Quote: Ferocious Aardvark "I think the fact we've gone bust twice in short order may indicate the pricing model of recent years hasn't been right, though, so you can't disagree something had to change.
So far as juniors are concerned, obviously "free" to "something to pay" is a change but I wouldn't agree that a £3 admission price is "fleecing" families.
You obviously make the choice to use the seats in the stand, as they are more value to you than being on the open terraces. I think that would be a more legitimate complaint tbh, namely that juniors pay the same £5 extra to transfer as do adults, if it wasn't for the fact that for £25 they can sit in the stand all season for free, (There is no extra charge for a junior stand pass as opposed to just a terracing pass) and so at £1.67 per game admission and free stand entry, I don't think it's fair to accuse the club of "fleecing".
I understand entirely your dilemma if you can't say whether you'll attend 1 game or 8 but with respect that's your circumstances, the result will be you pay more or less per game on average, depending on the risk you take (season pass or no pass) and how it pans out, but the club can hardly be blamed for that, can it?
If I were you I'd certainly buy season passes for the boys, since at absolute worst you will (if you end up only attending one game) be £17 x2 out of pocket, that's the worst case scenario, and after 3 games you're in front. that's not fleecing.'"
Fleecing is harsh - i redact that but I find it odd that when we are trying to rebuild the club have made it more expensive to bring kids in. From costing £0 to costing £16 is a bit of a hike when the adult price has remained the same. It's really not practical to have them on the terrace with me as a) They can't see and b) They can wander off too easily while I'm berating the ref! (OK, that's not the club's fault!)
If it was £3 for admission to sit down, I'd think that was fair as in order to transfer there would be at least one adult paying the extra £5, and let's face it we're not going to be short of seats.
