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Preferential Ticket News
During this busy period of the season, and with the position that Accrington Stanley hold at the top of the Conference League it has been decided that in order to give Accrington Stanley fans first chance of getting onto the remainder of the games, IF they are due to sell-out, a preferential ticket voucher is the ideal solution. In this Saturday's programme vs Stevenage you will find within the programme a preferential ticket voucher. In the event of an all ticket match at the Interlink Express Stadium in 2005/2006 season, preferential tickets will be given out first to season ticket holders to purchase two additional tickets and then to those in possession of the Stevenage programme with the voucher inside. To keep up to date with forthcoming matchday ticket news please keep checking this website, the local press or the club on 01254 356950.
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Not very clear on season ticket holders.... they dont need any vouchers at all to get into any of the games even if a sell out.... correct ?
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Does anyone know how many tickets you will be able to buy with one voucher ?
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I think Karen needs to pop back and explain a few things :) or rewrite the notice :)
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Right,
If you are a season ticket holder you will get first chance for two extra tickets to the games that may sell out. There will be a deadline for that and then once that deadline is ended those with the preferential voucher will be allowed one ticket per voucher. This is of course IF we get the impression that the games will sell out............... Season ticket holders do not need the vouchers to be able to get their two extra tickets just their season ticket card. Karen |
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The sell out term really means if the club feels that a certain game is going to get more fans on than others, looking more to the last game of the season at home, then we will use the preferential vouchers. There are various areas such as the number of away fans, safety issues and such that have to be taken into consideration before making the judgement, but we will let everyone know in plenty of time what is happening through the official website, local media and at the club! Hope that helps! Karen |
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why not just give the vouchers out to every one
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Karen, I can see what the club is trying to do in order to avoid disappoint and ensure a measure of control, and I accept it’s up to individuals to buy a programme and secure a preferential ticket voucher. I accept faithfully that the club will be printing larger numbers of programmes in the hope of meeting demand.
But would it be possible for us to purchase one or more guaranteed entry tickets in advance for the games we want to see regardless of whether or not the games a sell out and then have entry via the Season Ticket Holders gate perhaps with a time condition that we get there an hour before. That would be on a “no show, no refund” basis of course. |
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this sounds a bit like rovers...
their staff couldnt organise a pi$$ up in a brewery either....... surely the thing thing to do would be allocate 1 to every season ticket holder wheather they request one or not... then on the day of the games the people that enter the ground are given another voucher thus meaning gauranteed entry to the next game and if you havnt got a voucher you dont get a ticket..( 2nd game onwards ).... when said number of voucher / tickets have been taken (refer to the last home gate attendance) after 6 days (to ensure said voucher holders have time to purchase) then put tickets on open sale :D |
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But your plan doesnt guarantee increased sales of programmes wether a voucher needed or not:)
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Why does'nt the club just not sell tickets in advance?
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That is what we will do at the end IF needed like it all depends on numbers coming in, there will be deadlines for the season tickets and the preferential vouchers then it would be first come first served obviously, if we sold tickets in advance to anyone we could get people from all over the country the chance to come and yes that is good but I do want to give the core Accrington Stanley Fans chance to get their tickets first I think that this is a fair way. Everyone has a choice whether or not to buy a programme or not. But the option is there..........
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this just sounds like another chance for accrington to "rip off" their loyal fans again and as kipax says increase programme sales.
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No, we know that there are limited amounts of programmes that we can get printed and we know there is a possibility that they may sell out. If this is the case then there are the first come first served tickets which will be available even if the programmes sell out, it just staggers the amount of people buying the tickets. There will be three ways to do it. It may not even come to that we are just doing this for safety so everyone gets a chance to get tickets. We are trying to do it the fairest way! We are just given people, the loyal fans, a choice, it is up to you if you would like to buy a programme earlier, we are just trying to give fans the fairest way of getting the tickets BUT it may not even come to that! We know some fans like to get their tickets early if this is the case then buy a programme if not then just wait for the first come first served tickets to come out. Hope that helps.
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It's not ripping off at all; just good business - which is the main reason why Stanley are in the position they are today.
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We all know from a previous thread, that there are only 350 programmes printed per week !
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wooooooo there i posted mine wiht a lighthearted smile and I did NOT accuse the club of ripping anyone off... I also posted under my own usual name.... |
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To be honest...
