Re: Reason for poor gates?
on individual adult prices you can't do much better than being the cheapest in the league, and bearing inmind that our facilities are the poorest in the league, this is fair. However I think the club could and should do a lot better with season ticket prices to attract more season ticket holders. £275 for the season is a saving of £24 based on £13 and 23 home games. I know that I will probably miss more than 1 home match this year so I didn't buy a season ticket ticket. If the saving was four or five games then I would certainly have got one.
I also think that friendlies should be free, and there should be a free cup game as well. Reward the loyalty.
I also think that because of the pricing structure it leaves no room for manouevre with fan initiatives such as kid for a quid day. Maybe next year they could identify three or four games where crowds would be anticipated low such as Torquay at home on february tuesday night ain't gonna pull the numbers is it? Printed on the ticket should be a kid for free or something similar. If we tried this now then a number of people would complain that they have been ripped off. Wrongly in my opinion as the club would be trying something.
If the people are not coming then we need to give away tickets. Get the money of them through the bar or the pie shed. Oh hang on we have no bar on 3/4 of the ground and the pie sheds pay rent and keep the income don't they! Anyways against Barnet there was room for another 3400 people who all may have bought a programme or a fanzine (all money goes back to the club one way or another) or a scarf or a pen.
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