kind soul be willing to put it up on here please?
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that daint work did it....f---ed up there somehow
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Fair play - prices frozen including the cheapo ones next to the away fans, and they've added 500 extra cheapo ones at the back of the North stand. Really tempting those additional cheap ones in the North stand - £325 instead of the £530 for Upper Holte - but I think I'll stay where I am.
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It says frozen but 'from £325'. Does that mean P8 has gone up by £30 or is it frozen?
500 extra cheap STs in Upper Witton Lane as well. Get in quick. No good moaning later if you miss the boat.
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It says frozen but 'from £325'. Does that mean P8 has gone up by £30 or is it frozen?
500 extra cheap STs in Upper Witton Lane as well. Get in quick. No good moaning later if you miss the boat.
I think we will be paying £30 more.Is it Monday we find out?
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It says frozen but 'from £325'. Does that mean P8 has gone up by £30 or is it frozen?
500 extra cheap STs in Upper Witton Lane as well. Get in quick. No good moaning later if you miss the boat.
DC5, where are the 500 extra cheap ST's in Upper Witton? Which block?
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It's the North stand.
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My mistake. It is the North Stand. Funny how prices are frozen though but all the £295 ones go up.
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It says frozen but 'from £325'. Does that mean P8 has gone up by £30 or is it frozen?
500 extra cheap STs in Upper Witton Lane as well. Get in quick. No good moaning later if you miss the boat.
The £295 some paid last year was a special 'earlybird offer' which it appears isn't being offered this year. The normal price in those areas was £325 last year as well, so technically it is frozen but I can see why some wont see it that way as they are forking out an extra £30.
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It says frozen but 'from £325'. Does that mean P8 has gone up by £30 or is it frozen?
500 extra cheap STs in Upper Witton Lane as well. Get in quick. No good moaning later if you miss the boat.
I think we will be paying £30 more.Is it Monday we find out?
If so, then they're not really frozen are they?!
Edit (Just seen the above post, posted at the same time!)
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£90 for 3 S/T Ouch!
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It says frozen but 'from £325'. Does that mean P8 has gone up by £30 or is it frozen?
500 extra cheap STs in Upper Witton Lane as well. Get in quick. No good moaning later if you miss the boat.
I think we will be paying £30 more.Is it Monday we find out?
If so, then they're not really frozen are they?!
Definitely not. It isn't just P8 either. Mind you, they robbed us on cup tickets last year. Slashed the prices for some games and we paid more for those games than our normal league prices. Before I am accused of moaning, we were good enough to take them up on this offer in March 2012 while you had a job to find many who were keen to renew. Still, they money has been banked now and we have had our cheap season and ended up in seats that I prefer to our old ones in B3.
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So no early bird this year when they made a big deal of it last season.
Not very clever.
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It is a little disappointing that they are not giving the existing ST holders any "early bird" offer over any new purchasers. By all means freeze prices to entice new ST purchases but again where is the thanks from the club to long term loyalty. Will likely go for one of the £325 tickets in North Upper with a view to relocation to P8 if possible. Anybody with a current ST in there have a feel as to whether there will be any relocation opportunity in P8 for next season or will the currently sold out situation in there remain for next season with everybody renewing?
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I think there will be some in P8 who won't renew. Problem is that you don't get a crack at those seats until quite late on. Best to take a £325 where you can then get ready to swoop for one that is not renewed and change to that.
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It says frozen but 'from £325'. Does that mean P8 has gone up by £30 or is it frozen?
500 extra cheap STs in Upper Witton Lane as well. Get in quick. No good moaning later if you miss the boat.
The £295 some paid last year was a special 'earlybird offer' which it appears isn't being offered this year. The normal price in those areas was £325 last year as well, so technically it is frozen but I can see why some wont see it that way as they are forking out an extra £30.
http://www.avfc.co.uk/staticFiles/bc/53/0,,10265~152508,00.pdf
Don't know about 2011-12 but, according to this, P8 was not a reduced price previously.
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£490 for mine again. £25 a game is'nt bad really.
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Here are categories for 2011-12. P2 was the only reduced block in Upper Witton Lane.
http://www.avfc.co.uk/staticFiles/bc/8f/0,,10265~167868,00.pdf
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It says frozen but 'from £325'. Does that mean P8 has gone up by £30 or is it frozen?
500 extra cheap STs in Upper Witton Lane as well. Get in quick. No good moaning later if you miss the boat.
