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I can't believe nobody's picked up on this from the fishy site. Walk on match tickets have gone up to £20. It makes a season ticket a much more interesting proposition.

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But they have - see the ST1000 thread ...

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Fairy nuff. Missed that, cheers.

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Bit of a disgrace really. Can see sub 1000 attendances this season, especially if we start to struggle.

The excuse is "we need to keep in line with other League 2 clubs" . The problem is We cant!!!

Our facilities are a joke compared to other clubs in the division.

Not a good move. AT ALL.

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Thats about the daftest response yet, its about survival nowt else.:rolleyes: of coarse some would prefer us to be back in non league.

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What would you charge come on we know that the gates are always the die hards, if where at the top end people come stop looking at the negatives.

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Stanley have gone from the cheapest match day tickets to one of the most expensive especially since there is no discount for buying in advance. Of the League two clubs with terrace most are £15 or £16 if bought in advance. Of those with seats only Shrewsbury are dearer at £23 unless you have a membership card and then it is £20. Portsmouth don't have the prices up yet that I can see so they may be more but given the huge level of season tickets they have sold it may not be.

These are based on the cheapest ticket's available for an adult and usually include discount for advance purchase.

The value of a season ticket at Stanley is such that if you are going to most games it is a must but the game by game goers may be affected especially away fans in bad weather who may well give it a miss. this could also affect non stanley fans looking for a game to go to. It may have been better to consider advance discounts but these come with a cost.

It is pointless arguing that the gates are always diehards as it is plain to see this is not the case and ways to attract other people should be considered or what is the point of playing on a friday.

As stated on the other thread, this has affected the amount of games I will go to and not because I feel any less about Stanley or as a huff against the increase but because of basic economics. My pay seems to be the only thing not increasing by more than 1%.

I had already decided to go to more away games as some are easier to get to -Carlisle for example or suit me visiting family - Cambridge, Luton and Stevenage and after checking the prices it isn't as bad as I thought for tickets there.

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I understand why prices have been raised but can also see why some people are upset .

I have been a season ticket holder for 10 years and I am again this year. I would however struggle to bring myself to hand over a £20 note every other week.

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Agree i understand also,i got a season ticket n would struggle off a pension to fork out fer consession price every other week, but i aint upset about the rise, the survival of stanley overides that as far as i'm concerned.

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If it was down to the survival of stanley then don't charge a ridiculously low price of £9 a game for adult season tickets as the people most likely to go to games at Accy will be season ticket holders. Unfortunately this would not work for two main reasons.

Firstly Stanley need the money from season tickets to survive the summer when there is very little income and the vastly reduced amounts are better than nothing. Secondly,as you have correctly stated, people can't afford to pay every week at matchday prices. Its easier to go when you only have to pay travel every week rather than travel and ticket prices.

High matchday prices are needed to maximise away support income as they have to be charged the same and this may be why there is no differential between seats and standing unlike the rest of League 2. I hope away fans don't look at this and decide not to come as the novelty factor has worn off for most clubs' supporters.

It's easy to say we are right to put the prices up when you have a season ticket but don't complain if people decide it's too much and don't go as much if at all.

I hope this doesn't backfire on the club as we need every penny and it's a risk that if people get out of the habit they stop going. I know people who used to go to football but don't anymore as they lost the habit. And if, god forbid, it comes to rattling buckets again will we still have the same sympathy as before.

Hopefully the pricing structure will be subject to review and if it isn't working then we change it before it's too late.

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I aint complaining, i think its the thing to try, cos they tried cheapos n they didn't work, its obvious to me it will bring in more income oer the season, my reasoning is theres a damn site more away fans than occasional walk ons, The reason i have a season ticket,is the simple fact i put a bit away so i can, not rocket science, simple economy.

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That only works if they don't say "sod that , I'm not paying £20 to stand in the rain" which I have done in that past although not at Accy yet.

It's not the putting a bit away to but a season ticket it's the fact that if they only equated to saving a few pounds on a matchday ticket would people still do it.

I could buy one without putting a bit away but I wouldn't make enough games for it to be worthwhile so the economics don't add up. It also means I can chose not to go and spend the money on something else which is the problem with not having a season ticket. Then again the ticket price i sless than half the cost of my travel and it's a 15 hour day for a trip to Accy and back so that is also a factor for me.

As I say, I hope it works but if not don't leave it to late to change. I'm sure Dag & Red cut their prices one season after we had bought tickets and we had to argue for a refund.

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Thats what its all about to me,"Economics" as you n i have to weigh that up, so have Stanley, n in such things theres always losers, not great i know, but thats life.

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It may reduce the number of away fans willing to pay £20.

Its not long since we moaned at Port Vale for charging £20 and there was a seat behind the goals for that price.

