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Whalley Red · 07-04-2011, 13:55

A large increase in prices was inevitable IMO. You can't survive on the lowest prices and the lowest attendances in any league.

For all that we can blame EW & DON for doing nothing when the taxman was about to close us down, the simple fact is that we don't generate enough revenue and the cheap prices have failed to generate the attendances that we need to maintain them and pay our creditors (and even the players). We can't keep relying on Ilyas to pay our debts.

The attendance at Tuesday's game was promising, but there were only 590 more people in attendance than the previous Wednesday and we were charging £5 and not £13/15 ... it doesn't take too much working out to see that our total gate receipts would have been lower than the previous week.

Coley needs a decent budget and the players need to be rewarded for playing the best football I have seen at the Crown Ground in my 25 years here. In pure entertainment terms, if we see our team continue to play like this, it is still great value. I'll be renewing my season ticket, no question.

However, it is the £50 to use the clubhouse on matchdays that irks me. I think Mark (or someone else from the Club) should clarify this issue. Presumably, you have to be a member of the 'Matchday Club' to gain access, so that means if I bring my son or some friends, then I could go and 'soak up the atmosphere' inside, but they would have to wait outside. Ridiculous! Similarly, now that EW and (shortly) DON have gone, I want to spend more money in the Stanley bar and not elsewhere, but I won't be paying this £50 on principle. As I said earlier, this particular action is not one of a 'Community Club'.

07-04-2011, 13:55	#23
Whalley Red Full Member+ Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 669 Liked: 82 times Rep Power: 1652	Re: Season Tickets - 2011/12 A large increase in prices was inevitable IMO. You can't survive on the lowest prices and the lowest attendances in any league. For all that we can blame EW & DON for doing nothing when the taxman was about to close us down, the simple fact is that we don't generate enough revenue and the cheap prices have failed to generate the attendances that we need to maintain them and pay our creditors (and even the players). We can't keep relying on Ilyas to pay our debts. The attendance at Tuesday's game was promising, but there were only 590 more people in attendance than the previous Wednesday and we were charging £5 and not £13/15 ... it doesn't take too much working out to see that our total gate receipts would have been lower than the previous week. Coley needs a decent budget and the players need to be rewarded for playing the best football I have seen at the Crown Ground in my 25 years here. In pure entertainment terms, if we see our team continue to play like this, it is still great value. I'll be renewing my season ticket, no question. However, it is the £50 to use the clubhouse on matchdays that irks me. I think Mark (or someone else from the Club) should clarify this issue. Presumably, you have to be a member of the 'Matchday Club' to gain access, so that means if I bring my son or some friends, then I could go and 'soak up the atmosphere' inside, but they would have to wait outside. Ridiculous! Similarly, now that EW and (shortly) DON have gone, I want to spend more money in the Stanley bar and not elsewhere, but I won't be paying this £50 on principle. As I said earlier, this particular action is not one of a 'Community Club'.