I'm of the opinion that the price hike is the equivalent of a donation to save the club I love. I will/would be paying £75 more than last season, now people will moan about paying more and some a lot more than me but a lot will think nothing of blowing £75 on a night out around town, or a meal n drinks, or a new phone they dont really need.
We've had our cheap tickets over the seasons and those of us who can comfortably afford the hike should think nothing of supporting the club financially, so I will be getting mine no questions asked. Although sympathizing with those who simply struggle to find the money in these difficult times.

I sympathise with your statement but I wont give a donation to an astute businessman.
I don't think people have woken up to the economic prospects the world faces never mind at the 5th tier of English football.
Things will change rapidly around November when businesses fail wholesale so giving money now will be like chucking it into a bottomless pit.
Looking on the bright side of life of course.

I personally don't know how the Club can justify top-level season ticket prices for very much a mid-table team (which is currently a lot more depleted than last years.) I personally, will be waiting until a few more signings have been made, not just the ones we know about.

[quote="thetownendfaithful"]I personally don't know how the Club can justify top-level season ticket prices for very much a mid-table team (which is currently a lot more depleted than last years.)
its not just pools its a football thing. clubs know that a good number will pay anything for a season ticket and travel miles and miles to away games to watch a bang average side. clubs just never seem to find the right time to increase their prices or sell em to fans. 4 or 5 signings which fans think as top signings with the club showing some intent for the coming season may make a lot of us change our minds. i will not hold my breath.

All we know is there is a hike in Season ticket prices. We don't know what is on offer, what sort of squad we will have or even how many matches we will be able to watch.
I think a wait and see brief is required.
Our decision is no season tickets at the moment, a pick and choose attendance policy and a further review at Christmas.
That policy will stay adopted, no matter how long for, until we are sure that serious consideration is evident that the club is actually trying to get back to the football league, instead of just talking about it in a sort of pipe dream fashion.
Unless of course we win a substantial amount on the Euromillions, then we'll clear the decks, work out a plan with Challinor and do the job ourselves.
At the moment the best we can expect is standing still and that is just not good enough.
There seems plenty is being asked of us fans, how about giving us something back.
A bit of hope would be a good base to start from.

Well my goals assume a lot more modesty than those on here it would seem. I'll be happy if we still have a club and 11 players out on the pitch each game. It's only weeks ago fans talking of teams going under right left and centre. If we manage to assemble a decent squad that will be a major bonus. Who ever takes to the field wearing our colours next season I will be there to back them 100%.
Sometimes success comes when you least expect it.

I will be delighted to see the club survive while others wont.
Got no football expectations except 100% commitment by the squad.

I agree with last two posts (sadly).

"At the moment the best we can expect is standing still" and in my opinion that IS good enough.

Unfortunaltey we have no money, Raj helped save the club but has nothing more to put in. That means our budget will be less than a lot of other clubs in the division, despite a larger fan base (many of which might not be able to attend anyway).

My initial hope is to get back to watching Pools and for the club to survive. Any talk of showing ambition and making top signings that will push us back into the football league at this stage is delusional.

Also agree "Sometimes success comes when you least expect it." and we do have a manager (for now) that could be successful with a low budget/expectation squad.

I'll live on hope over expectation but will no doubt be buying a season ticket regardless of the quality of signings on paper. I accept that some would say that is blind loyalty (or worse) and I fully respect the decision of those who cant afford to or dont want to at this stage.

Has he ever had to scrap around the bargain basement for players? All his time at Fylde he was well backed and they were paying out very good money to some players, maybe not on the scale Salford did but still more than most at the level they were at.

In his interview for the Pools job he confirmed that the previous season when he got Fylde into the play offs he had the same budget Pools had given Hignett. I think a lot of managers/clubs are having to change their approach this season, but from what I have been told we are signing a very good striker who is going to be announced shortly.

Any clues as to who?

Oates?

Look at Darlo, York, Chester etc...

That’s now our level, there is no gap to mind.

Fair point although we didnt have much of a budget last season and we ended up on the verge of the playoffs. Granted this season will be lower still but that will be the case for most clubs.

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In his interview for the Pools job he confirmed that the previous season when he got Fylde into the play offs he had the same budget Pools had given Hignett. think that adds to loan stars post regarding dave challinor. that budget was in a league with the vast majority of clubs being part time and he could cherry pick players from clubs at the same level. thats the last thing he,ll be able to do with pools.

know where you are coming from. no fan here signes up for pools to follow success and go down to wembley a couple of times a season. its a long haul with a few titbits of success surrounded by at the best mediocrity. can see so many fans sitting on the fence{socially distancing in force} until they know more on signings and more importantly what the vic matchday experiance will consist of. if the latter sounds really complicated do this do that with mask wearing i for one will not attend no matter who pools sign pre season. with so much uncertainty around pools should have frozen prices for a few weeks and then brought the rise in once there was a sniff of what really may happen next season.

