I have saw it posted a couple of times but don't think ive saw a seperate thread

I think it is a shame the club have not offered a realistic price for season tickets after the July deadline. They could have perhaps raised the price to £175 and no entry into the prize fund draw

There would have to be at least some reward for the fans who were able to buy their ticket before the deadline and I know I wouldn't feel hard done by if they put the price up just £20 and didn't enter any new ST holders into the prize fund draw

I think there are potentially a couple of hundred of fans out there who would still buy a season ticket, they shouldn't have to try and find 'extra' season tickets bought by fans and I also dont think we should risk losing them completely

Just seems a bit extreme to go from £155 -> £350-£400 (however much it is) for an adult ticket. It would be far more beneficial to have some middle ground

Why do people try and pick faults with the best deal in the league. Its not as if they said the £155 was only for a month.

You can please some people, I know next year lets give them away for nowt!

Theres some lad on Twitter this morning bumping his gums saying "I can get a Premier League Season Ticket for that" in reference to the price rise following the deadline. Where at remains a mystery, unless he means Speedway...

The deal was announced months and months ago and gave everyone plenty of time to get one. Can't fault the club at all and like every special offer there has to be a closing date.


I noticed that on twitter this morning... Some people are mental

Is he just moaning for the sake of it or is it because he missed the deadline?

It shouldnt even be an issue, if there was a half price sale on anywhere else you simply buy the item whilst it half price. Not wait and then cry that it's unfair, they were on sale for 3 month or so.

I agree but theres almost no point still having them on sale now? Will anyone at all buy one at £390 or whatever? I cant see it.

Would it be worth them just saying £200/£225 or something and potentially sell a few as oppose to none?

Moaning cos he's a cheb end.

His tweet before that one was about his 2 major loves in life #hufc and #nufc coming up against each other and him not knowing who to support.

Not worth reading.

Its a great deal I supported it from the start, back in last year. Quite vocally on these boards too actually

But there is always room for improvement. When your in business you can always do better, always

This is not a complaint, I am pleased. I am trying to understand why they couldn't offer season tickets for over £155 as not to aggrieve current ST holders but less than their current prices which are just simply not going to sell. There could be a reason that im just not seeing

The psychology just doesnt work, someone who has paid £350+ for a ST won't want to be sitting/standing next to someone who has paid £155

I think the 'if you didnt buy within the deadline must now pay more than double' mentaility is short sighted. People have different circumstances, and it doesnt maximise the potential of the deal

The key to this deal is passion for football, especially your home town team- its like a drug. In the past we had less than 2000 (yes there are more who pay on the door but bear with me) people committed to watching pools at home, every single match (or just about) now it seems we have almost doubled that to nearly 4000 which is fantastic.

I went for the first time when I was about 10 and am a life long fan, im sure IORs deal has caught many more poolies in the net in the past year or so and I would like them to continue to do so

In truth its only a small issue. And I can see one reason of having a deadline because I know a number of people reacted to it, some going as far as lending the money or getting a small loan

If you dont have a deadline there isnt the same urgency and people could coast through until the first league game without buying their season ticket

I guess IOR need the money in asap so they can arrange budgets, including the playing staff budget for the coming season

The twitter comment was from a 13 year old kid so its irrelevant.

However my view is that people knew well in advance what the season ticket price would be after the deadline. They also knew what the pay on the gate price would be!

I wouldn't expect them to sell many (if any) season tickets now at full price. However if it is a good season I can see people being willing to pay the full wack on the gate - or they will just pick and chosse the high profile games and pay for them. Can't really see too much wrong with that.

Putting the price up just a bit higher would have given little incentive for people to buy before the deadline.

Start saving for next year's season ticket NOW!

Mebbees they'll do a half season ticket around February if the season's going OK?? That could be a good move if people are put off by the gate price but we're doing well??

What do some people want. if they didn't buy at £155 what makes anyone think that saying £175/£200 now will sell anymore.

People had 3 months to save the money , something like £10 a week would have got a ticket, so if they now say £175/£200 for how long do they put that offer on for, then what do they do ?

Unbelievable and pointless query in my opinion.

I'm having these made up as it sums up perfectly the attitude of a large portion of our fans, if anyone wants one for the start of the season let me know.

I would have replied and said "Well go and get a premiershit ticket. You either support or dont support HUFC".