The £295 some paid last year was a special 'earlybird offer' which it appears isn't being offered this year. The normal price in those areas was £325 last year as well, so technically it is frozen but I can see why some wont see it that way as they are forking out an extra £30.
That is not correct. The previous cost for P8 was the same as the rest of the middle Witton Lane, approx £590 (can't remember the exact amount). If my memory is correct they offered the tickets in P8 and elsewhere at £295 to fill seats that previously they couldn't.
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It says frozen but 'from £325'. Does that mean P8 has gone up by £30 or is it frozen?
500 extra cheap STs in Upper Witton Lane as well. Get in quick. No good moaning later if you miss the boat.
The £295 some paid last year was a special 'earlybird offer' which it appears isn't being offered this year. The normal price in those areas was £325 last year as well, so technically it is frozen but I can see why some wont see it that way as they are forking out an extra £30.
That is not correct. The previous cost for P8 was the same as the rest of the middle Witton Lane, approx £590 (can't remember the exact amount). If my memory is correct they offered the tickets in P8 and elsewhere at £295 to fill seats that previously they couldn't.
So they knocked £300 off to get people to have season tickets in one area they couldn't fill?
I know that where I have my ST in the Holte Upper Wings K1, mine cost £295 because I signed up very early, can't remember the exact month, but while McLeish was still here and before we'd secured our PL safety. Then when my mate got one a month or two later, the earlybird offer was over and they reverted to the standard price of £325.
I assumed that was also what happened with the other 'Value' areas, e.g P8.
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The club must think we are stupid.It is not a price freeze.The club knew they would have trouble shifting S/T so started the early bird offer 'after listening to the fans'.
To stop it after one season is bonkers.
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It says frozen but 'from £325'. Does that mean P8 has gone up by £30 or is it frozen?
500 extra cheap STs in Upper Witton Lane as well. Get in quick. No good moaning later if you miss the boat.
The £295 some paid last year was a special 'earlybird offer' which it appears isn't being offered this year. The normal price in those areas was £325 last year as well, so technically it is frozen but I can see why some wont see it that way as they are forking out an extra £30.
That is not correct. The previous cost for P8 was the same as the rest of the middle Witton Lane, approx £590 (can't remember the exact amount). If my memory is correct they offered the tickets in P8 and elsewhere at £295 to fill seats that previously they couldn't.
So they knocked £300 off to get people to have season tickets in one area they couldn't fill?
I know that where I have my ST in the Holte Upper Wings K1, mine cost £295 because I signed up very early, can't remember the exact month, but while McLeish was still here and before we'd secured our PL safety. Then when my mate got one a month or two later, the earlybird offer was over and they reverted to the standard price of £325.
I assumed that was also what happened with the other 'Value' areas, e.g P8.
Yes, they did. P8 is next to the away fans and nobody seemed to want to sit there. I know that all the seats in P8 were sold almost immediately so I'm sure nobody there paid £325. I don't mind doing a bit of research at the Fulham game.
It's still not a price freeze if we're having to fork out another £30, early bird offer or not.
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It says frozen but 'from £325'. Does that mean P8 has gone up by £30 or is it frozen?
500 extra cheap STs in Upper Witton Lane as well. Get in quick. No good moaning later if you miss the boat.
The £295 some paid last year was a special 'earlybird offer' which it appears isn't being offered this year. The normal price in those areas was £325 last year as well, so technically it is frozen but I can see why some wont see it that way as they are forking out an extra £30.
That is not correct. The previous cost for P8 was the same as the rest of the middle Witton Lane, approx £590 (can't remember the exact amount). If my memory is correct they offered the tickets in P8 and elsewhere at £295 to fill seats that previously they couldn't.
So they knocked £300 off to get people to have season tickets in one area they couldn't fill?
I know that where I have my ST in the Holte Upper Wings K1, mine cost £295 because I signed up very early, can't remember the exact month, but while McLeish was still here and before we'd secured our PL safety. Then when my mate got one a month or two later, the earlybird offer was over and they reverted to the standard price of £325.
I assumed that was also what happened with the other 'Value' areas, e.g P8.
Yes, they did. P8 is next to the away fans and nobody seemed to want to sit there. I know that all the seats in P8 were sold almost immediately so I'm sure nobody there paid £325. I don't mind doing a bit of research at the Fulham game.
It's still not a price freeze if we're having to fork out another £30, early bird offer or not.
In my post on the previous page I did say I could understand people not viewing it as a price freeze if they secured the early bird offer last season.
