JonnyLove Posted 10 July, 2013 Posted 10 July, 2013 So doing the Math. I have worked out that as I purchased a season ticket on finance I can miss 1 game and then it's cheaper to purchase the tickets individually. Hmmm. not such great value this time round Saints.
Bucks Saint Posted 10 July, 2013 Posted 10 July, 2013 Cardiff a B game, Villa a C? Sheesh, sorry Villa fans
Sour Mash Posted 10 July, 2013 Posted 10 July, 2013 Cardiff a B game, Villa a C? Sheesh, sorry Villa fans Why sorry? They'll be pleased with that.
Alain Perrin Posted 10 July, 2013 Posted 10 July, 2013 Not strictly true as you have to factor in the booking fee. Not forgetting the general ball ache of booking tickets / not getting them for 'A' matches and the USB key you get witht he season ticket....
JRM Posted 10 July, 2013 Posted 10 July, 2013 some odd categorising there with cardiff a B and cup holders Swansea a C , hope saints are lowest ranked elsewhere for cheaper prices.
ant Posted 10 July, 2013 Posted 10 July, 2013 On my Wings/Goals season ticket I save £84, getting around 2.5 games 'free'. Sounds about right, plus there's no faffing with buying individual tickets then.
angelman Posted 10 July, 2013 Posted 10 July, 2013 I find the categorising of matches all rather pathetic. I know that there is a supply & demand aspect, but for the sake of an extra £100-200k's worth of income, it seems a half arsed measure.
angelman Posted 10 July, 2013 Posted 10 July, 2013 On my Wings/Goals season ticket I save £84, getting around 2.5 games 'free'. Sounds about right, plus there's no faffing with buying individual tickets then. Season ticket saving is £121
Baldbarbarian Posted 10 July, 2013 Posted 10 July, 2013 Save £66 in total (factoring in the admin fee on the ST finance). Im happy with that considering I dont have the ballache of getting indvidual tickets
stevegrant Posted 10 July, 2013 Posted 10 July, 2013 Season ticket saving is £121 That's based on a "new" season ticket, not a renewal.
Saint Garrett Posted 10 July, 2013 Posted 10 July, 2013 Also surprised that Cardiff are B along with Fulham.
Scummer Posted 10 July, 2013 Posted 10 July, 2013 Under 11 prices are a bit stupid. You can buy a Cat A ticket for £10 with one paying adult. If you only have one paying adult for Cat B and C games you pay the U17 price (£16 and £14). So it's cheaper to go to the best games........
warsash saint Posted 10 July, 2013 Posted 10 July, 2013 So do under 11's go free in the family section with one or 2 adults in the Cat B & C games?? There is a * at top of chart that states 1 u11 goes free with 1 adult BUT then has ** next to the Cat B & C games? Confused I see I will be having fun & gmaes with the ticket office again this season!
bpsaint Posted 10 July, 2013 Posted 10 July, 2013 Can understand Villa as a C game as they have been tosh for a few years, to see West Brom alongside them though whilst Sunderland and Cardiff are in the B category is rather odd. Someone on fb suggested that Cardiff may be a category B due to the numbers they travel in, and the few extra £ per ticket paying for the extra policing required for the Neanderthal sheep****gers.
Bucks Saint Posted 10 July, 2013 Posted 10 July, 2013 Why sorry? They'll be pleased with that. Wallet saving may not be enough to make up for the injured pride though!
angelman Posted 10 July, 2013 Posted 10 July, 2013 That's based on a "new" season ticket, not a renewal. No - it's a renewal Unless I am being stupid, Kingsland Premium £705 vs £826
ant Posted 10 July, 2013 Posted 10 July, 2013 No - it's a renewal Unless I am being stupid, Kingsland Premium £705 vs £826 The pricing's different per section and I did say Wings/Goals. For me the renewal price was £604 - the equivalent cost of separate tickets is £688.
View From The Top Posted 10 July, 2013 Posted 10 July, 2013 Can't see me shelling out for any home games at those prices. I'll rely on using Corkys STs when he's in Florida. Sent from my GT-P3110 using Tapatalk 2
JRM Posted 10 July, 2013 Posted 10 July, 2013 Can't see me shelling out for any home games at those prices. I'll rely on using Corkys STs when he's in Florida. Sent from my GT-P3110 using Tapatalk 2 do you still qualify for the under 11? family centre for the 7 Cat C games looks very good at £30 adult and free under 11.
Ivan Oar Posted 10 July, 2013 Posted 10 July, 2013 do you still qualify for the under 11? family centre for the 7 Cat C games looks very good at £30 adult and free under 11. Only if you buy two adult tickets per "free" U11...
View From The Top Posted 10 July, 2013 Posted 10 July, 2013 do you still qualify for the under 11? family centre for the 7 Cat C games looks very good at £30 adult and free under 11. Not any more. It's one of the reasons the season tickets had to go. As he's now 11 they insisted he'd have to have an u17s ticket.
Super_Uwe Posted 10 July, 2013 Posted 10 July, 2013 Think I know why the Villa game is category C - it's on a Tuesday night (3rd December), and with Christmas being around the corner and the Man City game on the Saturday (7th), it could potentially be a smaller crowd. Seems like quite a logical move Prices seem OK, even if I go to a Category A game I can probably get my transport etc in for around £70. Haven't been to St Marys since 2009 when we beat Yeovil 2-0 - we haven't done too bad in my absence....
