Season Ticket Priices -2012/2013 (2 Viewers)

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PorkyCovvy

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There seems to be a lot of people missing the point with the season ticket pricing. The increase in Adult tickets is only a 4.5% increase. Like all things costs go up, and a 4.5% rise in ticket prices for Adults is not unrealistic. I've seen people on Twitter who I am sure don't have kids complaining about the price of their season ticket already.

The only people who have been penalised here are the parents and the Coventry City fans of tomorrow. If the rumours are true, the cost for a child to attend the games for a season has risen by almost 50%. And of course, it won't be the child bearing that cost but the parent. But let's again remain realistic, the cost still averages out at a cost of £6 per match. Which is reasonable, especially when you can pay on a monthly direct debit.

So I have absolutely no sympathy for any non-parent complaining about the prices. Supporting your football club is a price in-elastic ritual (for those who don't know what this means, it basically means price is not an issue). It does not matter what league we are in we pay to watch CCFC and not the standard of football. Anyone who sees their support of CCFC being price elastic is quite frankly not a real fan and I'd rather not be associated with them.

Some people will use any excuse to make them feel a victim of the SISU regime!
 
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ricohroar

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So on the same logic if we got back to the prem the tickets would also stay the same price???? yeah right.
 
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price may not be an issue for some people but it is for others, also the owners of the club are a big issue !!! would i buy a season ticket with SISU in charge if we were relegated or in the championship no!, if we are owned by somebody else then it wouldnt matter what division we were in i would buy a season ticket!!
 
torchomatic

torchomatic

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I'll be buying one along with my Dad and son whatever league we find ourselves in next season. I couldn't imagine doing anything else on a Saturday afternoon.
 
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PorkyCovvy

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ricohroar said:
So on the same logic if we got back to the prem the tickets would also stay the same price???? yeah right.
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No, they would rise. As demand for the tickets would clearly rise. Look at any club who has been promoted to the Premier League. They have experienced higher average gates during that season.

So it would make sound economical sense for a club to increase the price due to higher demand.

At this level, the club have shown that reducing prices makes very little difference to the attendance. People were hardly banging the door down to get into Barnsley. So, we have now bottomed out to the core fans who demonstrate a price in-elastic relationship with Coventry City. These fans are Coventry's only source of revenue so yes, they must take on the rising costs of the world. But 5% is bang on with rises in everything else. Beer has risen closer to 10% in the last year, and I don't know anyone who has stopped drinking it because of the hike.

Stop getting on your high horses over nothing and stop playing the victims of the evil SISU regime. We all demand Coventry City be ran sustainably and within its own means, yet when Coventry try and do this, we all complain.
 
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i do not think anybody is complaining about the club living within its means but to put the championship status at risk for a cut at all costs attitude is a dangerous if not stupid choice made by the owners, how much more is the club going to lose if we are relegated ?? fan numbers will be less which equals less money coming in its a never ending spiral down, also if you look at the clubs around us loaning players to help fight relegation while our owners again file the accounts late which means we can not loan players to help with our fight to avoid relegation, is it any wonder alot of fans will not trust the owners with their money ???
 
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PorkyCovvy

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The increase is an equivalent of around 55p per game! If you pay Direct Debit its an extra 2p you need to find a day to pay for the increase!

Please keep perspective people!
 
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PorkyCovvy

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Pay for your season ticket on a credit card. If and when the club go bust you are protected. Beyond that, just go to the games and support the team.
 
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just away games for me at the moment thanks although that will apparantly make me less of a fan ;)
 
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skybluesam66

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these people who would never put a penny back into sisu ? if we managed to scrape survival, and some sort of miracle meant we were top 6 next season (unrealistic I know) - but they would be straight back

I hate sisu with a passion, but i love ccfc - and would not cut off my nose to spite my face

if you were going out with a gorgeous girl who satisfied you in every way - but her adopted parents were Andy Gray and Maggie thatcher - would that stop you seeing the girl ?
 