I'm seeing it from the club's perspective and know that the standard pricing in those areas was still £325 last season for those who didn't get the earlybird offer (more of a mix between those who did/didn't in K1 than P8 by the sound of it), and I'm quite happy paying £325 as it's ridiculously cheap for Prem football should we stay up.
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I had a horrible feeling that we were all assuming the £325 would apply to P8 etc but they may have reverted them to £500 odd. I have spoken to the TO and they confirm the seats are £325 and they mentioned early bird etc. I told them the advert was misleading but they won't listen. I think they expect us to go down and have charged us the extra £30 for the two additional home games, knowing we will pay it but daren't risk it with the more expensive seats.
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I had a horrible feeling that we were all assuming the £325 would apply to P8 etc but they may have reverted them to £500 odd. I have spoken to the TO and they confirm the seats are £325 and they mentioned early bird etc. I told them the advert was misleading but they won't listen. I think they expect us to go down and have charged us the extra £30 for the two additional home games, knowing we will pay it but daren't risk it with the more expensive seats.
Aren't there 4 extra home games in the championship?
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I had a horrible feeling that we were all assuming the £325 would apply to P8 etc but they may have reverted them to £500 odd. I have spoken to the TO and they confirm the seats are £325 and they mentioned early bird etc. I told them the advert was misleading but they won't listen. I think they expect us to go down and have charged us the extra £30 for the two additional home games, knowing we will pay it but daren't risk it with the more expensive seats.
Aren't there 4 extra home games in the championship?
I should hope so being as there's 24 teams.
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I had a horrible feeling that we were all assuming the £325 would apply to P8 etc but they may have reverted them to £500 odd. I have spoken to the TO and they confirm the seats are £325 and they mentioned early bird etc. I told them the advert was misleading but they won't listen. I think they expect us to go down and have charged us the extra £30 for the two additional home games, knowing we will pay it but daren't risk it with the more expensive seats.
Aren't there 4 extra home games in the championship?
I should hope so being as there's 24 teams.
I was questioning dc5's comment about the 2 extra home games if we go down .
I will be quite happy with just the 19 home games :D
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So why pull the early bird after one season when they made such a big play of it last season.
It smacks of TSM is still manager do something quick.
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The early bird would have been a good idea again considering we don't know for definate what league we'll be in. Mind you like Hoyle said earlier, £325 in that part of the ground is very very good.
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I had a horrible feeling that we were all assuming the £325 would apply to P8 etc but they may have reverted them to £500 odd. I have spoken to the TO and they confirm the seats are £325 and they mentioned early bird etc. I told them the advert was misleading but they won't listen. I think they expect us to go down and have charged us the extra £30 for the two additional home games, knowing we will pay it but daren't risk it with the more expensive seats.
Aren't there 4 extra home games in the championship?
Even more proof that is why its going up.
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The early bird would have been a good idea again considering we don't know for definate what league we'll be in. Mind you like Hoyle said earlier, £325 in that part of the ground is very very good.
I guess with this offer until may 31 that some people will wait and see which division we are in if they don't wish to commit yet and still be able to use the 9 month payment if they so desire.
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They should do more to reward the loyal supporters and to encourage new ones.
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So is P8 £295 again or £325 ?
Any idea when the info will arrive by post ??
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So is P8 £295 again or £325 ?
Any idea when the info will arrive by post ??
No early prices this year so £325.I make that a 10% increase.
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I had a horrible feeling that we were all assuming the £325 would apply to P8 etc but they may have reverted them to £500 odd. I have spoken to the TO and they confirm the seats are £325 and they mentioned early bird etc. I told them the advert was misleading but they won't listen. I think they expect us to go down and have charged us the extra £30 for the two additional home games, knowing we will pay it but daren't risk it with the more expensive seats.
DC5 I do think you are misunderstanding the clubs version. When they released the "cheap" ST's last March in various areas of the stadium, all of them were sold at £295 as an early bird with the full price of £325 being charged after the expiry of the early bird period. The fact was that P8 got snapped up immediately so when the £325 (full price) date arrived there were none left so nobody could buy one at £325. The club have decided in their wisdom not to repeat the early bird discount this season but have frozen the price of the "cheap" ST's at last seasons full £325 price, simples!
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mr-villa, the club are being sneaky so and so's here. Let's have it right.
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Regardless, £325 is fantastic value compared to what the majority of teams in the top two divisions charge.
