Quote: BumpyMcbump "Giving away cheap tickets never works medium or long term, never has and never will. it's a loss the club/Pearson can ill afford, either people want to spend the money to watch a game and support the club or they don't. In these times I think giving away cheap tickets is not the right thing to do.
IMHO the club (and RL as a whole) should stop devaluing the sport and not offer any discounts at any events excepting for bulk purchasing a season/full membership or when you pay a fee in advance for that to be used in exchange for a discounted ticket with a general membership
I'd go even further and say 'OAP' discounts should be removed, the % of full price ticket payers bracket on low incomes/lower disposible income are significantly higher than that in the non working/'OAP' age bracket.
If we're offering discounts on the basis of affordability/to encourage punters through the gate, it should be based on income not because you happen to be over a certain age, certainly no discounts because you happen to work for a certain organisation or government department.'"
I agree that discounted tickets is a failed venture, it devalues the membership and your only selling the tickets to the same people. However 30 quid is steep for East stand and 28 for south, given the next home game is on monday id imagine some people will either pick one or watch both on TV.
The club need to be careful everyone has a limit, I want to go to every game but money dictates otherwise and I have a fairly good paid job.