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porky i really dont think prices are an issue it is where the money goes and how much gets invested in the playing squad that is the issue :)
 
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LeamingtonBootBoy

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If it's a business...and we get continually told this by those who have run the club over the last 4/5 years....then let's look at performance before pricing up the season tickets.

This season concession prices went up 50%...from £11 to £16 per game, and the season has been utter garbage.

We'll be playing the same number of games in a lower league next season (if we go down), so the excuse of 'more games for your money' doesn't apply.

Why not throw in 2/3 free cup ties, ffs, it's not as though we'll be queueing for the Johnstones Paints 1st Rd tie, will we?!

Also, put up season ticket prices, I can live with that...but then also make public that players will be taking a pay cut which also reflects our status.....Bell and Baker sitting on 4-year deals seem to be profiting from us having to dip deeper into our pockets.....that rankles with the fans....shit effort/performance rewarded with our money and loyalty.
 
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skybluesam66 said:
these people who would never put a penny back into sisu ? if we managed to scrape survival, and some sort of miracle meant we were top 6 next season (unrealistic I know) - but they would be straight back

I hate sisu with a passion, but i love ccfc - and would not cut off my nose to spite my face

if you were going out with a gorgeous girl who satisfied you in every way - but her adopted parents were Andy Gray and Maggie thatcher - would that stop you seeing the girl ?
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unfortunatly at the moment we seem to have a jekkyl n hyde girlfriend who is great one minute and fecking awfull the next and her parents dont tell you half the information about her and you find out something new every day that makes you dislike her and them even more !! :eek::D
 
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4.5% rise, so we are looking at an extra £12 a season? Very reasonable, the prices are very cheap already so a slight rise is nothing really, I'll be going no matter what division we are in or who owns the club, It doesn't make a difference to me. The 50% rise for children tickets (if correct) is shocking, these fans are the future of the club and everything possible should be done to get these young people through the doors.

I think the club should run a promotion, something like £5 a game for the rest of the season, would be nice if we could get 18k + cov fans for remaining games.
 
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katzenjammer

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Got my brochure this morning, the JSB prices haven't changed much since last year. The prices everyone's looking at are the prices if they don't join the membership, which it doesn't make sense to do. Under 7's can still go free in the Family Zone by the look of it too.
 
ajsccfc

ajsccfc

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What prices? I can't see the announcement.

EDIT: Oh they're sending out brochures? I'll never get that I bet, just like club emails.
 
ashbyjan

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LBB - have been told that all the recent contracts signed by players do have a clause in them about salary reduction should we be relegated. As ever shit PR from the club - there should be some statement about prices, justifying why there is an increase, why juniors have gone up so much etc. I was told one of the reasons (and a stupid one) was that a significant number of adult fans were getting junior tickets and getting in cheap - better policing at the turnstiles would be a better solution that discouraging the support of the future in my opinion.
 
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PorkyCovvy

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All this has done as confirmed that Coventry City have the amongst the worst fans in the country. The vast majority of you deserve to have SISU as owners. You all harp on about SISU needing to invest more into the team yet you complain to having to pay an extra £13 over the course of an entire season for one of the cheapest season tickets in the English league system.

You bunch of hypocrites; demand SISU to run sustainably but you lot can't seemingly budget your finances for an extra 5% on top of this season's price.

I'm tempted to buy a handful of season tickets from my end of financial year bonus (which I could easily do) and sit some of you cretins next to me! Bet you wouldn't even attend if it was free! Any excuse not to go to the games!
 
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sky_blue_up_north

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Prices are fine IMO, if compare to some other clubs its a good deal, were they not frozen last season? OK we might be in League One, but we still have cost to pay. The only consolation I have is my grandkids are so fed up they don't want to go next season, so save loads any way... bet they'll be back when we are in the promotion hunt . :whistle:
 
torchomatic

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Season ticket prices increase like everything else, that's the way of the world. The increase, to be fair, is barely noticeable. People are annoyed because of our league position, I guess. However, it is a vicious circle. If people don't buy tickets, there's no money for the club to spend on players, so fans won't attend and so on and so forth.

