Ticket Prices.

[RedAndWhite91]

I think our ticket prices are really high.

 

To buy an adult ticket in the centre area of the ground for the Yeovil match it would set you back £25.

To buy an adult ticket for Wigan vs Chelsea in the centre area of Wigan's ground, would cost you £27. (Note this is a Category B game, a Category A would cost £30).

 

That is a Premier League match involving one of the best teams in Europe, and it would only cost you £2 more than watching a League One match involving Yeovil. How many people would honestly say it doesn't bother them paying near Premier League prices for a League One match? I don't mind as I have a Season Ticket, but surely if the price is lowered, even by £5 or something, you would get more people come along? I don't know, I just think it is a fairly high price. Don't get me wrong I'm not having a dig at the way the club is being run or anything like that, it just strikes me as odd that we are charging nearly as much as what Wigan are charging for a PL match against Chelsea.

[iansums]

TBH I think you are spot on. I think some of the deals for Adult + kids are very good i.e. £19 for an Adult + under 8 but £25 for an Adult in the centre does seem a bit excessive.

 

Not everyone can justify splashing out on a season ticket as they can't get to so many games so I'm sure £25 is putting a number of people off coming.

[The Kraken]

Wigan's prices are so low because they can't fill their ground, even against the likes of Chelsea or Man Utd.

 

Our prices when in the Prem were up to £35, and we filled the ground on many occasions. I imagine if were still up there, with inflation etc we'd be looking at £40 for a ticket, so it's all relative.

[View From The Top]

They are to expensive if you are a non season ticket holder and it does put off the walk up, but, if we win games.............

[Smirking_Saint]

We still have a pretty loyal support however and we are still getting good gates. It seems as if NC has geared this season to attracting families and younger generations perhaps in the hope of a higher fan base as they get older and hopefully get the saints bug.

 

Thats probably why there are better deals for an adult child combo.

 

That being said, the prices for a league one match adult center are less steep more f'ng verticle TBH. I am still making it to a the majority of games but not as much as i'd have liked.

[krissyboy31]

£10 with the newsletter!!

http://saintsweb.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=16479&highlight=yeovil

[Miltonaggro]

I have a cousin who is a Leeds fan, and work with a Norwich City supporter (poor b*stard) - both work in London and travel at weekends to see home matches when able. We were talking about support and competitive pricing in what is a rather poor spectacle of a league a week ago, and I seem to remember hearing that Leeds matchday league prices were banded between £15-25 this season, whereas Norwich were £11-22 both depending on the opposition.

 

If accurate, as a fellow sleeping giant in League 1, this does indeed make Yeovil look a tad pricey...

[RedAndWhite91]

I just think that if you lower prices and make a point of advertising the fact you have lowered prices then you will get more people going to the match on a whim thinking "the football is cheap this weekend, let's go along". I know I would have been able to go to more matches when I was younger if it wasn't so dear.

[OldNick]

you say the centre of the ground, so you mean the best seats I presume

[RedAndWhite91]

you say the centre of the ground, so you mean the best seats I presume

 

I'm guessing it means Kingsland/Itchen as the only categories are 'Centre', 'Wings/Northam', 'Family Enclosure'.

[krissyboy31]

I'm guessing it means Kingsland/Itchen as the only categories are 'Centre', 'Wings/Northam', 'Family Enclosure'.

 

Block 34 of Kingsland, where I sit is £22. Centres are Blocks 5 to 9 inclusive and 29 to 33 inclusive.

http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/staticFiles/c2/37/0,,10280~145346,00.pdf

[Channon's Sideburns]

They've dropped some of the corporate prices though.

 

You can now go into the Channon Suite (sorry now Bar) for £50 +VAT (used to be £99 + VAT).

 

Price includes 'superior' seat, buffet, programme and player interview, plus suite host. No more sitting down or inclusive drinks (that's where the savings are) but I think that's cracking value for a special occasion.

[Beer Engine]

Even the best sides offer discounts for supposedly less attractive games.

