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Quoted from diehardmariner

1500 sold a month after going on sale puts us pretty low in comparison to previous years. On sale a lot earlier this year though and I think the coming payday will see a big push for many towards renewing (I hope!)

https://twitter.com/mark_stilton/status/1549445898840817664/photo/1

Tickets are at the reduced rate until the end of June so most will hang on to their money until then and I would expect that final week in June will see ticket sales rise dramatically.

Yep, I agree.

Feels less urgency this summer for them, probably something to do with having more than 7 weeks pre-season!

I read about half of the sales are to new people so we could be close to last season.
I am renewing but will wait till nearer the cut off date as will a lot more people I suspect

Quoted from caistormariner

I read about half of the sales are to new people so we could be close to last season.
I am renewing but will wait till nearer the cut off date as will a lot more people I suspect

I think a lot will be the same , you would expect a boost on payday this month and then at the end of June .

Still think we could get close or top out last years number - if theres 700 new ones you would only expect that amount or a few more to not renew ,and there might be more to buy new ones to come .

5000k minimum 6000 max i reckon

There was no point in buying until the cards were available . Sales will pick up now they are in

I’ll be buying mine end of June, moneys tight right now…..

Quoted from HerveJosse

There was no point in buying until the cards were available . Sales will pick up now they are in

Why?

They’ve dropped a bollock with the cards anyway, I really don’t see why they printed the season date on it, should’ve just printed them without a date and then reading the QR code…intercourse all wrong with my card from last year. Waste of plastic…

Quoted from aldi_01

Why?

They’ve dropped a bollock with the cards anyway, I really don’t see why they printed the season date on it, should’ve just printed them without a date and then reading the QR code…intercourse all wrong with my card from last year. Waste of plastic…

I did not even collect my card last year just used the QR code on my phone ,did not have any issues .I suppose collecting it is more important if you want the vouchers? (if there are any this year)

Quoted from Mappers

I did not even collect my card last year just used the QR code on my phone ,did not have any issues .I suppose collecting it is more important if you want the vouchers? (if there are any this year)

Remember when we missed out on a surge in ST sales back in 2016 because the club delayed the sale after the PO final because they claimed the printers hadn’t done their job…mind blowing. Is anyone arsed about having their actual ticket put in their hands? Just pay for it, and keep your receipt…I don’t need the card until august anyway…

Quoted from aldi_01

Why?

They’ve dropped a bollock with the cards anyway, I really don’t see why they printed the season date on it, should’ve just printed them without a date and then reading the QR code…intercourse all wrong with my card from last year. Waste of plastic…

Why?
Because if you buy your tickets in person in the ticket office and the card isn’t ready you have to make two trips so you just wait until the cards are ready.
I know you are determined that we should all do everything on line but large numbers still prefer to call into the office to do this.

Quoted from HerveJosse

Why?
Because if you buy your tickets in person in the ticket office and the card isn’t ready you have to make two trips so you just wait until the cards are ready.
I know you are determined that we should all do everything on line but large numbers still prefer to call into the office to do this.

In which case, one additional trip won’t make much difference…presumably they could just collect it at the first home game so it’s really a problem that doesn’t really exist…

Quoted from aldi_01

In which case, one additional trip won’t make much difference…presumably they could just collect it at the first home game so it’s really a problem that doesn’t really exist…

Nobody said it was a problem. I said sales woukd pick up now the cards are available.

Quoted from diehardmariner

1500 sold a month after going on sale puts us pretty low in comparison to previous years. On sale a lot earlier this year though and I think the coming payday will see a big push for many towards renewing (I hope!)

https://twitter.com/mark_stilton/status/1549445898840817664/photo/1

22.23 was obviously different because there was an incentive to buy early for the 2500 new STH who needed to secure a seat.
We will have a record total this year circa 6000 the shape of the graph doesn’t matter

New STHs should equate to some new fans.  Especially after our great cup run.  This number is unknown for now.

Other new STHs are likely to be current regular fans and exiles who pay as you go for selected matches.

The average number of games attended is likely to be broadly around the number of games STHs nominally pay for.  As exiles this is 2 of us in York. UF tickets together were always available.

Having a ST is not a great idea if there are risks to attending games - say, looking after elderly or ill family members.

Crucially, the balance has changed.  New owners, promotion, massive interest, far more STHs,  cup success and fewer good tickets to buy on the day.  If any, tickets.

Therefore, we bought STs last  season and will renew.  How else do you have a chance of a ticket for big league games, playoff matches, away games and the FAC?

Got mine Wednesday straight in and out card and vouchers UTM

Does anyone have an updated figure on how many sold ?

I know it was 1500 a week or two ago ,but no update since then .

You would hope it's notched over 2k after payday .

When is the last day to renew?

Quoted from headingly_mariner

When is the last day to renew?

End of June.

Just announced over 2000 sold so far.

Should see a steady trickle. Suspect there’s quite a few waiting for transfer news before committing.

Cheers

Yeah i still think 5k+ if we make some relatively eye catching ones .

You would expect at least the same in the second month regardless ,so I think even without 4k+, whatever it will be sustantially more than the 2700 we used to 'top out ' at in the bad old days .

Quoted from 140381

Should see a steady trickle. Suspect there’s quite a few waiting for transfer news before committing.

Yeah, I remember myself and GranthamMariner holding fire on renewing in the summer of 2004 and then rushing to BP to renew once the club announced the signing of Glen Downey…

Me and my group will do ours toward the end of the month. I suspect many will do the same.

Holidays first and a break from footy related stuff.

Not bothered about transfer news to influence me purchasing mine. Renewing tomorrow before I head off on my hols 😎.

As a matter of interest, when is the new strip coming out? I like to buy a new shirt when I pick my card up. Going on holiday soon and always wear a Town shirt wondering about.

Quoted from mimma

As a matter of interest, when is the new strip coming out? I like to buy a new shirt when I pick my card up. Going on holiday soon and always wear a Town shirt wondering about.

Have we got a kit sponsor? Myenergi was only for a year, wasn’t it?

Who could we realistically sign that would make someone buy a season ticket if they didn’t intend too.

I am trying to book my season ticket online, but it says my seat is unavailable to select, this is the seat my season ticket was for last season, so it shouldn't have been taken by anybody just yet??

Am i doing something wrong does anybody know

Quoted from Davec

I am trying to book my season ticket online, but it says my seat is unavailable to select, this is the seat my season ticket was for last season, so it shouldn't have been taken by anybody just yet??

Am i doing something wrong does anybody know

Are you sure you’re logged in? Anyone not logged in will only see seats available for general sale i.e. those not held by ST holders last season (or already purchased for next season)

Quoted from Davec

I am trying to book my season ticket online, but it says my seat is unavailable to select, this is the seat my season ticket was for last season, so it shouldn't have been taken by anybody just yet??

Am i doing something wrong does anybody know

Same. I got so sick of messing around with it I just went in and the kid there was awesome, sorted it easy. I have no idea how I would have renewed if I didn’t live local.

Quoted from Davec

I am trying to book my season ticket online, but it says my seat is unavailable to select, this is the seat my season ticket was for last season, so it shouldn't have been taken by anybody just yet??

Am i doing something wrong does anybody know

Whoever has given him the 3 red crosses, obviously has not used our minefield of confusion ticketing site .

Quoted from Davec

I am trying to book my season ticket online, but it says my seat is unavailable to select, this is the seat my season ticket was for last season, so it shouldn't have been taken by anybody just yet??

Am i doing something wrong does anybody know

This is exactly why I don't do any of this on line. I'm 75 and have tried to keep up to date with technology but when things go wrong it's a minefield for us 'less nimble minded'. Fortunately I live in Grimsby but for those exiles of a similar age it must be very daunting and frustrating.

Does anyone know how many we have done now and how many are new one's you would hope with a week since payday we would be up over 2500 now . Really hoping we get over 5k ,don't think it's out of the question .

Not sure what the rush is for renewal of season tickets and as I’ve said previously I believe the vast majority will renew after the June pay/pension money is in their banks. I would also suspect anyone wanting to buy a ticket will also wait to see if their preferred seating area has any availability.

Time to check on ticket sales will be first week of July.

Maybe a good few will buy/renew after the early bird to ,maybe 500 did last time out .
What happens if like you say the majority do renew ,there won't even be room for all these new holders will there?

Quoted from Lincoln Mariner 56

Not sure what the rush is for renewal of season tickets and as I’ve said previously I believe the vast majority will renew after the June pay/pension money is in their banks. I would also suspect anyone wanting to buy a ticket will also wait to see if their preferred seating area has any availability.

Time to check on ticket sales will be first week of July.

I always get my Town ST near the end of the early bird period and how close I am to that depends on my card billing cycle to spread my costs. I'd imagine plenty of others do the same thing. I have the money but don't want to move it from one account to another when there isn't any rush.

I paid for my Brentford ST a day before the deadline on 30th March. Hope there are no home fixture clashes like the season just gone!

2700 sold as of last Thursday according to someone who went into the shop to renew.

Honestly think it's possible we blow out last seasons total by the start of August .

At what point do they look to consider selling STs in the osmond and seek advice to reducing away fans capacity ?

Quoted from lukeo

At what point do they look to consider selling STs in the osmond and seek advice to reducing away fans capacity ?

You can do that now but it would mean using the smaller corner for every game (600?) because the % allocation in that corner does not meet the minimum requirement and although you would sell a few there no doubt , the negative would be against the likes of Barrow & FGR ,especially if we are doing well you are taking away the opportunity of giving the larger section to home fans as it would be 'set' in the corner for home fans every game .

Probably renewing end of June and I expect most of last season ticket holders will do likewise with a slight drop off .I will go for 5300 STH by August. UTM

Some will be waiting. The style of football and results at home last season left some on the fence. Money is tight and priorities have to be considered. But, the club have shown early intent with the signings this week and it it seems fans are more than happy. This, coupled with those on the fence not wanting to miss out on seats, especially if we’re in the mix, it will be hard to resist securing your seat. Like others have said I think there will be a rush at the end of June and like I said earlier some newbies may make a panic purchase just to secure a seat. I’ve a really good feeling about next season. UTM.

When you put it in perspective the amount we are shifting is amazing really .

We hardly ever touched these levels in the champ and were told we would only ever top out at 4k attendances by our ex primary funder .

I genuinely believe with an increase in capacity and a bit of success we could easily achieve consistent low 5 figure gates .

It's great the fans are really getting behind the project and club .

Quoted from heppy88

Some will be waiting. The style of football and results at home last season left some on the fence. Money is tight and priorities have to be considered. But, the club have shown early intent with the signings this week and it it seems fans are more than happy. This, coupled with those on the fence not wanting to miss out on seats, especially if we’re in the mix, it will be hard to resist securing your seat. Like others have said I think there will be a rush at the end of June and like I said earlier some newbies may make a panic purchase just to secure a seat. I’ve a really good feeling about next season. UTM.

I don't think many will resist tbh even if they are saying it now , will probably just end up paying full price when they get tempted mid July after a few more good signings .

And yet there were some who insisted that season ticket sales and attendances wouldn't increase after JF left unless we were storming the league.

They are now conspicuous by their absence.

Quoted from ginnywings

And yet there were some who insisted that season ticket sales and attendances wouldn't increase after JF left unless we were storming the league.

They are now conspicuous by their absence.

Well they didn't go up until we had success, did they? Now there's a wave that's being ridden and potentially a fomo effect. The new owners are doing a good job of keeping that going with the exception of the capacity blindness issue. Weirdly the small capacity might be part of what's keeping ticket sales so high

Quoted from pen penfras

Well they didn't go up until we had success, did they? Now there's a wave that's being ridden and potentially a fomo effect. The new owners are doing a good job of keeping that going with the exception of the capacity blindness issue. Weirdly the small capacity might be part of what's keeping ticket sales so high

Please remind me of the season ticket sales after Fentys success getting promoted via the play offs . Not even close to last season's . He strangled the club but just left enough air in to survive safely

Quoted from pen penfras

Well they didn't go up until we had success, did they? Now there's a wave that's being ridden and potentially a fomo effect. The new owners are doing a good job of keeping that going with the exception of the capacity blindness issue. Weirdly the small capacity might be part of what's keeping ticket sales so high

Right on cue.

