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Grendel

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  • Sep 16, 2024
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Do people really not take their kids to midweek games? I had a season ticket from 8 and went to every game midweek
 
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rob9872

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  • Sep 16, 2024
  • #1,122
Terry Gibson's perm said:
The family stand will always be quieter for midweek games as it’s a late night for the kids.
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Agreed it will, however to compound that, more would go with the ticket they have. It needs a rethink as if the kid can't go, the adult has to move. I think for games like this we need a reduced space for the family section (possibly condensed in one block and open block by block with interest) or make tickets the same price all round so people can go where they want with no family section for midweek cup games. The late night and on Sky are factors that will affect in addition to the high price and if they're surprised at that, then whoever does the research needs sacking!
 
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wingy

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  • Sep 16, 2024
  • #1,123
Jonny said:
Kids pricing is absolutely fair. Just because it's a bigger team than usual doesn't mean we can give handouts. If the point people are making is that we're pricing children out of being Cov fans, then what's the difference between watching Spurs vs watching Swansea at the weekend? £15, and arguably a better chance of seeing a decent Cov performance.
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Handouts that's a choice word!
 

Grendel

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  • Sep 16, 2024
  • #1,124
Jonny said:
I understand that, but I guess you have to look at the reasoning behind why you want to take a child. I would assume most would want to keep the kids coming back. You can either spend £25 and probably watch us get dominated by Spurs at an unfavourable time for kids, or you can take them to a prime Saturday 3pm slot for £15 in a game where we have more of a chance of putting in an exciting performance. That's surely a no brainer?
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Oh yeah I’m sure it’s far more exciting seeing Swansea than Spurs. I remember when 7 I went to my first game. There was a cup game against I think Grimsby or Man Utd including George best. Oddly I picked the latter.
 
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Evo1883

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  • Sep 16, 2024
  • #1,125
CV22SBA said:
And its a complete sell-out.
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As it should be , it's the 2nd city and their crowds have been wank for years
 
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Tortoise

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  • Sep 16, 2024
  • #1,126
Grendel said:
Do people really not take their kids to midweek games? I had a season ticket from 8 and went to every game midweek
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Yeah the idea that kids can’t stay up until half 10 on a school night is ridiculous. It’s a one off!
 
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Evo1883

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  • Sep 16, 2024
  • #1,127
Grendel said:
Do people really not take their kids to midweek games? I had a season ticket from 8 and went to every game midweek
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We've taken my daughters midweek since they were tiny
 
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CV22SBA

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  • Sep 16, 2024
  • #1,128
Evo1883 said:
As it should be , it's the 2nd city and their crowds have been wank for years
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Not overpriced for a L1 match live on Sky?
 

Evo1883

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  • Sep 16, 2024
  • #1,129
CV22SBA said:
Not overpriced for a L1 match live on Sky?
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It's overpriced but I'm not sure what you are getting at , our cat A games over the last couple years have seen good crowds too
 
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Tortoise

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  • Sep 16, 2024
  • #1,130
CV22SBA said:
Not overpriced for a L1 match live on Sky?
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I don’t think people are upset with the £30 adult pricing. It’s the £20 for a 6 year old that’s the problem
 
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Evo1883

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  • Sep 16, 2024
  • #1,131
Tortoise said:
I don’t think people are upset with the £30 adult pricing. It’s the £20 for a 6 year old that’s the problem
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25 now isn't it
 
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Tortoise

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  • Sep 16, 2024
  • #1,132
Evo1883 said:
25 now isn't it
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Yep. An expensive night for a father with 2 young children.
 
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Evo1883

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  • Sep 16, 2024
  • #1,133
Tortoise said:
Yep. An expensive night for a father with 2 young children.
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The area where ST holders failed to take up the option of buying their seat with the most empty seats is the family zone which isn't surprising
 
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David O'Day

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  • Sep 16, 2024
  • #1,134
CV22SBA said:
And its a complete sell-out.
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the clubs or the ground?
 