 

For example, any seat at Stamford Bridge to watch Chelsea v Athletico Madrid in the Champions League is £19.50 for adults and £9.50 for kids. Non-members might pay a quid or two more, I don't know.

 

Which makes £25 to watch a Third Division game against Yeovil seem very expensive.

[krissyboy31]

We are in League 1, by definition every game is against unattractive opposition. I think that the matchday price of £22 to £25 is a tad high but the other offers, like adult and kid pair for the same price is excellent value, as were the season ticket prices.

[Thedelldays]

individual ticket prices of £22 is a bit high for this league IMO

[Bevans]

I went to see Werder Bremen v Hannover 96 on Sunday it cost a paltry 13 Euros for a ticket. Fine German football isn't the best in the world but that's makes our tickets (and I mean English football in general as well as Saints) look really pricey.

[londonsaint1604]

They are definitely too high. Just reducing them by a couple of quid would make them seem a lot more reasonable. Although the Young Adult price is fair. I think they should at least have a loyalty scheme to reward non-ST holders who attend on a semi-regular basis as that would encourage them (me) to go to a few more towards the end of the season.

[The Godfather]

Huddersfield away was £24 and their are other clubs with similar prices to us.

[OldNick]

should we not hang on here and think.I thought we were united in the belief that we wanted to get back to the top.Not 4 months ago we were about to go out of business.We then expected somebody to buy us and pay 15m for it and now after that we are complaining because we may be paying a few quid a game too much.

Now i dont want to be had over but I suspect the same people who moan about ticket prices are the same ones who want us to spend on the squad.

SFC is a hungry animal, without paying custoners we are stuffed as we cant rely on tv revenue.

[londonsaint1604]

Huddersfield away was £24 and their are other clubs with similar prices to us.

 

Also too expensive

[Thedelldays]

should we not hang on here and think.I thought we were united in the belief that we wanted to get back to the top.Not 4 months ago we were about to go out of business.We then expected somebody to buy us and pay 15m for it and now after that we are complaining because we may be paying a few quid a game too much.

Now i dont want to be had over but I suspect the same people who moan about ticket prices are the same ones who want us to spend on the squad.

SFC is a hungry animal, without paying custoners we are stuffed as we cant rely on tv revenue.

all well and good nick....anyway, back in the real world

[Ash]

all well and good nick....anyway, back in the real world

Exactly. Quite what he is going on about is anyone's guess.

I think all ticket prices are too expensive in this division, whether we are lucky to be in business or not makes little or no difference to this.

Twenty quid should be the very top end ticket for third division football, it is absolutely ****ing mental the prices we have to pay.

The Torquay match next week is a good one, if I rock up on the night it is going to set me back fifteen quid. After the consultation with fans ******** on the official site that is laughable. Charlton are doing five pound a ticket for their JPT game; theirs is at home too against a team from the same league as Torquay. I bet they get a bigger attendance than us.

[RedAndWhite91]

should we not hang on here and think.I thought we were united in the belief that we wanted to get back to the top.Not 4 months ago we were about to go out of business.We then expected somebody to buy us and pay 15m for it and now after that we are complaining because we may be paying a few quid a game too much.

Now i dont want to be had over but I suspect the same people who moan about ticket prices are the same ones who want us to spend on the squad.

SFC is a hungry animal, without paying custoners we are stuffed as we cant rely on tv revenue.

 

This doesn't have too much to do with ticket prices, and the point I'm making is if we have cheaper prices we will sell more tickets, resulting in more support for the team, more beer sold, more programmes sold, etc. etc. etc.

[ringwood]

The club has been told it has to stand on its own feet, it will not incur debt, so perhaps a projection of the expected gates was how they arrived at the price?

 

If that's the case which I would hope everyone on here would agree is likely, then what you can't do is what the previous regimes did and **** off season ticket holders by reducing prices to league games, that will have a negative effect on future season ticket renewals.

 

The scope is there with cup games as they are an unknown quantity, a long cup run doesn't mean you'd get all home games either, but it probably would mean the club was playing well and therefore more on the day purchases for league games which may the following season lead to more season ticket sales.