Quoted from pen penfras

Well they didn't go up until we had success, did they? Now there's a wave that's being ridden and potentially a fomo effect. The new owners are doing a good job of keeping that going with the exception of the capacity blindness issue. Weirdly the small capacity might be part of what's keeping ticket sales so high

Lovely to see you back pen/john. Perhaps you could ( or someone else) remind me ofthe season ticket sales in 21-22 the non.league season we had to suffer because of jsf n holliway, an all time low I this clubs history?
Would be an all time low surely? #penrewritinghistory

Quoted from Mappers

I don't think many will resist tbh even if they are saying it now , will probably just end up paying full price when they get tempted mid July after a few more good signings .

I certainly won’t renew, PH will change nothing in regards to our home form. I will go to the home derbies and most of the aways and that will do

Quoted from Dave Gilberts Left Peg

I certainly won’t renew, PH will change nothing in regards to our home form. I will go to the home derbies and most of the aways and that will do

I reckon that’s for the best, tbf.

If we finish July on a really good number of sales I wonder if we’ll go for the temp seats?

Quoted from Dave Gilberts Left Peg

I certainly won’t renew, PH will change nothing in regards to our home form. I will go to the home derbies and most of the aways and that will do

Why bother, I just dont understand some people, yes our home form was not what we fan expect, but we finished mid table and a record breaking FA cup run.
When was the last time we signed 2 forward players before pre-season, I have a feeling this season we will play a better brand of attcking football

Quoted from Dave Gilberts Left Peg

I certainly won’t renew, PH will change nothing in regards to our home form. I will go to the home derbies and most of the aways and that will do.

As an exiled fan with family still near Grimsby l think not renewing is very short sighted of you if you think that you will be able to go to away matches. I've lived in the Midlands for the last 21 years and up to last season followed Town to many away matches as they were easy to travel to. Last season l managed just 2 as l could not get tickets due to being sold out to season ticket holders. I have no problem with that as they have invested in the club and deserve first chances, but if you think you will get so many chances D.G's left peg, think again.

Quoted from Dave Gilberts Left Peg

I certainly won’t renew, PH will change nothing in regards to our home form. I will go to the home derbies and most of the aways and that will do

Sutton at home a Derby then?

Quoted from Dave Gilberts Left Peg

I certainly won’t renew, PH will change nothing in regards to our home form. I will go to the home derbies and most of the aways and that will do

You probably need a season ticket for half of those away games , and it might be the only way you avoid the back of the main for 'those derbies' .

Time to put your hatred of arr Pauls football , stubbornness to rewew aside and just renew Dave you know deep down it's the right thing to do .

Quoted from Mappers

2700 sold as of last Thursday according to someone who went into the shop to renew.

Honestly think it's possible we blow out last seasons total by the start of August .

900 new ST holders apparently .

In comparison Mansfield had sold 1700 by the same point , and have finished their early bird with 4300 ST holders .

Quoted from Dave Gilberts Left Peg

I certainly won’t renew, PH will change nothing in regards to our home form. I will go to the home derbies and most of the aways and that will do

Good luck getting tickets to any of Mansfield, Donny, Stockport, Salford, Bradford, Harrogate, Accrington, Wrexham and Notts County without a ST.

I am definitely renewing and will wait till nearer the end of the early bird only to spread other costs. I can't wait for the season to start I have a great feeling already with the new signings

Quoted from Mappers

900 new ST holders apparently .

In comparison Mansfield had sold 1700 by the same point , and have finished their early bird with 4300 ST holders .

If everyone renewed that would leave fewer than 300 tickets per game for walk ups. Not that everyone will renew, but 900 new STHs will certainly enhance the perception of the scarcity factor.

I renewed about 4 days after they went on sale. It’s going to be a hell of a season.

Quoted from Limerick Mariner

If everyone renewed that would leave fewer than 300 tickets per game for walk ups. Not that everyone will renew, but 900 new STHs will certainly enhance the perception of the scarcity factor.

If you go on that seat map plan there are only 26 seats available currently outside the main , it will be interesting to see at the end of June what it's like with non-renewals and all these new one's ,once I am assuming it will be reset to the new holders/current renewals .

Quoted from Mappers

If you go on that seat map plan there are only 26 seats available currently outside the main , it will be interesting to see at the end of June what it's like with non-renewals and all these new one's ,once I am assuming it will be reset to the new holders/current renewals .

Wow!

Quoted from Mappers

If you go on that seat map plan there are only 26 seats available currently outside the main , it will be interesting to see at the end of June what it's like with non-renewals and all these new one's ,once I am assuming it will be reset to the new holders/current renewals .

So it begs for the question to be asked, when’s the next thread gonna pop up about temporary seats/ new stadium

Yeah it might become a pressing issue ,we will have to wait and see .

You would assume the majority of the new ones are on the standby list for the ponny or findus  , so you would hope if the majority renew the club have a back up plan ?

Some new one's will already have chosen a seat ; but I am not sure how many there was at the start of the early bird window , I wish I had looked at that plan  now  being sad , so it would give you a better idea how many are on the 'standby list ' .

Genuinely interested  how many we sell , and to see if all these new one's outstrips the non renewals . Could be one hell of a rush after the fixture announcement + June payday .

I think we will see a higher average attendance next season at Blundell Park however many we sell.

If 900 "new" season tickets is accurate, and it seems likely given the club reported around 500 very early on in the sales window, it's hard to see anything but a fairly sizeable increase on last season.

Yes, there will always be attrition, and you could make an argument for that being higher than usual given the financial squeeze most are facing at the moment. But there's every chance that in opting to not renew, you are making a decision not only about next season but for the foreseeable future. If we do sell 6,000+ STs, and I'd currently rate that as "more likely than not", it's going to be a freezing frenzy getting single match tickets for any league game, let alone the more attractive fixtures. And if we look like doing well, and I'd like to think there's every possibility of that, then it's going to be even harder.

I don't think I am alone in believing that, after two decades of hardship, we find ourselves at the very foot of an acclivity. The path in football is rarely smooth and no doubt there will be hiccups along the way, but if we are on the up as I hope and believe we are, getting tickets at BP is only going to get more and more difficult as the years go by. I'm not suggesting for a second that we will achieve what the hatters have in the foreseeable future, but how many Luton fans wished they'd invested season ticket at Kennilworth Road 4 or 5 years ago.

Money is tight for many and putting food on the table has to be the number 1 priority, but if that's a surmountable problem then I think people need to think long and hard before they hit the "cancel" button. Think not of what happened at home last season, but of what might just be to come...

I had a ST last season but don’t want the same seats…..do I just need to wait and hope for better ones?

Quoted from RexFannies

I had a ST last season but don’t want the same seats…..do I just need to wait and hope for better ones?

You can go on the standby list so you get them at the same price mate , options are on the seat map in the corners - but you will be waiting until 1st July to see what seats are available after non renewals .

Or go in to the shop i guess .

Where do you want to sit ? because there are options now to , just limited

What I'm intrigued about is how it will work for those who have bought 'overflow' tickets, which I imagine a proportion of the new ST holders have done.

Once the early bird period ends and any unrenewed tickets go on sale, is it first come first serve? I know you have to put in your preferences, what happens if multiple people have suggested the same area? What happens if that area has been renewed by all previous owners in that area?

Might sound like daft questions being over-thought, but IF the demand does go beyond even last seasons great totals, are fans who are in the 'overflow' section likely to end up 'handing back' their ST if the same scenario as last season happened (considering on the day tickets) whereby there aren't enough seats to put a group of people together. Can they hand back and get a refund or will they simply be told to find the best possible seats they can which could possibly end up being in the rafters of the main stand?

Granted it's not a problem we've ever faced before so we don't have the luxury of learning from experience, but I'm wondering whether the solution to this potential problem is to have a date whereby existing ST must renew by, let's say 2 weeks before the early bird rate ends (adjust as necessary). This then allows 2 weeks for new ST holders to see the range of seats available and possibly creates a secondary influx of tickets sold before the early bird ends.

In some ways I hope it doesn't actually become a problem but in some ways I do. If the overflow situation throws up issues that reflect we don't have the capacity to suitably house everyone that wants to be at BP week in week out in the stands of their choice with views that suit their preferences then it demonstrates that firstly we're improving our appeal and that the conversation about expansion in whatever format is actually one that becomes more serious.

Quoted from RexFannies

I had a ST last season but don’t want the same seats…..do I just need to wait and hope for better ones?

I moved my seat before the end of the early bird period so I could pick the seat I wanted. You could do the same :)

if we sell over 6 thousand ST. Surely we have to put some temp seating in from the main to the ponny. at least.

We’re gonna need a bigger boat!

Genuine question as I can't find an answer online... do clubs have to save some seats for non season ticket holders or can we literally sell out our home stand with season tickets?
I only ask this because I know the top prem clubs don't. Man United for example only sell 52k season tickets (even though they have a waiting list). I just wondered if there was some sort of law around this or just clubs choice?

Quoted from lukeo

Genuine question as I can't find an answer online... do clubs have to save some seats for non season ticket holders or can we literally sell out our home stand with season tickets?
I only ask this because I know the top prem clubs don't. Man United for example only sell 52k season tickets (even though they have a waiting list). I just wondered if there was some sort of law around this or just clubs choice?

I think the answer to this is simply, yes. Am not sure on % tbh, though I think it could be about 15 %

How many could a small temporary covered stand hold in the corner ?

I can't remember the capacity of the green seats per corner , but you assume it could be a little more ; even a safe standing area to add capacity in the corner would be fine .

Quoted from Mappers

How many could a small temporary covered stand hold in the corner ?

I can't remember the capacity of the green seats per corner , but you assume it could be a little more ; even a safe standing area to add capacity in the corner would be fine .

Depends how big or small it is you can get 10000 around a golf green in temporary seating at the Open

Quoted from Mappers

How many could a small temporary covered stand hold in the corner ?

I can't remember the capacity of the green seats per corner , but you assume it could be a little more ; even a safe standing area to add capacity in the corner would be fine .

Would say that it’s all down to safety certification. Number of exits etc but you’d probably be looking at circa 500-1000 at a wild guess

Quoted from Mappers

How many could a small temporary covered stand hold in the corner ?

Everything is temporary

Quoted from pizzzza

Everything is temporary

My love for Grimsby town isn’t

😬

Quoted from WOZOFGRIMSBY

My love for Grimsby town isn’t

😬

First star I've given in a while.

Quoted from HerveJosse

Depends how big or small it is you can get 10000 around a golf green in temporary seating at the Open

Ahhh...but ...you are forgetting about the "football fan formula" ....this will drastically reduce that...

Football capacity = Actual capacity of area ÷ 2 ( - hooligan 20% ) x 0.5 - 500 police request

Quoted from WOZOFGRIMSBY

My love for Grimsby town isn’t

😬

There is a probability, albeit very small, that some of your carbon atoms end up in a Scunthorpe fan when you die…

Past the 3,000 mark.

https://twitter.com/officialgtfc/status/1668647770796728325

What's the difference - if any - twixt a season pass & a season ticket?

As the only direct comparison I can find , Mansfield were at 2000 at the same point in their earlybird window and have finished on 4400

The club have been clever - fixtures are released the week before the end of ours and the June payday is on the last day of the earlybird window .

I assume Dave is busy pressing the undo key and cancelling .

We do record numbers by August no doubt .

Quoted from Heswall Mariner

What's the difference - if any - twixt a season pass & a season ticket?

