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Whalley Red · 04-09-2005, 14:04

We've had this discussion many times and many ideas have been raised, particularly getting younger people into the ground. The club has shown a willingness to take on our ideas such as the free kids ticket if they attended a Stanley soccer school. But lots more needs to be done such as family tickets or mini-season tickets or free tickets distributed to a different local school each week. The cost of running a football game are virtually no different if there are 1,000 people attending or 2,000 so the income from any 'new' attendees because such promotions would be pure profit. Plus it would add to the atmosphere of the place.

There is really only one good reason why the club would not want to be more aggressive in offering free or discounted tickets and that is it would make buying season tickets less attractive in terms of the savings that they offer over buying a ticket at each game. But it is something that needs to be studied and attempted, even if on just a trial basis.

And as for the Clayton End roof, whatever the projected impact upon attendances or crowd atmosphere, it has become a Google Page Ranking embarrassment.

Another good FA Cup run is the best remedy for our attendances, but there is a lot that the club can do in the meantime.

04-09-2005, 14:04	#19
Whalley Red Full Member+ Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 669 Liked: 82 times Rep Power: 1653	Re: Poor Gates We've had this discussion many times and many ideas have been raised, particularly getting younger people into the ground. The club has shown a willingness to take on our ideas such as the free kids ticket if they attended a Stanley soccer school. But lots more needs to be done such as family tickets or mini-season tickets or free tickets distributed to a different local school each week. The cost of running a football game are virtually no different if there are 1,000 people attending or 2,000 so the income from any 'new' attendees because such promotions would be pure profit. Plus it would add to the atmosphere of the place. There is really only one good reason why the club would not want to be more aggressive in offering free or discounted tickets and that is it would make buying season tickets less attractive in terms of the savings that they offer over buying a ticket at each game. But it is something that needs to be studied and attempted, even if on just a trial basis. And as for the Clayton End roof, whatever the projected impact upon attendances or crowd atmosphere, it has become a Google Page Ranking embarrassment. Another good FA Cup run is the best remedy for our attendances, but there is a lot that the club can do in the meantime.