The question you need to ask yourself is, if theseason ticket offer was not on, would you be buying one anyway? I bet the people who would honestly answer yes already have theirs.

the ones moaning wouldnt have bought one to start with n need to pipe down!!!

fuck em

the offer was on long enough, may to july if you put £50 away in may and £50 in june you only had to find £55 in july
and anyone wingeing they missed out can fuck off as well unless they have just returned from a 3 month holiday and if they have they can fuck off as well lazy bastads

And if they,ve been on a 3 month holiday they can afford full price

Its quite simple Bob, the promotion is over at £155. Now whats more benficial for the club? Selling 0 at £390 or a few at say £200?

Im not bothered i got mine and i agree any sane person will have found someway to get one if they wanted but it seems pointless to have them on sale at £390 or whatever. May aswell take them off sale.

If you don't buy a season ticket there's people on here who put you in the same bracket as murderers, paedophiles and traffic wardens.

Some people have other priorities, have other things to buy whilst the season ticket deal was on and one day the same old people on here might just appreciate that.

There has to be a deadline to create urgency and there has to be a noticable difference between the pre-deadline price and post deadline especially when the deal is so good.

Although people did have a long time to get their tickets sorted ending selling season tickets on a Tuesday is barmy especially when that might have been pay day for a lot of people. Surely it would have been more sensible to give people an extra couple of days till say the Saturday to get their wage in the bank and get a chance to go to the ticket office.

but the same people still wouldn't have bought them had the offer been extended til christmas. they just moaning for the sake of it

Iv never seen anyone whinge about it personally, i dont know how anyone would have the cheek to whinge about it. And thats coming from me.

That's not the case - not everyone gets the same wage month in month out so not everyone is able to plan their finances with precission. Even if people do get paid the same people want to see the main bills go out before they start paying for what can be considered luxuries.

HUFC were brilliant in giving people a long time till the deadline but if they had just given people an extra couple of days more season tickets would have been sold.

Whats more beneficial for the club if we're having a good season selling 50 more season tickets at £200 or those 50 people attending say 10-12 games and paying £20/£25 on the gate. 50 @£200=£10000 50 people attending 10 games is 50x 10 x20= £10000 no loss,or gain and if it was 25 standing and 25 sitting Pools would actually get £11,250. So the answer to your question whats more beneficial to the club is either charging full price for season ticket as it stands now, or charging £20/£25 on the day, just imagine if that 50 extra through the gate went to 1000 because we were going for promotion.

Pools probably know they wont sell anymore but it could cost them far more if we're doing well by offering them at a discount again ,even if that discount is not as much as the original offer.

Fair point bob, pay on the gate tickets weren't crossing my
Mind. Does anyone know roughly how many we're paying at the gate last season?

I'll be paying on the gate for the 8 or 9 matches i'll probably see over the season.
I can imagine Bob stoning me as I walk through the cash turnstyle....

but isnt the issue here somebody wanted to buy a season ticket after the deadline and thought they should have the ticket for the same price as the people who bought them before.
if tesco has an offer that ends on a sunday night do you think they will sell you it on a monday, course they wont, if something has a cut off point then you expect that after that point you are not going to get the same deal, its not just pools its life.

Agreeing with these two posts.

Some of you are so pompous and self rightous its hillarious.

I wont be at many games, but if circumstances were to change suddenly, I certainly wont be paying £350 for a ticket. And neither would anyone else

I probably wouldn't have got a season ticket the past 2 years if it wasnt so cheap. I got one for few years when I was a teenager but when I turned 18, no way i could afford £300.

My ex girlfriend used to get me one years ago when it was my birthday early august, was a great present that, split up with her unfortunatly, she hasnt got me one since...

How thoughtless of her!

And that is absolutely fine - anyone can pay on the gate, not a problem. However the original post was about extending the season ticket offer or continuing to offer a them at a discounted rate.
Those who wanted a season ticket will have got one, those who didn't get one can pay on the gate - as I said not a problem.

Why would I be doing that(even as it said tongue in cheek). I have never ever had a go at people for not buying a season ticket or those who attend what games they want to or simply can afford to. I don't know their disposable income situation

I see no difference in a fan who attends what games he can compared to a fan who attends all the games. There are many differing circumstances in why people attend games, buy or don't buy a season ticket.

Find one post from me where I have had a go at anyone for their reasons/non reasons for not attending games.

I happen to be a lucky fan I'm retired and can go when I want, I can afford a season ticket so purchase one because of the ease of having one. When I worked I was able to get cover easy for match days including some away games that doesn't make me a super fan a member of any elite season ticket clique, because neither of them exists, we're all fans together supporting the same team and however that is shown by others is fine by me.

He pointed you out wrongly i reckon bob, it maybe should have been aimed at other board members.

Get some names flung about man!