Nothing, it’s the new name because it isn’t a ‘ticket’ anymore

Quoted from supertown

Nothing, it’s the new name because it isn’t a ‘ticket’ anymore

Thanks supertown.

Think 3k is really good number to be on at this stage of the summer. Obviously alot less of a rush than last year as people already have the seat secured for a set period of time - so no panic. Can space it out and have the summer holiday due to more payday cycles. 900 new one's is interesting cannot see us being anything other than at least at the same level or probably more ST holders than last season.

Quoted from Mikey_345

Think 3k is really good number to be on at this stage of the summer. Obviously alot less of a rush than last year as people already have the seat secured for a set period of time - so no panic. Can space it out and have the summer holiday due to more payday cycles. 900 new one's is interesting cannot see us being anything other than at least at the same level or probably more ST holders than last season.

Hopefully that ticketing system holds up ok on that last day of it, which is payday - suspect a lot will leave it until then .

Quoted from Mikey_345

Think 3k is really good number to be on at this stage of the summer. Obviously alot less of a rush than last year as people already have the seat secured for a set period of time - so no panic. Can space it out and have the summer holiday due to more payday cycles. 900 new one's is interesting cannot see us being anything other than at least at the same level or probably more ST holders than last season.

If 900 new is indeed correct, we’d have to lose more than 700 existing season tickets to fail to hit the 6k mark. I think we’ll end up very close to 6,500, which would set us up very nicely. That would represent the best of £2m of income (possibly even slightly more) before the season has even started. Exciting times we are living in.

Pretty sure it is 900 multiple people have said that so would not expect them to tell porkies ,it might be more now actually .

Even at the low estimate of 600 with the club announcing 500 new one's early on it would take a hell of a swing to go under 5k losing 25% roughly ?

Others will know renewal rates more than me but that seems quite drastic levels? Does anyone know the normal non renewal % ?

I suppose the total could be lower if people who had previous season tickets have moved seats / bought their ticket differently to last year maybe ? I know there were problems early on .

Hopefully not though and we hit those heights we expect/want .

Quoted from Heswall Mariner

What's the difference - if any - twixt a season pass & a season ticket?

Nothing. It's just the modern terminology

Got my tickets for the GY Borough and Cleethorpes fixtures. Just need to arrange a day to come over and renew my ST in person. I've always preferred it that way. Make a day of it.

It's not really been on my mind about renewing my "pass" yet as I know I've got till the month end. Surely most will be thinking the same won't they?

3k seems incredible with a huge percentage yet to renew, and there is going to be an almighty scramble for those seats which aren't renewed. After that, presumably more seats will be sold that aren't somebody's first choice.

If we get over 6k season tickets then surely we urgently need covered temporary seating with unrestricted views for matchday walk ups, or some rearrangement for away fans?

The owners have played a blinder in ramping up the idea that seats are going to be scarce due to finite capacity, but I can't see how they can afford to turn people away.

It's a great problem to have though.

I'll be renewing next week just hope we play a bit more exciting football at home this time around? Looks to me like PH is trying to inject some pace into the forward line which should help.

3200 sold
Get to 4000 this time next week and we have a great chance of going through the record IMO

Mansfield had cleared 2500 by this point and ended up on 4700
Stockport have done 2500 with 2 weeks to go and they ended up with 5300 last year .

Barring us being a huge anomaly I think we get close to 5500 by the end of the early bird and clear 6k by August ,which will be a record .

Dave , are you still not renewing ?

If we assume we do as many as mansfield minimum in the last 2 weeks its 5400 , but I genuinely believe we do more .

We need a bigger boat and we are big football club who after 20 years of hardship could be a really big one - I am not talking Liverpool or City but we can be a Brentford ,Brighton or Luton and go through the leagues .If i was the club I would be tempted to open up that small corner in the osmond for season tickets and promote it - you would then be looking at silly silly numbers , but even less available for walk ups and tied in to using that corner even for all the smaller games.

Quoted from Mappers

Mansfield had cleared 2500 by this point and ended up on 4700
Stockport have done 2500 with 2 weeks to go and they ended up with 5300 last year .

Barring us being a huge anomaly I think we get close to 5500 by the end of the early bird and clear 6k by August ,which will be a record .

Dave , are you still not renewing ?

If we assume we do as many as mansfield minimum in the last 2 weeks its 5400 , but I genuinely believe we do more .

We need a bigger boat and we are big football club who after 20 years of hardship could be a really big one - I am not talking Liverpool or City but we can be a Brentford ,Brighton or Luton and go through the leagues .If i was the club I would be tempted to open up that small corner in the osmond for season tickets and promote it - you would then be looking at silly silly numbers , but even less available for walk ups and tied in to using that corner even for all the smaller games.

I've supported town for 43 years and apart from one season in the 90's I've always been a walk up . I'm all for the club selling as many season tickets as possible and helping us get into league 1 . If I can't get match day tickets so be it . The club come first

Quoted from It Bites

I've supported town for 43 years and apart from one season in the 90's I've always been a walk up . I'm all for the club selling as many season tickets as possible and helping us get into league 1 . If I can't get match day tickets so be it . The club come first

Exactly mate many do and you probably went to more home games than me (i did 11 last season even though i got a season ticket )

But I release the seat for those other 12 games, we should be able to get regular walk ups in if we release the seats and maybe even give away our season tickets to other fans , maybe we could share QR codes on here i would give my ticket away for the games i dont go to?

What if we do get the much vaunted "marquee signing" be it Bennett or another? The demand for season tickets could get very interesting.

It's a dilemma the owners could have only hoped for, but it will be fascinating to see if they react with plans to increase capacity. All the talk is of a club seriously on the way back and it could be the most exciting period for decades.

No we will move through the leagues

I am in no doubt , Stockwood and Pettit are serious and well off and will get what they want ; when they get to the point when they don't want to put in the substantial capital needed to compete at the top end of League 1 and the Champ is when it will. get interestìng .

Will they sell out to go right through or just keep us as a mid/lower end league 1 club ?

That's when we will all probably have to decide what we want for the future

Jason and Andrew have often spoken of this “10 year plan”. There’s no silly statements around it like we’ve heard before, did we ever make Phillip Day’s target of championship in 5 years? However, they definitely won’t see the club still at Blundell Park in its current guise at the end of that plan. What happens between now and then will be the interesting part.

Quoted from Mappers

No we will move through the leagues

I am in no doubt , Stockwood and Pettit are serious and well off and will get what they want ; when they get to the point when they don't want to put in the substantial capital needed to compete at the top end of League 1 and the Champ is when it will. get interestìng .

Will they sell out to go right through or just keep us as a mid/lower end league 1 club ?

That's when we will all probably have to decide what we want for the future

If Town do progress nicely up the leagues then you'd rather hope that with any success it would bring suitable investment in the club from outsiders.

I saw a video last week that predicted the leagues every year for the next 50, and used data not just about results on the pitch but included data on the behind the scenes happenings too. This included the owners, their wealth, their investments, etc etc.

It had Grimsby promoted to the Premier League in the 2038/39 season and finishing 13th in the 2039/40 season. I had a little smile and turned the video off.

That'll do, i thought.

All of this wasnt dreamed up by a lunatic, but had used AI to do all the predictions.

Does anybody know how many sold now ?

3200 last week

And now 10 days to go of the early bird window.

3,600 sold. Still a fair bit to go to match last season’s total but given the fact there is no advantage to having shelled out any sooner, I remain pretty confident we’ll get there (and beyond).

https://twitter.com/officialgtfc/status/1671918468373921792

Well we are gauranteed to hit 5k you would have thought

I'm still just going off the Mansfield comparison they were at 3000 with 9 days to go and cleared 4700 by the end of their early bird period ; i think anything less rhan 5k would be a bit of a let down as it would mean 1-1.5k have now renewed which would be quite a large %.

Not sure about that, think we’ll do well to put another 40% (ish) on in the next 9 days.

Quoted from ska face

Not sure about that, think we’ll do well to put another 40% (ish) on in the next 9 days.

Matching Mansfield’s ratio would take us to c. 5,640, and there will always be a few stragglers who buy after the early bird window closes (for whatever reason).

I think we’ll be ok.

We still haven’t got ours yet. Had a wobble and re-thought whether to get them or not. Going in on Saturday to look at the main stand seats to make sure we put down a seat range we’re happy with if we go for it.

I spoke to the ticket office the other day, and if anyone in the overflow can’t get the seats they want with a view they’re happy with they do get refunded.

Hopefully won’t be the case with anyone and we hit another good number to prove the support is on the rise. With some good signings in so far and hopefully one or two more before the early bird deadline it’s be great to pass the 5,000 mark.

Regardless how how many we finish selling it’s remarkable that numbers have stood up as well as they have given how badly the country is being run.

Just wondering if the ticket office could help the situation by asking excising season ticket holders to move one seat to accommodate new season ticket holders to sit together.

For example there is a row in front of our seats that has two single non season ticket seats, if four people moved one seat to the left or right it would turn them two singles into a pair.

Yes I know some will not want to move, even by one seat, but if the club ask, you can say no. But if one seat will make little or no difference to your match-day experience it would help fellow mariners to sit together.

Better Together.

If (and the jury is out on this one) the missing 2500-3000 ST holders from last season are thinking of renewing next week, word of warning - when you assume the online portal will make the experience easy, think again. Do NOT leave going to the club shop to the last day!

So there are 600 new one's minimum probably 900 .

That means 2700 have not yet renewed (going on the lower figure)

Even if half renew it's all but the 5k

1300 not renewing is even still quite a lot

2000 not renewing , if we sold around 4500 total seems an extreme amount to me .

Looked at getting a couple together in the upper but don't exist. if I wait till previous season ticket seats are released in case I can get a couple of decent ones it will cost more, really annoying

Quoted from Madeleymariner

Looked at getting a couple together in the upper but don't exist. if I wait till previous season ticket seats are released in case I can get a couple of decent ones it will cost more, really annoying

And I tell you now, there are often swathes of empty seats up there near me. I really should change my deodorant……

Good idea that's worth a try is ask if you can pay for your season ticket now but choose your seat after the early bird price.

Worth a try and they have your money early .

No refunds ( read the small print ). (thumbup2)

I have a couple in the Upper but would prefer an alternative spot but looks unlikely I will have the option but will be going into renew next week, have some fish and chips and look forward to the new season.

Quoted from Madeleymariner

Looked at getting a couple together in the upper but don't exist. if I wait till previous season ticket seats are released in case I can get a couple of decent ones it will cost more, really annoying

If you buy in the overflow, once the EB deadline passes the club will get around to contacting everyone to sort seats. They told me between 3rd - 10th July for that.

If they can’t provide you seats you’re happy with then you get refunded. The guy I spoke to on the phone was really helpful to be fair to him.

Quoted from gtfc_chris

I spoke to the ticket office the other day, and if anyone in the overflow can’t get the seats they want with a view they’re happy with they do get refunded.

Ever get that feeling you are speaking to a brick wall

Quoted from Grantham_Mariner

Just wondering if the ticket office could help the situation by asking excising season ticket holders to move one seat to accommodate new season ticket holders to sit together.

For example there is a row in front of our seats that has two single non season ticket seats, if four people moved one seat to the left or right it would turn them two singles into a pair.

Yes I know some will not want to move, even by one seat, but if the club ask, you can say no. But if one seat will make little or no difference to your match-day experience it would help fellow mariners to sit together.

Better Together.

Similar story on Row G in The Upper. As a lone STH I'm surprised I haven't been asked if I mind moving down the bus to accomodate newbies. We are a sociable section and frequently swap seats to let friends sit together. Hardly a match where there aren't a few gaps.so the potential is there.

