Season Ticket Holders: Bring-a-Buddy for £5 (Wigan 1/10/11)

[dave.woodhall]

Here's a novel idea: Let's boost the crowd and get behind the team.

"Are you a Season Card Holder? If so, take advantage of this season's first Bring-a-Buddy fixture and buy up to 4 tickets for just £5 each! Ticket availability is limited to the Holte End Wing and North Stand Upper Wing areas but don't forget that you can also relocate your season seat to be near your friends.

To get yours, simply call 0800 612 0970 - but HURRY! This offer is only available from 9am on Thursday September 22nd until 11:59pm on Friday September 23rd."

https://www.eticketing.co.uk/avfc/details/event.aspx?itemref=6553&tm_link=tm_homeA_4_f1

Good offer in my opinion. Move quick, though.

Yes it's easy to re-locate when there's so many empty seats to choose from. I reckon a gate of 28,000 for Wigan after a beating at QPR. I'm a season ticket-holder - where's my discount or offers when I've paid over £500.00 up front? Just shows desperation from the Board.

They get asked to reduce prices. They reduce them. It's "desperation."

The problem is he's right,they are desperate.

They're doing what we wanted them to. 'Damned if they do' has never been more apt.

[Simon Ward]

DW is right of course!

[amfy]

Making it incredibly cheap to buy tickets on a match by match basis is admirable and shows they're trying to do something, but it's going to make it very hard to shift those 600 quid season tickets next summer.

If cut price tickets match by match continue, then they will have to reduce season ticket prices next season to make them better value. It is a difficult one, because whilst no-one appreciate paying over the odds as a season ticket holder, spending most of the season in a half empty ground is just as likely to disincline people to renew.

[bertlambshank]

Here's a novel idea: Let's boost the crowd and get behind the team.

"Are you a Season Card Holder? If so, take advantage of this season's first Bring-a-Buddy fixture and buy up to 4 tickets for just £5 each! Ticket availability is limited to the Holte End Wing and North Stand Upper Wing areas but don't forget that you can also relocate your season seat to be near your friends.

To get yours, simply call 0800 612 0970 - but HURRY! This offer is only available from 9am on Thursday September 22nd until 11:59pm on Friday September 23rd."

https://www.eticketing.co.uk/avfc/details/event.aspx?itemref=6553&tm_link=tm_homeA_4_f1

Good offer in my opinion. Move quick, though.

Yes it's easy to re-locate when there's so many empty seats to choose from. I reckon a gate of 28,000 for Wigan after a beating at QPR. I'm a season ticket-holder - where's my discount or offers when I've paid over £500.00 up front? Just shows desperation from the Board.

They get asked to reduce prices. They reduce them. It's "desperation."

The problem is he's right,they are desperate.

They're doing what we wanted them to. 'Damned if they do' has never been more apt.

More like the club was told about the prices of season tickets and decided not to listen.
They have done an awful lot of not listening over the summer.
It's beginning to smack of arrogance.

[swiss1968]

thats why i haven't got a season ticket for the last few year's,this year paid including wigan 60  quid for 4 home games with the offers 15 quid per game..

[dave.woodhall]

Here's a novel idea: Let's boost the crowd and get behind the team.

"Are you a Season Card Holder? If so, take advantage of this season's first Bring-a-Buddy fixture and buy up to 4 tickets for just £5 each! Ticket availability is limited to the Holte End Wing and North Stand Upper Wing areas but don't forget that you can also relocate your season seat to be near your friends.

To get yours, simply call 0800 612 0970 - but HURRY! This offer is only available from 9am on Thursday September 22nd until 11:59pm on Friday September 23rd."

https://www.eticketing.co.uk/avfc/details/event.aspx?itemref=6553&tm_link=tm_homeA_4_f1

Good offer in my opinion. Move quick, though.

Yes it's easy to re-locate when there's so many empty seats to choose from. I reckon a gate of 28,000 for Wigan after a beating at QPR. I'm a season ticket-holder - where's my discount or offers when I've paid over £500.00 up front? Just shows desperation from the Board.

They get asked to reduce prices. They reduce them. It's "desperation."

The problem is he's right,they are desperate.

They're doing what we wanted them to. 'Damned if they do' has never been more apt.

More like the club was told about the prices of season tickets and decided not to listen.
They have done an awful lot of not listening over the summer.
It's beginning to smack of arrogance.

What do you expect them to do - make every decision by popular vote?

[pauliewalnuts]

In the blurb for season ticket sales, they said it was clearly the cheapest way to see the matches etc etc. It's hard to see how that is going to be the case.

There are two seperate issues here.

1. Doing something to get people through the gates.
2. Ensuring that a season ticket offers the value for money which is the main reason why people buy them.

Nobody would argue against doing point 1, but the fact is, they are now making it very hard to ensure point 2.

You can not reduce prices so drastically on a match by match basis and not have that affect the appeal of season tickets - it is simple economics.

Right now, I imagine there are a lot of season ticket holders - not all of them by any means, but an awful lot - who, as well as wondering what they've signed up for in terms of performances thus far, will be thinking "hang on a mo, these offers mean I'd probably pay LESS over the season if I didn't agree to give the money up front".

I can't help but think that a large part of why we're in this sticky situation now is the course of events the board managed to instigate over the summer that has seen pretty much every ounce of optimism built up over five years to be so comprehensively pissed away. More proof that they really don't understand the football business.

[Chris Smith]

If you want to sit in the less desirable seats then you might conceiviably be able to do it cheaper than a season ticket by taking advantage of all the deals. You could not do it where I sit and I doubt you could where you do either, Paulie.

[Dave Cooper please]

What do you expect them to do - make every decision by popular vote?

Please no, look at the badge for evidence of what can happen when you do that.

[The Laughing Policeman]

What do you expect them to do - make every decision by popular vote?

Please no, look at the badge for evidence of what can happen when you do that.

On the subject of popular votes. Who apart from Quasimodo voted for the bloody bells?

[JJ-AV]

Just coincidence probably, but has anyone noticed we always seem to get good to decent attendances against Wigan?

2010/11 - Att: 36,293
2009/10 (opening day) - Att: 35,578
2008/09 - Att: 41,766.
2007/08 - Att: 42,640

Especially considering they bring relatively low numbers.

An average of 39k for the last 4 years. How many do they bring, 1k tops?

[Holtenderinthesky]

Just coincidence probably, but has anyone noticed we always seem to get good to decent attendances against Wigan?

2010/11 - Att: 36,293
2009/10 (opening day) - Att: 35,578
2008/09 - Att: 41,766.
2007/08 - Att: 42,640

Especially considering they bring relatively low numbers.

An average of 39k for the last 4 years. How many do they bring, 1k tops?

Well, they do travel in numbers.   

[Blackcountry Villa]

Just coincidence probably, but has anyone noticed we always seem to get good to decent attendances against Wigan?

2010/11 - Att: 36,293
2009/10 (opening day) - Att: 35,578
2008/09 - Att: 41,766.
2007/08 - Att: 42,640

Especially considering they bring relatively low numbers.

An average of 39k for the last 4 years. How many do they bring, 1k tops?

Cheap tickets thats why. Charging £43 for teams like Wolves and Newcastle is scandalous (well charging £43 to watch that crap against any team is scandalous but you know what i mean). Although if we lose at QPR i can't even see cheap tickets helping the attendance next week.

[myf]

This is great idea IMO.  I would never have gone to this match (unless I could afford a ST) but am going now.

[SoccerHQ]

There's another offer on the website, two tickets for 30 quid which I've once again taken advantage of as no way am I paying full price to watch one shot on target.