Season tickets 2023-24 - what could/should be offered ?

[Mattyblue]

As there’s no Burnley away ticket panic to take advantage of this time I imagine we won’t be seeing 1875 club this coming season… his money grabbing schemes really are that transparent.

[roverblue]

From the BBC website…whilst rovers celebrate a new low of season ticket sales and declining attendances it seems its boom time everywhere else…

”The English Football League has recorded its highest aggregate attendance for nearly 70 years.

EFL chief executive, Trevor Birch, said: "To welcome nearly 22 million supporters to an EFL competition in 2022-23 is quite remarkable. These numbers don't happen by accident. They are testament to the efforts of the 72 clubs to create such quality football and matchday experiences that encourages fans to attend matches in person even when there are so many other ways to consume football, and particularly when so many people are facing a squeeze on their finances.”

The rise in attendance was partially fuelled by a 15% rise in season ticket sales and Birch said: "The continued rise in season ticket sales, and particularly junior season ticket sales, is really encouraging.  

“Quite simply, these fans are the future of our game which is why it is so heartening to see so many young supporters attending fixtures regularly and developing a love of football that they will hopefully take with them throughout their lives."  

[tomphil]

Off the field run by downscaler expert Waggot and owned by generous but clueless invisible people Rovers are so behind the curve it's painful.

[Guest]

Season Ticket Estimate

Latest: 8,090 (+11)

Notes:

• The estimate is based upon the total number of saleable seats to home supporters (18,210), minus the amount of unavailable (sold) seats.
• (+xx) represents the difference in season ticket sales from the previous estimate (usually 24 hours).
• 159 seats in block W01 are marked as unavailable (sold), but are not saleable due to being cordoned-off. These are therefore excluded from the season ticket estimate.
• 376 seats for supporters requiring ground-level font-row access are marked as unavailable (sold), but appear to be block-reserved rather than fully sold. These are therefore excluded from the season ticket estimate.
• A seat is marked as unavailable for up to 28 minutes when added to the basket. It is not possible to exclude these from the estimate.

[Guest]

3 hours ago, roverblue said:

From the BBC website…whilst rovers celebrate a new low of season ticket sales and declining attendances it seems its boom time everywhere else…

”The English Football League has recorded its highest aggregate attendance for nearly 70 years.

EFL chief executive, Trevor Birch, said: "To welcome nearly 22 million supporters to an EFL competition in 2022-23 is quite remarkable. These numbers don't happen by accident. They are testament to the efforts of the 72 clubs to create such quality football and matchday experiences that encourages fans to attend matches in person even when there are so many other ways to consume football, and particularly when so many people are facing a squeeze on their finances.”

The rise in attendance was partially fuelled by a 15% rise in season ticket sales and Birch said: "The continued rise in season ticket sales, and particularly junior season ticket sales, is really encouraging.  

“Quite simply, these fans are the future of our game which is why it is so heartening to see so many young supporters attending fixtures regularly and developing a love of football that they will hopefully take with them throughout their lives."  

But where’s your evidence?

[JohnD]

Season Tickets sold 23/24 as a percentage of town population

(Qty sold is a moving target)

Town-Population-Tickets sold- %age

Blackpool - 141k - 8k - 5.6%

Preston - 147.9 - 11k - 7.4 %

Bolton - 296k - 15k -  5%

Blackburn - 154.7k - 8k - 5.1%

Sources

Pop = Census 2021

Tickets sold clubs/fan forum

Edited June 11, 2023 by JohnD
inaccurate

[Mattyblue]

These things are always a bit silly as large and increasing numbers of fanbases no longer live in the Borough a team is based in.

But let’s pretend they do, those stats don’t even make sense, Blackpool and Preston Boroughs  are the same population as BwD around 150k.

300k+ for Preston 😁 I know they think they are a mega city these days, but come on.

Edited June 10, 2023 by Mattyblue

[wilsdenrover]

6 minutes ago, Mattyblue said:

These things are always a bit silly as large and increasing numbers of fanbases no longer live in the Borough a team is based in.

And those stats don’t even make sense, Blackpool and Preston Borough is the same population as BwD.

300k+ for Preston 😁 I know they think they are a mega city these days, but come on.

In 2021 the ONS had the populations as - Preston 147,600 Blackpool 141,100.

Edited June 10, 2023 by wilsdenrover

[Mattyblue]

Yep pretty much exactly the same as BwD. 

