Season ticket prices announced

£20 increase.

Can't complain at that.

http://www.grimsby-townfc.co.uk/news/article/season-ticket-prices-announced-3127423.aspx

Missing a trick. Need to have deals for families and students. I think they need to build a better relationship with the colleges in the area and be offering tickets for £100 or in that region.

I was expecting a modest price increase so seems reasonable to me.

Groundhog Day June early bird offer bore off GTFC.No new initiatives shown the lack of marketing is embarrassing and no way will the Club make a significant increase in sales like they should have.I am bitterly disappointed by this after some of the great ideas on the season ticket push thread I really hoped for dialogue between the club/trust and thought 4k would be attainable.Gives head a shake and wanders off to headbutt nearest wall

Increase is fair and expected, I'll be getting ours ASAP!!!

No problem with the increase it`s fair.

Not sure why the club are having to defend their ticket prices (as per the telegraph article). £20 increase for a season ticket and £1 on the day doesn't seem outrageous.

https://t.co/Rssbunn7z9

I'm not sure increasing the prices of a Junior (1-14) season ticket by 40% can be considered fair when an adult ST in the Findus/Young's Upper has gone up by just 6%.

And similarly, accompanied Junior matchday tickets have gone up by 25%. An Adult ticket in the Upper Young's has gone up "just" 11% and an early bird Adult ticket in all other stands has gone up by 12.5%.

A fair price increase for STs would be a simple X % increase across the board.

Season ticket for me again then ( 6 matches for free ).

Stop moaning you miserable girl privates! It's a bloody pound a game, BACK IN THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE!

Quoted from promotion plaice

Season ticket for me again then ( 6 matches for free ).

Me to, BARGAIN even at half the price

if I said to you give me £20 and instead of watching town v Boreham wood, Braintree dover in a half empty stadium I'll give you Notts County,  pompey etc you'd snatch my hand off.
I think it's a very fair small increase.

Quoted from gtfc98

Stop moaning you miserable girl privates! It's a bloody pound a game, BACK IN THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE!

Ok, so there's nothing wrong with the fact that Junior STs have gone up 250% in 4 years? And in that time adult seasons tickets in the Pontoon have gone up 14.6%.

Are we trying to encourage the next generation to follow Town or not?

Quoted from GollyGTFC

Ok, so there's nothing wrong with the fact that Junior STs have gone up 250% in 4 years? And in that time adult seasons tickets in the Pontoon have gone up 14.6%.

Are we trying to encourage the next generation to follow Town or not?

That's just not true though is it? I've just looked and theyre £70 for under 12's and £100 for over 12's. They were £60 when I was a junior and that's going back 14 years! So they've actually gone up 67% in 14 years. Your 250% in 4 years is utter nonsense.

The headline price rises are fine imo, but some of the detail seems a bit odd. Like Golly said they've ramped up the price of Junior tickets which seems very counter-intuitive if the club wants to attract new supporters while they're young. I'm not hugely bothered about the club sticking with a traditional pricing model - maybe adopting a more novel approach to pricing would have resulted in more season tickets sold, but there's also the chance it wouldn't have and resulted in the club losing money.

It'll be interesting to hear if they do away with the 50p per ticket exile tax they tack on every online purchase. Originally it was introduced with the excuse it was a donation towards youth team funding - now we're back in the league that funding will have been restored, so surely the ticket tax should be abolished? (bet it won't be)

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Still cheaper to buy a season ticket for Hull and they are potentially a premier league team next season.  The maximum price to pay at Hull is £300

I expected matchday tickets to go up by £2 and they have, so no complaints there. I do however feel that Golly has a very valid point and we seem to be pricing out the next generation of football fans. Think it is very shortsighted of them and i would like to know what the thinking behind it is.

Quoted from gtfc98

That's just not true though is it? I've just looked and theyre £70 for under 12's and £100 for over 12's. They were £60 when I was a junior and that's going back 14 years! So they've actually gone up 67% in 14 years. Your 250% in 4 years is utter nonsense.

Junior Season tickets for season 2012-13 were priced £20 for those accompanied by an adult. [url=http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/Grimsby-Town-Prices-frozen-Mariners-tickets/story-16208861-detail/story.html]Click Here[/url]

Which means in 4 years they have increased in price by £50 which in an increase of 250%

Now if you immediately apologise for daring to question my statistics I will let the matter drop and we'll say nothing more about it.

Quoted from Tangerine Chris

Still cheaper to buy a season ticket for Hull and they are potentially a premier league team next season.  The maximum price to pay at Hull is £300

That's because of the way that money is distributed throughout the game. They get way more cash, so matchday income isn't such a big deal for them. Teams in the prem could let people in for free and still be better off than they were due to the massive tv rights deals they have just been given. Horses for courses.