 

If you think the price is too high my attitude is tough, the club has to survive, if the price of the stadium , the policing, the training facilities , the squad etc means £30 tickets then thats where we are,

 

How deep is your love of football ?

 

I'd like to go watch every Gran Prix but its too expensive(my loves not that deep) so I don't go but watch tv or listen on the radio .

 

How many whinging about the price of the tickets have a Sky Sports subscription? Guess who drove up the prices of players by pumping in money to the game?

 

At the end of the day its a club to run at a profit not a charity providing somewhere for people to pop along for a cheap Saturday afternoon and then go home go online and whinge that the footballs crap and that the whole squad need overhauling with quality expensive players !!!!!!!!

 

 

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[teamsaint]

Most football in England is pricey. Look at some conference prices, (Salisbury £14).

 

Ours really aren't too bad by comparison.

If you are prepared to sit in the Chapel, you can get in for a single match for £19. Its about par for the level we are at.

 

FWIW I think the club should premium price the best tickets, and discount elsewhere.Good business.

[OldNick]

Exactly. Quite what he is going on about is anyone's guess.

I think all ticket prices are too expensive in this division, whether we are lucky to be in business or not makes little or no difference to this.

Twenty quid should be the very top end ticket for third division football, it is absolutely ****ing mental the prices we have to pay.

The Torquay match next week is a good one, if I rock up on the night it is going to set me back fifteen quid. After the consultation with fans ******** on the official site that is laughable. Charlton are doing five pound a ticket for their JPT game; theirs is at home too against a team from the same league as Torquay. I bet they get a bigger attendance than us.

The first part of my post was too hard for you to comprehend I understand that.

As for the Torquay match I also agree to get people along 15 is too high and perhaps a tenner would have been better.For Charltons scheme to work they need 3 times the gate than we get.I doubt that will happen.I also think it is an agreement between both clubs re pricing.

[The boy done well]

Hold on! Just try getting a season ticket instead. Works out at around £15 a game in the centre and under £12 if you're a senior. I do remember plenty coming on here to say why bother getting a season ticket because you would always be able to get a ticket without. Well this is maybe why!

[RedAndWhite91]

I have got a season ticket. I was just saying how expensive it was for those who do not.

[September Saint]

Exactly. Quite what he is going on about is anyone's guess.

I think all ticket prices are too expensive in this division, whether we are lucky to be in business or not makes little or no difference to this.

Twenty quid should be the very top end ticket for third division football, it is absolutely ****ing mental the prices we have to pay.

The Torquay match next week is a good one, if I rock up on the night it is going to set me back fifteen quid. After the consultation with fans ******** on the official site that is laughable. Charlton are doing five pound a ticket for their JPT game; theirs is at home too against a team from the same league as Torquay. I bet they get a bigger attendance than us.

 

I was under the impression (from the Official website) that the JPT match was going to be £5. Was I mistaken?

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[AndyNorthernSaints]

Paid £18 last season to watch Mansfield v Woking in the conference.

[The Godfather]

I was under the impression (from the Official website) that the JPT match was going to be £5. Was I mistaken?

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ST holders in advanced £7.50

Non ST holders in advance £15

 

On the day: £15

£7.50 with Season ticket.

[krissyboy31]

ST holders in advanced £7.50

Non ST holders in advance £10

Concessions ST £3, non ST £5

U16's Free

 

On the day: £15 non ST

£7.50 with Season ticket.

Concessions ST £3, non ST £5

U16's £2

 

corrected it for you!!

[Ash]

The first part of my post was too hard for you to comprehend I understand that.

Was there any need for that? It added nothing to your post. I didn't insult you in my post, even though it would have been quite easy for me to call you a **** muncher.

What gave you the impression that is what too difficult for me to comprehend? I just thought that the point you made was so lacking in validity I couldn't understand why you made it. Where do you draw the line, we're all pleased the club got saved. It doesn't mean every single debate, be it from ticket prices to the club's form, has to influenced by it.

