30 Oct 2015 12:44:00
Only 48 hours to go until the start of the Bournemouth Derby game and still 200 to 300 seats still available . The reason pure and simple is COST. Too dear and people simply can't afford it especially just having had the cup game during the week. We are not going to attract new supporters unless the pricing structure is reconstructed. I would be quite happy to pay my season ticket cost and allow a reduction on likely unsold tickets to ensure a full stadium.

1.) 30 Oct 2015
30 Oct 2015 17:57:10
OMG!

Club discount tickets mid week and we have a sell out. They announce they will do the same for the Liverpool game.

200-300 tickets still available for Sunday and you talk about not attracting new supporters!

I suspect those tickets will be bought before Sunday.

Really can't see what your point is when the club has made it CLEAR they need to increase revenue to take the next step forward.

2.) 30 Oct 2015
30 Oct 2015 19:25:05
My point is that we do not have a dedicated fan base of more than 25000 which seems incredible considering the catchment area . Apart from the price of tickets ( plus the ludicrous administration charge ) the stadium is not geared up for parking and general transport . So as it is we can't move forwards for many reasons . Also are BT Sport completely mad putting our match on live at 7.45 on Boxing Day and although I have never missed a home game apart from one due to illness once I think I may have to miss this one, main reason being divorced over Christmas is not top of my list . Crazy, just don't understand it .

3.) 31 Oct 2015
31 Oct 2015 10:16:28
I agree with Chris on this one.

As a fan who regularly works evenings and weekends I can't get to many games (only Swansea so far), but for one game it's a £60+ day out just for me. By the time you pay for the ticket, booking fee (outrageous) transport, and maybe a beer and a pie.

With all the TV money introduced recently, all clubs could afford to let fans in for free, considering the extra revenue from Tv alone covers the gate income for the season.

So there's no excuse for keeping prices so high, could be filling the stadium every week if the prices were lower.

Add to that the ancillary income - beers, pies etc, spend per head is likely to be higher, bringing in revenue in a different way.

All in all, the fact that for some fans it's cheaper to fly to Germany and watch Bayern Munich than it is to watch their own side (eg: Arsenal) it's a disgrace.


Another point entirely, but surely the ban on sat 3pm matches on Saturday being televised is now a bit pointless? Again, the tv revenues far exceed the club income on the gate, and if the tickets are cheap enough it would still sell out.

It's a joke that you can't watch football from the top league in the same country as you live in, but in Abu Dhabi for example they can watch ANY premier league game. It's daft!

4.) 01 Nov 2015
01 Nov 2015 10:43:41
Bournemouth game is not going to be a sell out which is probably for a local derby a first . I will just say it again, making this game a category A game was a big mistake . Many people would I am sure love to be there but can't justify what amounts to a good shop at the supermarket on a single ticket . I have said it before, the game has now become a sport for the people with excess income and not for the masses . Such a shame but nothing will change this . I just wonder how many people have purchased a ticket and will have to go without a few things this week to compensate for the expense.

5.) 02 Nov 2015
02 Nov 2015 18:09:55
In reality the game WAS sold out-a few single seats did not sell.

I used to go to the Dell 55 years ago and had to save my pocket money for a month to do so, and then the following month to do so again.

And, your point is?

Life is about choices eg. £30m per player and £100k/week or 100% from the academy? The club is a business, not a charity.

6.) 03 Nov 2015
03 Nov 2015 11:09:56
Well I would have to save my pocket money for about 6 months to afford one single ticket these days . I don't actually remember getting much pocket money all those years ago, my parents were not wealthy people so money was pretty tight .

7.) 09 Nov 2015
09 Nov 2015 12:53:45
I think the point about allowing people to watch for free is irrelevant. You need to consider from both points (Saints and TV providers) Saints could reduce the cost of the tickets meaning that the attendance of each match is affordable for the working class but then if there are more attendances of each match - then overall viewing of Saints on TV is therefore reduced. so less income through tickets admissions and TV rights.

Thus if the TV viewings are reduced for Saints - will Saints as a club be affected financially? Yes - because less money is brought into the club via TV rights - more viewings equals more times on TV which equates to more revenue into the organisation.

I believe that the categories for each match should be scrapped regardless of the team - at the end of the day it is only 11 v 11.

8.) 18 Nov 2015
18 Nov 2015 00:36:10
Just don't understand your reply, what does reducing the price of tickets have anything to do with TV coverage . Don't get that . People clammering for tickets at a reduced cost would increase the fan base and would it not make sense to have say 45000 attending a game at say 20% less than the current cost and make the same if not more money on gate receipts . The increased atmosphere and take on shop sales and drinks, food, corporate etc . Seems to make sense to me . We could build a new stadium for the money we wasted on players like Osvaldo .