| Something has been bothering me, since the Club released the latest video. 18:18 - Dec 3 with 2984 views | homer_123 |
I'll be honest - I don't like it, it doesn't sit well with me.
I know others may think we have bigger issues to contend with (with recent performances) but thought I'd share.
What is it, to be a football fan in 2025?
There’s now a clear message to long-standing season ticket holders: if you don’t turn up, or you don’t re-sell your seat, you could lose your ticket. Even if you’ve held it for years. Even if you stuck with the club when the football was awful and the stands were half empty.
Now, on one level, I get it.
There’s a big waiting list. The club wants a full stadium. They want noise, atmosphere, energy and more people want a chance to experience that, I understand that. But, let's be honest, the club want matchday income too. Food, drink, merch, programmes, all of it and empty seats don’t spend money.
But...
When you start saying to fans, “Use it or lose it,” it feels less like you’re talking to people, and more like you’re managing stock. It’s the point where, as a supporter, we stop being a person in that seat and start being a data point in a CRM system. A line on a spreadsheet that needs to be 'optimised'. Hearing Ashton in that video - it's the first time I've felt like this - no longer the fan I was to the club a couple of years ago. It's irked me, more than I initially realised.
All football clubs talk a lot about fans as the 'lifeblood' of the club. They use that language in campaigns, in videos, in season ticket renewals. But these new rules around non-attendance send a different message, at least for me. They say:
We need you here, not just because we love your support,
but because every empty seat is lost revenue.
There’s a real tension here.
On the one hand, the club does need to be sustainable. Wages, transfers, stadium costs; they’ve all gone through the roof (factor in the long overdue investment as well). TV deals, sponsors and commercial partners are all part of the mix now. Clubs are not just football teams, they’re big businesses. To survive, they have to think about money.
I understand that football has been a 'business' for a while now but the whole reason the club has any value at all is because of the people who care about it. The ones who travel in the rain. The ones who miss family events for midweek fixtures. The ones who held their season ticket through years when it would have been easier to walk away.
So what happens when those people are treated first and foremost as revenue?
What happens when loyalty is measured not in years followed, but in how often your barcode gets scanned?
I’m not saying there’s an easy answer. I’m not saying the club is evil, or that nothing should change. We all knew that new and modern ownership and Premier League money would bring new rules and a sharper edge to the business side. I guess, this one small thing, for me, is that wedge - that first subtle sign of substantive change.
But I think it’s fair to name the dilemma:
- The club needs bums on seats
- The fans don’t want to feel like bums on a spreadsheet
Somewhere in there is a line. A point where sensible policy tips into something that feels cold and transactional.
My worry is that, if we’re not careful, we cross that line without really noticing. We look up one day and realise that fans are no longer seen as the heart of the club, but as inventory to be managed. Maybe I am naïve and we are already there but since Gamechanger came in, I had felt more connected to the club than ever, it got back that community feel, that it valued fans and the support generated. It felt like the club it once was both on and off the pitch.
So, can a club chase every pound, fill every seat, and still treat its supporters as more than numbers?
Because once fans stop feeling like the lifeblood, it won’t matter how good the spreadsheets look. |  |
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| Something has been bothering me, since the Club released the latest video. on 21:16 - Dec 3 with 403 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| Something has been bothering me, since the Club released the latest video. on 21:14 - Dec 3 by southnorfolkblue |
Does the resale platform have a cut off time? I should know the answer to this.
I was under the impression that there was one, in which case it won’t help those who are dealing with significant illness on a day to day basis |
That is a fair point that is something an individual in that situation would be best advised speaking directly to someone at the club if the policy is enacted (although it would also be negated if they had a non-season ticket holder friend who was on standby for if they couldn't go). |  |
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| Something has been bothering me, since the Club released the latest video. on 21:21 - Dec 3 with 395 views | jontysnut |
| Something has been bothering me, since the Club released the latest video. on 19:53 - Dec 3 by Funge |
Winds me up, frankly.
I buy a ticket from the club, as I have done for many years - what I then subsequently decide to do with that ticket is no-one's business but mine.