Moaning that the club has put up prices (in P8) from "ridiculously low" to just "still fairly low" seems like moaning for moaning's sake to me.
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Regardless, £325 is fantastic value compared to what the majority of teams in the top two divisions charge.
Moaning that the club has put up prices (in P8) from "ridiculously low" to just "still fairly low" seems like moaning for moaning's sake to me.
That's one way of looking at it. Another would be to say that in light of the new bumper TV deal, ANY price increase would be a piss take.
Assuming of course that we stay up. If we don't then any price increase to watch Championship football is also a piss take.
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Regardless, £325 is fantastic value compared to what the majority of teams in the top two divisions charge.
Moaning that the club has put up prices (in P8) from "ridiculously low" to just "still fairly low" seems like moaning for moaning's sake to me.
That's one way of looking at it. Another would be to say that in light of the new bumper TV deal, ANY price increase would be a piss take.
Assuming of course that we stay up. If we don't then any price increase to watch Championship football is also a piss take.
Indeed. Given that the new additional tv money equates to all of us getting in for nothing, and with the continuing financial uncertainty many still face, I'm a little annoyed that there's not been any kind of reduction. I'm not saying we should all get in for nothing, but just dropping prices back to those of, say, two or three years ago would've been welcomed by all, and might bring a fair few back into the matchday fold. It's not even as if our prices are driven up by supply and demand; full houses are sadly few and far between
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Regardless, £325 is fantastic value compared to what the majority of teams in the top two divisions charge.
Moaning that the club has put up prices (in P8) from "ridiculously low" to just "still fairly low" seems like moaning for moaning's sake to me.
We're not moaning about having to pay an extra £30, just trying to point out that prices have not been frozen as there are approximately 1,000 season tickets holders who have to pay more than last season.
Regardless, we'll no doubt trudge along to games again next season.
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£325 is a great price assuming we stay up. I still feel a bit disappointed I'm not paying £295 though and my lads seat goes up 25% to £125.
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Regardless, £325 is fantastic value compared to what the majority of teams in the top two divisions charge.
Moaning that the club has put up prices (in P8) from "ridiculously low" to just "still fairly low" seems like moaning for moaning's sake to me.
Which bit of 'prices frozen' don't you understand.If somebody was to complain to the ASA/Trading Standards about misleading customers the club would have no one to blame but themselves.
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mr-villa, the club are being sneaky so and so's here. Let's have it right.
Absolutely I agree with you but lets not forget that other ST holders last year saw a small price rise which arguably subsidised these cheap tickets albeit to a small extent. Given this is it really too much to ask the £295 brigade to endure a £30 rise on an already very low price so that the rest of us can buy our ST's at last years price?
(Stands back and waits for the missiles to start landing on me!)
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Mine was £530 last year and is the same this year. Some might argue that with inflation that's effectively a reduction of around 3%. Appreciate some feel that not having an early bird offer on the cheapo seats does not equate to a price freeze, but I think £325 is incredible value for a PL season ticket, given that a seat ST at Kiddie costs more than that
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mr-villa, the club are being sneaky so and so's here. Let's have it right.
Absolutely I agree with you but lets not forget that other ST holders last year saw a small price rise which arguably subsidised these cheap tickets albeit to a small extent. Given this is it really too much to ask the £295 brigade to endure a £30 rise on an already very low price so that the rest of us can buy our ST's at last years price?
(Stands back and waits for the missiles to start landing on me!)
When they say prices are frozen then fuck me yes.Dont worry about the fans they will swallow any old bullshit we tell em.
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Regardless, £325 is fantastic value compared to what the majority of teams in the top two divisions charge.
Moaning that the club has put up prices (in P8) from "ridiculously low" to just "still fairly low" seems like moaning for moaning's sake to me.
Which bit of 'prices frozen' don't you understand.If somebody was to complain to the ASA/Trading Standards about misleading customers the club would have no one to blame but themselves.
My guess is the club would argue that the price of the ST at £325 was frozen but the special early bird offer of last year was not available this year
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Regardless, £325 is fantastic value compared to what the majority of teams in the top two divisions charge.
Moaning that the club has put up prices (in P8) from "ridiculously low" to just "still fairly low" seems like moaning for moaning's sake to me.
We're not moaning about having to pay an extra £30, just trying to point out that prices have not been frozen as there are approximately 1,000 season tickets holders who have to pay more than last season.
That sounds perfectly sensible to me.
If you are paying more for your ticket next year than this year, then your price has clearly not been frozen, by any definition.
