[Archived] Season Tickets 09/10

[sambo]

I am behind the offer but disappointed at the preferrable treatment the scum get. 7000 tickets is a huge amount.

[Hasta]

Make the best of it. Take the low cost offer of a Darwen End ST, you will be guaranteed a ticket for the big games verus Burnley, Manure and Liverpool plus A N Other. I am certain that those taking the cheap offer will also not have to pay the full market price for a ticket for the four games.

I think a lot of people are presuming that people who have bought Darwen End season tickets have done because they are the cheapest. All 4 people I know who have got them have bought them because they offer unreserved seating and because all of the decent seats in the Blackburn End are taken anyway. It gives them a chance to sit together behind the goal with a decent view and hopefully with a good vocal atmosphere.

If they could have got decent seats in the Blackburn End they would have paid £199 straight away. If they could have paid £199 to stop in the Darwen End for all 19 games they would have also. .

Now if people buying a season ticket in the Jack Walker are only paying less than £16 for the 'other 4', then why should my mates have to fork out £25 ?

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

I appluaded the ticket initiative and pricing and still do but had doubts in the back of my mind as to whether we would sell anywhere near enough season tickets in the DE this coming season.

In all honesty the ONLY reason we saw the full Dawen End towards the end of last season was down to the unheard of offer of three games for £20,nothing more nothing less.

Asking the same folk who sat in the DE to cough up £150 does maybe become an issue for some familys etc,especially when they are probably not the most commited to the cause.

I hope we sell the whole bloody end out though and I am proved so wrong as the change in atmosphere was very marked with packed ends behind both goals,it was a great taste of what is possible when Rovers fans get their act together....only time will tell.

[ABBEY]

Abbey, get youself in a barrell and pee in the corner if your confused pal

How anyone can criticise BRFC for the ticket initiative is beyond belief.

They have done what they have done and it has been on offer for EACH and EVERY one of us. Some will win and some will lose, You cannot achieve a 100% happy success rate with the offer.

I am certain that not everyone will be pleased or satisfied, people will moan, people will smile, people will groan and groan.

Make the best of it. Take the low cost offer of a Darwen End ST, you will be guaranteed a ticket for the big games verus Burnley, Manure and Liverpool plus A N Other. I am certain that those taking the cheap offer will also not have to pay the full market price for a ticket for the four games.

The season is nigh upon us, lets look forward to it and lets all get behind the club.

not complaining at all about the tickets ive got ,but the biggest game of the season and if and JW truly believe in taking back ewood then this game should have had top proroiyty (or however is spelt lol) especiaslly if the "newest fans want to be hooked" on coming dopwn.What riles me is giving them the whole end or however many tickets they get whilst we are going to given a poxy insult amount of tickets.

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

Spot on Abbs, it should have been a chance for EVERY Rovers fan to sample the atmosphere of the East Lancs derby and thus get them hooked once and for all.

Lets see how many we get for their shyte hole and lets see if they are prepared to take a chance with the safety of OUR supporters.........mmmmmmmmmmmmm

[67splitscreen]

Possibly too late - but when ST sales for JW have calmed down - and we have a better idea of availability. Maybe a mini season ticket offered to Darwen End ST holders only - to cover the 4 matches not covered by the 15 ? Maybe at a reduced combined price of £80 ?

If the club announced this - it may help further boost ticket sales in the DE. Club would gain additional publicity, and also be able to claim that they listen to fans concerns.

A combined price of £230 would seem fair - given that 4 of the matches are in the more expensive part of the ground.

Now all I needs is JW's number

Just press redial like always.

[Manchester Blue]

I think the club would be amazed and delighted if we got to the position of worrying whether we can accommodate the Darwen End season tickets in the rest of the ground - even if we sell all the bottom tier it would mean we had more than 23,000 season ticket holders. Even at these prices that's unlikely.

I have no problem with charging then £25 a ticket for the other 4 games (although I don't know if that's been agreed yet?), but I can see merit both for fans and the club in packaging them as a block of 4 at a price less than £100. There is still time to do that as the first of the 4 will be Burnley in October. I'll raise it as a possible item for the Fans Forum in August.

Meaning Citeh won't get the full end? I so hope that is the case. Let the police worry about the 6 million that will want to stand on the hill, give them the allocation that reflects their average following in the last 5 years and not their following now they have a chance of success.

[cletus]

TAKING EWOOD BACK!!!

???? ????

I`ve got to say i`m VERY disappointed with the clubs decision to give Bumley the whole of the Darwen End

What`s the point in promoting TAKING EWOOD BACK when you`re gonna give up to 8000 tickets to your arch-rivals??? It`s a case of "roll over & tickle my tummy, cos those nasty folk from Bumley are coming to town"

I`ve bought 2 Season tickets for the Darwen End.....& yes, i half expected to be moved for the Bumley game. I can accept that.

But that`s not the point i`m trying to make.

The point is Rovers could`ve told Bumley or the police "we`re only prepared to give them the 'legal' minimum number of tickets stated by the FA".

Give them 2000 seats in the Darwen End stand, have a massive 'no mans land' filled with police & stewards then fill the rest of the ground with ROVERS FANS!!!!

