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Anyone off here going,

2 car loads from the Ultras Supporters Group are off. 6-30pm from the Crwon if any wanta convoy!!!!!!

Cemetery End with Burys singers, remember what they did for us. £5 only for season ticket holders

Show yer colours too

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bury one up with ten to go. Ryan lowe pen. Reads like a good game

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Was quite a weird feeling watching a game as a neutral but saw a few familiar faces and heard some familiar songs:)

It was enjoyable and at a fiver for live football you can't go wrong

One thing that struck me again tonight with their social club outside the ground as it did at Macc last week with their President's Bar is what good money spinners they are with both sets of fans particulary like the idea of home made food being available at an affordable price.

That should be high on a priority list for Stanley if the Sponsors section becomes perhaps part of any New Section of the New Stand along with a kitchen.

It's a win win:)

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Hi Folks. Just wanted to come on and thank your fans for coming down tonight. I was in the cemmy end and good to see the Bury fans applaud you when you came in.

Ill be hoping to pop up to a couple more of the Accy games this season also.

Hope you enjoyed the game, probably the most one sided 1 - 0 ive seen for ages and although a pen they all count.

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Borrussia Dortmund, that is commitment!!!!!

Well done to the 29 Stanley fans for turning out!!

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Buts whats more interesting is the total was 435.

That's 435 x 5 in the Bury FC coffers. How many of those would have gone if it wasn't £5???

Isn't that something we should be aiming for???:)

Or would it upset somebody???

Imagine an extra 400 at our games 6 times a year; Darlo + Crewe x 3!!!

ATMOSPHERE!!!!:):):)

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Some people will be upset, it's natural. Look at the free game v Torquay a few years back, there were a few mutterings of discontent mainly from Season ticket holders, but on the whole most were happy.

Personally I think it's a fantastic idea. It's like a bonus to the club (money it just wouldn't have if the offer didn't run).

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i think it should be a fiver every game regardless of promotions ..

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Rob,

love the idea (compromise at £10) but we can't afford to loose £8 x 1300 a game ( walkons less season tickets)

Ilyas is our saviour BUT we need to be self funding SOON!!!!

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The last few games when we're on the promotion push I want to see it FREE :D

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Just seen reserves got beat 6 - 1 at carlisle

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forget season ticket sales for a minute

fiver a ticket we would get 4000 a game within a few games £20k

current average around 1900 at who knows what price (concessions/free kids etc) is around the same money I would guess

advantage of bigger crowd is more revenue via other outlets (thats up to the club to capitalise), a far better atmosphere, far more respect amongst other clubs, more people spouting the gospel on a daily basis (also known as free advertising), another positive excuse to hit the national media for the cheapest ticketsabove the North West Counties, hit Burnley and Blackburn at a price where they can't get anywhere near us.

disadvantage of a cheaper admission - might need more stewards and would need more programme sellers, turnstile operators.

it's a no brainer for me. Number crunching can be done however you like but our crowds would more than double.

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Season ticket holders cant complain to much, my season ticket was only £140 quid which is less than a tenner a game (shame Ive never used any of those vouchers - are they still valid?) one or two games a season on the cheap to boost crowds is no problem.

However, Stanley will have to convince the outlet holders they will be increasing customers and thus charging them more; alternativly the club run the retail outlets (and dont sell out of date food and drink like the van behind the clayton end) - otherwise you dont get the benefit of the extra fans/lower entry price.

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Can someone remind me how much or how little the "Special Offer Season Tickets" were. Divide this by the number of games, and find out how many we sold. This would give us a clue as to how many we may or may not get on if we drop the price. Easy to sit back with no responsiblity asking for give away prices but we need to break even at least. 4000 watching Stanley week in week out in your dreams. ( but it would be great)

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Season Tickets 2009/10 (Tuesday 24th Feb 2009)

Our best value packages ever!

Accrington Stanley are delighted to announce what we are sure you will agree are our best value season ticket packages ever, offering live Football League action at the lowest prices since our days in the UniBond League!

Available until 4th April, adult season tickets start from £140.00, including £50.00 worth of club vouchers, while concession tickets are available from £100.00 with £30.00 worth of club vouchers! U16's and students season tickets are just £50.00 and U12's will be admitted free as part of our soon to be relaunched and free to join junior membership scheme.

Speaking about the prices for next season Stanley Chief Executive Rob Heys said "The new season ticket packages are all about getting people back involved with the club. Making our season tickets affordable to as many people as possible means that hopefully we can get more people to come and be a part of Accrington Stanley.