Wouldn't be surprised if numbers fall despite the reported new sales as well.
Last season was really poor value / entertainment for the home crowd in the League so a potential loss of interest following the buzz of promotion sales.
The rest period of post season doesn't put football at the forefront of people's minds but personally we have renewed ours today with the fixture release bringing it all back to focus.

Thanks for the advice guys

If you haven't renewed because your circumstances don't allow that's fair enough .If you're not going because of the poor performances at home last year are you really a supporter

Quoted from WayneBurnettsJockstrap

I saw a video last week that predicted the leagues every year for the next 50, and used data not just about results on the pitch but included data on the behind the scenes happenings too. This included the owners, their wealth, their investments, etc etc.

I would love to watch that, mate, do youy have a title or a link, please?

Quoted from Norseman

If you haven't renewed because your circumstances don't allow that's fair enough .If you're not going because of the poor performances at home last year are you really a supporter

I agree with your stance, but having my first ST in 20 years, despite so many draws, I actually think that as the team who finished 6th in NL the season before , we did really well. And I’ll admit that, whilst being mainly frustrated, I really enjoyed it.

I've just renewed mine and I can't wait for the season to start. I am encouraged with the signings so far and trust Paul to bring in the players we need to fill the missing positions. I have trust that the owners know what we need and they will get us where we want to go. I think a lot of us think the same way and I expect a lot more people will be renewing in the next week and we will finish with as many season tickets as last season and maybe a few more
So come on guys get behind the whole team

The signings so far have been impressive. I think we will be a stronger team this season. But I think already expectations have been tempered due to the strength of the league and the sheer volume of money swilling about some clubs. There’s also the feeling we were unbeatable at the end of the play off season, and that magic has gone too. Not that it’ll bother Hurst in the slightest, but we’re nowhere near favourites to go up.

All that, and the cost of living and I have to agree with skaface, I don’t see us getting to 5000.

I really hope I’m wrong.

Quoted from 140381

The signings so far have been impressive. I think we will be a stronger team this season. But I think already expectations have been tempered due to the strength of the league and the sheer volume of money swilling about some clubs. There’s also the feeling we were unbeatable at the end of the play off season, and that magic has gone too. Not that it’ll bother Hurst in the slightest, but we’re nowhere near favourites to go up.

All that, and the cost of living and I have to agree with skaface, I don’t see us getting to 5000.

I really hope I’m wrong.

I cant' see how we don't do 5k - there are still 2700-3000 left to renew , you would think at least half will do surely and that's all it takes to reach 5k .

A drop off of 30% plus like i said before would be very extreme .

As I’ve said before, I renewed mine and the lad’s just after they went on sale. There’s potential for some great games this season in my opinion. But 5% mortgage rate increases and inflation are going to bite hard. Wouldn’t judge anyone who decides to go to a couple of games instead of renewing.

Annual reminder - might be good to start setting up accounts now for any fixtures you might need a ticket in the home end for. Do it with an email address that you haven’t used with GTFC (they share that info) & try get a cheap ticket to build up a purchase history.

On/Off the field Town have some momentum and I personally feel we will be in and around the Play Offs .There are 2/3 teams who with budget etc should wallop us after that were in the frame and our away support will give us a huge edge over most.

Quoted from ska face

Annual reminder - might be good to start setting up accounts now for any fixtures you might need a ticket in the home end for. Do it with an email address that you haven’t used with GTFC (they share that info) & try get a cheap ticket to build up a purchase history.

I'm desperate to go to the Notts game , you think it will be required mate even with the ST ?

Quoted from 1mickylyons

On/Off the field Town have some momentum and I personally feel we will be in and around the Play Offs .There are 2/3 teams who with budget etc should wallop us after that were in the frame and our away support will give us a huge edge over most.

Sometimes, what you gain in budget, you lose a little bit of in complacency. I think back to our play-off game at Wrexham; they had some very good players on that pitch, players well above National League-level (Mullin, Palmer, Tozer et al) but they also had several that weren't fit to be playing on such a stage. I'm thinking their goalkeeper, the lad with the blonde hair (French), and a couple of others.

They had spent lazily, assuming that lumping on a few big names from a higher-level would be sufficient. It wasn't that season, and whilst they would go on to accrue a record National League points total along with the title the following year, they face a significant step-up in level in 23/24. Yes, they'll spend big again, but I do sometimes think that the luxury of money sometimes leads teams to think less about creating a team that is a truly cohesive unit, and instead simply look to assemble a string of players too good to be playing at that level as individuals. How many Champions League medals did Messi, Neymar and Mbappe win at PSG?

I do think Paul Hurst builds sides that are, in general, greater than the sum of their parts. Only this time around, the sums are going to be bigger and better than ever before, and that's a truly exciting prospect.

Yes, this is without doubt the richest League Two that has ever been and will probably see the highest standard of football in general that the league has ever seen. But all that said, I have full confidence that we will be right in the mix along with all of the Wrexham's, Stockport's and Bradford's. We'll just go under the radar for a little while yet, and I have absolutely no problem with that whatsoever.

If you can, get your season ticket bought!

Quoted from Mappers

I'm desperate to go to the Notts game , you think it will be required mate even with the ST ?

The lure of Hooters has never been so evident!

I'm on my brothers stag do in Birmingham that weekend so it has fallen perfectly .

Missed out on tickets for that play-off game so not missing out again.

Will register if I have to , I don't even live local so there is no mention of Grimsby on my ID , will that make things easier?

Quoted from Poojah

Sometimes, what you gain in budget, you lose a little bit of in complacency. I think back to our play-off game at Wrexham; they had some very good players on that pitch, players well above National League-level (Mullin, Palmer, Tozer et al) but they also had several that weren't fit to be playing on such a stage. I'm thinking their goalkeeper, the lad with the blonde hair (French), and a couple of others.

They had spent lazily, assuming that lumping on a few big names from a higher-level would be sufficient. It wasn't that season, and whilst they would go on to accrue a record National League points total along with the title the following year, they face a significant step-up in level in 23/24. Yes, they'll spend big again, but I do sometimes think that the luxury of money sometimes leads teams to think less about creating a team that is a truly cohesive unit, and instead simply look to assemble a string of players too good to be playing at that level as individuals. How many Champions League medals did Messi, Neymar and Mbappe win at PSG?

I do think Paul Hurst builds sides that are, in general, greater than the sum of their parts. Only this time around, the sums are going to be bigger and better than ever before, and that's a truly exciting prospect.

Yes, this is without doubt the richest League Two that has ever been and will probably see the highest standard of football in general that the league has ever seen. But all that said, I have full confidence that we will be right in the mix along with all of the Wrexham's, Stockport's and Bradford's. We'll just go under the radar for a little while yet, and I have absolutely no problem with that whatsoever.

If you can, get your season ticket bought!

You can build a team of the most expensive players but you need a manager with the managerial "nous" to get the best out of them.

Quoted from Mappers

I'm desperate to go to the Notts game , you think it will be required mate even with the ST ?

Depends if they want to play silly būggers again. They can get 4k in that stand but don’t think they ever open the whole thing for a combination of cost/logistics. Chalky is better placed to advise on that front but if we’ve only got 2k you’ll be praying to the venuetoolbox gods.

Quoted from ska face

Depends if they want to play silly būggers again. They can get 4k in that stand but don’t think they ever open the whole thing for a combination of cost/logistics. Chalky is better placed to advise on that front but if we’ve only got 2k you’ll be praying to the venuetoolbox gods.

Didn't I read somewhere about it being about the size of the concourse and health and safety? I might be wrong

The Wrexham fan I recently was in touch with thought they were planning to mostly use last season's team (perhaps one or two additions to the squad) as the feeling was that they more than good enough to win promotion from League Two. Might be the case, but having Parkinsonosaurus running the team makes me think they might find it a bit more difficult than they expect.

Quoted from lukeo

Didn't I read somewhere about it being about the size of the concourse and health and safety? I might be wrong

Yeah something like I that. Think after about 2k they have to open up extra turnstiles & concourse areas, which means closing that road at the back of the away end.

Have to say, probably been to Meadow Lane 10 times & never seen as much as a crossed word between home & away fans. Only issues I’ve ever seen are with Notts OB when they start throwing their weight about, and when people get crammed into that concourse & left to their own devices with stewards stood in the entrances watching everyone get squashed.

What's the point of building a stand to hold 4000 and only using half of it

Quoted from Norseman

What's the point of building a stand to hold 4000 and only using half of it

Home advantage, innit.

https://youtu.be/EemPvyTJX8E

Quoted from Poojah

Home advantage, innit.

https://youtu.be/EemPvyTJX8E

Don't get it .Why not put away fans in a smaller stand than the Jimmy sirrell side stand if the don't wan 4000.Odd folk those nottinghers

Quoted from Poojah

Home advantage, innit.

https://youtu.be/EemPvyTJX8E

How to silence a drummer!

Why build a stand that big if it’s not up to purpose?

Or is it a combination of police ar5eholeness and/or the club being utter tw@ts

Sales now around 4150 including corporate so well on track to top 5k again .In the present climate that's some serious show of faith in the new owners and the Club .Didn't someone once say this wouldn't happen ;D

Quoted from 800

How to silence a drummer!

Don't think I have seen that particular clip before, a proper "mic drop" moment captured for eternity

Quoted from 1mickylyons

Sales now around 4150 including corporate so well on track to top 5k again .In the present climate that's some serious show of faith in the new owners and the Club .Didn't someone once say this wouldn't happen ;D

We will cruise past 5k , i genuinely believe if we dangle the carrot of an extra few days at the early bird price after all these new seats have been allocated with the lack of decent seats that will be available many would cave in and buy one and we would probably go right through the record .

It was once said we could only ever get 4k , i think we should all focus on potential now rather than the past , we might be capable of 8k ST holders one day ,who know's?

So what happens when non renewed seats become available ?

Hope they are ONLY made available to supporters who have paid and are on reserve list first and not a free for all with supporters who have not paid yet so are not on reserve list.

Quoted from Grantham_Mariner

So what happens when non renewed seats become available ?

Hope they are ONLY made available to supporters who have paid and are on reserve list firs and not a free for all with supporters who have not paid yet so are not on reserve list.

No i think the reserved one's get allocated the closest seats to what they wanted first and then the others will be released onto general sale .

Quoted from Mappers

No i think the reserved one's get allocated the closest seats to what they wanted first and then the others will be released onto general sale .

I thought the reserve lists where just for which stand, not where in the stand you wanted to be?

Quoted from Grantham_Mariner

I thought the reserve lists where just for which stand, not where in the stand you wanted to be?

I think someone put online , they are going to have a period when they allocate the seats to people who are on the list - in the stand they want and ask them where they would like to sit and then give them the closest possible seats and offer a refund if the seat is not to their liking .

I suppose the problem is going to be if the Findus (or whatever it's called now and the Pontoon are oversubscribed (which I think may well end up being the case as you would assume people will not want to lose their seats and end up in The Main )

Then people on the reserve list will either have to go in the main or get a refund if they don't fancy it .

Quoted from 1mickylyons

Sales now around 4150 including corporate so well on track to top 5k again .In the present climate that's some serious show of faith in the new owners and the Club .Didn't someone once say this wouldn't happen ;D

Yeah, that’s an astonishing effort.

If we're exciting and competitive, which I think we will be this season, there will be no seats (or very limited option) for every home game.

Hopefully there's an improvement on the uptake of the release scheme too. It would be a crying shame if we've hundreds of empty seats again on match-day when fans aren't able to buy tickets.

I would be interested to know how close we are to putting something in the empty corners. I wonder if the club are seeing what demand is like in the early stages of the season before putting something in. (I've absolutely no idea how quickly something can be 5,000 ST's is great, but it really limits the walk-up options.

Pontoon capacity -1808 (gone you assume barring the odd seat )
Findus - 2808 (gone barring the odd seat )
Total -4616

Remaining
Main - 2277
But how many of that lot are non restricted after the season tickets are taken off ?

