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Whitey Grandad

Whitey Grandad

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  DrZuess1979 the 2nd said:
I am I missing somthing

 

Why has Colchester got a highest of 8810 but a capacity of 6200 :confused:

Layer Road was 6320. The 'Weston Homes Commnity Stadium' is 10,000 so maybe there is an overlap in the statistics.

teamsaint

teamsaint

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  Window Cleaner said:
But the idea of that sort of lost leader is that you create new demand.

If everybody just pays £10 and doesn't take a child with them it doesn't create any new fans. It would serve the smart arses right if the gate-men won't let people with that type of ticket in unless they have the requisite child with them.

 

Well I told the ticket office guy i just wanted the adult ticket, that there would be no kids with me, and was told this was fine.

 

Why exactly would it " serve them right?"

 

perhaps people who took up this deal are not proper fans?

OldNick

OldNick

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I expect the club were not surprised that some would use it to save money, but it is a blunderbuss aproach spray enough shot and you'll hit something. The fans who have used it just to go by themselves may well want some more and go next time at ful price, a lot will give the kid tickets to friends and so the potential of new fans.

Friuends of ours took their kids last leauge game and we got a call at 6 oclock saying they were still trying to prize their kid out of the club shop.He was a man u fan up to then.Now he is fully kitted up as a saints fan.

Yes there are some who will use this to knock the club but for me, if it encourages another 100 people to become saints fans then it is all worhtwhile.

Happy christmas

Andy_Porter

Andy_Porter

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  Evil Monkey said:
Let me get this straight. Its £10 for and adult and child ticket, and what? Full price for just an adult? Thats ridiculous. We'll have about 18k in the ground then.

 

Think it only applys to the family centre, got charged £24 buying a ticket in the Itchen.

Scummer

Scummer

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  Evil Monkey said:
Let me get this straight. Its £10 for and adult and child ticket, and what? Full price for just an adult? Thats ridiculous. We'll have about 18k in the ground then.

 

Only in the Chapel (family enclosure).

70's Mike

70's Mike

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Going to be a sell out according to Solent, which i had on in car this morning as it took 1hr 30mins to go from Hedge End to Locks Heath.

NC said he was really looking forward to seeing SMS full

RonManager

RonManager

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Going to be a sell out according to Solent, which i had on in car this morning as it took 1hr 30mins to go from Hedge End to Locks Heath.

NC said he was really looking forward to seeing SMS full

 

If the majority do what they did against Norwich JPT and turn up expecting to get in five minutes before kickoff then the capacity crowd won't be achieved until half-time!

 

Come early

Matthew Le God

Matthew Le God

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Did the club not realise that single adults could buy an adult/child pair for £10 and only using the adult ticket? Leaving the child seat empty rather than paying £22 for a single seat, possibly even selling the child ticket aswell. Basically this deal is £10 for a single adult seat. Not that I would do it, as sitting in the family enclosure would be my idea of hell! :D

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Saints foreva

Saints foreva

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  StuRomseySaint said:
Block 1 is now open for all you Itchen Northers

 

And Block 43... so looks like we are taking their allocation too!

 

Hopefully the people who get their tickets there are the people who like to stand and sing, not the families...

JRM

JRM

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  Saints foreva said:
Hopefully the people who get their tickets there are the people who like to stand and sing, not the families...

 

 

Agreed, they should put a note on tickets for any part of the Northam saying if you don't want to sing and stand use one of the other stands.

The £10 offer in the Family Centre should ensure all families are safely sat up there away from anyone who could offend them.

Will be great to see the ground full again, hope Exeter can bring a couple of thousand to make it a decent atmosphere.

krissyboy31

krissyboy31

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  JRM said:
Agreed, they should put a note on tickets for any part of the Northam saying if you don't want to sing and stand use one of the other stands.

The £10 offer in the Family Centre should ensure all families are safely sat up there away from anyone who could offend them.

Will be great to see the ground full again, hope Exeter can bring a couple of thousand to make it a decent atmosphere.

 

http://www.exetercityfc.co.uk/page/TicketNews/0,,10436~1895880,00.html

 

Sold 800 so far out of a 1200 allocation.

JRM

JRM

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  krissyboy31 said:

 

As a club they are probably not used to buying away tickets in advance with small numbers travelling and in lower divisions often it is just pay on the day, so hopefully they'll fill the 1200 allocation, so we'd need 28,800 saints to top 30k, sounds like we are on for that at the moment.

The Godfather

The Godfather

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  JRM said:
As a club they are probably not used to buying away tickets in advance with small numbers travelling and in lower divisions often it is just pay on the day, so hopefully they'll fill the 1200 allocation, so we'd need 28,800 saints to top 30k, sounds like we are on for that at the moment.

