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Originally Posted by deeayess
I almost always booked an advance ticket because it meant that I would go to the game rather than wake up at 7 am and think "nah, I won't bother. Plus it meant that it was less to spend on the day especially if I'd booked the train tickets in advance. Having said that I don't think there were many picking up tickets to make it worthwhile. Plus is there not a delay in getting the money from card payments made online? I've heard that used as a reason with other things.
Possibly the club haven't explained the reasoning behind the price structure well enough hence the complaints. I'd guess, as I've said before, that season tickets have to be so cheap as they are usually the only income during the close season. To offset this money has to be found elsewhere and that is usually from matchday sales. It would be interesting to compare the figures for income on a matchday from non season tickets for additional home fans v away fans. Presumably the club have done this or something like this to arrive at the current pricing structure?
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As a Stanley fan you will make that extra effort to buy the ticket. As a floater/ walk on football supporter you probably wouldn't. If it means an extra effort to do something the casual football fan just won't be bothered.
In this day and age you have to make it as easy as possible for people to buy something. It's too easy to spend elsewhere if it only involves a click of a mouse.