The last 2 times we played at the turd, Rovers fans were HEAVILY vetted by the club & police.......yet when they played at Ewood, everyman & his dog turned up. I remember tales of 400 suicide squad numpties being frog marched from Rishton station to the ground!!!......but yet they still let them in!!!!

I am going to Email the club & protest in the strongest manner i can. I URGE others to do the same!

I would rather Ewood Park have 30,000 screaming Rovers fans for that game & no Bumley fans at all.......than give them 8000 tickets.

I AM VERY ANGRY & DISAPPOINTED WITH BLACKBURN ROVERS FC!!!!.....get a backbone FFS!!!

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

TAKING EWOOD BACK!!!

The last 2 times we played at the turd, Rovers fans were HEAVILY vetted by the club & police.......yet when they played at Ewood, everyman & his dog turned up. I remember tales of 400 suicide squad numpties being frog marched from Rishton station to the ground!!!......but yet they still let them in!!!!

Its a strange one is this indeed cletus,its almost like they give Burnley fans a free run.Tickets for Burnley fans went on open sale for both games in the past.It makes you wonder just who has the 'reputation' for having troublesome fans?

[incy wincy little spider]

Just been reading through some of the comments regarding the Darwen End Season ticket sales and I think it must be the way it was pitched to the fans.

The way I see it and maybe it should have been pitched is that it is a cheaper season ticket which allows fans who don't have a lot of spare money to see most of the home games at Ewood park next season. I think this is great especially during a recession in a town like Blackburn. If this is how you see it then great.

The extra details coming out are more like bonuses from the club, which imo don't have to be added as I feel that the cheap season ticket is incentive enough and allows of lot of people who could not normally afford to come to more then a few games a season to be a regular this season and feel part of the club for only £150.

Anyway this is how I see it and I can't fault it at all.

[1864roverite]

Burnley are NOT and will NEVER be ARCH RIVALS of BRFC, this season is a freaky one off that sees them playing us twice. After the season ends they will be long long forgotten as a minor memory as they take the drop back to where they belong.

THEY ARE ENEMIES

[Alan75]

I am behind the offer but disappointed at the preferrable treatment the scum get. 7000 tickets is a huge amount.

The only way to stop it is if Rovers supporters buy up the allocation of DE season tickets.

It aint going to happen is it.

[cletus]

I have been on rovers.co.uk & sent the club a respectful but strongly worded email via the 'contact us' page.

I urge anybody who feels the same way to do so aswell!!

let`s PROTEST!!!!!!!

Let the club know our displeasure at this decision!!!!!

Email or write to.....

The Guy who puts Dingles before Rovers Fans.

Blackburn Rovers Football Club

Ewood Park,

Blackburn,

Lancashire,

BB2 4JF

[MarkBRFC]

There is still time to do that as the first of the 4 will be Burnley in October. I'll raise it as a possible item for the Fans Forum in August.

I think we all know the first of the 4 will be the opening game against City, i would be amazed if thats not the case. Not that i want them to get the whole end of course.

I'm also not sure why everyone is getting in such a panic over burnley getting 7000 tickets, not once has this been confirmed. They could have the whole end but only have 4000 tickets or so, just like Stoke did back in December.

[cletus]

I am behind the offer but disappointed at the preferrable treatment the scum get. 7000 tickets is a huge amount.

PROTEST!!!!

[Paul Mellelieu]

I have to say, that from the outset, I've been unable to see why the D/E offer would be that attractive, when you make arrangements to see four of the biggest fixtures of the season.

10/10 for initiative though.

Any figures on numbers sold?

[Bob the Builder]

Possibly too late - but when ST sales for JW have calmed down - and we have a better idea of availability. Maybe a mini season ticket offered to Darwen End ST holders only - to cover the 4 matches not covered by the 15 ? Maybe at a reduced combined price of £80 ?

If the club announced this - it may help further boost ticket sales in the DE. Club would gain additional publicity, and also be able to claim that they listen to fans concerns.

A combined price of £230 would seem fair - given that 4 of the matches are in the more expensive part of the ground.

Now all I needs is JW's number

As good an idea as that sounds, I wouldn’t of thought the club could do that with the premier league rules, which I believe state that 10% of tickets need to be available to Home fans on a match by match basis.

With giving all the Dawen end to the two US teams and the 6 fingered ones, we would still need ensure that 3,100 tickets are available on a match by match basis. If we sold 1,000 tickets in the Darwen end by the start of the season (I know it’s only 300ish now) we might not have enough tickets in the JW left to satisfy this rule. I would doubt that even now there are 4,000 spare tickets in the Jack walker stand.

[cletus]

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[Stuart]

Burnley are NOT and will NEVER be ARCH RIVALS of BRFC, this season is a freaky one off that sees them playing us twice. After the season ends they will be long long forgotten as a minor memory as they take the drop back to where they belong.

THEY ARE ENEMIES

Someone alert the mods. Vinjay has gotten hold of 1864's log in!