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£20 is a lot to pay to constantly watch your asses getting whipped!!!

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we always bring more to Accy than you bring here.

Ours are proper fans.

It would be a shame if because of these prices we don't bring a many as usual to see us break the hoodoo on 31 October :jimbo::jimbo:

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really morecambe red , do you really think that, moan moan moan, thats all you do

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To be fair, you can have a seat in our cowshed for your £20 :rolleyes:

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Proper fans,who supported their team getting a game abandoned cos they were down to 10 men.:rolleyes:

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He could probably take the cow shed home for £20.

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Why, is the Benefits Office not open on a Friday?:rolleyes:

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:D:D:D:D:D:D:rofl38::rofl38::rofl38::rofl38:

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The only thing Morcambe FC were good at was making pies.......and now they dont even do that....

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What will the advanced price be per game? Any idea?

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I would hazzard a guess at "what advance price?" :D

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Hope this will help to get a few more on board :)


Season Tickets: Pay in Instalments - Accrington Stanley FC

:) :) :)

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Great move by the club!

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Splendid move imho.:)

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The squad deserve all the support they can get as they have obviously all put in a lot of work over the holidays........Get to Nelson on Saturday and see the New Stanley!!!!

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I,ll be their.

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And this :)

Special Flexi Ticket Offer - Accrington Stanley FC

:) :) :)

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This Flexi Ticket offer is a real bargain for the fans that are unable to attend matches on a regular basis
(On Wednesday 23rd July and Saturday 26th July (and these dates ONLY) flexi-tickets will be available from the club for just £135)
? why are they only available on just these two friendly match days

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They are available at all times, but the special offer is for those 2 days.

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A bit of an explanation from our Chairman here :)

Accrington Stanley offer ticket deal to neighbours (From Lancashire Telegraph)

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Seems a good idea to me,well worth trying.:)

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thanks for the link, now I can see the thinking behind the offer on the two days in question, hope we get a decent uptake from the offer, many fans are restricted to following the teams away from home be it by cost or time, it would be handy if Burnley & Blackburn reciprocated the offer to Stanley fans

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walk on prices SHOULD have been announced at the same time as season tickets and flexi tickets to give people all the information they need or want in order to make an educated decision.

£20 walk on at Accrington is an absolutely shocking decision and will come back to bite us on the arse.

I love my club but rarely get chance to get on due to work or finance restrictions and £20 a game is a nail in the coffin for me. I understand the marketing ploy is to incentivise the bulk buys and reward the regulars in order to maximise the away fan (or irregular home fan) BUT I personally would like to see a far greater effort going in to persuading the irregulars to attend more often. Sitting round a table and discussing figures, or offering 3for2's etc isn't an offer to attract irregulars - they need a plan of some sort.

Good luck this season Stanley.

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I'm sorry but I've had a chat with a few of my mates who go to Stanley 3 or 4 times a season and they will not be going for £20. It's too steep for this level of football and the state of the ground.

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I don't particularly agree with the new price either but I can see where the club is coming from. It seems that, even at a fiver when we played Wimbledon a couple of seasons ago, the crowd wasn't boosted enough to make it worthwhile and they didn't come back at the next full price game. Some people would rather stay in the pub and watch the Premiership than go to a game at any price. Football these days is available on TV at 3 o'clock via foreign channels and people will watch it with a pint rather than spend the money to stand in the cold watching a team of triers. I've never been to our local team who play in the Lowland league for years and I can see into their ground from my window.

The economics are that for every 100 away fans paying £20 instead of £15 that would need 34 walkons paying the same £15 and you can't charge away fans more than home fans on a single basis. The club appear to be trying to placate regulars by cheap season tickets and semi regulars with cheap flexi tickets. I'm not sure how successful targeting Rovers and Clarets fans with flexi tickets will be as rovers will be at home when we are and all the clarets games will be on TV or available online as they are in the premiership but it has to be tried and it also meas that Stanley fans can get cheaper flexi tickets and it could boost the home attendance at the friendlies.

Macca is right that the club should have announced the prices earlier as there may have been a bigger early bird take up under the new price structure. I also think that cash or check is a mistake as nobody carries a chequebook these days. I'm not even sure where mine is as nobody takes them anymore. And how many people carry an extra £135 to a game? It works fine if people have read about the offer and bring cash or a cheque but what about those that see it at the match and want to pay by card?

Are the flexi tickets going to work like they did in previous season where 1 person can go to 10 games or 10 people to 1 game or any other combination? If it does than get it pushed as such. Someday might not want to go to 10 games but a group might want to go to 2 or 3 together and club together to buy one or two flexitickets.