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What would be brilliant - and I am not saying we should have broken ranks and done it - would be for clubs to think long term with this massive tv deal, and start to use this new sea of money to massively, massively reduce ticket prices, rather than - as will no doubt happen - spunking it all on players wages or giving it to agents.
Year on year the telly money goes up and up, and year on year, supporters get stuck with high ticket prices (and ours might be lower than most, but prices across the industry are obscene), and games getting shunted to stupid times for Sky.
Surely it's not asking too much to wonder when it will be the supporters who start to see the benefits of this massive tv money?
Strikes me that supporters are the only involved group in the game who have not done very well out of the increased cash.
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Cost of travel to games will probably increase for everyone. Be interesting to see if other prices in the ground go up or come down
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What would be brilliant - and I am not saying we should have broken ranks and done it - would be for clubs to think long term with this massive tv deal, and start to use this new sea of money to massively, massively reduce ticket prices, rather than - as will no doubt happen - spunking it all on players wages or giving it to agents.
Year on year the telly money goes up and up, and year on year, supporters get stuck with high ticket prices (and ours might be lower than most, but prices across the industry are obscene), and games getting shunted to stupid times for Sky.
Surely it's not asking too much to wonder when it will be the supporters who start to see the benefits of this massive tv money?
Strikes me that supporters are the only involved group in the game who have not done very well out of the increased cash.
Yep, and maybe, just maybe, it would cause a trickle-down effect through the rest of football and I wouldn't have to pay £18 for the 'privilege' of watching Tamuff at Hereford in the worst away end in the history of football.
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There's a whole lot of moaning over the use of one word here which is a bit petty. It's just been pointed out that a ticket to watch Hereford v Tamworth -ie semi-pro football, is more than the cost per match of a £325 season ticket for Premier League football.
It really is a ridiculous thing to moan about.
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There's a whole lot of moaning over the use of one word here which is a bit petty. It's just been pointed out that a ticket to watch Hereford v Tamworth -ie semi-pro football, is more than the cost per match of a £325 season ticket for Premier League football.
It really is a ridiculous thing to moan about.
Both Hereford and Tamworth are professional football clubs, as ridiculous as that might sound.
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Regardless, £325 is fantastic value compared to what the majority of teams in the top two divisions charge.
Moaning that the club has put up prices (in P8) from "ridiculously low" to just "still fairly low" seems like moaning for moaning's sake to me.
Which bit of 'prices frozen' don't you understand.If somebody was to complain to the ASA/Trading Standards about misleading customers the club would have no one to blame but themselves.
My guess is the club would argue that the price of the ST at £325 was frozen but the special early bird offer of last year was not available this year
Exactly. The price of the ticket this year is the same as the price it was last year. The difference being that if it was purchased before a certain date last year then you received a discount. This year there is no discount available. The actual price has not altered.
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What would be brilliant - and I am not saying we should have broken ranks and done it - would be for clubs to think long term with this massive tv deal, and start to use this new sea of money to massively, massively reduce ticket prices, rather than - as will no doubt happen - spunking it all on players wages or giving it to agents.
Year on year the telly money goes up and up, and year on year, supporters get stuck with high ticket prices (and ours might be lower than most, but prices across the industry are obscene), and games getting shunted to stupid times for Sky.
Surely it's not asking too much to wonder when it will be the supporters who start to see the benefits of this massive tv money?
Strikes me that supporters are the only involved group in the game who have not done very well out of the increased cash.
Well, we've waited patiently for twenty years, so I'm sure it must be just around the corner.
Yep, any minute now.
Almost certainly soon.
Definitely. Perhaps.
Unless the fa can wrestle control back, and thereupon instigate something akin to the German model of club ownership, we shall be milked until we simply can't afford it, no matter how hard we scrimp and save.
And then we won't go any more.
And nobody will neither notice nor care.
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Not sure I'm going to renew if I'm honest. Yes villa is in my blood but I have not enjoyed the last 3 years and I dont think I can put myself through another season of this shit. The club should be paying us to attend not the other way round.
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There's a whole lot of moaning over the use of one word here which is a bit petty. It's just been pointed out that a ticket to watch Hereford v Tamworth -ie semi-pro football, is more than the cost per match of a £325 season ticket for Premier League football.
It really is a ridiculous thing to moan about.
What is ridiculous is that the club bought in an 'early bird' scheme in for one season.
The club knew they were going to struggle to sell S/T with the TSM in charge.