[cesus]

My mate is a dingle (lord forgive me for my sins) and reckons that prices for the Darwen end will £45 each when we play the scum! Surely this cannot be true, I always thought there was rules stating identical areas of the stadium i.e Darwen and Blackburn ends have to be identical prices. I would have thought catergory A games at £45 in the Blackburn end would be very steep!

[tomphil]

PROTEST!!!!

Get a grip ffs!!!

[bazza]

Presumably the fourth game for our supporters to give up the Darwen end will be a choice of Man City or Everton.

I hope it's City for the simple reason that in my experience the Everton supporters are the best behaved of the five clubs, especially when they mingle in the home fans areas.

[Tris]

Two months ago I was thinking how to budget for this years Season Ticket (Blackburn End) - I reckoned it would be a 20 or 30 quid increase on #299, and I was planning to go with the monthly direct debit again. So a ST price of perhaps #329, add on the interest, 350 quid total so 35 over 10 months (this season it was 31.87 over 10 months).

There would have been less moaning on this MB if Rovers HAD simply put prices up by 30 quid in every stand at Ewood. It would have been the same as every other year - pay up, f**k off, watch the football, complain about the beer and pies. 12K season tickets sold, nobody is surprised, nobody is bothered.

Now suddenly there's a whole new industry - moan about the best ticket prices the Premier League has ever seen!! With two sides of Ewood nearly sold out at 199 quid, there's a protest brewing about one of the other sides costing 50 quid more - if people CHOOSE to take up the option to watch 19 games rather than the 15 THEY WERE OFFERED UNDER THE PACKAGE THEY CHOSE TO BUY.

50 quid gets you into Chelsea for the one away game. How can people claim the same 50 quid is a deal breaker for a whole season ticket at Ewood?!

And the Burnley game - under ANY CIRCUMSTANCES - would never have a mixed Darwen End. It will always be Burnley only, be that 2K, 4K 6K or 8K of them in there.

People are taking the emotion of the Burnley issue (which is a non-issue due to segregation) and using it to shoot the club down. This thread is a disgrace, it puts the incredible ticket offering from Rovers in a bad light - people from outside reading this must wonder if Blackburn is on a different planet.

3rd cheapest tickets in the 92 club pyramid, and our own fans are picking holes in the offer and moaning like it's a robbery.

Absolutely incredible.

WHY DON'T YOU ALL F++K OFF TO BLACKPOOL - IT'S #449.65 FOR YOUR CHEAPEST SEASON TICKET THERE*, LEAVE THE DARWEN END OFFER BEHIND IF #249 IS A RIP OFF FOR YOU

* that includes the 4 big games against Newcastle, Swansea, Peterborough and Scunthorpe

[Rover9]

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Joined! No way should Rovers fans be getting shifted to accomodate these knuckle draggers who will no doubt begin the smashing campaign before they leave the Darwen End after being beat by the blues!

[47er]

Two months ago I was thinking how to budget for this years Season Ticket (Blackburn End) - I reckoned it would be a 20 or 30 quid increase on #299, and I was planning to go with the monthly direct debit again. So a ST price of perhaps #329, add on the interest, 350 quid total so 35 over 10 months (this season it was 31.87 over 10 months).

There would have been less moaning on this MB if Rovers HAD simply put prices up by 30 quid in every stand at Ewood. It would have been the same as every other year - pay up, f**k off, watch the football, complain about the beer and pies. 12K season tickets sold, nobody is surprised, nobody is bothered.

Now suddenly there's a whole new industry - moan about the best ticket prices the Premier League has ever seen!! With two sides of Ewood nearly sold out at 199 quid, there's a protest brewing about one of the other sides costing 50 quid more - if people CHOOSE to take up the option to watch 19 games rather than the 15 THEY WERE OFFERED UNDER THE PACKAGE THEY CHOSE TO BUY.

50 quid gets you into Chelsea for the one away game. How can people claim the same 50 quid is a deal breaker for a whole season ticket at Ewood?!

And the Burnley game - under ANY CIRCUMSTANCES - would never have a mixed Darwen End. It will always be Burnley only, be that 2K, 4K 6K or 8K of them in there.

People are taking the emotion of the Burnley issue (which is a non-issue due to segregation) and using it to shoot the club down. This thread is a disgrace, it puts the incredible ticket offering from Rovers in a bad light - people from outside reading this must wonder if Blackburn is on a different planet.

3rd cheapest tickets in the 92 club pyramid, and our own fans are picking holes in the offer and moaning like it's a robbery.

Absolutely incredible.

WHY DON'T YOU ALL F++K OFF TO BLACKPOOL - IT'S #449.65 FOR YOUR CHEAPEST SEASON TICKET THERE*, LEAVE THE DARWEN END OFFER BEHIND IF #249 IS A RIP OFF FOR YOU

* that includes the 4 big games against Newcastle, Swansea, Peterborough and Scunthorpe

Back on Planet Earth, there is nothing wrong with fans making comments which improve a concept. Rovers, like everyone else don't get it right 100% first off. If the cost of the 4 extra games meant a DE season ticket holder paid a total of 199 quid for all 19 home games that would be fair and accordingly more tickets would be sold. Its a good idea and the club should take note of it for next year.