Why not push them online as well as such. If card are out then go for bank transfer, it costs next to nothing and is instantaneous. The business plan can't just be based on the away fan economics there needs to be work done to push all ticket sales and I'm sure the club would welcome all suggestions and any constructive criticism.

Now time for the pub :drunk:

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Agree with you.

Pricing is wrong for walk ons and flexi tickets. They are geared towards season ticket holders and away fans only, that means the club will potentially be losing out on walk ons and flexi ticket sales. All money into the pot counts at the end of day and the more bums on seats the better.

Walk ons could've been £17 pre purchased and £19 on the day to catch out away fans to get more money that way. Flexi tickets have increased 50% when it should've been around £130 (30%) which would save £6 per game potentially. To get 13 free games on early bird season ticket prices is a big amount, normally around 6-8 games for other clubs.

We ask for more people to come to games as their second team but then we shoot ourselves in the foot with daft price increases. Why not offer something along the lines of a half season ticket so when Burnley are away they can attend games at Accy? This is one way of marketing tickets at local rival supporters to increase walk ons.

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I'm not convinced pre-purchasing has ever worked unless it's a big game. Would be interesting to know what the take up has been in the past where it's been used.

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well I don't think my brother will be going to watch Stanley this season not at £20 ... he normally goes about 4 or 5 times a season .. he's a rovers supporter .. and he's been known to take me and my nephew who is a burnley supporter ..

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I almost always booked an advance ticket because it meant that I would go to the game rather than wake up at 7 am and think "nah, I won't bother. Plus it meant that it was less to spend on the day especially if I'd booked the train tickets in advance. Having said that I don't think there were many picking up tickets to make it worthwhile. Plus is there not a delay in getting the money from card payments made online? I've heard that used as a reason with other things.

Possibly the club haven't explained the reasoning behind the price structure well enough hence the complaints. I'd guess, as I've said before, that season tickets have to be so cheap as they are usually the only income during the close season. To offset this money has to be found elsewhere and that is usually from matchday sales. It would be interesting to compare the figures for income on a matchday from non season tickets for additional home fans v away fans. Presumably the club have done this or something like this to arrive at the current pricing structure?

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Dave your spot on!! We had staff and a system (the Rolls Royce of ticketing) to pre-sell around a dozen tickets a game. We were also duty bound to send tickets to away clubs due to the price differential. This meant a loss of revenue as they can charge 5% commission to take our money!!

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As a Stanley fan you will make that extra effort to buy the ticket. As a floater/ walk on football supporter you probably wouldn't. If it means an extra effort to do something the casual football fan just won't be bothered.

In this day and age you have to make it as easy as possible for people to buy something. It's too easy to spend elsewhere if it only involves a click of a mouse.

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I agree, so why aren't we pushing the flexiticket online? Why aren't we selling it as a way for groups of people to use rather than one person having to go to 10 games?

Shillelagh made a point about their brother not paying £20 a game for 4 or 5 games a season and taking others. Would he buy a flexiticket to do the same thing for £13.50 each time if he knew that he could especially if it could be done online?

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I was thinking the same thing - Can 2 people use a flexi-ticket for the same game ?

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would imagine so,as its any 10 matches, how could it be distinguished?

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That's what it used to be and as cashy says how would you distinguish what games they were used for. Plus it is a far better selling point than just 10 different games.

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Now I have this vision of person 1 going through the turnstiles, then lobbing his flexi-ticket back over the wall so person 2 can follow - it would make very good sense to make it officially OK for more than one person to be admitted to the same game.

On a previous point, isn't the idea of a walk-on pre-purchasing a ticket something of a contradiction of concepts?

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My youngest had a flexi ticket last season as he's away at uni - if they're working them in the same way this year each ticket has to be exchanged at the ticket office for a match ticket relating to whichever game you're going to so it shouldn't be a problem for more than one person to share the flexi ticket.

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Flexi tickets are as they have always been, 1 supporter going to 10 games, 10 supporters going to 1 game, any permutation that takes your fancy ;)

:) :) :)

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no he wouldn't .. why .. because its a case of im not doing nowt mmm oh I wonder whats on ... mm oh stanleys playing ..I wonder if jen/sam wants to go ..i'll give em a ring ... and that's what happens .. sometimes Ive said no and hes gone on his own ... hes basically the rovers supporter that if hes not doing anything and fancies it he'll go .. to him a flexi ticket wouldn't be any good .. he loves football .. he played it for many years, was manager of a team in accrington and district .. and followed rovers since he was a kid .. hes definitely a walk on ..

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by the way he enjoyed it tonight ... and he says that flexi ticket is a good idea ... but no he wouldn't buy one ...

oh and why he went tonight .. I sent him a text to tell his Stanley were playing rovers and he sent back one you fancy it ....