Exactly this, they make way more than £1
[Albion] Unsold seats
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Todd Warrior
- Sep 16, 2005
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Probably not, it is a bit murky. £1 charge then a profit, especially if a cat a game?
Was he from SE London and did he used to be a coach driver?
Green Cross Code Man
Wunt be druv
Definitely. People I used to pass my brother's ticket onto, when they were still cards, usually didn't go very often at all and made the most of the beers and pies etc. It also encouraged a few to go to different matches afterwards. All that, bringing back older lapsed fans, casual supporters and kids, is lost with My Albion + membership being too highly priced for a one-off impromptu visit.
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Wardy's twin
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- Oct 21, 2014
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27k attendance does not mean we have 27k committed fans , far from it. Brighton probably has a worse situation than a lot of clubs because it is a town that attracts people to move down from all over the place (or stay post university) and often they bring their support of another club with them but they see going to the Amex as a 'nice thing to do' (at the moment) The good news is that lots of kids are developing the Brighton bug (based on the wearing of albion shirts) and hopefully the number of core fans will increase but it will take time.
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Correct. So, using my WSU season ticket as an example...
If I sold it on the exchange, I'd get (£710/19) - £1 = £36.37 back. The club would sell it for £60 for Liverpool, pocketing £23.63.
If I sold my son's seat next to mine, I'd get (£330/19) - £1 = £16.37 back as he's an under-18. The club would still sell it for £60, pocketing £44.63. If he were an under-10, it would be even more.
pocketseagull
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- Dec 29, 2014
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It's tricky. As a relative JCL I've gone from never missing an Amex game including cups to sometimes this season just not being into it. Been done to death but the atmosphere is pretty dire now and I don't really feel I've missed out when I've not gone.
By comparison, how did you find the Amex atmosphere and your own mojo at our home games 2022/23?
This thread is making me think about how different it is now to when I was young.
Back in the 80s, as teenagers, if we were free on a Saturday there was a game on, we’d catch the train over from Bexhill, walk up and POTG at the Goldstone North Stand, and that was it.
Now my own boys are reaching that age, but for them, that kind of spontaneity and choice is non-existent. Going to a game is a complex, expensive and highly-restricted palaver*.
I know we’ll never go back to how it was, but does make me wonder if the pendulum has swung too far the other way now.
*Please refer to ‘Old fashioned words you use’ thread.
Back in the 80s, as teenagers, if we were free on a Saturday there was a game on, we’d catch the train over from Bexhill, walk up and POTG at the Goldstone North Stand, and that was it.
Now my own boys are reaching that age, but for them, that kind of spontaneity and choice is non-existent. Going to a game is a complex, expensive and highly-restricted palaver*.
I know we’ll never go back to how it was, but does make me wonder if the pendulum has swung too far the other way now.
*Please refer to ‘Old fashioned words you use’ thread.
The Wookiee
Back From The Dead
Woke up on Sunday morning and I fancied going to the Newcastle game as I now had a free Sunday.
I went online to buy a ticket and I wasn’t able to, I’m guessing as you can’t by tickets on the day of the game ??
I went online to buy a ticket and I wasn’t able to, I’m guessing as you can’t by tickets on the day of the game ??
My sister in law had the same problem. My nieces football match was cancelled Sunday morning and she wanted to go to the game instead. For some reason she couldn’t buy them even though she has an Albion membership but I managed to buy her two as my season tickets guests and allocated the tickets to her. This was done at about 11am Sunday morning as my cancelled Nr 2 bus drove past me!
PascalGroß Tips
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- Jan 29, 2024
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I thought you could buy them pretty much up to kick off.
We’re on hols near Verona, and on Sunday we thought we’d go to a footie match. Closest to us was Brescia (Serie B). We pitched up at the ground 45 mins before the game and bought tickets….we had to show ID, our names were printed on our tickets, then had to show ID again at the turnstiles. It was a very minor palaver, but Brescia made €90 from the three of us, plus a bit more for drinks (you could have a pint in your seat watching the game!).
Many years I saw Roma v Brescia in Rome. We arrived at the stadium about 90 minutes beforehand and bought in cash two tickets at about €35 euros each from the official club ticket office…..then 10 minutes later had to get them changed as the official ticket person had deliberately given us lesser value tickets to the ones we had paid for!