Why would anyone want the club not to survive.

Hundreds of fans cueing up for season tickets about an hour ago.

UTP

First 1000 sold out.
Anutha 500 made available.
Great effort from our fans.
UTP.

As a young un (62) I would only need to miss 6 or more games for me being better off paying at the gate. Its only 4 games or more for old gits.
Admittedly if covid attendance regulations are such i might not be able to get a ticket.
Can see many long term supporters who are older not bothering either way.
Could this price recalibration be described as ageist?
Well done to all who have bought a ticket though.

I'm not able to travel up often enough to make a new season ticket viable, especially with the increase in rail prices. Most likely option will be to go for the Hospitality option when I have the chance. It looks like I'll be able to get into Woking vs Hartlepool at least though - walking distance and again have done the hospitality route a few times. Thanks to those that have bought tickets to get the club started. My cash will be going through the club shop instead and hopefully a few matches when I can get tickets.

[quote="trevwoody"]I'm not able to travel up often enough to make a new season ticket viable, especially with the increase in rail prices. Most likely option will be to go for the Hospitality option when I have the chance.
never thought about that option. could be an option i may go for next season for the same reason. mind you i may have to be quick as the games i have earmarked for attending, chesterfield, notts and stockport counties and halifax will be the most popular.

Should be OK for the Borehamwood game or Weymouth.........total shit this league.

How many seasons is it now? I envisaged that most of our fans would eventually accept it. If anyone had said when the clown that turned out to be Harrison took over, we would be still here all those years later .... yet now it is accepted by most and has become the norm. We will get out of this league eventually , but not in the way people may imagine. We have found our level , we will become a National League mainstay , like the Barrow and Gatesheads of the last 25 years or so.

Mr Horden my prediction is that we will get out of this league but will be promoted by default as many clubs above us will go bust.
Financial survival is paramount but the footie will be crap.

If only 7 teams left in this league, then we have a chance , make the play offs at least , LOL !

; I am banking on 50% of division 2 clubs going bust with a few from division 1 and the championship.

; I am banking on 50% of division 2 clubs going bust with a few from division 1 and the championship.

do not bank on it too much. all the talk of a few months ago of up to a quarter of league clubs going tits up has not materialized. there are problems at charlton at the moment but that seems about it. at the best pools will be the new wrexham and the worst the new barrow. being in my 70,s i have resigned myself in not seeing league football again at the vic. back in the re election days, if pools had gone then they would have been another bradford park avenue.

I have done a few calculations based on the old and new season ticket prices and although its full of assumptions on numbers of adults/65+/kids etc i estimate that if we sell 2200 season tickets Pools will get the same income from season tickets as last year.I have assumed 3000 in 2019/2020??????????
2200 is 28% of the crowd capacity (7865) so with social distancing rules yet to be announced its possible to be allowed. If the additional 500 are sold i think we are in with a shout of getting a further 700 to 2200. On top of this you will have the pay on the day crowd so if we perform on the pitch its all extra income to the club.
I am sure the club have done the same on more robust data so the pricing structure may have merit.
Happy for anyone to share their thoughts/calculation on this.

I feel your pain. Tragic following a club who has never won a title or appeared at Wembley. On reflection our greatest success was maintaining league status season upon season, in fact it got to the stage where I thought going out of the league would never happen, again looking back at events, it was inevitable, IOR probably kept us in the league 10-12 years longer than we should have been.

at least supporting pools can be regarded as character building as a kid. imagine what its like having the piss taken out of you by mates who supported either halifax or bradford park avenue at school. had a few play ground dust ups i can tell you. it helped a bit being a big lad though.

Supporting Pools. Halifax . BPA ! A lunatic asylum rather than a school , surely ?

at least we all went. imagine the same school now will be full of man.city, man.utd and liverpool supporters who never go to a game. they actually call this progress i suppose.

Put my form in 3weeks gone yesterday, bank card details etc. nothing gone out of bank yet. Anyone heard anything?

Put mine in first day and just got confirmation yesterday. I think she is still wading through them and it will take one girl a while to get through 1,500 applications!

Any news about new shirts or sponsors etc?

About 30 people in front of me in the queue when the window opened on the 1st day and I have just received my confirmation today. A lot of work for one girl but she will get us all sorted eventually.

I emailed my application on 31 July & just got confirmation that it's been processed today & my bank account debited

How did the sale of the extra 500 tickets go?

I used to think that once. Win the Durham Challenge Cup and finish the season and I'll be happy. I doubt though we can do that. Poos I'm afraid will never be a success , at least in our lifetime , sadly that is the conclusion I have come to.

yes, i,m in the same boat as you on this. i,d go further and without a decent new owner with millions to spend i think it could be the same for all ex league clubs who have dropped into non league. somehow i cannot see the names of pools, darlo, york or wrexham being on the pools coupons as league clubs any day soon.