Don't forget they bought in the early bird after 'listening to the fans'.
That is the clubs words not mine.
I was rang by the T/O a couple of months a ago and was asked about the early bird offer.
I told them it was a great way of rewarding loyal fans and the club gets the money earlier.
It's a win/win.Someone in the T/O must of had a bang on the head if they it is wise to pull it after one season.
We could be playing Championship football next season for fucks sake.
The club needs all the fans it can get.
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Regardless, £325 is fantastic value compared to what the majority of teams in the top two divisions charge.
Moaning that the club has put up prices (in P8) from "ridiculously low" to just "still fairly low" seems like moaning for moaning's sake to me.
Which bit of 'prices frozen' don't you understand.If somebody was to complain to the ASA/Trading Standards about misleading customers the club would have no one to blame but themselves.
The vast majority have been frozen. The only ones that haven't are the ones that were the cheapest in the ground. These are still the cheapest in the ground. By some distance.
I agree that, with the new television deal, clubs should be looking at reducing prices. However, that needs supporters of all clubs to unite. I'm not pretending to know how that would work by the way. If we are slagging off clubs for ticket prices there are far more deserving recipients of our ire than Villa.
Sadly, Arsenal, Chavski, Spurszzzz, Man Ure and Liverpool all charge way more than us and have long waiting lists on season tickets. Unless this changes you are unlikely to see any other club significantly drop prices as they will say prices need to remain "competitive" to allow the club to compete.
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It's all about the Market price. What would the clubs fans pay? Arsenal, Liverpool and Man U can charge a high price because people will pay. If they stop paying then the price comes down. We are cheap because we can only fill it for the big games. If the average attendance goes up, then so do the prices
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What would be brilliant - and I am not saying we should have broken ranks and done it - would be for clubs to think long term with this massive tv deal, and start to use this new sea of money to massively, massively reduce ticket prices, rather than - as will no doubt happen - spunking it all on players wages or giving it to agents.
Year on year the telly money goes up and up, and year on year, supporters get stuck with high ticket prices (and ours might be lower than most, but prices across the industry are obscene), and games getting shunted to stupid times for Sky.
Surely it's not asking too much to wonder when it will be the supporters who start to see the benefits of this massive tv money?
Strikes me that supporters are the only involved group in the game who have not done very well out of the increased cash.
Well, we've waited patiently for twenty years, so I'm sure it must be just around the corner.
Yep, any minute now.
Almost certainly soon.
Definitely. Perhaps.
Unless the fa can wrestle control back, and thereupon instigate something akin to the German model of club ownership, we shall be milked until we simply can't afford it, no matter how hard we scrimp and save.
And then we won't go any more.
And nobody will neither notice nor care.
That pile of shit couldn't wrestle a jelly - they are a disgrace to football
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Someone in the T/O must of had a bang on the head if they it is wise to pull it after one season.
We could be playing Championship football next season for fucks sake.
The club needs all the fans it can get.
How many people won't renew because their already ridiculously cheap (comparatively) season ticket is going up by £1.50 a game?
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Someone in the T/O must of had a bang on the head if they it is wise to pull it after one season.
We could be playing Championship football next season for fucks sake.
The club needs all the fans it can get.
How many people won't renew because their already ridiculously cheap (comparatively) season ticket is going up by £1.50 a game?
Knock it on the fucking head. Nobody has said they aren't going to renew because the season ticket price has gone up from £295. Those who got those tickets were the first to renew last year when everyone else was bleating about never going again because of McLeish. Even after McLeish had gone, the same people still didn't renew and still didn't attend matches. Now the prospects of staying up appear better, we have all the happy clappers coming out saying what great value everything is.
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Someone in the T/O must of had a bang on the head if they it is wise to pull it after one season.
We could be playing Championship football next season for fucks sake.
The club needs all the fans it can get.
How many people won't renew because their already ridiculously cheap (comparatively) season ticket is going up by £1.50 a game?
Knock it on the fucking head. Nobody has said they aren't going to renew because the season ticket price has gone up from £295.
Have you read the post I was replying to?
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£140 for Halesowen Town next year
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£140 for Halesowen Town next year
How much per match?
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Someone in the T/O must of had a bang on the head if they it is wise to pull it after one season.
We could be playing Championship football next season for fucks sake.
The club needs all the fans it can get.
How many people won't renew because their already ridiculously cheap (comparatively) season ticket is going up by £1.50 a game?
