Let's Fill the Stadium

Posted by Vince Alm https://x.com/alm_vince/status/19097...LTsVTx09ZSEfIA

Two big home games next 2 weeks we need your support. Now is not the time for division, negativity and abuse. We need to be together and passionate.
Stoke and Oxford declined cheap ticket deals because they want our stadium empty.
They will fear a full passionate city stadium

Can an away team decide how much we charge for tickets? I know there’s reciprocal arrangements in cup games but I’ve never heard of this for league games.

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Originally Posted by JamesWales

Can't really see why the club are being criticised for this?

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We’re at a point where people would complain about anything.

I doubt very much our fate will be sealed either way by then

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Originally Posted by EastbourneBlue

We’re at a point where people would complain about anything.

I doubt very much our fate will be sealed either way by then

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If we don't win those two games, it very much will be

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Originally Posted by ninian opinian

Posted by Vince Alm https://x.com/alm_vince/status/19097...LTsVTx09ZSEfIA

Two big home games next 2 weeks we need your support. Now is not the time for division, negativity and abuse. We need to be together and passionate.
Stoke and Oxford declined cheap ticket deals because they want our stadium empty.
They will fear a full passionate city stadium

Can an away team decide how much we charge for tickets? I know there’s reciprocal arrangements in cup games but I’ve never heard of this for league games.

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I believe, if we offer our fans a discount, the same discount has to be applied to the away team .

Not 100% sure, but I think it’s been mentioned in the past

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Originally Posted by EastbourneBlue

We’re at a point where people would complain about anything.

I doubt very much our fate will be sealed either way by then

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That's my thinking too. Theres every chance it is the key game of the season, arguably the most important game of the last 3-4 years snd we are being offered half price tickets.

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Originally Posted by BLUETIT

I believe, if we offer our fans a discount, the same discount has to be applied to the away team .

Not 100% sure, but I think it’s been mentioned in the past

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Yes I’m aware of that. But surely we don’t have to ask their permission to lower our ticket prices.

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Originally Posted by ninian opinian

Yes I’m aware of that. But surely we don’t have to ask their permission to lower our ticket prices.

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Maybe Oxford have already sold their quota !

School holidays start Friday, we could really do with an offer to bring a mate for a tenner or something….

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Originally Posted by ninian opinian

Yes I’m aware of that. But surely we don’t have to ask their permission to lower our ticket prices.

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Not a thing I’ve heard of re. League games. That rule would mean things like ‘kids for a quid’, ‘season ticket holder bring a mate’ etc would all need approval from the visiting club. The rule that away teams had a percentage of the gate money is long gone. Just checked, according to EFL rules, there is no obligation to consult with the visiting club and a club can offer ‘local promotions’ on four occasions per season, when they can offer discounted prices. Has there been any other ‘local promotion’ games this season? I don’t know.

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Originally Posted by splott parker

Not a thing I’ve heard of re. League games. That rule would mean things like ‘kids for a quid’, ‘season ticket holder bring a mate’ etc would all need approval from the visiting club. The rule that away teams had a percentage of the gate money is long gone. Just checked, according to EFL rules, there is no obligation to consult with the visiting club and a club can offer ‘local promotions’ on four occasions per season, when they can offer discounted prices. Has there been any other ‘local promotion’ games this season? I don’t know.

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Couple of promotions on "pie and a pint for a £5" or whatever, but I'd like to think that didn't count!?

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Originally Posted by splott parker

Not a thing I’ve heard of re. League games. That rule would mean things like ‘kids for a quid’, ‘season ticket holder bring a mate’ etc would all need approval from the visiting club. The rule that away teams had a percentage of the gate money is long gone. Just checked, according to EFL rules, there is no obligation to consult with the visiting club and a club can offer ‘local promotions’ on four occasions per season, when they can offer discounted prices. Has there been any other ‘local promotion’ games this season? I don’t know.

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Kids for a quid v Watford I think?

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Originally Posted by JamesWales

Couple of promotions on "pie and a pint for a £5" or whatever, but I'd like to think that didn't count!?