Quoted from Tangerine Chris

Still cheaper to buy a season ticket for Hull and they are potentially a premier league team next season.  The maximum price to pay at Hull is £300

Hull's season ticket membership model is a total joke though, hated by their supporters and requires you to pay on a monthly basis, including over the Summer when they're not even playing any matches. And the maximum price is certainly not £300 - their latest 'membership' brochure lists the second best area of seating with a monthly subscription cost of £40.50 a month (£486 over a full year). The price for the most expensive seating area isn't listed on the brochure, so presumably it'll be well over £500 a year.

Quoted from ginnywings

I expected matchday tickets to go up by £2 and they have, so no complaints there. I do however feel that Golly has a very valid point and we seem to be pricing out the next generation of football fans. Think it is very shortsighted of them and i would like to know what the thinking behind it is.

I don't mind the price increases apart from the junior season ticket prices.

West Ham - New stadium, £99 for all junior season tickets (up to 16 years of age) at £5 per game, 10,000 season tickets sold.

[url=http://www.whufc.com/News/Articles/2015/April/21-April/New-Stadium-Season-Ticket-prices-announced]http://www.whufc.com/News/Articles/2015/April/21-April/New-Stadium-Season-Ticket-prices-announced[/url]

£70 for a kids ticket......Well that's not bad is it?

Quoted from Chrisblor

It'll be interesting to hear if they do away with the 50p per ticket exile tax they tack on every online purchase. Originally it was introduced with the excuse it was a donation towards youth team funding - now we're back in the league that funding will have been restored, so surely the ticket tax should be abolished? (bet it won't be)

Income Tax & Napoleonic Wars spring to mind.

Quoted from Nelly GTFC

West Ham - New stadium, £99 for all junior season tickets at £5 per game, 10,000 season tickets sold.

[url=http://www.whufc.com/News/Articles/2015/April/21-April/New-Stadium-Season-Ticket-prices-announced]http://www.whufc.com/News/Articles/2015/April/21-April/New-Stadium-Season-Ticket-prices-announced[/url]

Yeah but they have practically been given a brand new stadium for nowt and have boatloads of TV money coming in. Comparing us to teams up the football pyramid is folly.

BTW, i know someone who had a season ticket to Hull when they were last in the prem and it was over a grand. They are not all cheap.

Quoted from ginnywings

Yeah but they have practically been given a brand new stadium for nowt and have boatloads of TV money coming in. Comparing us to teams up the football pyramid is folly.

BTW, i know someone who had a season ticket to Hull when they were last in the prem and it was over a grand. They are not all cheap.

I guess GTFC expect the price increases won't make any difference to young kids having season tickets, the price to pay for league football and all that.

Club shouldn't be defending the price increase.  It's expected and after six years of no change plus the need to upgrade on the quality of the squad a fully justified increase.  Absolutely no issue with paying an extra £20 a season for my ticket.  

What they should be apologising for is the staggering laziness of basically applying an increase and nothing else.   What schemes are they offering to keep those new Wembley fans coming through the gates?  

On the season ticket push thread a number of great suggestions were made, maybe not all of them viable but the idea was there.  That's from people who are posting on a pissing internet forum, not people actually involved in the day-to-day running of the business.  Y'know, people employed to do this.

Pathetic levels of ignorance from the club, so incredibly out of touch.  I'm sure we'll see an increase in season tickets sold on the back of the promotion which is great, but the club have missed a massive opportunity to bring a new generation of fans in.

There's a reason we've failed to kick on as a club since the late 1990's and this is it.  Laziness and sheer bloody stupidity.

Quoted from KK_DOG

£70 for a kids ticket......Well that's not bad is it?

You say that but for the Pontoon Stand...

Young Adult (19-21) - £190
Individual Match Ticket cost £18
ST = price of 10.55 MTs offering a saving of 54.2% over a season.

Young Adult (15-1 - £130
Individual Match Ticket cost £13
ST = price of 10 MTs offering a saving of 56.6% over a season.

Accompanied Junior (1-14) - £70
Individual Match Ticket cost £5
ST = price of 14 MTs offered a saving of 39.2% over a season.

The saving for Juniors is much lower than for the Young Adult price catergories. If Young Adult [15-18] STs are set at the price of 10 match tickets then so should Junior STs. Which would mean them being £50 (10 x £5).

That's completely lazy from the club and ridiculous rises in the pontoon and for kids. I hope the Trust had nothing to do with these rises.

The club have really missed a trick here.  

