[Archived] Season Ticket Prices 2016/17

[Stuart]

..... or a statue of Jordan Rhodes fluffing yet another sitter from 5 yards to remind us of what we're missing

Opta or jim mk2? Tough one.

[Mike Graham]

The Club are right to close stands, it should have been done some 2 seasons ago to save money. However this is minimal cost savings compared to the mega money wasted on the likes of Brown etc.

The issue is the way they have gone around it. How can they seriously consult if the ST packs are going out this week. You consult BEFORE a final decision has been made not after.

The other issue is that they blame a FF member for leaking it. Well good on that person. I also hope the FF gave them a hard time over the cynical so called consultation.......and maybe over the farcical ownership and management of our Rovers. FF grow some teeth please.

[gumboots]

How about they annoy even more fans and put the family stand in half of the darwen end forcing those who sit there to either sit with the kids and old fogeys like me or move elsewhere or stop attending. Since it seems to be the club's aim to rid itself of all the irritating people who turn up to watch matches, this would surely be a master stroke

[Mike Graham]

5 of us in the JW Walker Upper have just been lost Gumboots. They may as well move the JW ST holders into the BBE upper.

The trick with ST's in the JW by the way is to buy the cheapest ones then move into the padded more expensive seats in the middle ;-)

Sadly none of this really matters anymore. We will be back to real gates of 5-7K next season apart from when Newcastle, Villa and PNE roll up.

[gumboots]

Yeah I used to sit in the JW upper outer with school groups. We never stayed in the allocated seats

[BlueMonday]

Due to inaction, prevarication and dereliction of duty, they have left themselves no time to negotiate meaningfully.

The irony is, if rumours are correct, the ST price has been frozen, so you have to ask, what on Gods good Earth has the delay been about.

Once again rank mismanagement reigns and the Club slips into inexorable decline.

Has anyone got a Season Ticket Sales table by years, because this seasons sales could be the lowest since possibly 83-84, 84-85.

[JHRover]

I'm not really in a position to discuss whether closing the Blackburn End Upper is a good idea or not. I don't know how much it costs the club a year to open it as it is, I don't know how many season ticket holders sit up there (would guess around 500-600), and of course most importantly I've never sat up there and don't know the views of the people going to be affected.

As others have said, I don't think that people have much of an issue with the club looking at ways to condense supporters whilst saving money. But there is a professional way to go about doing this. It is a delicate process as it involves moving season ticket holders from seats that some have occupied for 20 years or more. You don't just tell them when season tickets finally go on sale that their seats won't be available this year and they will have to move.

The club must have had this under consideration for several months. Even if their minds were already made up they should have written to each season ticket holder, explained what they were looking at doing, how it would help the club financially, what alternatives there were, how they would make an effort to keep groups together, ask for people's views on the issue.

To my knowledge they haven't done any of that and once again it seems the club is going behind the supporters backs and upsetting long term season ticket holders, who again appear to have been little more than an irritating afterthought.

As for the Fans Forum, It was always my understanding that the purpose of the Forum was for a small group of fans to represent the larger fanbase in direct discussions with representatives of the club. Members of the Forum should not be made privy to information that can't be shared with the whole fanbase. People on the Forum are there to represent the thousands of Rovers fans around the world and to ask questions on their behalf and pass on information to them that they discover in the meetings. This idea that they are given information but are then expected to withhold it from other supporters until the club wants them to release it is simply wrong and is not what the Forum is there for.

[MCMC1875]

Savings from closing the BBE Upper must be marginal.

The lights are always on when the DE Upper is shut so presumably the lights will be left on.

The turnstiles are automated.

Catering staff costs are offset by catering sales.

So that just leaves stewarding and the post match cleaning bill? HUGE!

[JHRover]

Savings from closing the BBE Upper must be marginal.

The lights are always on when the DE Upper is shut so presumably the lights will be left on.

The turnstiles are automated.

So that just leaves the post match cleaning bill? HUGE!

Plus the costs of 5-10 stewards and 5-10 catering staff to work the 4-5 hour shift on matchday, which in the grand scheme of things is loose change. This is a club losing £15 million a year and still paying players thousands of pounds per week who no longer are at the club. So I find it hard to believe it will make any recognisable difference.

This is what happens when you have an accountant making operational decisions single handed with no football people on the board.

[gumboots]

If half those with STs in the family stand don't renew because of the closure it must almost negate cost savings.

[mhead]

Have always thought it was stupid to have the Family area behind the Goal. The JW Lower is a good position for this 'zone'. Of course you have to market it properly,consult and give some early 'add-ons' to sugar the pill.