- Oct 20, 2022
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Brighton/Sussex has always had a demographic that includes ‘wealthy’ people - it is one of the most affluent areas in the SE outside London.
IMO, we are noticing that as Brighton fans now because the Amex was specifically designed to maximise revenue from hospitality and corporate sponsorship as was the addition of the Terrace tbh - that was always factored in as a crucial part of our financial sustainability plans to survive in the Premier League. Lower league stadia (ie smaller clubs with less overheads) don’t have or need the same level of hospitality facilities and can survive (‘just’) on a more traditional fan base.
In general though, the football industry has changed dramatically in the past 30 years and one of the biggest changes is the broader family appeal of football (especially after some fairly successful World/Euro Cup runs and the rise of women’s professional football).
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Kuipers Supporters Club
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I think, Sussex police would hold the actual attendance figures somewhere, rather than the ‘pretendence’ numbers.
I’m sure someone posted them a few years ago but it needs an FOI?
Stuart Munday
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I am going to get slated for this but apart from a few exciting exceptions I think we are boring to watch at home.
Most of the games where it has been easy to get tickets for a casual fan have been poor, my wife and daughter continued their run on Saturday of not seeing a win this season although they have been to over a third of the games.
Although the ref made a good atmosphere on Saturday watching Brighton pass the ball around in their half for 75 minutes would not make a newcomer want to rush back.
Most of the games where it has been easy to get tickets for a casual fan have been poor, my wife and daughter continued their run on Saturday of not seeing a win this season although they have been to over a third of the games.
Although the ref made a good atmosphere on Saturday watching Brighton pass the ball around in their half for 75 minutes would not make a newcomer want to rush back.
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Albion sell hundreds of guest tickets to non A+ members, but also tickets to the tens of thousands of Albion + memberships, and fans also share their tickets with other fans for every single game using the scheme . All games have sold out this season - regardless of when they were scheduled and apparently drinks and food sales are -,with the terrace opening - are at all time high. Season ticket sales were virtually no different to previous seasons either.
Yes, it appears that secondary sales have tailed off a bit - once a game sells out - I’m sure the club will have data there - but the club have ofc encouraged more delisting of tickets so that’s a factor in increased supply. . (But there’s - it appears still thousands of season ticket holders who renew every year and this year - who are relaxed about missing multiple games) . And yes, you haven’t been able to share your ticket for free with anyone for a few years - but the impact on lapsed fans, kids, casual fans and their spend - they always bought multiple beers and pies and shirts it appears - seems overstated. As does confident predictions on this thread that football popularity or the Albion is facing some sort of crisis. Yet yet …
There are serious issues about ticketing, ST sanctions and rules, pricing , concessions , TV scheduling that certainly aren’t fan centred and Albion aren’t completely immune from that criticism - but largely better than their rivals - but id argue easier to have that debate in the context of accepting just how successful and realistic demand , ticket sales and matchday revenue for the Albion still is.
Yes, it appears that secondary sales have tailed off a bit - once a game sells out - I’m sure the club will have data there - but the club have ofc encouraged more delisting of tickets so that’s a factor in increased supply. . (But there’s - it appears still thousands of season ticket holders who renew every year and this year - who are relaxed about missing multiple games) . And yes, you haven’t been able to share your ticket for free with anyone for a few years - but the impact on lapsed fans, kids, casual fans and their spend - they always bought multiple beers and pies and shirts it appears - seems overstated. As does confident predictions on this thread that football popularity or the Albion is facing some sort of crisis. Yet yet …
There are serious issues about ticketing, ST sanctions and rules, pricing , concessions , TV scheduling that certainly aren’t fan centred and Albion aren’t completely immune from that criticism - but largely better than their rivals - but id argue easier to have that debate in the context of accepting just how successful and realistic demand , ticket sales and matchday revenue for the Albion still is.
You should be able to. Maybe you weren’t logged in which always means the buy button isn’t active.
They should really have some text under the button to highlight this as it’s not obvious.
This is what it looks like if you’re not logged in
with Pedro suspended and Mitoma and Rutter injured, who are you expecting to create that excitement?