Quoted from GollyGTFC

Junior Season tickets for season 2012-13 were priced £20 for those accompanied by an adult. [url=http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/Grimsby-Town-Prices-frozen-Mariners-tickets/story-16208861-detail/story.html]Click Here[/url]

Which means in 4 years they have increased in price by £50 which in an increase of 250%

Now if you immediately apologise for daring to question my statistics I will let the matter drop and we'll say nothing more about it.

That was clearly a one off example though isn't it. 14 years ago they were £60. £20 is not sustainable for a junior ticket so stop talking daft!

Quoted from Nelly GTFC

I guess GTFC expect the price increases won't make any difference to young kids having season tickets, the price to pay for league football and all that.

I think every step should be taken to encourage young kids into the ground. West Ham could give them away for free if they wanted. We have to balance income and charge young fans but there is also the element of loss leader to this. Get them young with affordable entry and you have some full paying adult fans of the future.

Quoted from GollyGTFC

You say that but for the Pontoon Stand...

Young Adult (19-21) - £190
Individual Match Ticket cost £18
ST = price of 10.55 MTs offering a saving of 54.2% over a season.

Young Adult (15-1 - £130
Individual Match Ticket cost £13
ST = price of 10 MTs offering a saving of 56.6% over a season.

Accompanied Junior (1-14) - £70
Individual Match Ticket cost £5
ST = price of 14 MTs offered a saving of 39.2% over a season.

The saving for Juniors is much lower than for the Young Adult price catergories. If Young Adult [15-18] STs are set at the price of 10 match tickets then so should Junior STs. Which would mean them being £50 (10 x £5).

The problem with that is at £50, adults are buying a season ticket next to them just to reserve the seat with no intention of a kid ever going.  It happens.

Its league football and one of the lowest prices in the league.

A rise is normal, cant find anything to moan about here .

Quoted from gtfc98

That was clearly a one off example though isn't it. 14 years ago they were £60. £20 is not sustainable for a junior ticket so stop talking daft!

Why isn't it? You better put that in an email and send it to the following 2016-17 Sky Bet League Two clubs who think differently...

Accrington Stanley - FREE
Cheltenham Town - FREE
Colchester United - FREE
Crewe Alexandra - FREE
Morecambe - FREE
Newport County - FREE
Blackpool - £5 (FREE but must join Young Seasiders @ £5)
Leyton Orient - £9
Carlisle United - £10 under 11s / FREE under 7s
Crawley Town - £20

And maybe contact the following clubs who price them for less than £50...

Stevenage - £25
Doncaster Rovers - £30
Yeovil Town - £39
Notts County - £45 under 18s / FREE under 7s
Exeter City - £46
Luton Town - £50

The following are price the same or slightly more than GTFC, but their junior category extends to under 18s and they offer FREE STs for the youngest fans...

Wycombe Wanderers - £70 under 18s / FREE under 7s
Portsmouth - £80 under 18s / FREE under 9s
Mansfield Town - £85 under 18s / FREE under 7s

There are 2 clubs who offer a more expensive cheapest Junior ST than Town though...

Hartlepool United - £75
Barnet - £84 (£7 per month membership)

In defence of Hartlepool though their adult STs only cost £250 making 1 adult + 1 child for £325.

Summary

Of all the clubs in League 2 next season only Barnet charge their young fans more than Town. Absolutely shameful!

I missed out Cambridge United...

Under 18s - £150
Under 12s - £75

So they're more expensive than Town too...

Quoted from KK_DOG

The problem with that is at £50, adults are buying a season ticket next to them just to reserve the seat with no intention of a kid ever going.  It happens.

Which (if it really happens) is a problem why?

I pay for grandsons ticket in the lower and its every penny to see him enjoy watching live football and I don't have a problem paying the increase

The adult price rises are more than fair, almost exactly what everybody expected.

What we didn't expect is the clubs total lack of initiative to attract new fans. It's almost like the club have seen the great support we've had over 6 years in the conference and just presumed it'll increase without any effort.

You can't beg for a new stadium, beg to be brought into the modern age by it whilst your PR department is still being run by cave men.

Pontoonlew - do you mind ?

Quoted from GollyGTFC

Why isn't it? You better put that in an email and send it to the following 2016-17 Sky Bet League Two clubs who think differently...

Accrington Stanley - FREE
Cheltenham Town - FREE
Colchester United - FREE
Crewe Alexandra - FREE
Morecambe - FREE
Newport County - FREE
Blackpool - £5 (FREE but must join Young Seasiders @ £5)
Leyton Orient - £9
Carlisle United - £10 under 11s / FREE under 7s
Crawley Town - £20

And maybe contact the following clubs who price them for less than £50...