Whether I go to the game, pass the ticket onto a mate, or throw it off Stoke Bridge into the tidal mud - that's no-one's business but mine.
Ashton has seen Jim Radcliffe do it, and so therefore it must be of value.
I am watching a fcking game of Division 2 football in the same crappy home-town I've lived in for the last 35 years - guess what, if the team are doing well, everyone will want to go, and you will get an atmosphere, Mark.
If they aren't doing so well, people won't want to go, and in a couple of years time, you will need to Pack Out Portman Rd again.
With regards to the OP, 'So what happens when those people are treated first and foremost as revenue?'
Simply, people will start to get p1ssed off. It's p1ssed me off (what's new....) [Post edited 3 Dec 19:54]
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My son has an ST at Leeds. Goes to nearly every game. Couldn't make one due to holiday. Gave it to a pal who ballsed up scanning in. ST was confiscated as mate couldn't verify ID to get it back. Had to go through hoops to get it back. Shouldn't have to be like this. |  | | |
| Something has been bothering me, since the Club released the latest video. on 21:23 - Dec 3 with 388 views | ArnieM |
| Something has been bothering me, since the Club released the latest video. on 18:24 - Dec 3 by FrimleyBlue |
Thats why when some talk about boos and groans at games. I talk about fans rather than supporters
The club is in a place now where it needs fans. Its got its supporters. The large majority of those will rock up no matter what happens.
But what ashton needs are thousands of football fans wanting a piece of the action
It won't be long before season tickets imo won't exist.
But if ashton can get thousands of fans attending it massively helps the books. |
I posted along those lines at the start of the season.
Season tickets by all accounts is not a thing seen much in American sports, and as a model in American owned, UK clubs, maybe its something that may well come to an end, becuase it's a fixed income.
If the demand is there (only really in the PL) then to have a variable ticket tariff depending on who Town are playing one week to the next is probably far more lucrative (revenue) than a fixed, pre determined, ST price once a year, spread over 12 months through DD.... much better 40k people paying higher on the day ticket prices due to demand. |  |
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| Something has been bothering me, since the Club released the latest video. on 21:26 - Dec 3 with 374 views | southnorfolkblue |
| Something has been bothering me, since the Club released the latest video. on 21:16 - Dec 3 by Nthsuffolkblue |
That is a fair point that is something an individual in that situation would be best advised speaking directly to someone at the club if the policy is enacted (although it would also be negated if they had a non-season ticket holder friend who was on standby for if they couldn't go). |
It’s a bit of a live issue for me as I’m battling cancer and life is a bit day by day for me. I use the resale platform on any game day that clashes with a big dose of chemo, because I can predict how Im going to feel afterwards, but Saturdays are more of a gamble. Given where I live there aren’t too many people nearby who would use my ticket 😂.
So far I haven’t missed any Saturday gams but I can’t rule out having a last minute bad turn.
Ive been going since 1971 so would be pretty fed up to lose my ticket, if it gets introduced next season, you’re right that I need to speak to the Club |  |
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| Something has been bothering me, since the Club released the latest video. on 21:39 - Dec 3 with 329 views | SuffolkPunchFC |
For me it depends on how they implement it.
I got the impression it would be aimed at habitual offenders who don’t turn up / list the ticket on the resale platform, not ST holders who missed a game rarely. That seems fair. | | | |
| Something has been bothering me, since the Club released the latest video. on 21:42 - Dec 3 with 322 views | Juno68 |
| Something has been bothering me, since the Club released the latest video. on 21:26 - Dec 3 by southnorfolkblue |
It’s a bit of a live issue for me as I’m battling cancer and life is a bit day by day for me. I use the resale platform on any game day that clashes with a big dose of chemo, because I can predict how Im going to feel afterwards, but Saturdays are more of a gamble. Given where I live there aren’t too many people nearby who would use my ticket 😂.
So far I haven’t missed any Saturday gams but I can’t rule out having a last minute bad turn.
Ive been going since 1971 so would be pretty fed up to lose my ticket, if it gets introduced next season, you’re right that I need to speak to the Club |
Sorry to hear that.
