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We're doing the whole category thing now
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Didnt we do categories last year? They did Cat c last year for a tenner...has that gone?

AA is lol and unnecessary.

£37 quid to rock up on the day and watch Charlton from the east stand is outrageous. With train, food and a drink or two its apporoaching £100 for the day. Makes me laugh that they worry about tv coverage at 3pm on a saturday will hurt crowds rather than selling off the tv rights so they can change kick off at random times then charging almost £40 a ticket.
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£37 for a League One match seems more than reasonable given inflation and the fact we’re in London

Congrats to the club for keeping costs down when people are feeling the pinch 👏🏻
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Currywurst and Chips wrote: Mon Jul 15, 2024 12:56 pm £37 for a League One match seems more than reasonable given inflation and the fact we’re in London

Congrats to the club for keeping costs down when people are feeling the pinch 👏🏻
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A few anomalys in there

U18 save a few quid for Advance purchases if sitting in stands not intended for them, but no saving in the stands more suited to them (North and East)
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WOW if I didn't have a season ticket I don't think I would pay those prices.
I get we have to raise cash etc to compete, but some of those cat AA prices are obscene
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Wrexham being in the AA category because they have a silly little TV program is properly funny.

Do they really think that people are stupid enough to believe that calling it a AA category game makes it doubly good rather than just using a sensible A/B/C system?
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Should’ve called it the AAAAAAAAAAH!! category with prices like that!
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It's about making sure we get maximum revenue out of those bringing big followings.

What's not to like about that?
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Jacking the prices up like that will also be a warning to ST holders thinking about downgrading to PAYG.
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You can go PAYG as at least 7 games are going to be available via Sky+. These include Bolton, Exeter, Rotherham, Bristol Rovers, Crawley, Cambridge and Barnsley. These are all the games that aren’t 3pm Saturday kick offs.
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These prices are alienating the casual and new fans the club are so badly courting.

There is no way a Premier League fan who has become disenfranchised is going to pay £30+ to watch League One football.

I think Walthamstow is still a tenner. I know what I’d rather pay to be able to stand on terracing and enjoy a few cans from the corner shop.

They’ve got this very wrong I fear, especially if we’re on a bad run and the football is poor.
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Those prices are shocking. Think they are greatly underestimating the number of day trippers filling the stands on a weekly basis. Big ask for them to be forking out the guts of 40 quid for mid table league 1 football.
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They’re banking on a near sell out every week like last season

Also ending the ghost kids loophole will free up a few thousand extra seats
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Skip wrote: Mon Jul 15, 2024 2:46 pm Those prices are shocking. Think they are greatly underestimating the number of day trippers filling the stands on a weekly basis. Big ask for them to be forking out the guts of 40 quid for mid table league 1 football.
It’s all to do with bringing in these blockbuster signings Ling and the board have been talking about at the end of last season and this. I can see loads of people wanting to watch all those trialists teams don’t want.
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Skip wrote: Mon Jul 15, 2024 2:46 pm Those prices are shocking. Think they are greatly underestimating the number of day trippers filling the stands on a weekly basis. Big ask for them to be forking out the guts of 40 quid for mid table league 1 football.
TBF you would expect them to have the data on how many day trippers are filling the stands on a weekly basis - so this will be a conscious decision to change their habits (to get more to buy in advance) or squeeze them for more. But I agree it's a risk, especially if we have a ropey season.
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that said - the majority of matches are still at similar rates as last season. It's only the "premium" fixtures that they've elected to jack up - and three of them to an extreme degree.
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No £10 Cat C matches from last year on evening fixtures also feels like it excludes people on a budget.

My missus likes to come to the odd match and did the two 10 quid ones last season. No way I’m paying £25 for her to sit next to me in the East, as she is a casual fan and enjoys the experience more than the football.

Suspect others won’t go because there isn’t a cheaper option over the course of the season.
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Hoping they dont do kids for a quid on a tuesday night in winter.
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Currywurst and Chips wrote: Mon Jul 15, 2024 12:56 pm £37 for a League One match seems more than reasonable given inflation and the fact we’re in London

Congrats to the club for keeping costs down when people are feeling the pinch 👏🏻
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oriboy wrote: Mon Jul 15, 2024 1:04 pm WOW if I didn't have a season ticket I don't think I would pay those prices.
I get we have to raise cash etc to compete, but some of those cat AA prices are obscene
Totally agree, I certainly wouldn’t pay those prices.
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Have you considered a season ticket?
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Time will tell if these prices drive fans away or not. Nigel Travis said he could sell the ground 3 times over for the Wrexham game such is the demand but I can’t see why?? Just because they have a couple of Hollywood actors as owners .
I think some casual fans may be put off , for example a Dad taking his son to a Cat’A’ game in the JES would have to fork out £63 for the two tickets, plus programme, food and travel, will make some think twice.

Doesn’t bother me as I have a season ticket and will go to most games, but I’m not sure a casual fan will.
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Long slender neck wrote: Mon Jul 15, 2024 4:53 pm Have you considered a season ticket?
I thought the ST window had closed now
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