 

Well going by their original ticket details page on their OS, they describe their allocation of 1200 being large. I don't think they will have many who will pay on the day as its Boxing Day with no trains so their options are limited, either supporters coaches or their own vehicle etc.

 

I don't think they will bring many more than the 1200.

TheSaint75

TheSaint75

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  Kellows Bootlaces said:
Hi Guys, new to this forum so can;t post opening threads. Thought you may be interested in an ECFC internet tv show we produce called Kellows Bootlaces. Tis says Saints are his club, and you can see the interview about the game in part 2 of this weeks show...

 

http://www.kellowsbootlaces.co.ukkellowsbootlaces.co.uk

 

Cheers for that, not a bad little show. He certainly has a warm spot for Saints does Mr Tisdale.

If he carries on the way he is, I wouldn't be opposed to him being SFC manager one day.

Chez

Chez

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  Matthew Le God said:
Did the club not realise that single adults could buy an adult/child pair for £10 and only using the adult ticket? Leaving the child seat empty rather than paying £22 for a single seat, possibly even selling the child ticket aswell. Basically this deal is £10 for a single adult seat. Not that I would do it, as sitting in the family enclosure would be my idea of hell! :D

 

maybe they won't let you through the turnstyle without a kid or two in tow.

Matthew Le God

Matthew Le God

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  Chez said:
maybe they won't let you through the turnstyle without a kid or two in tow.

 

No chance. The stewards on the turnstile won't give a damn. What if someone had a genuine reason why the kid they brought the ticket for couldn't go(illness etc)? They wouldn't turn away the adult without the child.

RonManager

RonManager

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  Matthew Le God said:
No chance. The stewards on the turnstile won't give a damn. What if someone had a genuine reason why the kid they brought the ticket for couldn't go(illness etc)? They wouldn't turn away the adult without the child.

 

In the olden days, kids would be passed back over the terrace wall and re-used.

 

The design of SMS today would make that quite an interesting event.

for_heaven's_Saint

for_heaven's_Saint

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  Matthew Le God said:
No chance. The stewards on the turnstile won't give a damn. What if someone had a genuine reason why the kid they brought the ticket for couldn't go(illness etc)? They wouldn't turn away the adult without the child.

 

The tickets might not even be different to a normal adult ticket anyway.

suewhistle

suewhistle

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It _is_ good news. The bad news is I have a ticket and haven't seen them win in 3 plus years, particularly when they've had big holiday crowd. All runs have to finish eventually.....

saintwarwick

saintwarwick

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  suewhistle said:
It _is_ good news. The bad news is I have a ticket and haven't seen them win in 3 plus years, particularly when they've had big holiday crowd. All runs have to finish eventually.....

 

Might be a good time for you to stay away then :wink:

captainchris

captainchris

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  Evil Monkey said:
Let me get this straight. Its £10 for and adult and child ticket, and what? Full price for just an adult? Thats ridiculous. We'll have about 18k in the ground then.

 

I'm sorry but this policy stinks and I do not like it at all - not one bit!!!

 

In fact I'm angry - very with this. I'm going, as I often do, with my son who is 18 and not earning. Total cost £44.00 !!!!

 

Someone who may or may not have a youngster gets in for a total cost of £10.00 !!!!

 

This system just does not work at all. I'd go with an adult full price and a nipper a nominal fiver but this system leaves me speachless - it just does not add up. I should have bought two lots of adult/child tickets and taken my lad for £20.00 !!! In fact I'm so against this rediculous system it will not encourage me to go again unless the club issue a statement saying it's a huge **** up and that I can have £22.00 back!

 

It's rotten to the core and discriminates against honest fans !

 

This and the Echo fiasco are leading me to think that this 'Set Up' need to wind it in a bit and quickly - their judgment lately is showing signs of arrogance which even starts to push the limits of the previous administration.....

for_heaven's_Saint

for_heaven's_Saint

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  captainchris said:
I'm sorry but this policy stinks and I do not like it at all - not one bit!!!

 

In fact I'm angry - very with this. I'm going, as I often do, with my son who is 18 and not earning. Total cost £44.00 !!!!

 

Someone who may or may not have a youngster gets in for a total cost of £10.00 !!!!

 

This system just does not work at all. I'd go with an adult full price and a nipper a nominal fiver but this system leaves me speachless - it just does not add up. I should have bought two lots of adult/child tickets and taken my lad for £20.00 !!! In fact I'm so against this rediculous system it will not encourage me to go again unless the club issue a statement saying it's a huge **** up and that I can have £22.00 back!

 

It's rotten to the core and discriminates against honest fans !

 

This and the Echo fiasco are leading me to think that this 'Set Up' need to wind it in a bit and quickly - their judgment lately is showing signs of arrogance which even starts to push the limits of the previous administration.....