Firstly, you shouldn’t have to contact the club.
Secondly, at the very least, the fact that this announcement has been made without these points of clarification having being made, is, in itself a failure of communication.
I don’t like anything about this mindset from the club. For me it is symbolic of the wider commodification of football. Being an obstinate git who doesn’t respond well to this kind of dictate doesn’t help either. |  | | |
| Something has been bothering me, since the Club released the latest video. on 21:51 - Dec 3 with 291 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Something has been bothering me, since the Club released the latest video. on 21:26 - Dec 3 by southnorfolkblue |
It’s a bit of a live issue for me as I’m battling cancer and life is a bit day by day for me. I use the resale platform on any game day that clashes with a big dose of chemo, because I can predict how Im going to feel afterwards, but Saturdays are more of a gamble. Given where I live there aren’t too many people nearby who would use my ticket 😂.
So far I haven’t missed any Saturday gams but I can’t rule out having a last minute bad turn.
Ive been going since 1971 so would be pretty fed up to lose my ticket, if it gets introduced next season, you’re right that I need to speak to the Club |
It’s not at all aimed at you, so no need to worry. It’s aimed at those seats that stay empty and the owners can’t be bothered to pass the tickets on through resale. If you ever got into the position of missing games, you’d probably have to miss a lot before anything happened and even then you’d get comms from the club that you’d be able to respond to and explain your circumstances. I’m sure they’d be understanding. It’s the apathetic/seat bankers they want to tackle.
If anyone can’t use their seat, please do let the club know. Resale is the only way I’ve been able to buy tickets for much of the last 2-3 years. It’s a lifeline for live-away fans.
And you can kick that cancer in the arse for me too! Keep strong and positive; you’ve got this 💪👍 |  |
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| Something has been bothering me, since the Club released the latest video. on 21:54 - Dec 3 with 284 views | Smoresy |
| Something has been bothering me, since the Club released the latest video. on 21:23 - Dec 3 by ArnieM |
I posted along those lines at the start of the season.
Season tickets by all accounts is not a thing seen much in American sports, and as a model in American owned, UK clubs, maybe its something that may well come to an end, becuase it's a fixed income.
If the demand is there (only really in the PL) then to have a variable ticket tariff depending on who Town are playing one week to the next is probably far more lucrative (revenue) than a fixed, pre determined, ST price once a year, spread over 12 months through DD.... much better 40k people paying higher on the day ticket prices due to demand. |
STs are a well-known thing in NFL, don't know about other US sports, but they often cost a lot of a lot more. The Packers are famous for having the longest projected ST waiting list in sport, many decades long. There's also this crazy thing at the majority of franchises now where you need to purchase a one-time "seat licence" for a seat to then give you the right to buy that seat's season ticket, and the licence alone often costs 4 figures or higher. It's truly the wild west out there. | | | |
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| Something has been bothering me, since the Club released the latest video. on 22:05 - Dec 3 with 249 views | southnorfolkblue |
| Something has been bothering me, since the Club released the latest video. on 21:51 - Dec 3 by Swansea_Blue |
It’s not at all aimed at you, so no need to worry. It’s aimed at those seats that stay empty and the owners can’t be bothered to pass the tickets on through resale. If you ever got into the position of missing games, you’d probably have to miss a lot before anything happened and even then you’d get comms from the club that you’d be able to respond to and explain your circumstances. I’m sure they’d be understanding. It’s the apathetic/seat bankers they want to tackle.
If anyone can’t use their seat, please do let the club know. Resale is the only way I’ve been able to buy tickets for much of the last 2-3 years. It’s a lifeline for live-away fans.
And you can kick that cancer in the arse for me too! Keep strong and positive; you’ve got this 💪👍 |
Thanks mate. Please feel free to DM me if you’re ever looking for a ticket as my son’s ticket is sometimes available. I’ve found a home for it until the New Year, but beyond that let me know and I’ll try and help you out 👍 | |
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| Something has been bothering me, since the Club released the latest video. on 22:07 - Dec 3 with 241 views | Chris_ITFC |
| Something has been bothering me, since the Club released the latest video. on 21:42 - Dec 3 by Juno68 |
Sorry to hear that.