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alexccfc99

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  • Sep 16, 2024
  • #1,135
CV22SBA said:
And its a complete sell-out.
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Yeah cause those owners couldn’t have picked a thicker fanbase to brainwash

They’re evidently genuinely happy to pay that much for L1 football so they will probably stick another tenner onto that if/when they come back up
 
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Grendel

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  • Sep 16, 2024
  • #1,136
alexccfc99 said:
Yeah cause those owners couldn’t have picked a thicker fanbase to brainwash

They’re evidently genuinely happy to pay that much for L1 football so they will probably stick another tenner onto that if/when they come back up
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A fanbase is thick as they pay to watch their team. That’s a truly bizarre argument
 
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Terry Gibson's perm

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  • Sep 16, 2024
  • #1,137
Tortoise said:
Yeah the idea that kids can’t stay up until half 10 on a school night is ridiculous. It’s a one off!
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Is it half ten though I think I will be lucky to get back to Nuneaton by half eleven and that’s not that far
 
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alexccfc99

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  • Sep 16, 2024
  • #1,138
Grendel said:
A fanbase is thick as they pay to watch their team. That’s a truly bizarre argument
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So you’d be happy with £35 in League One?
 
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Tortoise

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  • Sep 16, 2024
  • #1,139
alexccfc99 said:
So you’d be happy with £35 in League One?
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We wouldn’t care we have season tickets?
 

Grendel

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  • Sep 16, 2024
  • #1,140
Terry Gibson's perm said:
Is it half ten though I think I will be lucky to get back to Nuneaton by half eleven and that’s not that far
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I used to walk back to town and get a bus. Yes it started earlier but I still couldn’t have got back home until nearly 11
 
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Grendel

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  • Sep 16, 2024
  • #1,141
alexccfc99 said:
So you’d be happy with £35 in League One?
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I have a season ticket so I wouldn’t care
 

alexccfc99

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  • Sep 16, 2024
  • #1,142
Grendel said:
I have a season ticket so I wouldn’t care
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If we dropped down to L1 and I wasn’t a season ticket holder (which won’t happen I’ll always keep my ST) and they tried charging me £35 the club would be told to stick it

Like I said, they are happy to pay it cause they lap up everything those owners tell them, a mate of mine who supports them genuinely believes that those owners are going to have them challenging for European football on a regular basis
 

skybluecam

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  • Sep 16, 2024
  • #1,143
alexccfc99 said:
Yeah cause those owners couldn’t have picked a thicker fanbase to brainwash

They’re evidently genuinely happy to pay that much for L1 football so they will probably stick another tenner onto that if/when they come back up
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Tbf with the money they’re spending they will go straight up and should be challenging for promotion again, assuming it doesn’t all fall apart. It’s not like they’re paying 35 quid to watch Peterborough every week.
 

Mucca Mad Boys

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  • Sep 16, 2024
  • #1,144
Evo1883 said:
Starting to shift a bit to be fair
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It's funny how people with no commercial, operational or business backgrounds have the loudest opinions on how to sell tickets. It is always about selling them as cheaply as possible - never how much revenue the club can generate. Our old landlords gave away tickets by the thousands and it didn't create future fans, it de-valued the product and eventually, they went bust.

I imagine, for example, the club took a loss against Oxford because the attendance was so low - tickets were £15 and U18s £8. So I have no qualms with the club charging non-STHs £37 for the match.
 
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CV22SBA

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  • Sep 16, 2024
  • #1,145
It really is ridiculous though now and the EFL really need to have a fixed price on tickets like the PL.
Apart from working, following City is all i really do with my 2 kids and this month has been crazy.

Watford £35 + £5 + £5 for tickets then £80 for train tickets. Total £125.
Spurs £70 *3 as no concession in club Coventry. Car Park £15. total £225.
Leeds £35 + £25.50 +£25.50 and about £50 petrol. Total £136.

Total outcome without any extras like food & drink £486. Absolute joke.
 
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skybluelee

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  • Sep 16, 2024
  • #1,146
Mucca Mad Boys said:
It's funny how people with no commercial, operational or business backgrounds have the loudest opinions on how to sell tickets. It is always about selling them as cheaply as possible - never how much revenue the club can generate. Our old landlords gave away tickets by the thousands and it didn't create future fans, it de-valued the product and eventually, they went bust.