Stevenage - £25
Doncaster Rovers - £30
Yeovil Town - £39
Notts County - £45 under 18s / FREE under 7s
Exeter City - £46
Luton Town - £50

The following are price the same or slightly more than GTFC, but their junior category extends to under 18s and they offer FREE STs for the youngest fans...

Wycombe Wanderers - £70 under 18s / FREE under 7s
Portsmouth - £80 under 18s / FREE under 9s
Mansfield Town - £85 under 18s / FREE under 7s

There are 2 clubs who offer a more expensive cheapest Junior ST than Town though...

Hartlepool United - £75
Barnet - £84 (£7 per month membership)

In defence of Hartlepool though their adult STs only cost £250 making 1 adult + 1 child for £325.

Summary

Of all the clubs in League 2 next season only Barnet charge their young fans more than Town. Absolutely shameful!

I'm pretty sure we still offer the free child season ticket with an adult in the Main stand don't we?

Quoted from gtfc98

I'm pretty sure we still offer the free child season ticket with an adult in the Main stand don't we?

No, that went years ago when they introduced the £20 accompanied ST in all stands. And since then that price has gone up 250%.

Quoted from GollyGTFC

Why isn't it? You better put that in an email and send it to the following 2016-17 Sky Bet League Two clubs who think differently...

Accrington Stanley - FREE
Cheltenham Town - FREE
Colchester United - FREE
Crewe Alexandra - FREE
Morecambe - FREE
Newport County - FREE
Blackpool - £5 (FREE but must join Young Seasiders @ £5)
Leyton Orient - £9
Carlisle United - £10 under 11s / FREE under 7s
Crawley Town - £20

And maybe contact the following clubs who price them for less than £50...

Stevenage - £25
Doncaster Rovers - £30
Yeovil Town - £39
Notts County - £45 under 18s / FREE under 7s
Exeter City - £46
Luton Town - £50

The following are price the same or slightly more than GTFC, but their junior category extends to under 18s and they offer FREE STs for the youngest fans...

Wycombe Wanderers - £70 under 18s / FREE under 7s
Portsmouth - £80 under 18s / FREE under 9s
Mansfield Town - £85 under 18s / FREE under 7s

There are 2 clubs who offer a more expensive cheapest Junior ST than Town though...

Hartlepool United - £75
Barnet - £84 (£7 per month membership)

In defence of Hartlepool though their adult STs only cost £250 making 1 adult + 1 child for £325.

Summary

Of all the clubs in League 2 next season only Barnet charge their young fans more than Town. Absolutely shameful!

That's bonkers, just a complete own goal from the club.

after reading people's views I think we have hit a bit of a sore spot when it comes to juniors. I think all prices are perfectly reasonable but like some have said we maybe should have done some sort of offer for juniors.
An example being you can get a child season ticket in the main or pontoon stand for £20 with every paying adult. Either do it where you can have 2 kids per adult ticket or a pricing structure so 1 child is £20, if you have a second it's £30 (so £50 for 2 kids) etc..
I know someone who's a massive massive town fan and has a season ticket, he has 5 kids and atleast 3 of them would love to go every week but it's not affordable for him. Gtfc would soon make the few quid lost on sales of drinks food etc

I'm in no way wanting to be negative, just an opinion. I support the club 100% as I always have.

Quoted from lukeo

An example being you can get a child season ticket in the main or pontoon stand for £20 with every paying adult. Either do it where you can have 2 kids per adult ticket or a pricing structure so 1 child is £20, if you have a second it's £30 (so £50 for 2 kids) etc..
I know someone who's a massive massive town fan and has a season ticket, he has 5 kids and atleast 3 of them would love to go every week but it's not affordable for him. Gtfc would soon make the few quid lost on sales of drinks food etc

EXACTLY!

There needs to be flexibility.  The club are not flexible and presume every family is 2 adults, 2 children (one boy, one girl).  Dad takes Son to football.  Mum and Daughter stay at home knitting.

Why is there no flexibility for shift workers?  Parents who only get their kids every other weekend?  Yes it would be a bit of a minefield to work out and yes it would give someone a headache but Christ Almighty do GTFC actually want new fans or not?  

how is it a headache? took me all of 2 minutes to think of that idea and type it up on here!  

#LukeoIn

I can understand the increase in adult prices and think that is fair but it is a massive own goal by the club on the child tickets.

Quoted from diehardmariner

EXACTLY!

There needs to be flexibility.  The club are not flexible and presume every family is 2 adults, 2 children (one boy, one girl).  Dad takes Son to football.  Mum and Daughter stay at home knitting.

