I have the dearer tickets and would pay same again or more to stay at the stoop.

Would have to be paid travel time and expenses to watch us at Gillingham

I would pay double what I currently pay for me and Master Sheen. Oddly, having paid more, I would be less likely to skip games, but would be more demanding of the team.

I bought the higher ticket as well - if I could be confident they would actually offer the 'benefits' listed with the season ticket I would pay at least the same if not a bit more.

Given that they haven't this year I'm already feeling unsure about it. If they go to Gillingham I'm out, which is a shame - I've introduced about 6 new people to RL this year and all have said they'd go again next season.

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I would happilly pay much more for my season ticket to stay at the Stoop.

I would not buy a season ticket for Gillingham. Having watched since Fulham days I'd find it hard to resist the occasional game but, who knows, once out of the habit it's easy to decide it's too much of a pain and a time-consumer to slog off to G. by tube and train.

Did anybody else spot the Gillingham chairman at the Stoop last Friday? The guy next to me pointed to a bloke sitting behind the press rows and said he was the Gillingham chairman. I didn't think much of it at the time then got worried when I read these threads.

I paid almost £1000 for the 4 of us last year at the Stoop, this year only 2 of us at £198.. So a £300 loss for no reason.

Still, move to Gillingham and another £198 gone plus all the merchandise bought (when it finally arrived in the shop!)

Given the choice of Gillingham or a more expensive season ticket?

I'd rather spend on the season ticket.

Here here. £99 is an insult to the players. Bradford has shown us what undervaluing our game leads to. Huddersfield cheap ticket deal finishes this year - I expect they'll have added zero to their crowds!

He could have been as Gillingham were playing at home on the Sat but Paul Scally I think his name is lives out in the Far East and is the dodgy of dodgiest football club owners. Anyone on here or anywhere else who follows lower league football would agree I'm sure.

Already paid higher price for season ticket, will willingly pay the same again or a bit more to stay at the Stoop.

Count me out of travelling to Gillingham though, fecking chav-hole!

Let's assume a sports fans A and B live in central London and they are both based within walking distance of the London Kings Cross/St Pancras railway stations.

Fan A supports London Broncos at the Stoop whilst Fan B supports London Broncos at Gillingham.

It would take fan A, who goes to the Twickenham Stoop, between 52 and 59 minutes to get to Twickenham Station and would cost £8.50 for his off peak travel. Given that he has the cheapest season ticket possible, he also uses, in theory, £7.61 of his season ticket to watch the game. So the total cost to him is £16.11.

It would take fan B, who goes to Gillingham, about 60 to 63 minutes to get to this station but would cost £17.50 for his off peak travel. Given that he has the cheapest season ticket possible, he also uses, in theory, £7.61 of his season ticket to watch the game. So the total cost to him is £25.11.

The difference is therefore £9.00 per match to the central supporter. The time difference is nominal. And if he pays an extra £100 for his season ticket there is in theory no difference at all.

Except of course if he strongly favours the Twickenham Stoop because it is purpose built for Rugby Union and is an upper middle class base versus the more working class population of Gillingham and footie ground. This snobbery aspect may of course play a part in some people's thinking.

When you get the supporters who are actually based around Twickenham and nearby areas such as Richmond the cost to them would only be about 70p more than the London to Gillingham fare whilst those based near Staines would pay £3.80 more than those central supporters.

I can imagine that these supporters who now have close to a two hour trip each way which they previously did not have being ed off at the prospect of having to pay around £150 extra to get to games and the travel time whilst the central fans would also not be doing cartwheels at paying around £100 extra to get to games either. For them it makes sense to put their money where their mouth is. For me it doesn't.

However from the club's point of view, there are less than 1000 season ticket holders in total and a simple postcode analysis would be likely to show well under 200 season ticket holding supporters who are based in relatively close proximity to the ground which the new scenario of a long trip and the higher price. They may of course offer a service from the Stoop which mitigates this, but we will assume that away.

My observation is that the overwhelming majority of supporters are already coming into central London and out again so will only really pick up the extra £9 cost, if they still come to the ground.

In theory if 1000 season ticket holders all paid an additional £100 each to the club, then this would in theory create an additional pot of £100k per season.

However, the reality for the club in my view is that it does not make sense for the club to pay the Landlord more to stay in an area which has little prospect for growth and it doesn't really make a large difference whether it comes from supporters donations, season ticket price hikes or David Hughes.

To me the area itself is the problem - basically the demographic is wrong.

I'm completely relaxed about where the club bases itself because I'm not a Londoner (although would be very proud to be) and only hope that the new location is one which gives the club growth potential.

I want the club to outlast David Hughes involvement.

Whether our new host be Gillingham or elsewhere I'd like to think that we have some tolerance for personal discomfort for the greater good of the club. Of course you would have to trust to luck that this move is the right one of course. I've seen no data to suggest it is or isn't!

Not many are willing to welcome this Rugby League Cuckoo into their nest after all.