Firstly, you shouldn’t have to contact the club.
Secondly, at the very least, the fact that this announcement has been made without these points of clarification having being made, is, in itself a failure of communication.
I don’t like anything about this mindset from the club. For me it is symbolic of the wider commodification of football. Being an obstinate git who doesn’t respond well to this kind of dictate doesn’t help either. |
Season tickets have become a problem for the Premier League.
Clubs have realised far more money can be made from the occasional fan / tourist - ticket, membership, merchandise, etc.
Thankfully, at least our tickets are almost all going to genuine fans. |  |
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| Something has been bothering me, since the Club released the latest video. on 22:19 - Dec 3 with 220 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| Something has been bothering me, since the Club released the latest video. on 21:26 - Dec 3 by southnorfolkblue |
It’s a bit of a live issue for me as I’m battling cancer and life is a bit day by day for me. I use the resale platform on any game day that clashes with a big dose of chemo, because I can predict how Im going to feel afterwards, but Saturdays are more of a gamble. Given where I live there aren’t too many people nearby who would use my ticket 😂.
So far I haven’t missed any Saturday gams but I can’t rule out having a last minute bad turn.
Ive been going since 1971 so would be pretty fed up to lose my ticket, if it gets introduced next season, you’re right that I need to speak to the Club |
Sorry to hear that and I hope the treatment goes well. There are plenty of us Town fans in this area who don't have season tickets. The issue is more how many would be interested in going on their own at short notice. Personally I would rather go with my family but there are others who might be more keen (especially if they know others you go with). | |
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| Something has been bothering me, since the Club released the latest video. on 22:19 - Dec 3 with 223 views | bluelagos |
The repeated justifying of the corporate investment, by inferring that we needed the revenue to aid investment in the team struck me.
Footie is a business, but that line of thinking is exactly what is drawing a dividing line in so many supporter bases. The push for occasional visitors, where day trippers essentially spend a whole lot more (club shop visit) than regulars is well established. The push for fans to upgrade for the "corporate experience" was clear.
In one respect it's just an additional option for ST holders bit there's a fine line between maximising income and turning the whole experience into a sanitised w@nkfest for prawn sandwich eating bell ends.
On a personal level I have twice engaged the club in 2 very important issues, both of which he didn't even respond. A request for the club to follow many others and add its support for a Hillsborough Law and an observation over the lack of a stretcher for a collapsed fan who I saw carried away in what can only be described as a blanket.
Neither of those issues were even deemed worthy of a response. Tells me the club doesn't give a sh1t for.ordinary fans and nothing I've seen or heard since tells that feeling is wrong.
It is what it is. Modern life where football is long gone as the sport of the people. Ashton is exactly what modern football is, a bland coffee mug holding guy who's read up on team leadership books. His smug Brentesque role play is what it is, modern leadership I.guess.
Thankfully am well out of the corporate world now so it's for other poor sods to conform to that bollox. But given the clubs disregard on the 2 issues I mention I'll not be joining in the cheerleading.
You keep running towards adversity Mark, just a shame you never actually had the courage to engage on the issues I mention. I mean, someone's got to think of the corporate facilties eh. |  |
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| Something has been bothering me, since the Club released the latest video. on 22:28 - Dec 3 with 191 views | N2_Blue |
| Something has been bothering me, since the Club released the latest video. on 19:30 - Dec 3 by bluesimon |
I don't really see it like that.
I think ST holders who can't or don't want to go to every game just need to be considerate to fellow supporters and use the resale platform.
You don't need to spend money in the stadium, and you can get money back from your ST by using the resale platform.
Lot of supporters have to pay to simply be able to access match tickets, so I don't understand the whining on this. |
Totally with you too and really don’t understand some comments here. I think some supporters just like to have a whinge.
I’m a london based season ticket holder with a young family. I’m a lucky I can afford a season ticket and choose to because I like to go to as many games as possible and to support the club.
