Brays time of 5:45 on Saturday is a brave move. Certainly hope it pays off for them. They needed to try something drastic to bring in a crowd.
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Season tickets are quoted at €119 in this extratime.ie article being the lowest cost in the league. How much have they gone up?
Think they were €100 last year.
Don't mind paying the extra €20 still the best value in the league, use to look forward to my Friday night football, Saturday more a family day for me, with the population of Bray at 35,000 you won't get 2% to attend and that's the sad reality I am afraid, maybe the reason for the change is that the board see that Sky will be showing PL live games for 2016 on Friday nights.
The change of kick off for Bray Wanderers seems to be aimed more at catering for away fans more than their own IMO. I'm sure they'll make an absolute killing on games against the bigger Dublin clubs and it will make things a lot easier and allow for bigger away crowds for the provincial sides in the Premier Division also.
Tbh, Bray probably make a good deal more off the away gates they would get off a Rovers/Pats game than 3-4 of their home games put together.
I really can't understand Bray fans moaning about a price hike of €20 for their season ticket... their current offer is still cheaper than most First Division clubs.
Last edited by Olander; 16/12/2014 at 5:59 PM.
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I think it could be interesting to see how the 5:45 for Bray works - it's not a bad time for a match and should work well with travelling support.
I think I'll take in a few of their matches for sure.
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So here is my take on the Fixtures:
http://fog2014.blogspot.ie/2014/12/l...ures-2015.html
With Cork, Dundalk, Pats and Shamrock Rovers all meeting one of the other in the first 4 weeks, you can expect some points dropped there. Could find a few teams up there at the start of the season that seem out of place (Drogheda? Limerick? Bohs? Easiest starts?). If St Pats are within striking distance at the end of the season they really should be favourites with no real tricky matches in the last 5.
I'd go as far as to say at least half the teams will drop points on the opening weekend.
Upwards to the vanguard where the pressure is too high.
There is a bit more to it than just the 20 euro price increase. Personally i don't see why they should increase it, Even though i love the Carlisle, the facilities are terrible and the product on show has got slowly worse year on year for the 5/6 seasons. It doesn't make sense to increase prices on something that is getting worse.
Don't know what to think of the new kick off time yet being honest but the new owners seem to have a plan in place and a vision to make it happen, interesting few months ahead...
I like the idea of Saturday 5:45 kick offs, it will definitely increase away fans numbers going to Bray games and also I'd say a good few fans of the Dublin clubs might end up going to a few Bray home games this season. Wouldn't be surprised if your attendances end up being higher than the last few seasons.
Also the new crest is deadly.
And season tickets for students are still under €100 which is brilliant value.
Here on a technicality.
Perhaps the plan you speak off includes trying to increase the revenue from season ticket sales and attracting more match day sales?
Because of the very obvious value, I doubt that there will be a drop-off in ST sales. Maybe when they take another €20 hike next season......
5.45 on Saturday is far, far more attractive to families than 7.45 on Friday or Saturday. For local parents it means they're home by 8.30-9.00 at the latest.
I've always been a huge fan of Friday night football but I'm starting to think Saturday evenings could be better
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I could be back to Cork for say 11pm - will be a massive increase in away fans anyway on the 28th of March.
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