Knock it on the fucking head. Nobody has said they aren't going to renew because the season ticket price has gone up from £295.
Have you read the post I was replying to?
Yes and I agreed with the content of that post.
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Is there the facility to share a season ticket, either officially through the club or by posting the card between the sharers.
I'd be interested in splitting one. I live in London so cannot practically get to the midweek/monday matches and the 12.45 sundays are a bit of a ball ache. Take those out and I reckon the value for money aspect is lost.
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Is there the facility to share a season ticket, either officially through the club or by posting the card between the sharers.
I'd be interested in splitting one. I live in London so cannot practically get to the midweek/monday matches and the 12.45 sundays are a bit of a ball ache. Take those out and I reckon the value for money aspect is lost.
Happens unofficially right now ... allegedly!
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It's shame the club don't do an offer on 5/10 year season tickets if they made it a viable deal. I'd get one without hesitation.
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Is there the facility to share a season ticket, either officially through the club or by posting the card between the sharers.
I'd be interested in splitting one. I live in London so cannot practically get to the midweek/monday matches and the 12.45 sundays are a bit of a ball ache. Take those out and I reckon the value for money aspect is lost.
What's stopping you? I know loads of people who've shared season tickets for loads of different clubs for years.
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Is there anymore info on these £325 season tickets, everytime i look on the offical site, it says theres no avaliability in those areas...they cant all have gone already, or it might be me, being dumb!
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I think it might be for current renewals only.
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Is there anymore info on these £325 season tickets, everytime i look on the offical site, it says theres no avaliability in those areas...they cant all have gone already, or it might be me, being dumb!
They were all sold this season. Until the renewal date for these areas expires the OS show them as sold. Same for any other seats held by season ticket holders.
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oh right, thanks for that, i just thought they had put 500 extra seats for that price next year..to be fair i sat opposite P8 on saturday in the family enclosure and it looked full.
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Didn't they announce some new ones at that price at the back of the North?
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You are both correct.
Fair play - prices frozen including the cheapo ones next to the away fans, and they've added 500 extra cheapo ones at the back of the North stand. Really tempting those additional cheap ones in the North stand - £325 instead of the £530 for Upper Holte - but I think I'll stay where I am.
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You may need to get in quick to get one of those extra 500 cheap seats in the North Stand - from the OS -
"Another 500 value seats! After the successful introduction of last season’s economy seating areas, we are pleased to be adding 500 more in the North Stand. These will be sold on a first come, first served basis and are on priority sale to season card holders from 8 April and then on general sale from 15 April."
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I will not be getting a season ticket next season.
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Is there the facility to share a season ticket, either officially through the club or by posting the card between the sharers.
I'd be interested in splitting one. I live in London so cannot practically get to the midweek/monday matches and the 12.45 sundays are a bit of a ball ache. Take those out and I reckon the value for money aspect is lost.
What's stopping you? I know loads of people who've shared season tickets for loads of different clubs for years.
I didn't renew this season, but in previous years when my match-attending friend has been unable to attend, i have had friends use her card with no problems at all.
I was a bit worried re the fact that she's a woman and my friends were not and that the name might flash up on entering the ground or something and trigger some "non transferable" grief with the bloke sat at the turnstile, but it was fine.
I vaguely remember asking General Krulak what the policy was re using someone else's card. Unfortunately, my memory of the answer is even vaguer. To the point that I can't remember.
Anyway, as Adam said, there won't be any problem sharing.
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Is there the facility to share a season ticket, either officially through the club or by posting the card between the sharers.
I'd be interested in splitting one. I live in London so cannot practically get to the midweek/monday matches and the 12.45 sundays are a bit of a ball ache. Take those out and I reckon the value for money aspect is lost.
What's stopping you? I know loads of people who've shared season tickets for loads of different clubs for years.
I didn't renew this season, but in previous years when my match-attending friend has been unable to attend, i have had friends use her card with no problems at all.
I was a bit worried re the fact that she's a woman and my friends were not and that the name might flash up on entering the ground or something and trigger some "non transferable" grief with the bloke sat at the turnstile, but it was fine.
I vaguely remember asking General Krulak what the policy was re using someone else's card. Unfortunately, my memory of the answer is even vaguer. To the point that I can't remember.
Anyway, as Adam said, there won't be any problem sharing.
Mine was used by a motley collection of nephews and girlfriends and both adults and children while I was unable to go last year without a problem.
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Is there the facility to share a season ticket, either officially through the club or by posting the card between the sharers.