However often I can’t go, but I have always sent on to a friend, offered for free or a cost much less than seat price (before resale platform) or in recent times listed for resale.
It’s an excellent thing the club is doing to be able more fans to go and keep PR full.
Season tickets holder moaning they can’t attend every game seem to be massively misunderstanding.
It’s really not very difficult to offer up your ticket if you can’t go and the club have done excellent work making it very straightforward.
And it’s win win, you actually get some money back rather then your season ticket seat just sitting empty.
Of course the club arent going to take a season ticket off someone with health issues, people really do like to make a drama. But then i still don't understand why you wouldn't want to give the opportunity for another fan to be able to go.
SIt sums up out support curently, all over the shop. I'm more disappointed with our support now than at any time i can remember in the last 25 years. |  |
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| Something has been bothering me, since the Club released the latest video. on 22:31 - Dec 3 with 172 views | N2_Blue |
| Something has been bothering me, since the Club released the latest video. on 20:53 - Dec 3 by bournemouthblue |
That's a classical example of what they are trying to stop |
Quite...and yet people moan.
People who think if they miss a couple of games could lose their ticket are really barking up the wrong tree | |
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| Something has been bothering me, since the Club released the latest video. on 22:39 - Dec 3 with 139 views | The_Romford_Blue |
| Something has been bothering me, since the Club released the latest video. on 19:53 - Dec 3 by Funge |
Winds me up, frankly.
I buy a ticket from the club, as I have done for many years - what I then subsequently decide to do with that ticket is no-one's business but mine.
Whether I go to the game, pass the ticket onto a mate, or throw it off Stoke Bridge into the tidal mud - that's no-one's business but mine.
Ashton has seen Jim Radcliffe do it, and so therefore it must be of value.
I am watching a fcking game of Division 2 football in the same crappy home-town I've lived in for the last 35 years - guess what, if the team are doing well, everyone will want to go, and you will get an atmosphere, Mark.
If they aren't doing so well, people won't want to go, and in a couple of years time, you will need to Pack Out Portman Rd again.
With regards to the OP, 'So what happens when those people are treated first and foremost as revenue?'
Simply, people will start to get p1ssed off. It's p1ssed me off (what's new....) [Post edited 3 Dec 19:54]
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It’s pi**ed me off as well in truth bud.
I tend to get 2 Saturdays off a month. While every effort is made to get those Saturdays for town home games, I’ve a missus and a family etc and inevitably will miss games. At times I haven’t known I’ll miss the game until 1-3 days before and have had no luck with the resale situation.
Am I going to be punished for that? Are they going to be ringing me up telling me I’m losing my season ticket or 10+ years for that? Feels grossly unfair. Maybe I’m wrong. They needed me back in 2017 when there was about 9,000 of us at the Derby home midweek fixture. My attendance was important then. Now I’m potentially going to lose my ticket because they think I’m harvesting my ticket in wait for the premier league next year? Boll0x. |  |
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| Something has been bothering me, since the Club released the latest video. on 22:39 - Dec 3 with 137 views | southnorfolkblue |
| Something has been bothering me, since the Club released the latest video. on 22:31 - Dec 3 by N2_Blue |
Quite...and yet people moan.
People who think if they miss a couple of games could lose their ticket are really barking up the wrong tree |
Isnt that on the way it’s communicated then?
Perhaps MA should have kept quiet on this until he was ready to make a full announcement. Would save a lot of unnecessary speculation.
FWIW I fully support the resale platform’s objectives | |
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| Something has been bothering me, since the Club released the latest video. on 22:42 - Dec 3 with 122 views | The_Romford_Blue |
| Something has been bothering me, since the Club released the latest video. on 21:26 - Dec 3 by southnorfolkblue |
It’s a bit of a live issue for me as I’m battling cancer and life is a bit day by day for me. I use the resale platform on any game day that clashes with a big dose of chemo, because I can predict how Im going to feel afterwards, but Saturdays are more of a gamble. Given where I live there aren’t too many people nearby who would use my ticket 😂.
So far I haven’t missed any Saturday gams but I can’t rule out having a last minute bad turn.