Quoted from Mappers

I think someone put online , they are going to have a period when they allocate the seats to people who are on the list - in the stand they want and ask them where they would like to sit and then give them the closest possible seats and offer a refund if the seat is not to their liking .

I suppose the problem is going to be if the Findus (or whatever it's called now and the Pontoon are oversubscribed (which I think may well end up being the case as you would assume people will not want to lose their seats and end up in The Main )

Then people on the reserve list will either have to go in the main or get a refund if they don't fancy it .

Pretty much this. If you go to book ST online and in the 'Overflow' area, it asks you to submit seat numbers that you would like. This is obviously in lieu of the fact a lot of seats are greyed out for existing ST but no-one behind the screen knows if they'll be renewed or not.

Between the 3rd and 10th July, the Club will be contacting folk in the overflow areas and looking at whether they desired seats are available. No doubt they'll let them know the closest thing if not the actual seats requested. If the seats the club can offer are suitable and you want them they'll simply issue you your passes and away you go. If there isn't anything that meets your needs then the club will refund you.

Its an interesting system to try and ensure everyone can benefit from the Early Bird discount but there is a scenario whereby some could get refunded and therefore subtract the final ST sold. Hopefully that won't be the case and everyone can be suitably accommodated as I am getting behind the idea that this could be a really good season for us,

It's good they moved to keep the discount alive for new STHs. The other option would have been to extend early bird for one week after STH renewal deadline. There has been a few prime real estate seats popping up so some may have told club they are not renewing already (well done them for letting club know so others can buy)

Yeah or moved ?

I moved to a less prime seat because i only make half the games and it was snapped up in a day or 2.

I predict there won't be any matchday seats available in the Ponny or Findus by August .

There are around 16 seats available atm if anyone wants a single seat .

https://twitter.com/jstockwood/status/1674054859257966592

Jokes on him - I screenshotted it to show how negative he is at the end of the upcoming unbeaten season!

5231 close of play yesterday ,emailed the club .

The.Record.Goes.

Maybe even today ?

Quoted from Mappers

5231 close of play yesterday ,emailed the club .

The.Record.Goes.

Maybe even today ?

That’s incredible if so, what with today being the last day AND pay day for many.

What is the record, 5,831? I seem to recall that included quite a few late stragglers into August after it dawned on people what ticket availability was actually like.

6,000 by the end of the day? It’s possible I’d not probable on the basis of that number. That would certainly stoke questions about extra capacity.

You’d like to think that there is a contingency plan for the temporary seating. Personally I think it’s best placed in the cons corner and used permanently as the ‘away end’ then use part of the osmond should the need be there for away support. Why should the home support get soaked? I can think of Gillingham and Newport (am sure there’s others) where the away support is open to the elements.

Yeah i think earlybird was 5.5kish then 5.8 by August .

Will be interesting to see the total by the close of play today .

And the doubters thought we would struggle for 4k .

Dave left leg is quiet, Dave have you renewed ?

Pettit’ll be sweating, luckily we’ve only got Mansfield this side of January likely to fill the away end

Quoted from ska face

Pettit’ll be sweating, luckily we’ve only got Mansfield this side of January likely to fill the away end

And that’s probably the answer in the short-term. Mansfield aside, you’ve got until Notts County on the 13th Jan before an away side is going to require the larger portion of the Osmond, so that’s an additional 1,200 seats on top of traditional home capacity for 12 out of our opening 13 home games.

By that point the club will have a much clearer idea how the season is playing out and just how high demand is. Hard to see anything other than a pragmatic approach such as that.

Absolutely sensational that. Thought anywhere near 5k would have been a great effort. Just imagine what it will be like for tickets if we are up round the play offs.

I'll be honest, after the dire entertainment at home last season, coupled with the cost of living, I didn't believe we would touch 5000 season tickets this season. Getting over 5000 and potentially breaking our record for season ticket sales is, under the circumstances, incredible!

Quoted from heppy88

I'll be honest, after the dire entertainment at home last season, coupled with the cost of living, I didn't believe we would touch 5000 season tickets this season. Getting over 5000 and potentially breaking our record for season ticket sales is, under the circumstances, incredible!

I think sometimes the poor football at home argument is over used in terms of thinking we will sell less. By all means it may make a few people not renew but can't see it being that many and would guess its probably out weighed by people wanting to buy that weren't ST holders last year due to the difficulty of getting matchday tickets, the FA Cup run, clear progression of the club.

The cost of living issue is very real though and it's tough for alot of people so the numbers being pretty much the same as last year is incredible and shows alot of faith in the club imo.

Renewed mine along with me dad and brother, excited to be back

Quoted from Rodley Mariner

Absolutely sensational that. Thought anywhere near 5k would have been a great effort. Just imagine what it will be like for tickets if we are up round the play offs.

Imagine the demand for season tickets after a good season , WHEN we get to league 1 at whatever point.

Confirmation on the 5,000 barrier being SMASHED…

https://twitter.com/officialgtfc/status/1674712184402632704

Quoted from Mappers

Yeah i think earlybird was 5.5kish then 5.8 by August .

Will be interesting to see the total by the close of play today .

And the doubters thought we would struggle for 4k .

Dave left leg is quiet, Dave have you renewed ?

I thought it was 5.3k after early bird, 5.7k by start of season and ended up at 5.8k all told after a few more stragglers bought them after the season started and sears were difficult.

I could well be wrong tho on those numbers but it's as I recall it.

I which case (if I'm right) you'd think we would be ahead of last year at the end of today's sales?

Not had a season ticket since that clown Holloway took over. Been too used to sitting in the middle of the lower Findus every year since the early 90s, and don't like behind the goal and main stand is just urgh with posts stuck in the way, so won't be getting one again. If they ever decide to fill the corners I might be tempted though. :X

Just goes to show the Twitter doom mongers are in their minority. So many big claims of how season ticket sales would be dramatically down because we didn't sign a 20 goal striker in January and storm the league.

Yet here we are, with another high number of ST sales and a good start to the transfer window, off the back of our highest league finish in 16 odd years and our best FA Cup run in 89 years.

Football, eh.

Quoted from sam gy

Just goes to show the Twitter doom mongers are in their minority. So many big claims of how season ticket sales would be dramatically down because we didn't sign a 20 goal striker in January and storm the league.

Yet here we are, with another high number of ST sales and a good start to the transfer window, off the back of our highest league finish in 16 odd years and our best FA Cup run in 89 years.

Football, eh.

I remember Fenty saying "You can't devalue the product!" in terms of lowering prices to get more people to the games.... well getting rid of Fenty did the opposite! (icon_lol)

Cost of living is a massive issue with the worst of it yet to come. But Ive mentioned before £400 for circa 20 days out at the weekend, plus a tenner or so a game for a couple of pints, is a bargain. Unless you want to sit at home and watch Jeff Sterling’s replacement what else could you do for a day out that is cheaper? A walk in the Peaks would cost you that and more in petrol, lunch and beer.

On capacity, the key point for me continues to be the bunch of mates walk-ups who fancy going to the game, which we cannot cater for alot of Saturday games. It will be much more acute if we are doing well. I’m not sure whether these declare tickets sold or actual attendance like us, but we had more ST holders that Stockport last season and about the same as Lincoln, as 2 examples, but they averaged 2 k more than us at home. Away fan numbers will be some of that difference but most is our very low number of walk ups.

Been in club today to sort our tickets.. great service and a few people queuing reckon we will beat last seasons numbers..

A good total coming up.

I went in on Wednesday and it didn't look too busy but there had been a miracle. The TPE trains were only a few minutes late each way. They haven't normally turned up at all!

Great to see the staff again and it was nice to have a decent day out in Cleethorpes. The trains were so few unreliable last season that I was just getting a lift there and back rather than making a day of it. Also picked up a few away shirts at £10 apiece.

Over for all the home friendlies and hope to get to Boston too. Fleetwood probably a no-no due to a train strike.

Renewing my ST is a pleasure nowadays. I hated myself for doing it under the previous regime but I feel I have real skin in the game nowadays.

Quoted from Mappers

Yeah i think earlybird was 5.5kish then 5.8 by August .

Will be interesting to see the total by the close of play today .

And the doubters thought we would struggle for 4k .

Dave left leg is quiet, Dave have you renewed ?

No I have not renewed I can’t face another season of watching town at home were we severely struggle to break teams down that have come for a point or nick an early goal.
I will stick to the away games using my colleagues ST who doesn’t travel.
All the best and UTM

I probably missed it somewhere but are those who bought the overflow seats included in the current total or will they be added once allocated a seat?

Quoted from Dave Gilberts Left Peg

No I have not renewed I can’t face another season of watching town at home were we severely struggle to break teams down that have come for a point or nick an early goal.
I will stick to the away games using my colleagues ST who doesn’t travel.
All the best and UTM

Fair enough Dave hopefully you see some good away games , I might see you at one !

Every seat has gone in The Ponny and Findus , can't imagine after the new one's are allocated there will be a seat left .

Bonkers
Some support
UTM

Just wondering are the Club selling season tickets in the Osmond ?

Quoted from 1mickylyons

Just wondering are the Club selling season tickets in the Osmond ?

Unlikely, given they'll want to alternate which section is allocated to home fans depending on away following.

Were waiting for overflow in U Findus but if no 2 decent seats together allocated, simply won't bother and get our money back.

5,380 sold at the end of the window - GTFC tweet. Circa 100 or so down on last season? Should be able to accommodate the overflows on that basis. By the time we Ko the season walk-up availability probably similar. Limited seats together in the Main save back 2 rows, nothing in the Ponny, singles in the Upper and Lower and then the 500 or so seats in the Osmond Corner.

Hmm .(blink1) red crosses for deciding I would rather risk walk up for 10 games next season in a likely cr@p view than spend £400 on a guaranteed cr@p view for 10 games.

That's a great effort probably going to be over 6k Season ticket holders by Season start.I can't remember last seasons average home gate but think it will increase by 400 or so

Quoted from Madeleymariner

Hmm .(blink1) red crosses for deciding I would rather risk walk up for 10 games next season in a likely cr@p view than spend £400 on a guaranteed cr@p view for 10 games.

I guess that’s your choice. And a tough one to choose. But, as an exile wouldn’t you like to have the opportunity to be able to have first pickings at tickets for away games as well as being guaranteed a decent view for the matches you CAN attend. Plus having the chance to sell the ticket on for any games that you can’t make at BP?

Some STHs don't surrender their seats when they can't attend.  For all sorts of reasons.  Some STHs don't want any notional payment either for not using their seat.

A notional 10% surrender of say 6,000 STHs is 600 per game.

To help reduce empty seats (which could be re-sold) why not put STHs in a draw to get a free season-ticket (or tickets) for the following season?   Say if you surrender at least 3 seats per season. This might encourage the freeing up of more in demand seats.

The club could fund the free season-ticket(s) from income received from re-selling the vacated season-ticket seats.

Looks like Notts County have broken through 5k season ticket sales and looking towards 6k, with a few games that will get 9-13k attendances, probally still get a decent seat then without having a season ticket, the luxury of having a 20,000 seater stadium....

Urgh put seats in the corners, I feel bitter now. :(

I predicted 5k season ticket sales …. What support we have makes me kinda of proud

Quoted from ska face

Pettit’ll be sweating, luckily we’ve only got Mansfield this side of January likely to fill the away end

I did what you said with the ticketing /email . Figure I will just go in the home end for the Notts game and not bother even trying for the away end .

I have a ticketing account with them , should i just buy a ticket for one of their friendlies do you think ?

Yeah might as well, depends how fussed you are about losing a few quid.

A few quid definately means less to me than being at the game mate tbh .

I have got it in my head as one I am not missing whatever (i missed out on that play-off game ,was pretty gutted but watched it in the local sports bar),so just doing that will take the stress away with the mad scramble for tickets if they give us 2.5k again .

