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[lancsdave]

Originally Posted by VALAIRIAN

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Morecambe Admission Prices - Accrington Stanley FC

Question I've been asked today, what do season ticket holders need if they have already used the ticket ?

[AccyMad]

Would've thought we'll just be able to use the section of the ticket that we keep although maybe not everyone's a hoarder like me - i usually end up with an entire season's worth in my handbag

[deeayess]

Originally Posted by lancsdave

Question I've been asked today, what do season ticket holders need if they have already used the ticket ?

We were asking that on Saturday. Apparently you just need to show a ticket for one of the later season ticket games.

[VALAIRIAN]

Originally Posted by lancsdave

Question I've been asked today, what do season ticket holders need if they have already used the ticket ?

I believe that the club will be asking S.T. holders to bring in their remaining tickets - Plymouth/Nhants/Mansfield/Wombles - and this will allow them entrance.

Rather than have some bring their old stub, some bring their ticket - they may have missed the first game - or any other variant, the club wanted one set way of entry

I am sure that this will be communicated nearer the time

[lancsdave]

Originally Posted by VALAIRIAN

I believe that the club will be asking S.T. holders to bring in their remaining tickets - Plymouth/Nhants/Mansfield/Wombles - and this will allow them entrance.

Rather than have some bring their old stub, some bring their ticket - they may have missed the first game - or any other variant, the club wanted one set way of entry

I am sure that this will be communicated nearer the time

I shall pass the information on. The person concerned doesn't have internet so I'm the club information shop

[stanleyhouse]

Originally Posted by Pendle Red

It's not a big deal it is simple it might put a few hundred on the gate depending on price and getting the word out.

Today is International Women's Day has the Club looked at it with pricing and Hospitality?

Something to look at in the future. All ideas welcome.

Too late i know, but check out what tomorrow is.....

Worship of Tools Day 2014 - Mar 11, 2014

[cashman]

Well theres a few tools come on the crown n i sure don't worship em.

[Pendle Red]

Originally Posted by stanleyhouse

Something to look at in the future. All ideas welcome.

Too late i know, but check out what tomorrow is.....

Worship of Tools Day 2014 - Mar 11, 2014

I Like your thinking One of the Biggest Name in the Tooling Industry teaming up with their Footballing Namesakes superb

[Outback Ozzy]

Originally Posted by shakermaker

One thing's for sure - whichever bright spark decided that the Chesterfield game should be category A, therefore an increased cost of £17 adult walk-on, has all but guaranteed a decreased home support.

Never mind that the team has lost two games back-to-back and haven't won at home since November, we currently have (by a good 300) the lowest average attendance in the Football League this season.

Promotions as described in the opening post are key to making up the shortfall while a team is out of form. Unfortunately it's always been the way at Accrington Stanley - whoever is involved - that there is too much day-to-day fire fighting going on to look ahead and see the bigger picture.

Shaker, whilst I agree with the sentiment, I believe that it is the F.A. that set the categories for the matches in line with advice from the Police etc. The fact that it was 2 ex managers and any number of ex players returning meant this was a high profile game, plus the fact that the 'Spireites' are also top of the league. Don't blame the club, this has nothing to do with them! I am certain that any number of promotions to drag more folks of their bums and into the Stanley fold on a Saturday or Tuesday or whatever day would be welcomed by the directors and management and players of the club. But you have just got to go with what you get. Yet season in and season out we upset the odds and continue to be a league club! Long may it continue.

[shakermaker]

Think there's more than a bit of confusion there, Ozzy. The FA may set the categories but the club assigns prices to that category. Each club manages their own pricing structure and to suggest otherwise is passing the buck for a lack of forward thought. Even if the £17 was upheld for the Category A match, the following game (last night's against Hartlepool) could have been a reduced admission for all that attended the Chesterfield game. That might have resulted in a better attendance than the paltry sniff over a thousand last night. You can't keep turning to the apathy of the Accrington public to excuse poor promotion. Eric Whalley started that argument in the first half of the first Football League season and it got old not long after.

A fellow Red commented last night that unless you were looking for it you wouldn't know a game was on last night, let alone what the price was.

[lancsdave]

Originally Posted by shakermaker

A fellow Red commented last night that unless you were looking for it you wouldn't know a game was on last night, let alone what the price was.

What's missing though ?

Leaving the price aside which is always going to split opinions. The information is on the website and feeds to all the social media sites. There are several large posters in at least 3 places round the town detailing fixtures. There are also fixture cards printed for the remaining games to hand out.

Those who are interested will find out but how do you get to those who aren't can't be bothered.

In some ways it's happen as well those who came Saturday didn't come back last night and bring a few with them, they would have been put off football for life

[shakermaker]

Wasn't the best advert, was it.

What I think is missing is a marketing agenda that does not follow the mould of other football clubs. The website, social media feeds, posters and fixture cards are all tools that are used by our bigger neighbours either side and to better effect because of their resources. If we continue to use the same marketing and promotion techniques as bigger clubs that neighbour us we will pale into insignificance purely due to this lack of resource and therefore end up with a stagnant or even decreasing level of support.

There are plenty of ways to market match day tickets by thinking outside of the box but the main theme has to be selling what is unique about our club, which I don't think we do enough of. We are a small, friendly, accessible football club that can offer a more personal football experience than larger arenas.

In my view we need to make it possible once more for Accrington Stanley to be a 'second club' to support. This weekend just gone, people who had derby tickets could have been offered reduced entry to the Saturday game for example.

Much more can be made of match days themselves to ensure a returning fanbase. Market families by creating a 'fan zone' in a sectioned off area of the car park aimed at young kids with the mascot running competitions or have a kickabout with some youth team players. Give the community trust more prominence here to bring their great work to the match day.

You can't always do more but you can always be different!

[Pendle Red]

Absolutely Spot on Shaker some very good points in the last post

There are things we do and do well

Most Clubs these days are not just about Matchdays and being there at 3pm and clearing off at the Final Whistle it's about Matchday experience both on and off the pitch and there is so much unfilled potential some you could argue some would need investment but others you could at least try and look to involve local business's and groups in what you are trying to achieve.

We are back to the Chicken & Egg cycle but if your not brave enough to break the cycle then so it continues as well as the firefighting.

Turn what might appear to be negatives in we tried it before into positives by trying it again but with a different approach and we may just surprise ourselves

[Pendle Red]

Most of you do Guess the Gate and come up with figures that are Ballpark as there is historical data for Season Ticket Sales so if your Budgeting you have something to go at but you should also have realistic goals, figures of 2000 as I have seen in places were never achievable unless you have some drive and ideas behind it as to how you are going to push the Crowds up to make it achievable and sustainable?

The Ten Ticket £100 deal was superb but just not pushed.