[Guest]

3 hours ago, JohnD said:

Season Tickets sold 23/24 as a percentage of town population

(Qty sold is a moving target)

Town-Population-Tickets sold- %age

Blackpool - 241.6k - 8k - 3.3%

Preston - 328.9 - 11k - 3.3 %

Bolton - 296k - 15k -  5%

Blackburn - 152.8k - 8k - 5.2%

Sources

Pop = Census 2021

Tickets sold clubs/fan forum

330k people in Preston city??

Please stop John; you’re getting worse.

[Doogs]

I think 8100 season ti kets sold is a good start....

[Mattyblue]

It isn’t a ‘start’ when we are through the early bird phase and prices have now been hiked by £50.

90% of STs that are going to be sold will have been sold already.

[Doogs]

38 minutes ago, Mattyblue said:

It isn’t a ‘start’ when we are through the early bird phase and prices have now been hiked by £50.

90% of STs that are going to be sold will have been sold already.

Glass half full. Your very negative..

[Mattyblue]

🙄That silly barb again, usually used when an argument has been lost. And even more ironic considering how ‘negative’ you’ve been about our fanbase on this thread.

So no, nothing to do with half empty/full glasses, it’s just a fact that the vast majority of STs (at all clubs) are sold at early bird prices. The fact you are ignorant of how STs actually sell at football clubs through the close season doesn’t make me ‘negative’. 

Edited June 10, 2023 by Mattyblue

[Doogs]

Look back at your posts. I have not seen anything positive from yo once. 8100 is a good effort. Two months to go...Let's go for it. Come on Matt don't give up.

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[Upside Down]

13 hours ago, tomphil said:

Off the field run by downscaler expert Waggot and owned by generous but clueless invisible people Rovers are so behind the curve it's painful.

They are in no way generous. Let's just get that straight. 

[Upside Down]

15 hours ago, roverblue said:

From the BBC website…whilst rovers celebrate a new low of season ticket sales and declining attendances it seems its boom time everywhere else…

”The English Football League has recorded its highest aggregate attendance for nearly 70 years.

EFL chief executive, Trevor Birch, said: "To welcome nearly 22 million supporters to an EFL competition in 2022-23 is quite remarkable. These numbers don't happen by accident. They are testament to the efforts of the 72 clubs to create such quality football and matchday experiences that encourages fans to attend matches in person even when there are so many other ways to consume football, and particularly when so many people are facing a squeeze on their finances.”

The rise in attendance was partially fuelled by a 15% rise in season ticket sales and Birch said: "The continued rise in season ticket sales, and particularly junior season ticket sales, is really encouraging.  

“Quite simply, these fans are the future of our game which is why it is so heartening to see so many young supporters attending fixtures regularly and developing a love of football that they will hopefully take with them throughout their lives."  

I think he means 71 clubs.

[Upside Down]

9 minutes ago, Doogs said:

Look back at your posts. I have not seen anything positive from yo once. 8100 is a good effort. Two months to go...Let's go for it. Come on Matt don't give up.

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Embarrassing. 

 

[J*B]

It’s all about your own standards. Personally, I’d sack people for being happy with 8,100 season tickets. 

[Mattyblue]

I’m massively positive about Blackburn Rovers so that’s why when the commercial operation lets the club down so badly it needs pointing out. 

Unlike you Doogs I don’t engage in ignorant wishful thinking when I know exactly the pattern STs get sold at clubs, I.e 90% at early bird prices, so not negative, not positive, mere facts   - you also do now, so you won’t be surprised when we only sell a few hundred more by KO… just like last season and just like at every club that increases prices after early bird.

Edited June 10, 2023 by Mattyblue

[JHRover]

7 hours ago, Doogs said:

I think 8100 season ti kets sold is a good start....

A start would be if it was March or April with months of sales to come and reason to think substantially more will buy 

But mid June with early bird complete and a price hike now in place means almost all will have committed one way or another. 

 

[JohnD]

11 hours ago, Mellor Rover said:

330k people in Preston city??

Please stop John; you’re getting worse.

Sorry, I should have checked the numbers, post corrected now.

[K-Hod]

Just as a general point, we really need to get away from shutting people’s viewpoints down as being negative or positive, it’s such a lazy argument, we can do better!

[Mattyblue]

Get one of those filters in that turns it into something else when posted, ‘you cannot use that word’ etc - sure we used to have one for Ke*n.

 

[wilsdenrover]

7 minutes ago, K-Hod said:

Just as a general point, we really need to get away from shutting people’s viewpoints down as being negative or positive, it’s such a lazy argument, we can do better!

Are you sure about that 😁