Cheers

Just try get one in the home end as insurance - there’s usually always loads floating about on the day whatever the circumstances. Can remember plenty of spares going on the day/night when we played them in the playoffs, was even a few people who turned up at the Racecourse ticketless and managed to pick one up from somewhere.

Wonder if anyone is considering the Executive ticket option in the Upper. Its 690 so not cheap but Upper is sold out and would be 475 now. You also get a free programme, which is worth 50 quid over the season. Other perks too.

I've never been in the Upper. Is this sat with the owners, DC and other assorted bigwigs?

Quoted from Yarborough Vaults

Wonder if anyone is considering the Executive ticket option in the Upper. Its 690 so not cheap but Upper is sold out and would be 475 now. You also get a free programme, which is worth 50 quid over the season. Other perks too.

I've never been in the Upper. Is this sat with the owners, DC and other assorted bigwigs?

I think you get a free cup of tea as well. 8)

Austin Mitchel used to sit there when he was our MP.

Bet he never paid though. ;)

I sat there in one game next to a Millwall player and a Millwall scout.

Introduced them to Austin in the toilets . ;D

We have sold another 29 since the cut off line in The Main .Pretty good going .

I’m pretty sure the executive tickets are in the box at the end of the findus towards the Osmond, so behind plexi glass. Drab atmosphere, but you’ll never get cold and there’s a bar right behind you….

Quoted from Heisenberg

I’m pretty sure the executive tickets are in the box at the end of the findus towards the Osmond, so behind plexi glass. Drab atmosphere, but you’ll never get cold and there’s a bar right behind you….

Nope, sponsors section. Perhaps you're thinking of the Vice President season ticket, which is in a box and costs £900 for the season

Quoted from immariner

Nope, sponsors section. Perhaps you're thinking of the Vice President season ticket, which is in a box and costs £900 for the season

Ah, I didn’t know that.

why is it Vice President and not Deputy President?

Quoted from Southwark Mariner

why is it Vice President and not Deputy President?

I thought they were called Madams?

Does that executive box in the upper 'sell out ' or have any available space ?

I could not see it as I sat in the lower last season , but if there is available seats maybe an idea could be to make them available to walk ups at the back or something ?

Might be a no go ,but just an idea.

Quoted from Mappers

Does that executive box in the upper 'sell out ' or have any available space ?

I could not see it as I sat in the lower last season , but if there is available seats maybe an idea could be to make them available to walk ups at the back or something ?

Might be a no go ,but just an idea.

I sit just to the left of them and majority of time there are empty seats

Quoted from grimsby pete

I think you get a free cup of tea as well. 8)

Austin Mitchel used to sit there when he was our MP.

Bet he never paid though. ;)

I sat there in one game next to a Millwall player and a Millwall scout.

Introduced them to Austin in the toilets . ;D

Bit of a gamble then. Arguably worth the extra coin if there is a chance of mixing with Grimsby's high society but less appealing if you end up next to South London wide boys and their regional ilk.

Yes, free tea or coffee at HT worth an extra 50 quid a season so not massively far away from an Upper ST when perks factored in

Assuming now they have sorted out the reserve list and made the free seats avaiable again because around 50 became available in the Ponny/Findus a couple of days ago . Availability still looks very limited though . Would be interested to know how many more we have shifted since the deadline and if many of the reserve list people have decided not to purchase due to lack of their seat preference .

As we thought on here , it will not be possible to get a walk up ticket apart from in the main or osmond - hopefully for the Wimbledon game they will agree to have the smaller section because you would think we can sell that one out .

Waiting to hear where mine will be. Was on the reserve list and had a specific request but heard nowt.

Quoted from Theimperialcoroner

Waiting to hear where mine will be. Was on the reserve list and had a specific request but heard nowt.

Arr they have not sorted them then , sure somebody said on here the last day of them ringing was tomorrow , so maybe get in touch if they don't.

Quoted from gtfc_chris

Pretty much this. If you go to book ST online and in the 'Overflow' area, it asks you to submit seat numbers that you would like. This is obviously in lieu of the fact a lot of seats are greyed out for existing ST but no-one behind the screen knows if they'll be renewed or not.

Between the 3rd and 10th July, the Club will be contacting folk in the overflow areas and looking at whether they desired seats are available. No doubt they'll let them know the closest thing if not the actual seats requested. If the seats the club can offer are suitable and you want them they'll simply issue you your passes and away you go. If there isn't anything that meets your needs then the club will refund you.

Its an interesting system to try and ensure everyone can benefit from the Early Bird discount but there is a scenario whereby some could get refunded and therefore subtract the final ST sold. Hopefully that won't be the case and everyone can be suitably accommodated as I am getting behind the idea that this could be a really good season for us,

Here Imperial

I went Friday to get shirt nipped into the ticket officebfor a fixture list.One guy was buying 4 tickets for the Main and another was getting a seat in the Upper so they're still selling albeit slowly now.I would think we will be very near 6k sales by the Wimbledon game.

1878 memberships are now on sale with the various discounts.

Not sure how accurate it is, but going off the ticket portal currently, there’ll be 3 single walk-up tickets in the Lower next year, 14 in the upper (only a handful of pairs) and 12 in the Pontoon (one pair). Usual state of play in the Main.

Did not expect that.

That is truly staggering. Looking at those available in the Main, it's definitely the majority are restricted view (despite what the club are officially saying). As said many times before, they should be considered last resort both by fans and the club when it comes to buying/selling.

Officially there is spaces and I suspect there always will be. But realistically we're at the point before a ball has been kicked of having incredibly limited decent tickets available for anyone who wants to walk-up and pay in the 3 traditional home ends. The use of the corner and encroachment of the main bulk of the Osmond Stand will without doubt help with any game-to-game demand. Luckily it's only Mansfield in the 2023 element of the fixtures who I can see bringing anything of a decent following. Mid-Feb onwards though we've got Stockport, Donny, Wrexham and Bradford at home who will want the maximum allocation in the Osmond, especially at the business end of the season.

We really need to make sure that the ST release scheme is effective in the absence of any additional seating.

Quoted from diehardmariner

We really need to make sure that the ST release scheme is effective in the absence of any additional seating.

This has to be the number one priority, before we even think about buying or renting extra capacity. It’s not rocket science - just make it easy.

All it requires is a proactive comms plan. The club has the contact details of every single season ticket holder. If we’re in danger of reaching capacity (we should have the luxury of 1,200 seats in the Osmond most weeks this side of January) a quick text message or email with a one-click link to release your seat if you can’t make it is all it takes.

A little bit of lateral thinking goes a long way.

Quoted from Theimperialcoroner

Waiting to hear where mine will be. Was on the reserve list and had a specific request but heard nowt.

Are you sorted Imperial ?

I saw it mentioned on Twitter space someone had been allocated their chosen seats , but had received no comms but they had been given them on the ticket portal.

Might be worth checking if you use that .

Quoted from Mappers

Are you sorted Imperial ?

I saw it mentioned on Twitter space someone had been allocated their chosen seats , but had received no comms but they had been given them on the ticket portal.

Might be worth checking if you use that .

Yes,Just. Thanks to Lisa for getting back to me after a little moan.

Quoted from Poojah

This has to be the number one priority, before we even think about buying or renting extra capacity. It’s not rocket science - just make it easy.

All it requires is a proactive comms plan. The club has the contact details of every single season ticket holder. If we’re in danger of reaching capacity (we should have the luxury of 1,200 seats in the Osmond most weeks this side of January) a quick text message or email with a one-click link to release your seat if you can’t make it is all it takes.

A little bit of lateral thinking goes a long way.

Zero argument from me. The current, or at least what we've done in the last season, approach isn't working. The odd tweet and update on the official site isn't capturing enough people. I do think we'll need to see some sort of incentive to really tap into releasing a decent number of seats but something, anything really, different needs trying.

Don’t expect as many non attendees as last season the thousand or so who didn’t renew and who have been replacedby new season ticket holders from the overspill applicants will have weeded out a number of last seasons non attendees.
I continue to be amazed that so many continue to express suprise at how many season tickets we have sold. I said repeatedly perhaps over ambitiously that we would sell 6000.
Equally I have no doubt that had we had an additional 2000 good quality seated we would have sold 7-8000

Quoted from Theimperialcoroner

Yes,Just. Thanks to Lisa for getting back to me after a little moan.

You didn't happen to take x2 seats in the Main Stand on row E? Tried ringing this morning to try and move from our purchased seats to some newly available seats but kept getting 'there has been an error' before being cut off. Came to look at it again this afternoon and they'd gone, wondering if you've stolen my (intended) seats!! ;D

Quoted from HerveJosse

Don’t expect as many non attendees as last season the thousand or so who didn’t renew and who have been replacedby new season ticket holders from the overspill applicants will have weeded out a number of last seasons non attendees.
I continue to be amazed that so many continue to express suprise at how many season tickets we have sold. I said repeatedly perhaps over ambitiously that we would sell 6000.
Equally I have no doubt that had we had an additional 2000 good quality seated we would have sold 7-8000

And then add in the 2k/3k+ we COULD get in the away end 10-12 times when we get to league 1 and we have a serious (good) problem .

We are 1 good season away from maxing out the home ends with ST sales , and half the clubs in the league wanting the full away end .

Look at MK Dons in league 1 averaged something like 8.5k , without the away fans that was around 5.8k home fans , yet they were able to offer 6-7k away allocation were some of the larger clubs took the lot which inflated their home attendances, I'm not saying we would want to do that ; but it shows the levels of support in the league up and what constraints our ground gives us in terms of potential attendances .

I don't know what the answer is but those 1000 who did not renew will be very dissapointed next summer if we go right through, they want to come back and they have only the main stand seats to choose from ; that's why if you are on the fence i would say still get one ,because although not probable ,it's still possible you could miss out on a decent regular seat for a long time .

If or when we get promoted the temperory stand from the main to the ponny will become a must.

Taking our capacity to over 10,000 which will be enough until we get to the championship.

Then some serious decisions need to be made.

I am sure 1878 will have plans if that happens.

Quoted from gtfc_chris

You didn't happen to take x2 seats in the Main Stand on row E? Tried ringing this morning to try and move from our purchased seats to some newly available seats but kept getting 'there has been an error' before being cut off. Came to look at it again this afternoon and they'd gone, wondering if you've stolen my (intended) seats!! ;D

Not me, I needed a specific seat in the Ponny.

Quoted from Theimperialcoroner

Not me, I needed a specific seat in the Ponny.

Are you sitting next to that championship manager expert at the back now? Lucky you.

Quoted from Balthazar Bullitt

Are you sitting next to that championship manager expert at the back now? Lucky you.

SWITCH IT…..SWIIIIIITCH IT!!!!!!!!

Nope, worse than that, I’m directly in front of you. No farting.

323 left in The Main
A touch over 50 in the ponny and findus

Maybe we have shifted a good few more since the early bird going by that seat map .

Final total will probably be close to 6k .
Going by that map ,maybe it already is ?
Does anyone know the capacity of the home ends?

Quoted from Mappers

323 left in The Main
A touch over 50 in the ponny and findus

Maybe we have shifted a good few more since the early bird going by that seat map .

Final total will probably be close to 6k .
Going by that map ,maybe it already is ?
Does anyone know the capacity of the home ends?

Think the home capacity not including the Osmond corner is 6700 but that includes 2-300 restricted seats?

Quoted from Mappers

Does anyone know the capacity of the home ends?

Here we go again..

Quoted from Mappers

323 left in The Main
A touch over 50 in the ponny and findus

For me I'd not count the top 2 rows of the main stand because they're poor quality and the restricted view seats. Taking these away we actually only have 100 odd decent seats left in the main stand.
I have noticed 2 blocks of 3 left in the upper though, so be quick whoever is looking

Quoted from lukeo

Here we go again..

