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Post by pwoodstone on Nov 5, 2023 22:06:49 GMT
I thought you only had to agree a price increase from your normal tickets with the opponents. I am sure we discussed this before.
What happens if a clubs season ticket includes FA Cup games? Do they count them at full adult price? Split across a season? The more cups games the cheaper they become. Is this why they are usually not included?
I am sure Barrow would welcome cheaper tickets for their fans paying a lot to just get here.
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Post by Benny on Nov 6, 2023 3:36:10 GMT
I’d pay double.
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Post by sword65 on Nov 6, 2023 3:49:34 GMT
Well the club has made a lot of strange decisions over the last couple of seasons that have angered fans and I can see that trend continuing by making this all ticket and no reduced price. Should it be all ticket then I won't bother with it. I hope I'm wrong.
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Post by Benny on Nov 6, 2023 4:50:34 GMT
Why would they cut the price? We’re skint and Barrow want their cut of the gate receipts. It’s the second round of the FA Cup playing for a place in the draw with Premier League clubs, not the Kent County Rosette.
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Post by pwoodstone on Nov 6, 2023 7:36:44 GMT
Well the club has made a lot of strange decisions over the last couple of seasons that have angered fans and I can see that trend continuing by making this all ticket and no reduced price. Should it be all ticket then I won't bother with it. I hope I'm wrong. Why would they make this all ticket? You think we will be pushing capacity?
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Post by pwoodstone on Nov 6, 2023 7:37:32 GMT
Why would they cut the price? We’re skint and Barrow want their cut of the gate receipts. It’s the second round of the FA Cup playing for a place in the draw with Premier League clubs, not the Kent County Rosette. The discussion was that the club would cut the price to fill the ground. I don’t think they will or should
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Post by grovergreenstone on Nov 6, 2023 7:52:42 GMT
If there is a minimum of £10 a ticket, then the club should do so, and even say "We wanted to go down to £5 but the FA wont allow us" Hype it up, advertise it, make sure everyone is aware that a place in the 3rd round is up for grabs with a chance to play Mancester City/Utd, Liverpool, Arsenal etc . Get 4000 people in for the festive period, it will be december, the magic of the cup etc etc. Get a full house at £10 will be better than 1900 people at £18 so its a win win.
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Post by 61666 on Nov 6, 2023 8:53:25 GMT
If it were made all ticket, then were we to get through to R3 and get a juicy home draw, those who buy a Barrow ticket could have first option on home against Arsenal, or whoever. There again, am sure the club would prefer an away game - 40% of receipts at, say, The Emirates is not to be sniffed at.
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Post by sword65 on Nov 6, 2023 9:08:32 GMT
Well the club has made a lot of strange decisions over the last couple of seasons that have angered fans and I can see that trend continuing by making this all ticket and no reduced price. Should it be all ticket then I won't bother with it. I hope I'm wrong. Why would they make this all ticket? You think we will be pushing capacity? They panicked and over reacted for a Kent Senior Cup game against Gills 3rd 11 that was never going to get a big crowd and the same idiot security officer will doubtless want to be the big I AM again for this one. There are also two Barrow fans Jeff and Jean Alderswallop who live in Boxley Road and we wouldn't want these octagenerians infiltrating the town end and starting trouble especially if Jean smuggles the knitting needles in.
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Post by grovergreenstone on Nov 6, 2023 10:06:56 GMT
If it were made all ticket, then were we to get through to R3 and get a juicy home draw, those who buy a Barrow ticket could have first option on home against Arsenal, or whoever. There again, am sure the club would prefer an away game - 40% of receipts at, say, The Emirates is not to be sniffed at. Yeah Away to Arsenal, if they sold just 40,000 tickets at £30 would be 1.2 million pounds. So 40% of that would be £480,000. Which goes a long way towards a new stand , or pitch, or a handful of top players to get us well in to the National League. We have a great opportunity here, lets hope the club goes about it the right way
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Post by daveu on Nov 6, 2023 10:31:24 GMT
Why would they make this all ticket? You think we will be pushing capacity? They panicked and over reacted for a Kent Senior Cup game against Gills 3rd 11 that was never going to get a big crowd and the same idiot security officer will doubtless want to be the big I AM again for this one. There are also two Barrow fans Jeff and Jean Alderswallop who live in Boxley Road and we wouldn't want these octagenerians infiltrating the town end and starting trouble especially if Jean smuggles the knitting needles in. Bill’s programme notes for the next game made it clear that was a one-off and wouldn’t be repeated for any league, FA Cup or Trophy games. Unfortunately Kent Police are paranoid about any game involving Stones and Gills and I the club was merely trying to mitigate the cost of policing. I suspect allocating them the whole Genco reduced the number of plod required and with a low turnout expected was the easiest solution and saved a couple of grand in police overtime.
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Post by sword65 on Nov 6, 2023 13:44:47 GMT
If it were made all ticket, then were we to get through to R3 and get a juicy home draw, those who buy a Barrow ticket could have first option on home against Arsenal, or whoever. There again, am sure the club would prefer an away game - 40% of receipts at, say, The Emirates is not to be sniffed at. Yeah Away to Arsenal, if they sold just 40,000 tickets at £30 would be 1.2 million pounds. So 40% of that would be £480,000. Which goes a long way towards a new stand , or pitch, or a handful of top players to get us well in to the National League. We have a great opportunity here, lets hope the club goes about it the right way Or paying of the debts we are undoubtedly accruing by paying full time wages to an ever increasing squad whilst attendances remain on the lowish side.
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Post by pwoodstone on Nov 6, 2023 13:53:43 GMT
Low crowds but drinking on the terraces. Swings and roundabouts I reckon.
I think the owners would have been pragmatic about the crowds we would see this season. Plus I see the permanent signing of Rush as a positive sign to where our spending is compared to budget.
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Post by holysmokes66 on Nov 6, 2023 14:16:47 GMT
Aransibia in the National League FA Cup team of the week alongside Super Jacky Barham
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Post by thescribe on Nov 6, 2023 18:35:48 GMT
I think we have half a chance at doing well in this one. Be nice to get over 3000 in for this one. The club should be doing some festive ticket prices and deals, it will be December after all. Really push this one and get a sell out. Who knows what could happen. Its a bonus game so its not like we planned to get the money from the ticket sales. Lets go all in to try and get a full stadium and give the boys a big boost and try and deliver an early Christmas present for everyone involved with the club.
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