I imagine, for example, the club took a loss against Oxford because the attendance was so low - tickets were £15 and U18s £8. So I have no qualms with the club charging non-STHs £37 for the match.
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I think the consensus is that adult prices for this match are fair enough. It's the £25 for a 7 yo that feels too much. Difficult to say what impact on the overall attendance the pricing will have. Looking at the seat map it'll end up as an attendance of 25K I reckon.
 
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Mucca Mad Boys

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  • Sep 16, 2024
  • #1,147
Evo1883 said:
The area where ST holders failed to take up the option of buying their seat with the most empty seats is the family zone which isn't surprising
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We don't know how much traffic there is in the ticket exchange for regular league matches. I would be interested to see some numbers on this.

My experience in the FZ last season was that there we lots of empty seats dotted around the area. On midweeks, there would be a lot of early exits around 60-70 minutes (earlier in winter) and finally, different people rocking up to games in the same seats. So if you're routinely leaving matches 20-30 minutes early, perhaps a £10 day pass on Now TV is more appropriate to watch the match rather than in the stand for at least £57.
 

Terry Gibson's perm

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  • Sep 16, 2024
  • #1,148
Grendel said:
I used to walk back to town and get a bus. Yes it started earlier but I still couldn’t have got back home until nearly 11
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We are going and my lad was going even if I couldn’t get the night off as his grandparents would take him, he will be alright in the morning but I guess some kids wouldn’t be.
 
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stevenorfolkcov

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  • Sep 16, 2024
  • #1,149
Tortoise said:
Yeah the idea that kids can’t stay up until half 10 on a school night is ridiculous. It’s a one off!
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Of course they shouldn’t be up until 10:30 on a school night - but then the parents probably just don’t bother sending them to school next day at all, just “school from home” instead.
 
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rob9872

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  • Sep 16, 2024
  • #1,150
Probably depends how committed the kids are too. Just down from us is a fella with a couple of kids who don't watch the game at all and are playing games on their phone throughout whilst the dad watches. Entertainment at season ticket value is a few quid each and means he gets to watch. They're no trouble at all, but I doubt he'd be buying the tickets for tonight so that's immediately 3 empty seats and I'd be amazed if there aren't more like that. Tbh not many places you can take your kids on a Saturday afternoon for a fiver!
 

Cobi Jones's Dreads

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  • Sep 16, 2024
  • #1,151
Is it ever going to go on general sale or we just happy with about 15k turning up?
 

Tommo1993

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  • Sep 16, 2024
  • #1,152
Have gone to midweek games for as long as I can remember. Was a mascot at one as well.

This has sold slightly better than anticipated. Still pretty sparse in the north stand though.
 

skybluecam

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  • Sep 16, 2024
  • #1,153
CV22SBA said:
It really is ridiculous though now and the EFL really need to have a fixed price on tickets like the PL.
Apart from working, following City is all i really do with my 2 kids and this month has been crazy.

Watford £35 + £5 + £5 for tickets then £80 for train tickets. Total £125.
Spurs £70 *3 as no concession in club Coventry. Car Park £15. total £225.
Leeds £35 + £25.50 +£25.50 and about £50 petrol. Total £136.

Total outcome without any extras like food & drink £486. Absolute joke.
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Why didn’t you just get normal tickets…?
 

edgy

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  • Sep 16, 2024
  • #1,154
Cobi Jones's Dreads said:
Is it ever going to go on general sale or we just happy with about 15k turning up?
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I'd rather not have a few thousand Spurs fans all around the Stadium.

Anyone who wants tickets can get them now. Just ask a City fan with points to get them for you.
 
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Tommo1993

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  • Sep 16, 2024
  • #1,155
rob9872 said:
Probably depends how committed the kids are too. Just down from us is a fella with a couple of kids who don't watch the game at all and are playing games on their phone throughout whilst the dad watches.
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Despite this I dont really understand taking the kids for them to not watch
 
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