Why is there no flexibility for shift workers?  Parents who only get their kids every other weekend?  Yes it would be a bit of a minefield to work out and yes it would give someone a headache but Christ Almighty do GTFC actually want new fans or not?  

From researching other League Two season ticket prices you see that 90% of the clubs are bending over backwards to make football as affordable and therefore accessible for young fans. Grimsby Town have chosen not to. A £20 increase for juniors is quite frankly a disgrace and the club should be ashamed.

Have the Trust had anything to say about the fact we have the 2nd highest junior season ticket prices in League 2 next season?

I think the average for lg 2 is £323 and Hartlepools is the cheapest at £250. So i suppose  it's fair, but like others have mentioned i do think they've missed a trick. I and several others came up with initiatives on the season ticket push thread, that could of a least been considered, and you could of seen the potential for 3500+ being sold. By taking the lazy option, they'll probably get 2500-3000.

I know there needs to be flexibility with families, but when i was a kid i think it cost me about 50p to get in a match and i got £1 pocket money a week ...so i don't think their tickets are overpriced.

Too busy celebrating promotion to League 2 to nitpick. So I'll leave it to the usual nitpickers and carry on celebrating. Burrrp!

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Quoted from DickBarton

Too busy celebrating promotion to League 2 to nitpick. So I'll leave it to the usual nitpickers and carry on celebrating. Burrrp!

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Yeah, just ignore the issue and bumble on as usual. That sort of short term thinking got the club in trouble in the first place.

Quoted from lukeo

how is it a headache? took me all of 2 minutes to think of that idea and type it up on here!  

#LukeoIn

I wouldn't fancy working out season tickets for shift workers or for Saturday only games.   To avoid over/under selling capacity would take some working out and a great detail of planning.  Maybe something people employed by the club could do...

Like others,don't mind the ticket increases for adults. But the juniors thing could've been done better. Would like to hear the logic behind the decisions there.

Surely the junior tickets don't have to be a "sustainable" price. It's just a "loss leader" you accept not making much out of immediately, but that will pay out long term by way of merchanddise/catering sales and the biggest thing of cementing a possible lifelong supporter of GTFC.

People on one thread moaning about not signing good enough players and budget restrictions, then on this one moaning at a 38p per week increase in the cost of seeing football in the league above where we've been for 6 years.

Quoted from ginnywings

Yeah, just ignore the issue and bumble on as usual. That sort of short term thinking got the club in trouble in the first place.

By the way, celebrating promotion isn't short term thinking and it didn't get us in trouble either. You keep nitpicking if it makes you happy and I'll keep celebrating because that makes me happy.
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆👏👏👏👏👏👏

Quoted from HackneyHaddock

People on one thread moaning about not signing good enough players and budget restrictions, then on this one moaning at a 38p per week increase in the cost of seeing football in the league above where we've been for 6 years.

I don't think anyone is moaning about the slight increase for the adult tickets.  

The 'moaning' is about the lack of foresight and imagination on the clubs behalf.

For the record ...i was considering getting a season ticket...i am not now.
I know i will miss at least 3 or 4 games a season due to work commitments so to pay out increased costs, upfront for the benefit of two free games doesnt make sense, added to that the lead argument from the club appears to be " well everyone else has upped their entry fee in the 6 years we've been out" then as a few feared , the decision and implementation of an across the board rise seems lazy and ill thought out.

Off the back of operation promotion, you know...were we all chipped in extra over and above any entry fee's,put OUR hard earned money up before we had signed any players,  i really hoped the club would buy a bit more loyalty by at least freezing prices.  

I would expect a slight natural increase in early gates with attendances bouyed by interested returning or new fans and what i can only imagine will be at least 400% increase in away support revenue, the club has also mentioned that promotion would be worth £1m so potential income would be higher anyway.

I ultimately dont have to stand the clubs debt so easy for me to say but with the above factors then the club have one less potential ST sale.

Think this has been well blown out of proportion. A loss-making business increases prices in hope of breaking even.

Of course they'd do it when there's a feel-good factor it softens the blow of those who might not come at £20 a game.

Best not go to the petrol station, supermarket or pub!

There's some miserable minge bags on here , look if you cant afford 50p for online ticket costs or you can't afford to pay 20 quid more for a season ticket then you shouldn't be wasting what little money you have on football.

Drop the ticket prices, drop the quality, and drop back down again, or.......................

Increase the prices, increase the quality, increase our staus to league 1.


Every little helps!

We're on our way..............

Quoted from moosey_club

For the record ...i was considering getting a season ticket...i am not now.
I know i will miss at least 3 or 4 games a season due to work commitments so to pay out increased costs, upfront for the benefit of two free games doesnt make sense, added to that the lead argument from the club appears to be " well everyone else has upped their entry fee in the 6 years we've been out" then as a few feared , the decision and implementation of an across the board rise seems lazy and ill thought out.