I'd be interested in splitting one. I live in London so cannot practically get to the midweek/monday matches and the 12.45 sundays are a bit of a ball ache. Take those out and I reckon the value for money aspect is lost.
What's stopping you? I know loads of people who've shared season tickets for loads of different clubs for years.
I didn't renew this season, but in previous years when my match-attending friend has been unable to attend, i have had friends use her card with no problems at all.
I was a bit worried re the fact that she's a woman and my friends were not and that the name might flash up on entering the ground or something and trigger some "non transferable" grief with the bloke sat at the turnstile, but it was fine.
I vaguely remember asking General Krulak what the policy was re using someone else's card. Unfortunately, my memory of the answer is even vaguer. To the point that I can't remember.
Anyway, as Adam said, there won't be any problem sharing.
Mine was used by a motley collection of nephews and girlfriends and both adults and children while I was unable to go last year without a problem.
The only reason the turnstyle operators are there is to check that adults aren't using some form of concession season ticket and once the correct colour light appears they just stand on the turnstyle release. They don't know or care whether you have the same name as that printed on the season ticket you're using.
If anything, our club should understand sharing season tickets more than most given Randy's involvement. It's common practice for all sports in the US as the prices are so outrageously high.
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Has anyone had anything through the post about renewing ST's yet ??
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Has anyone had anything through the post about renewing ST's yet ??
Nope, no post or email or phone calls or texts.
If it wasn't for someone posting a link on this site, I wouldn't have known that the ST's were available to renew yet.
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Neither would I. It is well hidden on Pravda. I renewed yesterday.
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I'm guessing they won't push it until they know if we are safe or not...it's going to be a different advertising message if we are playing Ipswich compared to Manu in August.
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Ok thanks I've had nothing either but my postman is useless and I'm sure he bins most of his round.
Any idea when the deadline is for renewing for existing ST's ?
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Has anyone had anything through the post about renewing ST's yet ??
Yes. We have had our letter and I renewed on Monday. Got the letter today to sign for the 9 months interest free credit. Can't say fairer than that. Away Scheme and Cup Scheme also sorted. Takes the hassle out of getting tickets apart from away cup matches.
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Hmmm we've had nothing , will have to call the office tomorrow as our postman isn't so reliable so our info could well be lying in a gully somewhere .
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Hmmm we've had nothing , will have to call the office tomorrow as our postman isn't so reliable so our info could well be lying in a gully somewhere .
Probably a blue nose. Mind you, so is ours.
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You may not be far wide of the mark. Especially as the villa post is clearly labelled with the club badge etc. I'm going to call them tomorrow as we are keen to renew .
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My renewal letter came through earlier this week too.
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£490 if I get mine before June and for the first time ever I've actually saved up the money.
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Does anyone know how long you get to renew your existing seat, before they open it up to everyone?
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Has anyone had anything through the post about renewing ST's yet ??
Yes I have and it said there's a freeze on season ticket prices.
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Typical that nothing other than utilities bills have landed on our door mat.
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Renewed today.
Can't wait. Bring on August
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Renewed today.
Can't wait. Bring on August
I can wait, it's been an emotionally draining season. Need to watch a little cricket.
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Renewed today.
Can't wait. Bring on August
I can wait, it's been an emotionally draining season. Need to watch a little cricket.
Same here.
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I wish we had about 6 more games left. I've only started enjoying this season since around Feb. I suppose I'll be like a love sick teenager come next season's fixture list.
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I may go the 9-months interest free route - I assume you still get to choose your seat?
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I'm getting one for next season, regardless of which league we're playing in - although it's unlikely we'll be relegated now. I've missed going to the match a lot, and am really looking forward to next season.
It'll be interesting to see what I'm saying in 7 months time, though.
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Bollocks, my under 16 son turns 16 in June. That'll be £145 increase....time he got a job :)
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I may go the 9-months interest free route - I assume you still get to choose your seat?
My understanding is that the 9 month interest free option doesn't have any bearing on which seat you choose BUT as the option is only available until May 31st you'd be ok to renew your existing ST seat if you have one, or choose a seat that isn't currently occupied by a ST holder. If you wanted to subsequently relocate, you can't do that until early July and I'm not sure how that would impact on the 9 month option if you'd already taken it out, especially if you relocate to a different priced seat
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Was in The Villa Shop in town today renewing. I decided to relocate seats for next season they even changed my seats for Chelsea. Good service.