The increase in kids prices is however pretty step and their justification for that will be interesting.

Another thing to note is that if Hoffman ever gets in I bet you he won't be putting prices down!!
 
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PorkyCovvy said:
All this has done as confirmed that Coventry City have the amongst the worst fans in the country. The vast majority of you deserve to have SISU as owners. You all harp on about SISU needing to invest more into the team yet you complain to having to pay an extra £13 over the course of an entire season for one of the cheapest season tickets in the English league system.

You bunch of hypocrites; demand SISU to run sustainably but you lot can't seemingly budget your finances for an extra 5% on top of this season's price.

I'm tempted to buy a handful of season tickets from my end of financial year bonus (which I could easily do) and sit some of you cretins next to me! Bet you wouldn't even attend if it was free! Any excuse not to go to the games!
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porky like yourself i could very easily buy a number of season tickets if i wanted to the thing is i choose not to, i would rather go to every away game and have a good crack with the rest of the travelling fans !! we have seen constant shit football on our travels but still go, the money that would have been wasted on a season ticket makes a good weekend travelling to differnt grounds and having a entertaining weekend away, seen as the football is about entertainment and cov is about as intresting as watching paint dry at the moment with all the half arsed performances, what have the players deliverd over the past season ??? feck all to be honest and it doesnt look like it is going to get any better untill the clusterfuck behind the sceens is sorted out !!!
 
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Ccfcsj

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Mine has gone down but my son's has gone up by about 30%. Not going to complain about it as the overall increase is only about £19 for us both.

What will decide it for me is if I can afford it this year. I'm Sky Blue through and through and if I have the money I'm sure to be there whichever league we're in next season.
 
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SkyBlueScottie

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THe rumoured info about the kids price increase put me in a bad mood, however upon reading the official info its clear the info is wrong.
 
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Ccfcsj

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SkyBlueScottie said:
THe rumoured info about the kids price increase put me in a bad mood, however upon reading the official info its clear the info is wrong.
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Not necessarily. I have checked next seasons price (from the official web site) against what I paid last year and my sons has definately increased.
 
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SkyBlueScottie

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Ccfcsj said:
Not necessarily. I have checked next seasons price (from the official web site) against what I paid last year and my sons has definately increased.
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I cant recall at the minute what I paid for him last year, but he is a JSB member and 9 years of age, the prices seem similar, certainly not the near 50% increase that was being rumoured.
 
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Ccfcsj

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SkyBlueScottie said:
I cant recall at the minute what I paid for him last year, but he is a JSB member and 9 years of age, the prices seem similar, certainly not the near 50% increase that was being rumoured.
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If you log onto the website you can see under history how much you paid last season. In block 20 it's gone up by about 30% but the adult one has gone down slightly meaning that the overall increase for an adult and child in block 20 is approx £19 (JSB membership on top)
 
Sky Blue Sheepy

Sky Blue Sheepy

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Mine hasn't increased at all from what it would have been this season. mine has gone up - but only because I turn 22 this month so would haved paid the £300 anyway for the early bird offer...
 
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LeamingtonBootBoy

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ashbyjan said:
LBB - have been told that all the recent contracts signed by players do have a clause in them about salary reduction should we be relegated. As ever shit PR from the club - there should be some statement about prices, justifying why there is an increase, why juniors have gone up so much etc. I was told one of the reasons (and a stupid one) was that a significant number of adult fans were getting junior tickets and getting in cheap - better policing at the turnstiles would be a better solution that discouraging the support of the future in my opinion.
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Cheers, Jan.

Hopefully there's a clause in Freddy's that he can F**k off!
 
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Jack Griffin

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Nice one about the contracts Jan, I speculated this some time ago and was told that was nonsense.

This is another reason why Bell, Baker & McSheff have been resigned, they are prepared to take the risk, I guess the others are not, it is quite a significant issue in my humble opinion.
 
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