kevo
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- Mar 8, 2008
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True - midweek games are much harder to get to for fans who don't live locally. I have a season ticket but can hardly ever make evening matches, even though I have paid for them.
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Evening 'season ticket' for the Amex. Nice idea
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True - midweek games are much harder to get to for fans who don't live locally. I have a season ticket but can hardly ever make evening matches, even though I have paid for them.
portslade seagull
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At least they are trying to tempt some back, hopefully it works
Dirk Lehmann's Python
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...who will probably go anyway for those reasons *the penny drops*
Dirk Lehmann's Python
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but midweek, it is. People can't wait around for a couple of hours to booze up, they want to go home and go to bed.
As a result - this board and social media are flooded with complaints that don't appear at weekends.
I know plenty of fairweather fans not interested in going midweek for that very reason.
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But they will pick and choose their matches, maybe going to 4 or so of the 6. This way the club gets the cash for all 6 and the additional match day spend.
Tom Hark Preston Park
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Far more likely to be aimed at plugging the attendance gap caused by fans don't want to attend midweek games.
Cheeky Monkey
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Your comment may be flippant, but it surely wouldn't be that hard to do something along those lines for people who work some weekends and evenings, as a lot of people do in our '24 hour society' and know what shift patterns they'll be working throughout the season. The club could be missing a trick here...
kevo
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Technologically it wouldn't be difficult with the smartcards, but probably too complicated for the club to contemplate - and wouldn't make sense financially, as at the moment people buy season tickets even if they know there are certain dates they are unlikely to be able to make.
horshamite
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I'd like a block booking/season ticket for games that meet all the following criteria: is only for games we win, the chilli pie is available, it doesn't rain and the temperature in the ground doesn't fall below 17 degrees.
MissGull
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I was being fairly serious actually. Then again, I am and have been willing to purchase a season ticket for the past few seasons, so the club already 'have me'.
However, I could definitely pinpoint dates I couldn't do, from the start of the season.
Tom Hark Preston Park
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Barrel of Fun
Abort, retry, fail
What about those of us who work a rotating shift pattern that's never the same week on week? The club really haven't thought this through!
What about those that are unable to buy a £32+ ticket, but there are gaping spaces in the ground?
horshamite
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Fair weather fan
As a STH in WSL I shall now make a note of how many games this season meet that criteria. I reckon anything between 0 and 1.
Mellor 3 Ward 4
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Whilst I think it's an excellent idea, I would have made it £100.00 for the five games.
Don't think it would devalue 'normal' STs but may fill a few seats.
Going back to the email, whilst it's fine to send it to existing fans, it's new fans this should be aimed at.
There are literally hundreds of Saturday league football teams in Sussex, each with a minimum of 30 players signed on.
This, IMO, is to whom this email should be (mainly) targeted.
Don't think it would devalue 'normal' STs but may fill a few seats.
Going back to the email, whilst it's fine to send it to existing fans, it's new fans this should be aimed at.
There are literally hundreds of Saturday league football teams in Sussex, each with a minimum of 30 players signed on.
This, IMO, is to whom this email should be (mainly) targeted.
The Large One
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Suggest the club gets someone to proof-read the artwork before it goes out though...
... we appear to be playing Wigan and Huddersfield on the same day, and Leeds and Derby on the same day. Ooops.
... we appear to be playing Wigan and Huddersfield on the same day, and Leeds and Derby on the same day. Ooops.
Cheeky Monkey
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What about those that are unable to buy a £32+ ticket, but there are gaping spaces in the ground?
Indeed and the club are going to have to wake up to the fact that it's far too much for 90 minutes of second tier football, no matter how nice the surroundings. If the match by match prices don't come down the seats are going to remain empty (as much as that doesn't need saying really!).
Tom Hark Preston Park
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For a stadium that relies on staggered getaways for the transport to work, midweek evening matches are always going to be a massive challenge. If my kids were still little, I wouldn't subject them to that scary stampede post-match charge for the station in the dark. And if I lived any further than about three miles away I wouldn't subject myself to it either. As it is, I usually take one look at the train queue, say f**kit and end up walking halfway down Lewes Road til I can pick up a stray cab or non-chocka bus.
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What about those that are unable to buy a £32+ ticket, but there are gaping spaces in the ground?
You could take this deal, at £25 a go?