Off the back of operation promotion, you know...were we all chipped in extra over and above any entry fee's,put OUR hard earned money up before we had signed any players,  i really hoped the club would buy a bit more loyalty by at least freezing prices.  

I would expect a slight natural increase in early gates with attendances bouyed by interested returning or new fans and what i can only imagine will be at least 400% increase in away support revenue, the club has also mentioned that promotion would be worth £1m so potential income would be higher anyway.

I ultimately dont have to stand the debt so easy for me to say but with the above factors then the club have one less potential ST sale.

It just seems like a massive missed opportunity from the club, they could have sold more season tickets than ever off the back of a clever initiative, I'm not even talking about reducing prices, just not increasing them. I can't see the logic in the increases for kids and youths, they are the future and we have a massive opportunity to hook them for life. You just have to wonder how the club came to this decision and if the trust were involved with it?

I'll be renewing, but it just takes away from some of the positive mood for me.

Quoted from DickBarton

Drop the ticket prices, drop the quality, and drop back down again, or.......................

Increase the prices, increase the quality, increase our staus to league 1.


Every little helps!

We're on our way..............

That's the sort of lazy logic that the club seem to have gone for.  

Quoted from Jaws

Think this has been well blown out of proportion. A loss-making business increases prices in hope of breaking even.

Best not go to the petrol station, supermarket or pub!

Its not your average business though is it ?

If you went into a pub and got served shite beer, shite food with zero customer care you might return on the chance it was an off day because you liked the surroundings...if it happened again you might complain or more as likely wouldnt go again.
If you went to the butchers and got fatty cuts of meat and sausages full of sawdust ..same again.

If either of the above businesses then advertised they are putting prices up to compete with the neighbouring pubs and butchers so they could compete ...would you rush back ? or laugh ?

The club have an emotional pull on the hardcore so they dont have to worry about us shopping elsewhere for our football fix...they have a monopoly on our football interest......but it is the hardcore only.....and IMO they exploit it by instantly "sticking a couple of quid" on the gate price.  
Yes the hardcore will renew and hopefully a good surge of new fans wll buy in on the back of promotion but after the hardcore have stuck fast through 5/6 seasons of bitter non league disappointment, after 5/6 seasons of downward spiral league football before that then it just seems a cheap, lazy option when other potential ideas could have been explored.

But as i said previously, i dont pick the ultimate bill up...i am just a loyal supporter.

The prices are fair and I have no complaints but it would have been refreshing to see the club freeze prices again as a thankyou for the majority sticking with the club and paying out £18 to see the likes of Borehamwood, Altrincham week in week out.

Quoted from moosey_club

Its not your average business though is it ?

If you went into a pub and got served shite beer, shite food with zero customer care you might return on the chance it was an off day because you liked the surroundings...if it happened again you might complain or more as likely wouldnt go again.
If you went to the butchers and got fatty cuts of meat and sausages full of sawdust ..same again.

If either of the above businesses then advertised they are putting prices up to compete with the neighbouring pubs and butchers so they could compete ...would you rush back ? or laugh ?

The club have an emotional pull on the hardcore so they dont have to worry about us shopping elsewhere for our football fix...they have a monopoly on our football interest......but it is the hardcore only.....and IMO they exploit it by instantly "sticking a couple of quid" on the gate price.  
Yes the hardcore will renew and hopefully a good surge of new fans wll buy in on the back of promotion but after the hardcore have stuck fast through 5/6 seasons of bitter non league disappointment, after 5/6 seasons of downward spiral league football before that then it just seems a cheap, lazy option when other potential ideas could have been explored.

But as i said previously, i dont pick the ultimate bill up...i am just a loyal supporter.

Spot on

Quoted from moosey_club

Its not your average business though is it ?

If you went into a pub and got served shite beer, shite food with zero customer care you might return on the chance it was an off day because you liked the surroundings...if it happened again you might complain or more as likely wouldnt go again.
If you went to the butchers and got fatty cuts of meat and sausages full of sawdust ..same again.

If either of the above businesses then advertised they are putting prices up to compete with the neighbouring pubs and butchers so they could compete ...would you rush back ? or laugh ?

The club have an emotional pull on the hardcore so they dont have to worry about us shopping elsewhere for our football fix...they have a monopoly on our football interest......but it is the hardcore only.....and IMO they exploit it by instantly "sticking a couple of quid" on the gate price.  
Yes the hardcore will renew and hopefully a good surge of new fans wll buy in on the back of promotion but after the hardcore have stuck fast through 5/6 seasons of bitter non league disappointment, after 5/6 seasons of downward spiral league football before that then it just seems a cheap, lazy option when other potential ideas could have been explored.

