[Archived] Season Ticket Prices 2016/17

[tomphil]

They get a winning side to watch owned and run by people who mostly bleed claret. The club has heart and soul so some might say it's worth it although they'll never have a supply and demand problem over there despite the tiny ground

[barry_]

the initiative of the £10 ticket for the home ends should be carried through to the season tickets. £200 for the BBE & DE (with the full backing of PL for his transfer budget).

Some hope, i know.

[ABBEY]

Not arsed when they come out... Let's get this season finished first .. Stop wishing your lives away

[rigger]

Not arsed when they come out... Let's get this season finished first .. Stop wishing your lives away

Totally agree. What does it matter when they come out? If you want one ,get one. If you don't, then don't.

[JHRover]

There must be a reason that the vast majority of other clubs across the football league have already got them on sale. I'm sure other clubs have done their research and have found that the longer they are on sale and the more publicity given then that usually equates to a greater number of tickets sold.

Huddersfield and Cardiff, who have had crowds similar to ours this season, have already sold 11,000+ season tickets because they introduced clever initiatives, publicised them well and got them on sale nice and early before this season ended.

I understand the point about if you want a season ticket you'll buy one regardless of when they go on sale, I'm one of those people, but if it didn't matter at all then how come everyone else has got them on sale whilst as usual we are one of the last.

Late to announce prices, late to get tickets on sale, late sorting out new sponsors, late announcing new kit manufacturers, late arranging pre-season, late getting home and away shirts on sale, late sorting out contracts. There's a pattern emerging here. Then the club wonder why they sell less tickets, merchandise and sponsorship than other smaller clubs.

[tomphil]

It's been the same every year for the past 3 seasons at least. Probably something to do with them not signing it off until they have one of their famous family board meetings to discuss the club. This doesn't seem to happen till summer and we'll just be ignored till then, probably the same for Lamberts budget.

Jokers but then we already knew that.

[BlueMonday]

Sergei, could you possibly forward this Link to our esteemed owners.

I'm sure it will be a help

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marketing

[Mercer]

^{Any business needs an overall strategy and the pricing of your product is a key part of that.}

^{Sadly, I don't think Rovers have any sort of strategy and it all seems to be piecemeal stuff on an ad hoc basis.}

^{With absent / long distance owners like ours, Executive Management should be taking the initiative and putting forward compelling business arguments to those in Pune. Sadly, I doubt the balls or nous exists within Ewood to do that.}

[JAL]

Rovers look a club that's been trashed with no money.

[McClarky]

Wonder who makes this kind of decision. Wonder if the owners know that there is no one left at Ewood to do it. They are probably still confused after all.

[roverandout]

If the owners ccan't be arsed going to games, how can they expect fans to?

[bubblerrovers]

Feels like venkys have just given up on us. I wonder if they think if they ignore rovers we will just disappear

[Athlete]

^{Any business needs an overall strategy and the pricing of your product is a key part of that.}

^{Sadly, I don't think Rovers have any sort of strategy and it all seems to be piecemeal stuff on an ad hoc basis.}

^{With absent / long distance owners like ours, Executive Management should be taking the initiative and putting forward compelling business arguments to those in Pune. Sadly, I doubt the balls or nous exists within Ewood to do that.}

No Balls no nous even if they had either they wouldn't have the authority to do anything

[MarkBRFC]

With Hull City announcing that they are scrapping season tickets for next season, it got me wondering if they are actually viable for us next season?

Would anyone be bothered if we followed suit ?

[Athlete]

Wigan announced 179 across board for renewals and 199 across board for new ST's

as for this saturdays opponents :

http://www.htafc.com/news/article/huddersfield-town-201617-season-cards-wagnerrevolution-3007819.aspx

[tomphil]

With Hull City announcing that they are scrapping season tickets for next season, it got me wondering if they are actually viable for us next season?

Would anyone be bothered if we followed suit ?

If that had been the case this season some of the official attendances would have made scary reading particularly night games. Maybe some alarm bells would actually have gone off then in Pune. If they look at the averages I doubt they realise they are boosted over the season by some big away supports.

[ABBEY]

With Hull City announcing that they are scrapping season tickets for next season, it got me wondering if they are actually viable for us next season?

Would anyone be bothered if we followed suit ?

Haven't seen this but surely clubs need season ticket holders . I would rather have one and then it's paid for and Id rather this than stumping up each week and the inconvenience and hassle each home game .Not only that how many would pay each week to watch the @#/? that get serves up each week at ewood over the Venky ownership.

No season ticket and I don't think I'd bother until they left.

[Stuart]

Haven't seen this but surely clubs need season ticket holders . I would rather have one and then it's paid for and Id rather this than stumping up each week and the inconvenience and hassle each home game .Not only that how many would pay each week to watch the @#/? that get serves up each week at ewood over the Venky ownership.

No season ticket and I don't think I'd bother until they left.

http://m.hulldailymail.co.uk/Hull-City-membership-does-season-ticket/story-28928648-detail/story.html

According to this Abs, you can still pick a seat but it would be in a membership 'zone'. I guess the more members they have the more zones they will need. It looks as though people can still keep a non-member seat (their current seat) but would not get the lower member price.

Interestingly it would eliminate the half season ticket so if somebody got the bug part way through a season they could become a member at a monthly rate. It sounds a bit like having a Rovers Player subscription. I wonder if people would cancel their membership at the end of the season and then rejoin later in the Summer?

I guess it will only be as successful as fans want it to be. I could see it helping with the singing section idea though. Just identify a singing zone, maybe unreserved seating, and allow people to become a member in that zone. They'd probably need a tartan blanket zone somewhere in the JW though and I'd also have a leaving-the-Riverside-early-zone in the back few rows - rear exit only.

[tomphil]

They should just issue '85 min' tickets in the riverside at a reduced rate. Just watch em all refuse to leave when they should then

[K-Hod]

I sit in the Riverside, and I've never left early, though it may appear that way... (I watch injury time from pitch level).

[tomphil]

I sit in that end block of the BBE and yes a lot seem to come to the corner at the front but it still looks awful people drifting along the walkway from the far end basically ignoring what's happening on the pitch till they pause briefly before they exit.

All depends on the score of course.

[Ben-2000]

People leave early in all area's. It's just more apparent in the Riverside due to the layout.

[tomphil]

People leave early in all area's. It's just more apparent in the Riverside due to the layout.

...because people start their walk from one end to the other from about 83 mins. That's what makes it look worse and if that wasn't possible then those seeking to get away early would bolt out of the nearest exit otherwise they'd stay put.

The gentle flow of people along the front encourages others to join IMO, of course the nature of the game plays a part but it tends to be the same sometimes regardless of what's happening on the pitch.

Mind you there is sometimes a lot drifting in across the front in the first 5 mins just to even it up like. Maybe that's why tickets ARE cheaper in there, like a pay as you go

[gumboots]

Unless I had a really urgent reason to leave, I'd never leave early. Only time I did was when I was supposed to be in the Midlands somewhere for my in laws golden wedding do and me and the kids refused to go if we couldn't go to rovers first

[tomphil]

My pals dad who we went with when we were kids used to leave early every game so I grew up hating the idea. The crowds were only 4/5 thousand at times yet he still dragged us out 5 mins before the end. The number of times we heard a cheer whilst going back up LBR was criminal and if there was a few hundred + away followers in the echoing old DE you didn't know who'd notched till we got in the car and put R Lancs on.

Some have good reason of course but for a lot it just seems to be part of the matchday ritual and I just don't get it. Days like yesterday though it's understandable as that shower deserved and empty ground but as usual 1 or 2 actually earned a clap off.