Definitely .....

When the walk up regulars and the one's who did not renew see the options for The Wombles game they will be to .

suggest you get a spel cheker

I'm up for the weekend for Wimbledon for a get together with a couple of my best friends before I get married (not having a stag do) was hoping to get us tickets for the Wimbledon game so I'm constantly checking see when they go on sale. >:( ??)

I assume the ST relocations from overflows and non-renewals are now complete because of the single seats that have now appeared dotted about in the Findus and Pontoon. Availability looks slightly lower than last season in the Main. I expect the Osmond Corner seats to go more quickly when they are released as a result. Apart from the back two rows of the Ossie they are probably the best views available for anything above 2 together. Wimbledon will be a home sell out and Mansfield a full house.

Quoted from Limerick Mariner

I assume the ST relocations from overflows and non-renewals are now complete because of the single seats that have now appeared dotted about in the Findus and Pontoon. Availability looks slightly lower than last season in the Main. I expect the Osmond Corner seats to go more quickly when they are released as a result. Apart from the back two rows of the Ossie they are probably the best views available for anything above 2 together. Wimbledon will be a home sell out and Mansfield a full house.

I phoned the ticket office this morning to change the location of my seats in the upper which although they couldn’t accommodate my preference were able to relocate 2 of us sat together. They also gave me 3 or 4 options none of which are available on the website so not sure how anyone new wishing to buy a season ticket would know of their availability without giving the ticket office a call which seemed a bit odd to me.

Quoted from lukeo

I'm up for the weekend for Wimbledon for a get together with a couple of my best friends before I get married (not having a stag do) was hoping to get us tickets for the Wimbledon game so I'm constantly checking see when they go on sale. >:( ??)

You'll be fine luke, club normally announce when they are going on sale a few days before

Quoted from Limerick Mariner

I assume the ST relocations from overflows and non-renewals are now complete because of the single seats that have now appeared dotted about in the Findus and Pontoon. Availability looks slightly lower than last season in the Main. I expect the Osmond Corner seats to go more quickly when they are released as a result. Apart from the back two rows of the Ossie they are probably the best views available for anything above 2 together. Wimbledon will be a home sell out and Mansfield a full house.

I can't find the map with seats, could you put on a link please?

Quoted from TAGG

I can't find the map with seats, could you put on a link please?

[url]https://www.venuetoolbox.com/grimsby/ASP/selectArea.asp?bookEvent=true&eventID={3EC327DD-9CD4-47DF-983B-C6BB72A910A7}&homeArea=home[/url]

From what Lincoln Mariner said above it appears ST relocations may not be complete yet in which case there may be more seats that will come available when the process is complete.

Quoted from Limerick Mariner

[url]https://www.venuetoolbox.com/grimsby/ASP/selectArea.asp?bookEvent=true&eventID={3EC327DD-9CD4-47DF-983B-C6BB72A910A7}&homeArea=home[/url]

From what Lincoln Mariner said above it appears ST relocations may not be complete yet in which case there may be more seats that will come available when the process is complete.

Cheers mate

Quoted from lukeo

I'm up for the weekend for Wimbledon for a get together with a couple of my best friends before I get married (not having a stag do) was hoping to get us tickets for the Wimbledon game so I'm constantly checking see when they go on sale. >:( ??)

Have a stag do, but get your friends to chip in and pay for you to be a mascot for the wombles’ game! You all get seats together, a new home shirt and the chance to have a knockabout at BP

Quoted from WOZOFGRIMSBY

Have a stag do, but get your friends to chip in and pay for you to be a mascot for the wombles’ game! You all get seats together, a new home shirt and the chance to have a knockabout at BP

Now that is a brilliant solution.

Quoted from diehardmariner

Zero argument from me. The current, or at least what we've done in the last season, approach isn't working. The odd tweet and update on the official site isn't capturing enough people. I do think we'll need to see some sort of incentive to really tap into releasing a decent number of seats but something, anything really, different needs trying.

Some form of incentive is a good idea. Maybe a £5 credit off next seasons season ticket renewal for each time a seat is released, providing it gets re-sold.

Have to be a bit careful with 'incentives' though as may encourage people to buy STs who know they won't go regularly but will then have a decent chance of recouping some of the outlay. Too much carrot could cause further unexpected issues, there also needs to be a bit of stick like miss x amount of games and can't early bird the same seat next season

Quoted from Yarborough Vaults

Have to be a bit careful with 'incentives' though as may encourage people to buy STs who know they won't go regularly but will then have a decent chance of recouping some of the outlay. Too much carrot could cause further unexpected issues, there also needs to be a bit of stick like miss x amount of games and can't early bird the same seat next season

Sticks not feasible hitting customers with a stick not a great business model unless your selling S&M. Get some seats in the corners is the answer.

I'm torn by the incentive offer to be honest.  I can completely see why people are against it and for it.
Finding that right balance of a sweet enough offer but not too sweet is difficult.  I think even £5 discount is arguably too sweat.  Over the course of a season it's nearly a third of your ticket back.  I know the club get the re-sale value but I could see that encouraging people to buy tickets, take a £200ish hit but just for the guarantee they'll get tickets for big cup games/league games they can make.

Test it out.  Free drink, free programme....If that doesn't work then re-think it.

I'm with Herve though, we can't start enforcing people have to come to the games if they've bought a ticket.  Get those bloody corners filled in and sell 10,000 tickets - if only 7,000 turn up then so be it.

Free month on Mariners Player ?
or
Free programme posted to you?
or
Free drink voucher (Mariners Trust Bars Only) ?
or
Entry to a monthly draw to win say £50 in club shop vouchers ?

BUT NO CASH !

Not sure if I’ve said this before (probably, boring bãstard that I am), but think the best way to do it would be a pro-rata percentage received upon resale of any seat you’ve given up.

Rotherham hand back 75% (IIRC) just for releasing a seat, which seems like madness to me.

What they should have is massive QR Codes to scan on the way out of the ground, so if people know they won’t make the next game (or can’t be bothered because we’ve just lost and not had a shot), they can do it in about 30secs.

75% just for releasing the seat?

That's mental! You would imagine that the uptake for that is really high for the shitty games in the depths of winter, I suppose their current position is they're always fighting for something so makes it less likely.

Can't see why giving £5 or more back for releasing a seat is too much of an incentive.

The club make another £19 on top of whatever they received up front for the original season ticket, and if someone wants to purchase a seat up front and never actually use it, what difference does it make?

Quoted from diehardmariner

75% just for releasing the seat?

That's mental! You would imagine that the uptake for that is really high for the shitty games in the depths of winter, I suppose their current position is they're always fighting for something so makes it less likely.

It's only for sold out matches or extremely likely to sell out

Quoted from ginnywings

Can't see why giving £5 or more back for releasing a seat is too much of an incentive.

The club make another £19 on top of whatever they received up front for the original season ticket, and if someone wants to purchase a seat up front and never actually use it, what difference does it make?

I agree.. but what if that £5 didn't go back into the pocket of the season ticket holder and went into the coffers of a well chosen local charity that could make a real difference to peoples' lives who are much worse off. disabled supporters club for example, Town fans are good at that if they think it's a worthy cause. £100k plus a season to the charity plus an extra £300k towards identified re-investment by the club.. these sums matter much more than a fiver a game or a voucher back to the season ticket holder..

Quoted from Bigdog

I agree.. but what if that £5 didn't go back into the pocket of the season ticket holder and went into the coffers of a well chosen local charity that could make a real difference to peoples' lives who are much worse off. disabled supporters club for example, Town fans are good at that if they think it's a worthy cause. £100k plus a season to the charity plus an extra £300k towards identified re-investment by the club.. these sums matter much more than a fiver a game or a voucher back to the season ticket holder..

Yeah, I'd be happy with that.

No offence but that’s the worst idea I’ve heard so far.

Quoted from ska face

No offence but that’s the worst idea I’ve heard so far.

Impossible to be offended by your sentiment mate..

Quoted from ska face

No offence but that’s the worst idea I’ve heard so far.

Sort of thing that would get good BCorp brownie points mind…

Quoted from ginnywings

Can't see why giving £5 or more back for releasing a seat is too much of an incentive.

The club make another £19 on top of whatever they received up front for the original season ticket, and if someone wants to purchase a seat up front and never actually use it, what difference does it make?

If you're an exile who knows they'll only make 5 home league games a year, but want to be guaranteed you sit in a set seat and have guaranteed purchase on any big cup games/priority access on tickets for away days, it would have a degree of appeal.

5 games at £350(ish) = £70 a game. With a £5 release for those 18 games that reduces it to £52. I still think it's a ridiculous price but it makes it less unappealing. Our current position has created a position of fear amongst fans of missing out, it's a product of the situation and not by design. But I don't think we should do anything that encourages people to effectively buy tickets with the sole intention of not missing out.

Quoted from Yarborough Vaults

Have to be a bit careful with 'incentives' though as may encourage people to buy STs who know they won't go regularly but will then have a decent chance of recouping some of the outlay. Too much carrot could cause further unexpected issues, there also needs to be a bit of stick like miss x amount of games and can't early bird the same seat next season

I, for one, don't agree about any form of penalty for not attending x number of games as a ST holder. I agree that there should be some kind of incentive so a ticket can be made available if the ST holder can't attend a match.

All well and good if the demand is there , what if we are struggling, playing crap and a lot of season ticket holders try to bail out ?

Quoted from rancido

I, for one, don't agree about any form of penalty for not attending x number of games as a ST holder. I agree that there should be some kind of incentive so a ticket can be made available if the ST holder can't attend a match.

Agreed a small incentive is required or it is easy to not bother releasing the ticket. Charity is fine that would work for me. Ideally we should find the time to release the ticket but the reality is that any sort of incentive would motivate and I don’t think it would need much

For every ticket you give back from your season ticket you get a number in a raffle.
3 prizes at the end of the season are drawn. A free season ticket. A free kit and £10 club voucher.

Quoted from supertown

All well and good if the demand is there , what if we are struggling, playing crap and a lot of season ticket holders try to bail out ?

Bail out how?

They've already bought their season ticket.

I think he means a scenario in which come mid-February we're in no mans land in the table, not going up nor going down. Nothing to play for effectively.

If the option is there to flog your ticket back to the club, for whatever price..let's just say a fiver, a lot of people may take it up. Club are unlikely to resell that extra generated seat and are effectively financially down to the tune of £5.

Of course there would have to be a clause that you only get a refund/return if the ticket is resold.

How about every time you release a ticket you get an entry into an end of season draw for, eg your ST free next season or something you can't buy, like a corporate day for two in the boardroom (like they offered a few years back). It would be a one-off cost to the club, spread out over the whole season, and not too expensive.

If the club wanted a few brownie points by donating a proportion of any re-sales to charity that would be the icing on the cake.

Quoted from diehardmariner

I think he means a scenario in which come mid-February we're in no mans land in the table, not going up nor going down. Nothing to play for effectively.

If the option is there to flog your ticket back to the club, for whatever price..let's just say a fiver, a lot of people may take it up. Club are unlikely to resell that extra generated seat and are effectively financially down to the tune of £5.

Of course there would have to be a clause that you only get a refund/return if the ticket is resold.

But surely you only get the fiver if the ticket is re-sold to another punter.

That's the scenario I've been envisioning.

For anyone that did get a standby seat and did not receive any contact from the club , they have just put a tweet out - they did not get chance to contact everyone so have allocated their seats and they are ready for collection from the club shop if required .

Looks like they have released all remaining seats for sale now , as there are about 40 more available in The Findus and Pontoon ; roughly 80 in total .

Quoted from ginnywings

Bail out how?

They've already bought their season ticket.

By not going

By my reckoning we must be close to 6k sold , there are only around 550 seats available in all stands (majority in the main and restricted) .

