Wigan Season Ticket holders approx £10k

Average away support between £2 - £2.5k.........not all ST Holders...... whats the problem?

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That'd be a pretty rubbish system, why would the club reward people for going to away games?! It's hardly a good earner for the club.

Promoting better benefits for those who buy a season ticket every year is a much better option.

Or/and better still sell the membership as an extra - they get first grab at tickets - ST holders have to buy one too if they want first go = more money for the club.

I got one just to save a few quid on the DVD and handbook and get the 15% discount that will come in handy when I do my shopping for Catalans away

Not received my card yet though even though I got the confirmation e-mail etc, but I wouldn't/don't need it for tickets anyway as I have at least 3 season tickets I can use.

one slight problem with the away fans idea, most away fans pay at the gate(no ticket stub is given) apart from the odd couple of matches. Wigan would have to put in place a system where fans had to buy from them so that their attendance is verified and recorded.
I am all for fans who attend the most league games being given the best opportunity to get a ticket for the big games when away from home as long as those who meet that requirement but live over 100 miles away are allowed to purchase online/phone and not suffer the farce of last years Challenge cup. I travelled over 5000 miles last season watching games and could not get a ticket from the club until the 3rd day of sales by which time no lower tier were left.

Correct, whats the problem with that? Scrap the "pay on the door system" all together and get a proffesional system in place.

Exactly, its a disgrace, day trippers for Cup finals that haven't attended all year should be in the last day sale scraping for tickets that are left, not stood at the window getting the best seats. Its not rocket science, reward loyalty!!!!

My mate is a mad Everton fan and they used to run a system were they graded certain games and you had to have so many stub tickets from away games so the likes of Liverpool away would be the highest and comes down from that not sure how it worked he's away atm but i will ask him when he gets back

Correct. Same at Liverpool but it got updated to the ticket office recording on a computer what games you had attended because people were just using mates stumps etc

"Reward loyalty" .....exactly....... just what the RFL have done, I have already bought discounted tickets again this year for the Grand Final after receiving an email from them last November for attending the last 10 grand finals, i have bought 2 lower tier tickets 3 rows from the front at both ends of the ground just in case we get there (live in hope and expectation).

Why doesn't the club follow suit, after all they have your record on file of all the tickets you purchase online from them

Scrap the pay on the door option and lose many fans who do so given the fact they can decide to travel on the morning of the game.
Many a week I can't decide until game day due to work commitments.
Crackers idea

you dont have to scrap the pay on the door system, just need some form of record that you actually attended an away game. All fans apply for and receive an away season card that has a chip then a simple card reader at all grounds that is swiped when you pay to enter at the turnstiles. the info after each game is sent to the away club telling them who attended the game.