If theres a game thats all ticket.....You would have to be a complete and utter moron not to be able to get tickets for it if your a stanley fan. Five thousand tickets between Two thousand of us.. then the bandwaggoners on top.. I am sure the real stanley fans will manage it :) I dont like the buy a program idea... But then again I havent got a better idea.... Premiership clubs and football in general have been trying to come up with a perfect ticket allocation plan for years and they havent managed it so I wouldnt expect Karen to do it in the week since the subject was raised on here.. She read the request and this is the plan. Thats better than her ignoring the request for a plan.....isn't it? |
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There is never going to be a 100% fair way to do this really. If you sell one ticket for the last few home games, not everybody is going to be able to afford it, including some of the very loyal supporters. If you put the vouchers in the programmes, not everybodies going to be able to get one. The Club is trying to think of a solution, and I for one, applaud that
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So do I and I think accusations of "rip-off" are totally out of order.
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well we do need some practice for next season
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Why not print some vouchers? You would easily get 8 - 10 on an A4 sheet, so a ream would cover a capacity crowd. Hand the vouchers out at the turnstiles as spectators pay. This voucher to be presented as proof of attendance should the club feel it necessary to make any future matches all ticket. This would prevent any problems should programmes run out also fans who didn't wish to buy a programme wouldn't have to.
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I have to agree that the matter of the club listening and Karen attempting to meet fans expectations should be applauded, at least the club is communicating and thinking ahead to cover the eventualities.
I always buy a programme as a matter of course and Saturday will be no exception, however I make the effort to get there early just to make sure, failing that I’ll resort to bribery. If and it’s a big if, I can’t use it on the occasion of a sell out game I’ll pass it on to someone deserving who didn’t get one. |
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If its just this week I have 2 options 1. Buy 2 programmes so I can get 2 vouchers to be enabled to buy 2 tickets 2. Buy the usual 1 program and get 1 voucher, that will mean I have to queue up with the voucher to buy a ticket, then queue up again for the 2nd ticket when they go on sale and risk not getting the 2nd one, 1 young lad is going to be gutted if that happens :) Sod it, I aint buying 2 programs for the same game and as 1 voucher will be no use to me I wont buy one this week at all, at least that will give someone else a chance to get one of the 350 available :) Edit- just thinking about this, how many season ticket holders are there? Lets say 250, if they all get a program they all get vouchers that they dont need, not leaving a lot is it :) |
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Got to be honest KSH I have a season ticket & buy a programme every home game too, but not purely to stop others from getting their hands on tickets as I would love to see a capacity crowd as much as Eric & the players would. What Karen needs are genuine suggestions around the problem rather than bickering about paying £2 for a programme. My tuppenceworth is issue a ticket on the day that shows the game it was issued for given to fans as they pay on the turnstile, doesnt affect season ticket holders as we are guaranteed an allocation, produce the ticket as proof to get entry should there be a sell out on pre match sales. Halifax, Morecambe etc already give entry tickets & have done for some time so cant be impossible. Programmes are rarely left but this one I hope covers all angles to satisfy the loyal Stanley fans.
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Ha ha ha, this thread is funny!!!
Lets have it right, everyone who wants a ticket will get one, no way will the ground sell out. Just to humour that potential scenario for a moment though, whilst agreeing that season ticket holders are given priority to purchase extra tickets, why is everyone who passes through the turnstile not just handed a voucher of some sort??? Anyone who suggests that this is anything more than a ploy to sell more programmes is naive at best but more likely completely stupid. I prefer to call a spade something other than a long handled digging imploment!!! Neil Haj, is that you Nelson??? |
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[quote=Staveros].
Just to humour that potential scenario for a moment though, whilst agreeing that season ticket holders are given priority to purchase extra tickets, why is everyone who passes through the turnstile not just handed a voucher of some sort??? Thats what I suggested in my thread-give a ticket or voucher on entry at turnstiles. http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/i...cons/icon6.gif |
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Not having a go just for ASFC feedback, but im not impressed with the programme for voucher/ticket idea, simply not only the prices of the programme itself which personally i think its a bit expensive for what it is, [i appreciate the need to require revenue for the club] specially when you bring your family along of little monsters lol that adds to the cost & hesitation of paying for a programme. i think you would still have a hard job gaining entrance from people from local/elsewhere to watch the team with this idea anyway ok to be fair give a couple of entrants but wont be a huge difference really, certainly theres probs if other local surrounding bigger teams are playing at home that effects the influx of people coming to the ground, as if they are away you notice the bigger gate. They were plugging the programme big time at the morecambe [home] match & many people were not afraid to tell the vendor who was parading round the ground to drop it by half & they would purchase one, as the vendor didnt very few were purchasing it anyway.
