Kompany calls on Premier League clubs to drop ticket prices

[SWP's back]

Can you explain why his suggestion is great? My example is one of many. People can't go to games for various reasons: illness, bereavements, family matters, holidays, travel issues, work, I'm sure people can add to the list. Yes some people can' t be arsed, but I like many aren't in that group. So, think before you respond because you've made yourself look silly.

So if someone misses half the games they pay normal price as now. If they attend every game they get a 50% discount.

If they can’t be sure they’ll get to the majority then they can forego the ticket and let someone else buy it if they are upset at someone else getting a better deal than they can.

No one is looking silly other than you typing that last sentence. Why has his suggestion hit such a raw nerve?

 

[SWP's back]

You are obviously not listening, nobody is getting penalised. Full attendance is getting rewarded.

Well said, he’s starting to look silly.

 

[SWP's back]

You're fighting a losing battle on here Roachy, i fully agree with you, but i've had this in previous threads where those with this "mindblowingly brilliant idea" just wont accept that it isn't, and wont fix things, and is unfair to other fans.

So how do you ensure that every sold ticket ends up with an arse on it at the game?

If tickets are £5 and bought in advance you get a load of people who decide not to bother. It’s bad enough with the prices how they are at present.

So do you make it £100 a game, then no twat is willing to forego that spend because it’s pissing down or the have a cold? No, course you don’t.

So what’s your solution? There’s one real one and that’s to reward those tickets that get used through the season. It penalises no one and if someone can only make 9 games a year then they pay the same as they are now. Why would they moan about someone else getting a better deal?

The second solution is black seats so they don’t stand out as much.

 

[Jordie]

I am clearly listening. They equate to the same thing.Ok, lets nail this. I think the poster who originally suggested this idea probably on reflection would say, " when you put it like that then yes it' not right". You are obviously not of that mindset. I love new and innovative ideas that people put forward and yes, at times disagree. So lets say someone who's been going for donkeys can't then go for a serious reason, possibly hospitalised. Do you feel comfortable with that person not getting the reward you so richly deserve from not missing a game? Please tell me the bulk of our fans don' t think like this. The main concept is to reduce prices across the board, is it not?

I put my suggestions forward on page 4 of this thread but picked up on your reply to another poster because his suggestions were similar to mine. There will always be exceptional circumstances but we were discussing getting bums on seats and the fact that although certain games are a sell out there are still lots of empty seats which obviously means that people aren't turning up for games, they are not all 'hospitalised'. To make sure we get the ground full at every game possible we have to look at ways to not only make tickets cheaper but make sure they are getting used regularly. I would like to hear your ideas on how we do this.

 

[peoffrey]

Cheaper ticket prices will not bring old fans back. Those sitting in the seats now will just renew.

No point speculating on this. They were increased whilst other clubs froze or reduced.

 

[Manchester_lalala]

Don’t know about this season, but we’ve always sold out most games for the past few years. As long as we keep selling tickets to a near maximum attendance, they won’t give a fuck about fans paying the current going price.

 

[Roachy]

So if someone misses half the games they pay normal price as now. If they attend every game they get a 50% discount.

If they can’t be sure they’ll get to the majority then they can forego the ticket and let someone else buy it if they are upset at someone else getting a better deal than they can.

No one is looking silly other than you typing that last sentence. Why has his suggestion hit such a raw nerve?

Ok, last post on this matter from me. To repeat myself, new ideas are great, empty seats are shite. I was using my excuse as a an example of why I maybe can't go now and then. Look at the content of my posts and you will see I advocate a fairer price for all. You may be in the lucky position whereby a game will never be missed, but if not your seats filled and you benefit under the original suggestion. On occasions, some fans can't go(see my examples) and their seat is not used. Do you think the suggestion is unfair or tough shit that's the way it goes?

 

[SWP's back]

Ok, last post on this matter from me. To repeat myself, new ideas are great, empty seats are shite. I was using my excuse as a an example of why I maybe can't go now and then. Look at the content of my posts and you will see I advocate a fairer price for all. You may be in the lucky position whereby a game will never be missed, but if not your seats filled and you benefit under the original suggestion. On occasions, some fans can't go(see my examples) and their seat is not used. Do you think the suggestion is unfair or tough shit that's the way it goes?

I don’t think it’s unfair at all.

I gave my SC up in 2014/15 when I could only guarantee going to about 5 or 6 games a season. My mates used it for free on every other occasion that year but I decided that someone else would get better use of it than I would so I stopped buying it.

If there’s a situation where I could attend half the games then I’d buy one again and make Sir it was used on the other occasions.

Ticket prices are too expensive, we all agree but we also have a situation at present where the games are sold out and we have 5/6,000 empty seats, usually in the first tier (although the rain, poorly family members etc never seem to materialise against Chelsea/Utd et al). That’s lost revenue for the club (beers, pies etc) and also means that there are some blues unable to attend who would have purchased a ticket (especially if they were cheaper).

Do you have any suggestions of how to reduce non attendance of league matches whilst making tickets cheaper?

 

[Scottish Cityzen]

Looked for tickets for the Watford game for my kids, both under 10.

Think it was £27 each. No thanks.

If you look ahead earlier there was loads of cheap tickets when Watford returned the top tier - £30 adults and £10 under 18, think it was £5 for under 16s

 

[FlemishDuck]

Do you have any suggestions of how to reduce non attendance of league matches whilst making tickets cheaper?

I do.

You use software to put an unique ID to each ticket, and then you sell those tickets online to registred customers. Then the club can register on match day who turned up and who didn't and quickly see how many seats that leaves you open. Then you sell those seats on matchday itself to those who still would like to get in when the stadium would already be filled, otherwise if there are still free tickets then the matter of those who have tickets but don't turn up doesn't matter. And you return the larger part of the value automaticly back to the account of the person who bought it but didn't show up. Call it "empty seat buy back".

Now afcourse, you could say that this could create the issue where a ticket holder arrives just very late and find his seat sold to his frustration. In reality, that will actually be a rather predictable percentage which can be mitigated by reserving a part of the empty seats for those who still show up and make some sort of agreeable compensation for it that is accounted within the scheme. Thus you will still be left with some empty seats likely, but it would reduce non usage of seats, and after a while the club would likely be able to predict the percentage so close that you would have very few empty seats on a day that the stadium could sell out.