But as i said previously, i dont pick the ultimate bill up...i am just a loyal supporter.

It may not be your average business but it is still a loss making business. I am sure the club will have done a budget forecast to allow for our promotion and costs will have been worked out accordingly. I agree about the emotional pull but that is a choice for football fans of any club , not peculiar to GTFC. I think the price rise is fair and certainly what I expected to pay for LEAGUE football. Maybe the club have missed a trick with young supporters but we won't really know until the STs go on sale and later when the season starts. I suppose I'm lucky being a pensioner but I have a fixed income and make some sacrifices so that I can buy a ST.

Quoted from moosey_club

Its not your average business though is it ?

If you went into a pub and got served shite beer, shite food with zero customer care you might return on the chance it was an off day because you liked the surroundings...if it happened again you might complain or more as likely wouldnt go again.
If you went to the butchers and got fatty cuts of meat and sausages full of sawdust ..same again.

If either of the above businesses then advertised they are putting prices up to compete with the neighbouring pubs and butchers so they could compete ...would you rush back ? or laugh ?

The club have an emotional pull on the hardcore so they dont have to worry about us shopping elsewhere for our football fix...they have a monopoly on our football interest......but it is the hardcore only.....and IMO they exploit it by instantly "sticking a couple of quid" on the gate price.  
Yes the hardcore will renew and hopefully a good surge of new fans wll buy in on the back of promotion but after the hardcore have stuck fast through 5/6 seasons of bitter non league disappointment, after 5/6 seasons of downward spiral league football before that then it just seems a cheap, lazy option when other potential ideas could have been explored.

But as i said previously, i dont pick the ultimate bill up...i am just a loyal supporter.

No but it's the only football league club in Grimsby.

Quoted from headingly_mariner

Spot on

What do we know Heads? Just because we went to Devon to watch the Mike Newell circus......means nothing. Just stump up and keep quiet.

Quoted from Mariners_15

The prices are fair and I have no complaints but it would have been refreshing to see the club freeze prices again as a thankyou for the majority sticking with the club and paying out £18 to see the likes of Borehamwood, Altrincham week in week out.

I'm sorry but the majority who stuck with the club didnt pay £18. We had 2.5 K season ticket holders and the existence of an early bird scheme that a lot of the remainder took advantage of.

No qualms about paying a tad more for a higher quality of football that will inevitably cost more for the club in wages and future contracts.

The club needs to rake more money in to compete back in the league.

  

The club should have taken a long term view on the junior season ticket pricing and try to build a fan base for the future.

I am disappointed but not surprised that they have taken pricing strategy that that have.

Quoted from headingly_mariner

That's the sort of lazy logic that the club seem to have gone for.  

Seeking a second promotion maybe lazy logic in your eyes but not mine.

Quoted from moosey_club

What do we know Heads? Just because we went to Devon to watch the Mike Newell circus......means nothing. Just stump up and keep quiet.

don't get me started on Devon, extended my stay to see the final and then they pull it on the day, bloody livid I was  

Quoted from DickBarton

Seeking a second promotion maybe lazy logic in your eyes but not mine.

Did the clubs with the highest ticket prices in this division get promoted this season?

http://m.grimsbytelegraph.co.u.....85-detail/story.html This suggests that the trust were fully involved in the pricing changes. How can a supporters trust come to an agreement that puts kids tickets up by that much?

Disappointed in the trust I am after reading that

Yes it's good that you can gain free membership

And I think the price rises are fair

I'm disappointed that there is no new schemes or ideas used which suit shift workers etc, however in that article it does say they are looking at a loyalty scheme so that'll be interesting to see

I'm not a shift worker btw

Quoted from headingly_mariner

don't get me started on Devon, extended my stay to see the final and then they pull it on the day, bloody livid I was  

Same as us...extra night B&B ....morning spent in the town spot of lunch etc went down to the ground to find all shut up....then heard about the "security risk" excuse.
Funny now but not at the time.

Quoted from headingly_mariner

http://m.grimsbytelegraph.co.u.....85-detail/story.html This suggests that the trust were fully involved in the pricing changes. How can a supporters trust come to an agreement that puts kids tickets up by that much?

Rudrum Is chairman of the Trust? Didn't realise that. Given that he is employed by the club and Fenty's mate that seems very... err... convenient.

Terry Rudrum is a decent bloke in my opinion

Quoted from pizzzza

Rudrum Is chairman of the Trust? Didn't realise that. Given that he is employed by the club and Fenty's mate that seems very... err... convenient.