I think the club need to look at the wider picture certainly if we are promoted, we will always have our loyal supporters through the gate but entice others to the ground is another thing, i dragged a mate with me who's not accustomed to conference league was rather peed off with spending most of the match trying to see through people walking past trying to find a position at other end of ground blocking view of the game certainly at its worst at the 1st half of the game, which is a big put off [again i appreciate thats problematic with the ground layout], also big queues for toilets & having to walk all way round to get to them thusfore blocking peoples view of the game, even as supporter myself i find it rather frustrating. I appreciate the problems with funding & getting it sorted but our ground is hampering ASFC to some degree. |
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You actually raise another great point there mel, somewhat accidentally I guess. Scenario: family of 4 come to the stevenage game wanting to ensure entry to remaining important fixtures, all paying bods through the turnstile. The current proposed system would require them to buy FOUR programmes!!!!! As Big AL said(missed you first time big al;) ) the only realistic system is a voucher per person through the turnstile. It makes far more sense than any other idea. Powers that be need to admit that this opportunistic money making scheme is fundamentally flawed and back track. |
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Thanks Staveros :D i dont think i put it well like you have but a game is expensive enough without having to buy everyone a programme as well just to gain these vouchers specially for kids which may end up all over the ground after match & it demorilises the programme because the focus is the ploy of vouchers.
I think giving them out whilst going through the gate is a better idea to see if this voucher scheme works - plus you can account for all the vouchers with attendance of boro match but honestly i dont think it would make the huge difference that ASFC hopes though :rolleyes: What about dropping gate price for the games left :eek: [im cheeky enough to ask though i doubt very much though lol:) ] |
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yeh, i come with my sister,brother, dad n mum to every match but we wont be able to afford to buy 5 programmes!!We are ALL very loyal stanley fans but... we might not be able to see the games we have been waiting for and longing to see for ages!!!
I WAANA COME!!!! lol |
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Just a small point if I may. Accrington Stanley Football Club exist to play Football, Fans exist to support the team, Sponsors and supporters pay for the privilege of having a ground to watch there team play football.
People will contribute in many different ways, but one way or another it’s going to cost someone money. Stop paying and we’re going back not forward. It your choice. |
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I think thats a little bit out of line Doug. They're not saying they're not willing to put money into the club, what they're saying is, if they're going with a few members of the family (I take two younger brothers with me) then buying a programme for each of them is a little expensive, especially when these are the loyal fans that have been going all season. I would be gutted, nay, upset if I missed out on the finale of the season, because some Burnley or Blackburn supporter has come for the moment of glory, and I miss out on a ticket. Vouchers given on the gate is a better option, especially when the club only prints around 350 programmes.
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Without the FANS there is no team, FACT. I don't know if you are familiar with the saying 'don't bite the hand that feeds you' but it is very relevant here. Im a part timer, i'll admit it, Everton is my team and they get my money in the main. I really feel for those people who brave the elements week in week out to support Stanley though and are now getting a good kick in the teeth(whether intended or not) by a quite frankly unworkable scheme. People pay good money to get through the turnstile anyway so questioning their commitment to supporting the club is ludicrous. Sometimes you need to be big enough to back track and admit you are wrong. This is one such time. Im sure whoever brainstormed the idea thought it all very cunning at the time but clearly its many flaws have quickly been exposed. Im not arsed either way personally because im realistic enough to know none of the games will sell out anyway. All this will serve to do if it is not rectified quickly is to alienate the lifeblood of the club, the 'hardcore' paying public. That is clearly not a good idea. |
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Supporters pay at the gates & in the shop towards their club so your statement is sarcasticly ironic:rolleyes: |
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I dont think it will come to the state whereby people who have come in previous games will not get their tickets as these people will make sure they get down to the club shop when the tickets go on sale! Just like what happened in the FA cup games! Also this is another reason to look at the ticketting of every conference game and therefore people who have more than say 10 tickets for the season will be able to buy their tickets for a big game along with the season ticket holders! |
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Sort of throws the spanner in the works for me as I need to tie in a home match in with a visit to Accy. Means that if I want to be at a game and the chances are its a sellout I am paddleless. :(
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Alot more money than you think comes from the suuporters to the club's funds... I think you will find that if there were no fans then the club would fold.I am a very loyal stanley supporter so therefore i will pay for the tickets no matter how much they are. but my younger sister and brother will not be able to come if we ALL have to buy a programme for a ticket each.I think it will be a same if alot of familes and young people who dont have alot of money won't be able to come, and see their team they have been supporting for a long time. and instead some other person who it doesnt mean as much to be able to go! |
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Jeeeeeeeeeeezus!
