Just received a call from the club saying I have attended a game this season and the money spent for the ticket would be taken off the cost of a season ticket.
They asked why I hadn't renewed and whether I was interested in renewing. Which I answered by I won't be renewing until Roland and Katrien have left.
In my opinion, shows how desperate they must be in terms of season ticket sales. I mean, the attendances are bad enough.
Just wondering if anyone else who hasn't renewed has got a call about the same thing and if they gave them a reason as to why?
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My point is that a season ticket is of marginal financial value if you can't always attend every game because of other commitments. Not having a season ticket does however make you more likely to get out of the habit of going especially when the opposition / evening games etc make it less appealing.
You are unlikely to lose out financially by picking your games if you occasionally have another commitment. Nonetheless the club understandably will try and persuade you and the offer is fair.
Not only am I not renewing until they leave, but I personally can't afford it as well this season. I'm a student in my second year now with things to pay for, so if I am to attend any home games every so often in future, I'd pick and choose on convenience for my situation.
She just seemed as if she'd had the same reply from so many people and was tired of hearing it.
Personally, I would love to know the actual figures of how many season tickets we had last year and now this year and in comparison, the amount we had last time in League One in comparison to now.
Horrendous though, shows the damage they're doing. Even if that's an average of £250pp, that's £995,250, so basically £1mil in season ticket sales. Obviously this is a total guess but that's huge for a League One club.
CAFC Facts & Stats @CafcFacts 21m21 minutes ago
Season tickets sold at #cafc 10/11 - 16/17
10/11: 9,572
11/12: 9,663
12/13: 11,611
13/14: 10,025
14/15: 10,266
15/16: 10,278
16/17: 6,297
Excellent twitter account BTW, well worth a follow
Bloody hell that's unreal. So the season we finished 13th in League One, we had over 3,000 more season ticket holders.
And they still can't see the damage they have done...
It's also why there is a change in recruitment policy I imagine.
Not enough of a change for most clearly.
I remember Miere saying that "reduced ticket sales are be expected after a relegation", and wanted to see actually what kind of reduction we should've been expecting in League One. I can't say I was expecting quite a difference to be entirely honest.
(I dispute her figures on the basis of the filed accounts, and no company I've ever worked in would be so dismissive of such a large proportion of its revenues. She's an idiot.)
Average attendances for the first few matches at The Valley compared to previous L1 seasons may be pointless due to the level of comps etc.
Still think if just the witch went it would make a huge difference and at least would show that the rat has listened (depending of course who he replaced her with).
I told her I thought it would be more due to the regime and KMs disregard for fans.
I said I thought it would be 7k but even that proved to be optimistic.
Of course Fizz left for an good reason. She knew trying to sell ST and sponsorship was going to be a killer and KM would never learn.
I have called the ticket office to buy tickets for every away game this season except Walsall where I bought direct. At no point have I ever been asked to consider renewing my season ticket, despite having one for countless years and spending a fair amount on other bits & pieces - hospitality etc.
You'd have thought it's the first thing the computer would flag up when punching in my membership details.
Instead they ring people at random who have attended the odd game.
Marketing manager needs shooting
Had it been the latter, he would have had to act properly in some way, replacing her at a minimum. This probably would have been all over by now, and what would people have lost in the grand scheme of things, a couple of home games?
Real shame. This will sadly drip drip on for a long time
They start at £250, I come back with a £40 offer, plus free entry to any cup games and a portion of 30 chips every other game, and off we go.
Bring it on.
Even with relegation - the change of strategy/English players/ etc should have convinced most of the (already) committed to renew again.
It did not - and her only hope now is success on the pitch (which we all want). If we fail to go back up this season, the renew figure will fall by another 20% in my opinion, and KM is finished.