"Recent seasons have been a little subdued when compared to the tremendous non-league success we enjoyed and culminating in the historic return to the Football League, however as a club we are confident that although one chapter ended when we regained our Football League status, there are still many more pages to fill in the story of Accrington Stanley, hopefully including an exciting and successful 2009/10 season!"

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Goodness me that last paragraphs a flippin understatement:eek:

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Too true Google Page Ranking and it isn't even March yet :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:!!!!!

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well shall be renewing mine, is a knocking bet. hope its splashed all oer the local press.:) never seen it on fishy site?

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that's because the copy and paste is from last year cashy!

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so has joe been on the lash or what? is it bull?:(

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Cashy, I think Joe's post was a response to long time red asking (post 15) how much the season tickets were.

In response to the question posed by Long time red I think it works out at around £6 per game and season tickets went up from around 300 to around 700. Thats approximate only because the club never releases these figures - but its reading between the lines and listening to what certain people say.

It's not really indication of what would happen if we only charged a fiver - many people dont always have the readies available for a season ticket. I've been coming on 26 years and only get a season ticket every third season or so for various reasons even though I always know when the tickets are available I never seem to have the money available.

My reasoning for such a low price and an estimated figure of 4000 is that a) we should clean up on the floating fans by being cheaper than non-league b) many people who used to come on in the Unibond days stopped doing so when prices jumped from £6 to £10. Crowds were only around the 4-500 mark then but if an existing fan stops coming on because 'it is too dear' then (IMHO) you will be struggling attracting newbies c) we will pick up some of the lost souls who support Blackburn and Burnley and used to come on but are priced out now due to the cost of supporting both.

I also think that the positive media created by such an announcement would get many of the potential business sponsors back on the phone.

It may or may not work - same as anything but it makes much sense to me. The only drawback is that I dont think the club would be capable of capitalising on double crowds by taking extra money off them in the ground. I've every confidence that this ability will come but it's one step at a time as far as infrastructure is concerned and sometimes we are guilty of looking at the wrong things at the wrong time.

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I like the idea of a fiver a game scenario, the question then is what price the season ticket?

That would have to be about £90 which would be unbelievable price?

The flip side is at just a fiver a game it may put people off buying a season ticket who for maybe work reasons could not attend all games so would make better sense to pay as a walk on?

I think the prices last season were great and about correct, the worry I have were they pitched at that price because there were inklings about what was about to unfold in the close season and what was looming around the corner?

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Yes I have Cashy, but Macca is spot on!

Spot on Macca, that is why I made the date so large Cashy, sorry if I got you excited unexpectedly :o But, it was in reply to Long time reds post :D

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This is my main worry with what you propose Macca, large crowds at The Crown would be great, but just look at what happened last Saturday, but the I suppose that if we know that we were getting 3000+ every home game we could plan it better, couldn't we?????

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At a fiver a game, why would anybody buy a season ticket??? :confused: :)

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its ok joe, was a strange day fer me yesterday, plus older i get, the dumber i get.:o

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Not true young man ;) Have a nice trip and stay away from the sides!!! :D :D :D

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They wouldn't that's my point thus denying the Club income and possible money coming through the barren Summer months

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Right, with you now Google Page Ranking!!

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It may be better just having a block of ~5 games together in a season where walk-ons are a fiver. Plan it for when there are a few home games in a row (or for when walk-ons are skint - after Chrimbo maybe?), improve the experience inside the ground should the team be experiencing one of their less spectacular runs; maybe we'll be able to keep a few afterwards.

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aint too sure about the £5 price,:confused: i'm more in favour of a £10 standing,£12 sitting fer season, still what do i know.

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Maccas suggestion of a fiver, is to get the ground full each match, therefore still making about the same amount of cash, but also giving the club more than twice as many chances to sell the extras!!! :rolleyes: :)

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The possible other problems with the five pound walk on prices are:

Fluctuations in attendances, one week overstaffed with Stewards next week not enough?

If it does not work at a fiver a pop and crowds have not increased significantly you have the potential to have really shot yourself in the foot:eek:

How much do you then charge away fans in a potentailly all new all singing all dancing stand?

I think Maccas Scheme could work alongside some kind of Membership Scheme for Home fans with potentially paying a sum up front for your membership thus the Club have a revenue pot in advance and then every game you attend you pay at a reduced rate thus ensuring the Club has an increased revenue stream on match days and a more even split of gate money through the Season.

Yeah I like that idea and it could work and give the Club & Fans the possibility of the best of both worlds?

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That could be "gold membership" of the OSC maybe, with reduced admission on showing your OSC card? (We'd need to keep ordinary membership for exiles like me.) Or would we want to keep the OSC completely independant of the club?