Quote: Cibaman "I know a few people who, because of work, family or uni commitments can only get to 5 or 6 games a season. The last couple of seasons they bought the cheap tickets, next year they'll be paying at the gate. There'll be a few who will not be able to afford the full price of a season ticket but will go when they can.
Hopefully we might get 2-3,000 home supporters paying at the gate, plus away fans.'"
This is much to my thinking and I will add:
If a supporter on the terrace (for example) buys a season ticket at early bird prices and misses 5 matches for whatever reason -maybe holidays, illness, other commitments or declining to attend under atrocious weather conditions then it is cheaper over the season to simply pay on the gate each attendance.
Where that supporter has missed the early bird discount so paying the full season ticket price he has only to miss 3 matches to save money with a pay at the gate choice.
(Actually the terrace concessions need only to miss 2 matches to make the alternative cheper)
Where the season ticket pricing is most advantageous is that of Juniors being £45 early bird and £55 full, whereas buying single match tickets @ £10 a pop would cost £130.
The same is true for juniors in the main stand (£75 early bird, £85 full against £15 matchday = £195 for the season.
I'm surprised that OK has so far missed the opportunity to resurect the Bulls game day experience, especially for the kids. Maybe he will and has plans to do so - but this is the time to announce them when fans are considering buying season tickets