[oxfordshire_saint]

I went to see Werder Bremen v Hannover 96 on Sunday it cost a paltry 13 Euros for a ticket. Fine German football isn't the best in the world but that's makes our tickets (and I mean English football in general as well as Saints) look really pricey.

 

The German's have the right idea, cheap tickets, good stadiums and friendly atmosphere = good attendances!

 

Although the quality of the football isn't on a par with the Premiership the matchday experience as a whole is more enjoyable, I went to Schalke vs Leverkusen last season and it was great. We paid a bit more because we bought through seatwave, but face value was 19 Euros on the ticket.

 

Most of Europe is the same, I know tickets in Italy are cheap (although the stadiums and facilities are garbage)

 

The question you have to ask with us is though, how better do you think the attendances would be if the prices were cheaper? I doubt it'd bring many more people through the gates. There's people who are prepared to watch Saints in League One and people who aren't, a few quid wouldn't make too much of a difference.

[sotonjoe]

I agree, our tickets are too expensive.

[Saint Fan CaM]

Nah - £25 for centre stand is good for non-ST's. Keeps out the riff-raff and yobbos.

[JRM]

The German's have the right idea, cheap tickets, good stadiums and friendly atmosphere = good attendances!

 

Although the quality of the football isn't on a par with the Premiership the matchday experience as a whole is more enjoyable, I went to Schalke vs Leverkusen last season and it was great. We paid a bit more because we bought through seatwave, but face value was 19 Euros on the ticket.

 

Most of Europe is the same, I know tickets in Italy are cheap (although the stadiums and facilities are garbage)

 

The question you have to ask with us is though, how better do you think the attendances would be if the prices were cheaper? I doubt it'd bring many more people through the gates. There's people who are prepared to watch Saints in League One and people who aren't, a few quid wouldn't make too much of a difference.

 

 

German football is much better for the fans than in English league, top flight have cheap tickets, option of terracing, often better atmospherse as well. I've been to games as Schalke, Hamburg, Hertha Berlin, St Pauli and never paid more that €20.

[ringwood]

The ticket price reflects the economics of the club, the size of the wage bill, both wages for playing staff and the backroom staff, the facilities which will all have utilities bills to pay, rates etc

 

Saw no one complaining when Pardew bought Lambert, Hammond etc

 

We get next to ******* all tv money in this league , but the price of players is reflected down from the higher divisions which do benefit from the money.

 

What we should be thinking is that the price from last year couldn't sustain the club, the income streams led to admin, regardless of how other clubs/ leagues run their finances SFC have set the price to reflect its own needs, if it was making huge amounts of profit from the ticket prices then last year shouldn't of happened?

[Thedelldays]

The ticket price reflects the economics of the club, the size of the wage bill, both wages for playing staff and the backroom staff, the facilities which will all have utilities bills to pay, rates etc

 

Saw no one complaining when Pardew bought Lambert, Hammond etc

 

We get next to ******* all tv money in this league , but the price of players is reflected down from the higher divisions which do benefit from the money.

 

What we should be thinking is that the price from last year couldn't sustain the club, the income streams led to admin, regardless of how other clubs/ leagues run their finances SFC have set the price to reflect its own needs, if it was making huge amounts of profit from the ticket prices then last year shouldn't of happened?

 

that would be a fair point..if you had any idea what so ever of the revenue in and out of the club.....

[Wilko]

Not value for money IMO.

 

Will probably stick to aways this season.

[JRM]

Ideally what we need in England is for the bubble to burst and a drop in attendances across the board, effectively telling the clubs that their product was not worth as much as they thought. Hopefully the knock on effect would be a re-evaluation of how much players are paid to bring that back into line as well. As long as clubs can fill the ground they will continue putting the prices up to maximise their income, regardless of whether or not they are pricing out loyal fans who have been going for years. Bringing back standing would go along way to allowing a range of ticket prices to be introduced like the continent, lowest prices being £10 - £12 for terracing up to £40 for premium seats. Gives everyone what they want and improves the atmosphere as well.

[dune]

£15 for a ticket behind the goals is as much as you should be paying for noddy League 1 football.