Ive been going since 1971 so would be pretty fed up to lose my ticket, if it gets introduced next season, you’re right that I need to speak to the Club |
Sorry to hear that. I personally think it’s very poor you have to even speak to the club. It ain’t their business and yet you’re almost going to have to explain your private health situation or be punished. It’s poor form imo from Ashton etc.
Perhaps they could create a bottom line of, you just attend 50% of games over the next 2 years or be at risk of losing you ticket. And even then it’s on a case by case basis depending on circumstances. But just widely telling everyone they need to be using their ticket or else.. is a bit off. No explanation, no situational awareness. Just greed. | |
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| Something has been bothering me, since the Club released the latest video. on 22:44 - Dec 3 with 114 views | The_Romford_Blue |
| Something has been bothering me, since the Club released the latest video. on 21:00 - Dec 3 by redrickstuhaart |
They can put them on the resale. Thats the point. |
They can’t though. Not unless it’s in advance.
As I said already in the thread, I’ve tried a couple of times to resell my ticket for Saturday games from the Wednesday/Thursday before the game and both times it went unsold. Prior to that I had no idea I’d be missing it myself. Should that be punishable? It’s not like I didn’t try. It isn’t my fault nobody seemed to want to watch Ipswich v Wrexham. And it isn’t like I haven’t already paid them for it. It’s greed. [Post edited 3 Dec 22:45]
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| Something has been bothering me, since the Club released the latest video. on 22:48 - Dec 3 with 98 views | N2_Blue |
| Something has been bothering me, since the Club released the latest video. on 22:39 - Dec 3 by southnorfolkblue |
Isnt that on the way it’s communicated then?
Perhaps MA should have kept quiet on this until he was ready to make a full announcement. Would save a lot of unnecessary speculation.
FWIW I fully support the resale platform’s objectives |
Probably because they didn't think people would freak out.
If you think the club are going to risk losing a ST holder who has followed the club through thick and thin, through the years of having less than 15k then i think you are reading too much into it.
the club needs its ST holders, and especially those that follow the club when tickets are hard to shift. This if anything is to encourage people to to use the two sytems the club has recently put in place, resale platform and the ST ticket forwarding facility.
They are very unlikely to ever act on it apart from servere cases such as someone mentioned here, such as a ST seat being empty every game over 2 years.
It has at least 3 advantages, more revenue for the club, more casual fans can go and most likely a better atmosphere generated.
Anyone who struggles with this probably thrives on the negativity that seems to surround the club on and off the pitch currently. | |
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| Something has been bothering me, since the Club released the latest video. on 22:54 - Dec 3 with 81 views | N2_Blue |
| Something has been bothering me, since the Club released the latest video. on 22:39 - Dec 3 by The_Romford_Blue |
It’s pi**ed me off as well in truth bud.
I tend to get 2 Saturdays off a month. While every effort is made to get those Saturdays for town home games, I’ve a missus and a family etc and inevitably will miss games. At times I haven’t known I’ll miss the game until 1-3 days before and have had no luck with the resale situation.
Am I going to be punished for that? Are they going to be ringing me up telling me I’m losing my season ticket or 10+ years for that? Feels grossly unfair. Maybe I’m wrong. They needed me back in 2017 when there was about 9,000 of us at the Derby home midweek fixture. My attendance was important then. Now I’m potentially going to lose my ticket because they think I’m harvesting my ticket in wait for the premier league next year? Boll0x. |
FFS Rommers. That is not going to happen. You are not what the club is targetting
Serious over reaction.
Im a ST holder who only gets to about half of games and i'm massively in favour of what the club is doing here. | |
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| Something has been bothering me, since the Club released the latest video. on 22:57 - Dec 3 with 65 views | The_Romford_Blue |
| Something has been bothering me, since the Club released the latest video. on 22:54 - Dec 3 by N2_Blue |
FFS Rommers. That is not going to happen. You are not what the club is targetting
Serious over reaction.