Theres one or two games that could be a sell out.. 1) if we need a result to clinch promotion and 2) when the championship is presented.. You do NOT have to buy a program to get a ticket for either match. The vouchers availabe will be few if in the program and only means those with them will be able to get theres first.. It does not mean they are the only ones who can get a ticket, it does not mean everyone else loses out. If theres 350 programs and 400 season ticket holders that means theres still around 4 thousand tickets or more to go on general sale. Press the think button people... not the panick button... :) |
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I have no difficulty with any of your comments or criticisms, it’s an opinion and above all else it was purely intended to demonstrate the facts of the matter here and not **** people off.
No I don’t do to bad admittedly; it probably costs me for myself £40 every time I attend a home game. I can only afford to do it because I don’t attend away games, I recognise it’s a hell of a lot more for those that take dependents or for those that attend has a family. But this is basically about market forces. The club needs to pay the wages of a full time team, the clubs office and support staff, publicity, insurance and maintain the ground let alone improve it. All I am saying is that the money as got to come from somewhere, the gate price, programme and strip sales provide the bulk of those costs. What is it we want, a safe comfortable ground with a roof or lower gate prices? I don’t know anywhere where this can be done to every ones satisfaction with the number of paying fans we have. |
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All im saying is IF we run out of programmes dont blame me!!! ... I only sell em
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We better get in early tomorrow before there sold out :)
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Really? I don’t think for one minute I was questioning any ones commitment to the club. I happen to know that many of the people contributing to this thread donate a great deal of their personal free time for the clubs benefit as well as pay at the gate. The last thing I want to do is question their commitment. <O:p Being controversial or different isn’t really me. I’m an individual with a point of view and I express that point of view freely like the rest of you. I’ll stand by it what ever utterance passes my lips. If I believe I’m wrong and I’ve offended people I’ll apologise to those Affected. |
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Come on Karen. You are conspicuous by your lack of comments of late. Yerself (acknowledged your earlier comment mate) & myself have given you the answer to your dilema-are you going to act on it & quell the riot?
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WHAT A BLOODY STUPID THING TO DO ONLY A MAX OF 350 VOUCHERS AVALIBLE ETC ETC ETC WHAT ARE YOU ALL PANICING AT IF AND I MEAN IF THE CLUB THINK THAT THE GATE IS GOING TO BE A SELL OUT WHY THE HELL DOES IT NOT MAKE IT ALL TICKET INSTEAD OF PRINTIN VOUCERS AND GETTIN IN TO A PICKEL OVER NOWT PRACTICE FOR NEXT SEASON WHEN SOME TEAMS WILL BRING BLOODY LOADS OF FANS
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the idea of the voucher in the programme was introduced in response to concerns that had been expressed to the club regarding the allocation of tickets should we have a game at which a large crowd is expected. we thought that the voucher in the programme would help to ease these concerns.
i am not going to insult anyone's intelligence and suggest that the idea that programme sales would be boosted did not cross our mind, in fact at the moment a large amount of everyone's time at the club goes on ensuring that we maximise income while the club is doing well and also ahead of what could be a step into the unknown next season. i do not think that the price of £2.00 for a programme is ripping people off, in fact i don't think you'll find a cheaper one in the conference. i also believe it is one of the best in our league with some superb content from a wide range of contributors. to clarify the situation... season ticket holders will of course gain admission to all home league games using their regular pass, however in the event of tickets being sold for one of the remaining matches this season, as a further reward they will be given first priority to buy an additional two tickets. voucher holders will then be allowed a period in which to buy tickets. i do accept that perhaps it is silly to expect a family of four to have to buy four programmes to take advantage of the offer, and so we are happy to allow voucher holders to purchase two tickets per voucher. finally the print run of programmes has increased in the last few games with the increased gates that we have enjoyed, and there will be more than 350 programmes on sale tomorrow. |
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You are all old women...
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I wouldn't give him a ticket for calling you that Rob .. Put yer foot down fella :) |
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