 

Lol calm down mate. It's a one-off deal designed to get more kids, the future generation of saints fans, to the game. The only way it is discriminating against honest fans is if dishonest fans take advantage; which quite obviously is not the club's intentions. With all due respect I think you need to have a look at it again and ask yourself whether this is 'arrogance', or an attempt by the club to make itself a family club again. Seeing as you are in the minority at being angry at the club I'd suggest it is the latter.

 

 

Furthermore, in my opinion, although I'm obviously generalising a bit, the majority of people who are going to sit in the Chapel are either parents with their children, or older adults. Therefore the amount of people who are likely to try and 'play the system' is considerably smaller as that sort of demographic is not likely to want to sit in the Chapel anyway.

NickG

NickG

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  captainchris said:
I'm sorry but this policy stinks and I do not like it at all - not one bit!!!

 

In fact I'm angry - very with this. I'm going, as I often do, with my son who is 18 and not earning. Total cost £44.00 !!!!

 

Someone who may or may not have a youngster gets in for a total cost of £10.00 !!!!

 

This system just does not work at all. I'd go with an adult full price and a nipper a nominal fiver but this system leaves me speachless - it just does not add up. I should have bought two lots of adult/child tickets and taken my lad for £20.00 !!! In fact I'm so against this rediculous system it will not encourage me to go again unless the club issue a statement saying it's a huge **** up and that I can have £22.00 back!

 

It's rotten to the core and discriminates against honest fans !

 

This and the Echo fiasco are leading me to think that this 'Set Up' need to wind it in a bit and quickly - their judgment lately is showing signs of arrogance which even starts to push the limits of the previous administration.....

 

think you are missing the point. Club want to attract kids - future supporters to the family centre - and so are doing a promotion.

 

most paid more for their ticket, myself included but don't begrudge filling the family area.

 

Are you aware for instance the club often give free tickets to local teams? Its not rotten to the core!

converted_saint

converted_saint

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  captainchris said:
I'm sorry but this policy stinks and I do not like it at all - not one bit!!!

 

In fact I'm angry - very with this. I'm going, as I often do, with my son who is 18 and not earning. Total cost £44.00 !!!!

 

Someone who may or may not have a youngster gets in for a total cost of £10.00 !!!!

 

This system just does not work at all. I'd go with an adult full price and a nipper a nominal fiver but this system leaves me speachless - it just does not add up. I should have bought two lots of adult/child tickets and taken my lad for £20.00 !!! In fact I'm so against this rediculous system it will not encourage me to go again unless the club issue a statement saying it's a huge **** up and that I can have £22.00 back!

 

It's rotten to the core and discriminates against honest fans !

 

This and the Echo fiasco are leading me to think that this 'Set Up' need to wind it in a bit and quickly - their judgment lately is showing signs of arrogance which even starts to push the limits of the previous administration.....

 

Jeez, get over yourself will you! You make it sound like you're being victimised. With these offers every season ticket holder stands to lose out a little bit. It's not like it happens every game. I'd rather have these offers run to get the stadium full than to watch the team playing in front of a half-empty ground.

 

And anyway, just be grateful you've got a club to support at all.

View From The Top

View From The Top

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  captainchris said:
I'm sorry but this policy stinks and I do not like it at all - not one bit!!!

 

In fact I'm angry - very with this. I'm going, as I often do, with my son who is 18 and not earning. Total cost £44.00 !!!!

 

Someone who may or may not have a youngster gets in for a total cost of £10.00 !!!!

 

This system just does not work at all. I'd go with an adult full price and a nipper a nominal fiver but this system leaves me speachless - it just does not add up. I should have bought two lots of adult/child tickets and taken my lad for £20.00 !!! In fact I'm so against this rediculous system it will not encourage me to go again unless the club issue a statement saying it's a huge **** up and that I can have £22.00 back!

 

It's rotten to the core and discriminates against honest fans !

 

This and the Echo fiasco are leading me to think that this 'Set Up' need to wind it in a bit and quickly - their judgment lately is showing signs of arrogance which even starts to push the limits of the previous administration.....

 

And the TSW Drama Queen award 2009 goes to...............

captainchris

captainchris

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  NickG said:
think you are missing the point. Club want to attract kids - future supporters to the family centre - and so are doing a promotion.

 

most paid more for their ticket, myself included but don't begrudge filling the family area.

 

Are you aware for instance the club often give free tickets to local teams? Its not rotten to the core!