Im a ST holder who only gets to about half of games and i'm massively in favour of what the club is doing here. |
Think the issue is how do we know I’m not who they’re targeting? They haven’t said. They haven’t explained anything but just shouted some tough guy ‘use it or lose it’ catchphrase | |
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| Something has been bothering me, since the Club released the latest video. on 23:05 - Dec 3 with 37 views | LankHenners |
I think people are misunderstanding how that system's going to work - putting it up for resale would count as you 'using' it, regardless of whether someone else buys it or not. At least that's how every other club which has a similar thing operates.
Not exactly new though that Ashton uses rather blunt and corporate language when talking about pretty much everything, and it is ultimately his fault if there is confusion over it. Also been pretty obvious for a while that you get treated as a customer - some of us have been saying for ages that it's not good that ticket prices increase and the club sells all manner of clothing and other tat at crazy prices etc. which usually got you labelled as 'talking the club down'. |  |
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| Something has been bothering me, since the Club released the latest video. on 23:05 - Dec 3 with 35 views | N2_Blue |
| Something has been bothering me, since the Club released the latest video. on 22:57 - Dec 3 by The_Romford_Blue |
Think the issue is how do we know I’m not who they’re targeting? They haven’t said. They haven’t explained anything but just shouted some tough guy ‘use it or lose it’ catchphrase |
I do agree the comms could have been put better. The club does need to learn on that front. Similar happened with the moving on ST holders 2 years back.
But no business is going to target it's core support and alienate people.
In a way its almost like a 'threat' to scare people into doing something if they are not going (for whatever reasons those are) just to try and get all seats ussed and ebsure that when demand outstrips supply as may people can get a ticket for the game as possible.
Whilst the club won't want to piss off supporters with this at the same time it doesn't want to lose the ones that find it very difficult to get a ticket for games. [Post edited 3 Dec 23:06]
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| Something has been bothering me, since the Club released the latest video. on 23:07 - Dec 3 with 23 views | Funge |
| Something has been bothering me, since the Club released the latest video. on 22:28 - Dec 3 by N2_Blue |
Totally with you too and really don’t understand some comments here. I think some supporters just like to have a whinge.
I’m a london based season ticket holder with a young family. I’m a lucky I can afford a season ticket and choose to because I like to go to as many games as possible and to support the club.
However often I can’t go, but I have always sent on to a friend, offered for free or a cost much less than seat price (before resale platform) or in recent times listed for resale.
It’s an excellent thing the club is doing to be able more fans to go and keep PR full.
Season tickets holder moaning they can’t attend every game seem to be massively misunderstanding.
It’s really not very difficult to offer up your ticket if you can’t go and the club have done excellent work making it very straightforward.
And it’s win win, you actually get some money back rather then your season ticket seat just sitting empty.
Of course the club arent going to take a season ticket off someone with health issues, people really do like to make a drama. But then i still don't understand why you wouldn't want to give the opportunity for another fan to be able to go.
SIt sums up out support curently, all over the shop. I'm more disappointed with our support now than at any time i can remember in the last 25 years. |
I mean, I'm repeating myself here - but what I do with my ticket, and how I choose to follow this stupid bloody team, is, bluntly, absolutely none of your business.
I am absolutely bugg3red if I am going to justify my whereabouts, be it once or frequently, to some bored 20-year old kid on minimum wage in the Constantine Rd portakabin.
Perhaps the club could start applying penalties for fans who turn up late, or leave early, or who don't sing loudly enough, or bring Fruit Pastilles in from outside. Call it dynamic support banding, or some such boll0cks.
Three strikes, and you have to give your home ticket vs Preston to Mark Ashton's wife's Pilates instructor.
I'm watching a game of football in IP1, on a Tuesday or Saturday, likely between 2 pretty bad teams, and, likely, will leave fairly dissatisfied, as, indeed, I have done for the most of the last 3 decades. Or I won't.
It is that simple. [Post edited 3 Dec 23:10]
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Not a s/t holder & wasn't aware that was happening. Can see the owners' point of view, but would be appalled if it meant those with STs who might be experiencing long term health problems or family crises of some kind, had their STs taken off them. |
They won't. List their ticket on the exchange if they can't go, and there's no problem, whether or not it sells. | | | |
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