Oh dear! Terry Rudrum is most definitely not employed by GTFC in any capacity.

Barralad is correct

Used to be safety officer but he retired a few years ago now I believe

Okay then he was employed by the club and for a very long time. The cynical side of me wonders how/why someone so close to the club was installed as chairman of an organisation set up to represent the supporters?

Quoted from pizzzza

Rudrum Is chairman of the Trust? Didn't realise that. Given that he is employed by the club and Fenty's mate that seems very... err... convenient.

FFS how low will some people stoop to try to make a point or a connection !!

Quoted from pizzzza

Okay then he was employed by the club and for a very long time. The cynical side of me wonders how/why someone so close to the club was installed as chairman of an organisation set up to represent the supporters?

Or conversely you could conclude that someone who had a job that interacted with fans on a daily basis and who is known and respected by the club is ideally placed to be the figurehead of a supporters organisation. Terry has been there and is in a unique position to represent the matchday needs of fans in very regular discussions with the powers that be.

Quoted from Davec

Disappointed in the trust I am after reading that

Yes it's good that you can gain free membership

And I think the price rises are fair

I'm disappointed that there is no new schemes or ideas used which suit shift workers etc, however in that article it does say they are looking at a loyalty scheme so that'll be interesting to see

I'm not a shift worker btw

Perhaps you could shelve your disappointment until the details of the Trust's initiative are known?

I was a shift worker for over 30 years & bought a season ticket every year. I don't know what it is like where you work but I use to get the guys that I was relieving to stay behind or come in early & pay them the time back in kind at their convenience.

Never missed a home game..

Unfortunately whilst there was initially only £20 increase on season tickets one of the club's main sponsors has today advance purchased the full allocation and is retailing them at £950 each. Yeah, it's really fair isn't it....

Disappointed that Rob has let the club bully him into censoring people expressing their opinion on this individual. Freedom of speech doesn't apply here?

Can't believe people are moaning about a couple of quid increase to watch league football. The phrase some people are never happy unless they're moaning springs to mind. The club has been away from the league for 6 years and it was inevitable prices would rise as we have to compete, and is completely fair for a higher level of football.

The pricing increase for juniors on the other hand I think some people may have a point, did it have to rise so steeply, building a young fan Base is so important for the future. Esp in this world of wall to wall premiershite tv  . Sure prices could rise but did they have to rise by so much, I don't have all the info the club does though so perhaps the decision was justified.

Quoted from gtfc98

Unfortunately whilst there was initially only £20 increase on season tickets one of the club's main sponsors has today advance purchased the full allocation and is retailing them at £950 each. Yeah, it's really fair isn't it....

Disappointed that Rob has let the club bully him into censoring people expressing their opinion on this individual. Freedom of speech doesn't apply here?

Maybe I've misread this but does that mean that anyone who wants a season ticket must now go through a third party and pay £950 regardless of concessions etc ?

I have a few questions about buying a season ticket from someone that hasn't had 1 for a while:
1) What is a season ticket application pack (detailed here: http://www.grimsby-townfc.co.uk/news/article/season-ticket-prices-announced-3127423.aspx) and why is it necessary? Can I just go to the club shop and buy one?
2) Are season tickets on sale for existing season ticket holders first?
3) Can i go to the ground and pick my seat in person?
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

Quoted from RossFish

I have a few questions about buying a season ticket from someone that hasn't had 1 for a while:
1) What is a season ticket application pack (detailed here: http://www.grimsby-townfc.co.uk/news/article/season-ticket-prices-announced-3127423.aspx) and why is it necessary? Can I just go to the club shop and buy one?
2) Are season tickets on sale for existing season ticket holders first?
3) Can i go to the ground and pick my seat in person?
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

1) It's just an info pack, I think it has merchandise booklet, gold bond / mariners trust info etc, you can fill in the application.  You can just go in the shop and  buy one.

2) Season ticket holders seats are held for the first six weeks early bird time I think, someone will probally confirm that.

3) Yes you can.

Quoted from RossFish

I have a few questions about buying a season ticket from someone that hasn't had 1 for a while:
1) What is a season ticket application pack (detailed here: http://www.grimsby-townfc.co.uk/news/article/season-ticket-prices-announced-3127423.aspx) and why is it necessary? Can I just go to the club shop and buy one?
2) Are season tickets on sale for existing season ticket holders first?
3) Can i go to the ground and pick my seat in person?
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

1) Yes you can
2) No they are not. I think there might be a period of grace though for existing ticket holders to renew but I never renew until the last moment of the earlybird scheme and I've never had a problem with getting "my" seat.
3) Yes. The office will show you a map of the seating in all stands if you ask for it.