When WE are in charge then the BE Upper needs to be filled again and a proper zone of the JW Stand needs re-fitting for the Family Zone. This is a long-term plan but never to be carried out in the current circumstances!

[CAPT KAYOS]

Have always thought it was stupid to have the Family area behind the Goal. The JW Lower is a good position for this 'zone'. Of course you have to market it properly,consult and give some early 'add-ons' to sugar the pill.

When WE are in charge then the BE Upper needs to be filled again and a proper zone of the JW Stand needs re-fitting for the Family Zone. This is a long-term plan but never to be carried out in the current circumstances!

same here - but then again I thought he Blackburn end should have been just a one tier 'kop' stand rather than two tiered, but seem to think there was an issue with the building regulations but could be wrong on that.

[gumboots]

You can't see the pitch in th jw lower. If you're there to watch the match and are small it's useless.

[MCMC1875]

You can't see the pitch in th jw lower. If you're there to watch the match and are small it's useless.

....and the JW Lower DE is worse than the JW Lower BBE because the pitch is raised and slopes from the DE to the BBE!

[Al]

I'm not really in a position to discuss whether closing the Blackburn End Upper is a good idea or not. I don't know how much it costs the club a year to open it as it is, I don't know how many season ticket holders sit up there (would guess around 500-600), and of course most importantly I've never sat up there and don't know the views of the people going to be affected.

As others have said, I don't think that people have much of an issue with the club looking at ways to condense supporters whilst saving money. But there is a professional way to go about doing this. It is a delicate process as it involves moving season ticket holders from seats that some have occupied for 20 years or more. You don't just tell them when season tickets finally go on sale that their seats won't be available this year and they will have to move.

The club must have had this under consideration for several months. Even if their minds were already made up they should have written to each season ticket holder, explained what they were looking at doing, how it would help the club financially, what alternatives there were, how they would make an effort to keep groups together, ask for people's views on the issue.

To my knowledge they haven't done any of that and once again it seems the club is going behind the supporters backs and upsetting long term season ticket holders, who again appear to have been little more than an irritating afterthought.

As for the Fans Forum, It was always my understanding that the purpose of the Forum was for a small group of fans to represent the larger fanbase in direct discussions with representatives of the club. Members of the Forum should not be made privy to information that can't be shared with the whole fanbase. People on the Forum are there to represent the thousands of Rovers fans around the world and to ask questions on their behalf and pass on information to them that they discover in the meetings. This idea that they are given information but are then expected to withhold it from other supporters until the club wants them to release it is simply wrong and is not what the Forum is there for.

Absolutely. They do not represent the fans though do they? Self appointed, unelected and privileged, including holidays in India.

[DE.]

As for the Fans Forum, It was always my understanding that the purpose of the Forum was for a small group of fans to represent the larger fanbase in direct discussions with representatives of the club. Members of the Forum should not be made privy to information that can't be shared with the whole fanbase. People on the Forum are there to represent the thousands of Rovers fans around the world and to ask questions on their behalf and pass on information to them that they discover in the meetings. This idea that they are given information but are then expected to withhold it from other supporters until the club wants them to release it is simply wrong and is not what the Forum is there for.

Could not agree more on this point.

[ABBEY]

It was a good post apart from saying they represent fans ... NO they don't .they represent 8 or 9 fans

[AndyNeil]

how does that song go "and haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hste, hate" 🙂

[ABBEY]

not hating at all ,but how does 9ish fans get elected to speak for fans? they speak for each of the 9 .

[den]

Don't think the FF was ever set up so that they could represent anyone. My understanding is that the idea was to get together a broad group of fans that the club could bounce ideas off - and vice versa.

[Mattyblue]

I've never been on the Fans Forum, largely because I've never been arsed to sign up.

I believe they are always open to new attendees, so it is definitely not some closed shop.

[ABBEY]

Not saying it's a closed sho . Just that they don't represent me

[JBiz]

Not saying it's a closed sho . Just that they don't represent me

So go sign up and get involved then!

[ABBEY]

Don't have the time and it has exactly what to do with you ?

[JBiz]

Don't have the time and it has exactly what to do with you ?

We've been down this road, if you don't want to publicly discuss something, don't post it here.

I'm the same, I don't make the time to be involved although I've considered it. Therefore I can't criticise something for not representing me.

Let's be honest about it- you could get involved if you really wanted to make a difference, just like I could. I just get the feeling you'd rather complain about it.