Unless capacity of the home stands is now lower than 6700 ?

Surely it's a win/win situation for the club if they can sell a few seats twice surprised we aren't already doing this with the lack of decent seats available.. fiver for each ticket re-sold for an adult ticket..

Quoted from Mappers

By my reckoning we must be close to 6k sold , there are only around 550 seats available in all stands (majority in the main and restricted) .

Unless capacity of the home stands is now lower than 6700 ?

you need to deduct the Executive block in the Upper from the 6.7k. About 400? If so 5750 sold - almost identical to last year.

I think there should be someone in front of each stand with a clipboard keeping a register of who is in. If you can’t make it, then the club will need a note from your parents saying why

Quoted from Mappers

they did not get chance to contact everyone so have allocated their seats and they are ready for collection from the club shop if required .

How convenient ;) To be fair that's a great way to get those hard to shift restricted view seats allocated

Quoted from Mappers

For anyone that did get a standby seat and did not receive any contact from the club , they have just put a tweet out - they did not get chance to contact everyone so have allocated their seats and they are ready for collection from the club shop if required .

Looks like they have released all remaining seats for sale now , as there are about 40 more available in The Findus and Pontoon ; roughly 80 in total .

Don’t have Twitter but the corresponding club website announcement doesn’t use the phrase ‘did not get chance to contact everyone’ and did not say tickets are ready for collection ‘if required’’ If there was a tweet using those words given that these people have already paid for their seats someone needs to look for another job

Quoted from HerveJosse

Don’t have Twitter but the corresponding club website announcement doesn’t use the phrase ‘did not get chance to contact everyone’ and did not say tickets are ready for collection ‘if required’’ If there was a tweet using those words given that these people have already paid for their seats someone needs to look for another job

Sorry my bad ' the ticket office have not been able to contact everyone personally , but these tickets are now ready to pick up from the Blundell Park ticket office '

Not a detail person ,nor copy and paste , was just trying to get the general point over .

There are now many more season tickets on sale on line in the Upper Lower and Pontoon including some groups of 3 . No longer available online after today not sure why only appeared now.

Quoted from HerveJosse

There are now many more season tickets on sale on line in the Upper Lower and Pontoon including some groups of 3 . No longer available online after today not sure why only appeared now.

I think we have sold around 5500 doing a new count now they released lot's more seats - maybe they had issues with that ticketing system; i do agree strange though to put them all on sale, the day before (I think ?l)they go off sale .

So, everyone that wants one has got one yeh? Or are we in for another season of people moaning they couldn’t get one?

Quoted from aldi_01

So, everyone that wants one has got one yeh? Or are we in for another season of people moaning they couldn’t get one?

Did anyone moan they couldn't get a season ticket last season?

Quoted from aldi_01

So, everyone that wants one has got one yeh? Or are we in for another season of people moaning they couldn’t get one?

I know some people who enquired about tickets together in the Upper last week ,after the reallocation date for those who applied for the overflow and were told there weren’t any then suddenly there are lots for sale.

Quoted from HerveJosse

I know some people who enquired about tickets together in the Upper last week ,after the reallocation date for those who applied for the overflow and were told there weren’t any then suddenly there are lots for sale.

I hope the club took their details so they are able to contact them to offer them the seats they wanted (assuming these people didn't buy a ST as none together).

Quoted from HerveJosse

I know some people who enquired about tickets together in the Upper last week ,after the reallocation date for those who applied for the overflow and were told there weren’t any then suddenly there are lots for sale.

You could give them the good news!

Quoted from Southwark Mariner

You could give them the good news!

I have already have and my post was all intended to make others aware of sudden availability in the upper including for example a block of 8 in row L upper right on sale today. Perhaps would be better if the club did this rather then me.but hey ho

So what is the final total then ?

Quoted from Mappers

So what is the final total then ?

There are currently around 120 on sale in the upper and lower and around 170 in Pontoon and too many to count in the Main . Considerably more then previously available.

How does it work from now ?
Can you still buy a ST? Because surely now tickets are on sale for the first home game etc it'll start to limit your options (I've just bought 4 tickets for the Wimbledon game for example)

Quoted from lukeo

How does it work from now ?
Can you still buy a ST? Because surely now tickets are on sale for the first home game etc it'll start to limit your options (I've just bought 4 tickets for the Wimbledon game for example)

Season tickets available for sale online now. Agree odd that the same seats are being sold for the first three individual matches.

Quoted from lukeo

How does it work from now ?
Can you still buy a ST? Because surely now tickets are on sale for the first home game etc it'll start to limit your options (I've just bought 4 tickets for the Wimbledon game for example)

People have had ample time to get a season pass , if the seat has sold for any of the first few games then obviously you cant sit in it till it’s available, you either buy a different seat or sit somewhere else for a few games I guess

Quoted from supertown

People have had ample time to get a season pass , if the seat has sold for any of the first few games then obviously you cant sit in it till it’s available, you either buy a different seat or sit somewhere else for a few games I guess

I think the point is that the seats which are suddenly available now haven’t been available earlier.

It seems like the overflow idea has backfired instead of having a limited extension of early bird prices after the renewal period.

There are prime seats available in all stands for walk ups, unlike last season, and seats which have not been available at any stage of the close season.

It works for me as there weren't any decent options for ST so thought I'd be in the Osmond again all season. However, I've got prime seats for opening games and will pounce on one as ST next summer.

Inherent tightness prevents me from buying a ST at full price after early bird. I'd rather pay as you go knowing I can miss games as needs be with no real penalty

Quoted from Yarborough Vaults

It seems like the overflow idea has backfired instead of having a limited extension of early bird prices after the renewal period.

There are prime seats available in all stands for walk ups, unlike last season, and seats which have not been available at any stage of the close season.

It works for me as there weren't any decent options for ST so thought I'd be in the Osmond again all season. However, I've got prime seats for opening games and will pounce on one as ST next summer.

Inherent tightness prevents me from buying a ST at full price after early bird. I'd rather pay as you go knowing I can miss games as needs be with no real penalty

Makes getting tickets to away games a lot trickier, though.

I’ve had a season ticket for something like 25 consecutive years, and for all the years of absolutely dismal value for money (never worse than in the 20/21 season), every ounce of blind loyalty was repaid by the privilege of being at those Notts County and Wrexham games last year.

Granted, those games don’t come along often, and season tickets naturally have less value when it comes to away games when there are 6,000 of you, but still, there are other benefits besides having a guaranteed seat at BP.

You could argue that having a bonus week or two of “early bird” prices might make sense at this point, but if there’s quiet confidence that next season will be a good one, it’s probably not in the club’s interest.

Could be a clever business move.
Good seats and blocks of 2 or 3 will be snapped up at full match day price by the walk ups.
More revenue than having been sold as a ST !!!

Think at the Hull game they announced that 5400 had been sold

https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/grimsby-towns-record-breaking-season-7334257

if the 5400 figure is correct, then that means we've sold more than at the same date last season ( see above link).
At worst it compares very favourably with last year

https://twitter.com/mark_stilton/status/1549445898840817664

Checking again the block of 8: in row l upper right has now sold for Wimbledon game but is still available to buy as season ticket online so I wonder if these seats really are available given the club had previously announced they would be no no online sales after yestrday

Quoted from Poojah

Makes getting tickets to away games a lot trickier, though.

I’ve had a season ticket for something like 25 consecutive years, and for all the years of absolutely dismal value for money (never worse than in the 20/21 season), every ounce of blind loyalty was repaid by the privilege of being at those Notts County and Wrexham games last year.

Granted, those games don’t come along often, and season tickets naturally have less value when it comes to away games when there are 6,000 of you, but still, there are other benefits besides having a guaranteed seat at BP.

You could argue that having a bonus week or two of “early bird” prices might make sense at this point, but if there’s quiet confidence that next season will be a good one, it’s probably not in the club’s interest.

I hope the newly available seats are of newbie STHs from the promotion campaign who missed too many games and thought better of it this year. If so, the club will make more money from those seats in walk up.

But, yes, not being able to get away tickets is a huge downside for a non STHs. Watching County and Wrexham games on TV was brilliant but a poor substitute for being there.

All relative though. One of my favourite games at BP was beating Shrewsbury to end the 25 game winless run. Felt like I'd paid my dues to celebrate that one.

Quoted from Yarborough Vaults

I hope the newly available seats are of newbie STHs from the promotion campaign who missed too many games and thought better of it this year. If so, the club will make more money from those seats in walk up.

But, yes, not being able to get away tickets is a huge downside for a non STHs. Watching County and Wrexham games on TV was brilliant but a poor substitute for being there.

All relative though. One of my favourite games at BP was beating Shrewsbury to end the 25 game winless run. Felt like I'd paid my dues to celebrate that one.

Then again, being a STH doesn’t necessarily mean you are assured of a ticket.

Quoted from WOZOFGRIMSBY

Then again, being a STH doesn’t necessarily mean you are assured of a ticket.

It doesn’t, but aside from Brighton, in reality, even though we all expected a scramble for away tickets last year, it wasn’t too hard to get them. Even for games that sold out, tickets were generally available. Orient was a prime example, initially sold out but even on the day there were tickets being sold by folk so if you wanted one, you could get one.

The whole idea of buying a ST to secure a seat on the off chance of going to BP is alien to me but I do get that for some, it’s worth the lay out of cash and provides some security knowing they’ve got a seat should they want it.

Poojah alludes to it above but just what IF this turns into a long overdue promotion Season? The scramble for tickets next close Season will be mental and those already with a season ticket will have the very easy renewal option. Trust me folks we will have our best league campaign since 2006 and I think we will sneak in under the radar for top 7.Town are going up

Quoted from 1mickylyons

Poojah alludes to it above but just what IF this turns into a long overdue promotion Season? The scramble for tickets next close Season will be mental and those already with a season ticket will have the very easy renewal option. Trust me folks we will have our best league campaign since 2006 and I think we will sneak in under the radar for top 7.Town are going up

Agreed. This won’t be one to miss. Didn’t think twice about renewing mine.

Quoted from 1mickylyons

Poojah alludes to it above but just what IF this turns into a long overdue promotion Season? The scramble for tickets next close Season will be mental and those already with a season ticket will have the very easy renewal option. Trust me folks we will have our best league campaign since 2006 and I think we will sneak in under the radar for top 7.Town are going up

I hope you are right but then again you did say that when you was the Manager and look how that turned out.

Quoted from ivanosandwich

I hope you are right but then again you did say that when you was the Manager and look how that turned out.

Long as the remaining budget isn't blown on another Jimmy Gilligan it'll be right

Quoted from 1mickylyons

Poojah alludes to it above but just what IF this turns into a long overdue promotion Season? The scramble for tickets next close Season will be mental and those already with a season ticket will have the very easy renewal option. Trust me folks we will have our best league campaign since 2006 and I think we will sneak in under the radar for top 7.Town are going up

Very much in this camp. Over the last 24 months there has been an increased demand on the tickets for home games, be it season tickets or game-by-game tickets. A successful and entertaining season, which I think we're in for, will absolutely light a bonfire underneath that increased interest and demand.

I've a feeling we're going to start the season like a house on fire and available tickets will be like rocking horse excrement.

A season tickets also puts you in the front seat for a key cup game - home or away.

Quoted from diehardmariner

Very much in this camp. Over the last 24 months there has been an increased demand on the tickets for home games, be it season tickets or game-by-game tickets. A successful and entertaining season, which I think we're in for, will absolutely light a bonfire underneath that increased interest and demand.

I've a feeling we're going to start the season like a house on fire and available tickets will be like rocking horse excrement.

Been a long old time since we've been like that in the EFL I'm always optimistic at the start BUT I'm in the quietly confident/ convinced were going to fly.I would like a lump upfront but other than that we look good to go. However we look at it there are going to be huge demands for the remaining seats at a lot of games Great problem to have roll on division 1