 

I'm all for 'promotions' but they they have to be just a tiny bit logical. I have not said I'm against any promotions at all - on the contrary I would advocate them and promoting kids in particular. The thing is though, why discount adults to tho the tune of some 60% at the same time. If the offer was linked to those unemployed or on Social I would say that's fare enough but this 'offer' shows no sign of any thought process being employed what so ever and hides behind the 'lets get kids in' slogan as an excuse for a poorly thought out scheme.

for_heaven's_Saint

for_heaven's_Saint

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  captainchris said:
I'm all for 'promotions' but they they have to be just a tiny bit logical. I have not said I'm against any promotions at all - on the contrary I would advocate them and promoting kids in particular. The thing is though, why discount adults to tho the tune of some 60% at the same time. If the offer was linked to those unemployed or on Social I would say that's fare enough but this 'offer' shows no sign of any thought process being employed what so ever and hides behind the 'lets get kids in' slogan as an excuse for a poorly thought out scheme.

 

I think you do have a point in that certain adults, those with children, benefit over others, but realistically there's no other way to get kids in; you have to offer their parents an incentive to bring them.

It's not as if you're actually losing out is it? You'd have been paying the same for a ticket whether this offer was on or not, so there's absolutely nothing to complain about.

Matthew Le God

Matthew Le God

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It's not as if you're actually losing out is it? You'd have been paying the same for a ticket whether this offer was on or not, so there's absolutely nothing to complain about.

 

Well you are wrong there...

 

4 adults wanting tickets behind the goal in the Northam would pay £88.

 

8 people (4 adults with 4 children) wanting tickets behind the goal in the Chapel would pay £40.

 

Both sets of seats would have the same view but prices are massively different. In theory a group of 4 adults could take up the deal offer in the Chapel and not bring any children and save £48 compared to another group of 4 adults in the Northam.

 

8 tickets (including 4 adult) are under half the price of 4 adult tickets for the exact same view of the pitch. Crazy logic! The ticket office has messed this up. What they should have done is made all adult tickets stay at full price and give away free child tickets if brought with an adult ticket.

Edited by Matthew Le God
for_heaven's_Saint

for_heaven's_Saint

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  Matthew Le God said:
Well you are wrong there...

 

4 adults wanting tickets behind the goal in the Northam would pay £88.

 

8 people (4 adults with 4 children) wanting tickets behind the goal in the Chapel would pay £40.

 

Both sets of seats would have the same view but prices are massively different. In theory a group of 4 adults could take up the deal offer in the Chapel and not bring any children and save £48 compared to another group of 4 adults in the Northam.

 

8 tickets (including 4 adult) are under half the price of 4 adult tickets for the exact same view of the pitch. Crazy logic! The ticket office has messed this up. What they should have done is made all adult tickets stay at full price and give away free child tickets if brought with an adult ticket.

 

Well no, I'm not wrong, because my point was that he has paid £44 for his tickets now and he would have paid that anyway.

Gemmel

Gemmel

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  captainchris said:
i'm sorry but this policy stinks and i do not like it at all - not one bit!!!

 

In fact i'm angry - very with this. I'm going, as i often do, with my son who is 18 and not earning. Total cost £44.00 !!!!

 

Someone who may or may not have a youngster gets in for a total cost of £10.00 !!!!

 

This system just does not work at all. I'd go with an adult full price and a nipper a nominal fiver but this system leaves me speachless - it just does not add up. I should have bought two lots of adult/child tickets and taken my lad for £20.00 !!! In fact i'm so against this rediculous system it will not encourage me to go again unless the club issue a statement saying it's a huge **** up and that i can have £22.00 back!

 

It's rotten to the core and discriminates against honest fans !

 

This and the echo fiasco are leading me to think that this 'set up' need to wind it in a bit and quickly - their judgment lately is showing signs of arrogance which even starts to push the limits of the previous administration.....

 

lmfao

Ooooo Mariaaan

Ooooo Mariaaan

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It's a ploy to record a 'sell-out' - they most likely are fully aware that loads of adults without kids will bundle into the Chapel.

 

Can't believe the post saying it'd be 'fair enough' giving discounts to the unemployed - sorry for having a job and contributing to society as opposed to taking from it.

West End Saint

West End Saint

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I dont mind when they do deals to get fans in kids for a quid whatever not bothered I have been a season ticket holder for a number of years but i dont see it as losing out when the club do a offer.

 

I would much rather see a full St Marys and the next generation of Saints fans get the bug I think this years ST was good value. We are seeing our team win & score goals if it is with a full house so much the better.

alehouseboys

alehouseboys

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  Ooooo Mariaaan said:
It's a ploy to record a 'sell-out' - they most likely are fully aware that loads of adults without kids will bundle into the Chapel.

 

Can't believe the post saying it'd be 'fair enough' giving discounts to the unemployed - sorry for having a job and contributing to society as opposed to taking from it.

 

So if there's loads of empty seats in the "sold-out" family area then the club will know they got it wrong and some fans have taken the club for mugs.

 

Bet there aint.

 

It's a great way to get kids there at this level of football, the club should be commended.

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