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I specifically Googled ticket prices :thumbup:

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Originally Posted by ninian opinian

Posted by Vince Alm https://x.com/alm_vince/status/19097...LTsVTx09ZSEfIA

Two big home games next 2 weeks we need your support. Now is not the time for division, negativity and abuse. We need to be together and passionate.
Stoke and Oxford declined cheap ticket deals because they want our stadium empty.
They will fear a full passionate city stadium

Can an away team decide how much we charge for tickets? I know there’s reciprocal arrangements in cup games but I’ve never heard of this for league games.

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Seems hard to believe, why would any away team ever agree to disadvantaging themselves?

First time I’ve ever heard of this being a thing too.

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Originally Posted by Canton Kev

Seems hard to believe, why would any away team ever agree to disadvantaging themselves?

First time I’ve ever heard of this being a thing too.

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I struggle to believe it too. I assume they can raise an objection to it and there's a gentleman's agreement that if that's done then the home club won't go ahead with it?

This is more proof that we need to clear out the dead wood at the club.

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Originally Posted by JamesWales

I struggle to believe it too. I assume they can raise an objection to it and there's a gentleman's agreement that if that's done then the home club won't go ahead with it?

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What I can believe is if we lower home tickets, away tickets have to be lowered too. Due to the EFL rules about home/away tickets being priced the same for equivalent views.

And if that is the case, I can believe the club twiddled their thumbs for long enough and decided on cheap tickets after Stoke and Oxford fans had already paid full price, meaning WBA was the only possible game.

It’s simple to Google it, the EFL ticketing procedure is explained.

I couldn’t believe the ruling on this either. Another team/business imposing restrictions on how you trade. That’s what it boils down to and in what other industry would anything like that happen?
But that’s football for you.

But surely this needs revisiting now that every game is televised, which is clearly hurting attendances.

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Originally Posted by 19bluebirds27

I couldn’t believe the ruling on this either. Another team/business imposing restrictions on how you trade. That’s what it boils down to and in what other industry would anything like that happen?
But that’s football for you.

But surely this needs revisiting now that every game is televised, which is clearly hurting attendances.

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The ruling is ‘The away club has no say in the home club’s pricing and the home club is not legally obligated to consult them’. The home club are obligated to charge away fans the same for equivalent areas of their ground except four 4 occasions in one season where they’re allowed to offer ‘local promotions’ on ticket prices. I’m not aware of the City using the ‘local promotion’ option yet this season, I may be wrong but if I’m not, we’re still allowed to drop prices for 4 home games regardless of opposition.

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Originally Posted by splott parker

The ruling is ‘The away club has no say in the home club’s pricing and the home club is not legally obligated to consult them’. The home club are obligated to charge away fans the same for equivalent areas of their ground except four 4 occasions in one season where they’re allowed to offer ‘local promotions’ on ticket prices. I’m not aware of the City using the ‘local promotion’ option yet this season, I may be wrong but if I’m not, we’re still allowed to drop prices for 4 home games regardless of opposition.

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the game against Watford was kids for a quid with a fully paying adult in December

would be a good option for the last 3 games me thinks

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Originally Posted by Der Kaiser

Clearly most people can.

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A few cannot bizarrely, if we don’t beat Stoke and Oxford and we go down I’m going for a whopping 6281 crowd for West Brom, amazing initiative from the club to get those 23 fans paying half price in….right out of the Donald Trump tariff book of economics

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Originally Posted by MOZZER2

the game against Watford was kids for a quid with a fully paying adult in December

would be a good option for the last 3 games me thinks

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As I said I wasn’t aware if we’d used one of our 4, as you point out we’d used one. Should be a no brainer to use our other 3 allowed ‘local promotion’ options, certainly for the bank holiday game. Perhaps our club’s hierarchy don’t use Google to find out EFL rulings:hehe:

As if the club couldn’t do a walk up deal on the day…total BS as ever….im sure Wayne Nash will be frothing over the away fans a usual with a free pint, food and massage as they walk in…..

The Answer to most administrative bullshit down the club is Wayne Nash.

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Originally Posted by MOZZER2

the game against Watford was kids for a quid with a fully paying adult in December

would be a good option for the last 3 games me thinks

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I bought six kids at the Watford game but they are costing me a fortune to feed.