Wilko Posted 10 July, 2013 Posted 10 July, 2013 So we've successfully broken the £50 barrier. Well done, Saints. We've made it.
richie Posted 10 July, 2013 Posted 10 July, 2013 Not any more. It's one of the reasons the season tickets had to go. As he's now 11 they insisted he'd have to have an u17s ticket. ****ing cheeky of the club. Just think next season if we stay up they'll go up a bit more!!!!!! For me and the boy to go to Cat C game in the family stand its £49!! inc 2 x booking fee. (assuming i'm right that you pay the u17 price if its just one adult in the family stand? Probably do more away games this season. It will cost more but at least it wont be as sh1t an atmosphere as in the family stand!!
The9 Posted 10 July, 2013 Posted 10 July, 2013 Can understand Villa as a C game as they have been tosh for a few years, to see West Brom alongside them though whilst Sunderland and Cardiff are in the B category is rather odd. Someone on fb suggested that Cardiff may be a category B due to the numbers they travel in, and the few extra £ per ticket paying for the extra policing required for the Neanderthal sheep****gers. Swansea aside, it's about the same distance to us for them as it is to Villa and West Brom, so we're one of their nearest 4 matches - plus there's a direct train. Makes sense that we'd charge more. It's also more "interesting" to see different sides, though that does ignore the fact we've seen us play Cardiff a lot more than Villa in the past 8 years.
View From The Top Posted 10 July, 2013 Posted 10 July, 2013 ****ing cheeky of the club. Just think next season if we stay up they'll go up a bit more!!!!!! For me and the boy to go to Cat C game in the family stand its £49!! inc 2 x booking fee. (assuming i'm right that you pay the u17 price if its just one adult in the family stand? Probably do more away games this season. It will cost more but at least it wont be as sh1t an atmosphere as in the family stand!! We'll just do away games (tickets sorted by soton based ST holder) so the club lose the cash of two long term fans. Not that they'll be bothered.
Norm Posted 11 July, 2013 Posted 11 July, 2013 Hmm, unless I can get tkts in Family section (which was difficult last season) it looks like firtrowsports again for me and grandson.
The Mac Attack Posted 11 July, 2013 Posted 11 July, 2013 So we are looking at increases of a couple of quid but that's over six percent on some tickets. The demand for tickets last season wasn't exactly out stripping supply most weeks, without a top half of the table season some weeks we simply won't sell out. With the booking fees on top of the prices don't represent good value for money imo.
CylonKing Posted 11 July, 2013 Posted 11 July, 2013 Went to the cinema last night to see Man of Steel - Orange Wednesday offer - £9 for 2 adult tickets for over 2hrs entertainment. To see Saints play - over £30 each for 2 hrs worth of entertainment.....if you are lucky. I would love to travel down to Southampton to see Saints play a lot more but put against other forms of entertainment the value just does not stack up. Am hoping to get down for the Swansea game and possibly to a couple of Midlands away games (hoping for Notts County and Forest in the cups) but that is it. Anyone else think that football is moving towards a breaking point on ticket prices where more people are going to stay away than go?
trousers Posted 11 July, 2013 Posted 11 July, 2013 Went to the cinema last night to see Man of Steel - Orange Wednesday offer - £9 for 2 adult tickets for over 2hrs entertainment. To see Saints play - over £30 each for 2 hrs worth of entertainment.....if you are lucky. I would love to travel down to Southampton to see Saints play a lot more but put against other forms of entertainment the value just does not stack up. I tend to look at it this way... How much does it cost the cinema company to show one film? How much does it cost for a premier league club to host a game of football? The best comparison to me is not the face value of tickets for different forms of entertain but instead to compare the 'mark up' each is making on the tickets. Ok, I know the come back on that one will be that Saints are able to offset most of their costs from the TV money but looking at it purely from the 'cost per game' angle you may well find that the cinema makes more profit per screening than Saints do per game. I could be completely wide of the mark and missing the point but there's a reason one form of entertainment costs more than others.
Sour Mash Posted 11 July, 2013 Posted 11 July, 2013 I tend to look at it this way... How much does it cost the cinema company to show one film? How much does it cost for a premier league club to host a game of football? The best comparison to me is not the face value of tickets for different forms of entertain but instead to compare the 'mark up' each is making on the tickets. Ok, I know the come back on that one will be that Saints are able to offset most of their costs from the TV money but looking at it purely from the 'cost per game' angle you may well find that the cinema makes more profit per screening than Saints do per game. I could be completely wide of the mark and missing the point but there's a reason one form of entertainment costs more than others. You are wrong, the reason is supply and demand, basic market forces.
The Mac Attack Posted 11 July, 2013 Posted 11 July, 2013 There's obviously going to be different costs associated with different forms of entertainment but does that really bother the consumer? Surely they pay for something based on the enjoyment they get from going, for the most part? Including booking fee you are looking at the best part of £40 plus to see Saints play teams like Sunderland and Fulham. Don't get me wrong, I will still go to games but instead of going to ten games a season it might end up being 6 or 7. I have the money but at those prices it makes me consider whether it is worth it. If the prices were at thirty pound a game I would probably attend most if not all games.
trousers Posted 11 July, 2013 Posted 11 July, 2013 You are wrong, the reason is supply and demand, basic market forces. Ok. I've been wrong before and will endeavour to keep up this poor track record for years to come.
sotonjoe Posted 11 July, 2013 Posted 11 July, 2013 They'll charge as much as the fans are willing to pay.
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