Quotehow many sold??
ring 767336 and inform them.
We are the Galway Boys Stand up and make some noise"
how many sold??
as above . I have missed the last 2 mgmt meetings due to personal reasons but im sure if your so interested they will give you any details you need.
We are the Galway Boys Stand up and make some noise"
last i heard was just under 500,im not sure what the exact breakdown is though as reguards how many are Adult,Student etc.that figure has probably changed now as was a few weeks ago.
it doesnt include Tiger,Gold or Corporate.
We are the Galway Boys Stand up and make some noise"
How does that compare with financial targets that were set out for season tickets so?Originally Posted by gufct
not too bothered tbh, just thought that i'd ask the resident propaganda machine(s) on here.
personally i didn't buy one this year as it financially doesn't make sense to me as i will only make it up to about 8 or 9 games due to work and other commitments.
was just wondering how many others have not bought one this year, who did last year, and if the policy of the massive price increase has worked for the club. i personally know about 5 people who bought them last season who maybe used them 5 or 6 times but at last years price bought them to give a few bob to the club. this seasons price has made that a non-runner if you were only buying one for the sake of buying it, knowing you would only get to some games and not all.
I got 2 last year 1 for me and 1 for a friend. My friend has told me that he wont buy one this year and i have not bought 1 yet but i still might but only if i bump into Ronan over the weekend i certainly wont be going out of my way to get one. I do however want to see a successful gufc and instead i will do my bit by buying 3 yearly lotto sub instead and just pick and choose the games i want to go to as i cant make every game either.
I really believe the season ticket prices has done a lot of damage to the club and i hope it does not come back to haunt us.While the club may believe it is needed financially and the correct thing to do we got a hugh amount of goodwill from the galway public last season and got a lot of first timers into terryland however any of them i talk to this year say that they wont go again because of the price. I personally would not have any problem paying the money if i thought i was going to be entertained but with the rubbish we played last year its hard to know if the 250 is good value for money in fact i would go so far as to say i would gladly pay 35 a match to see cork play as when they came to terryland last year they were great. I would happily pay that kind of money if i thought we would see that standard every week.
I hope the club can put together a package for one of the lesser home games to encourage these people back into terryland next season.
If you checked out Cobhs Prices are the same as ours and I dont see them going crazy over that.
We are the Galway Boys Stand up and make some noise"
I dont really want to open this old can or worms again the price of the tickets is set and thats the end of it.
I dont support Cobh and i dont really care what they do but you want to talk about other clubs Cork are only 195 that sounds like great value to me. 250 to see cobh or us does not sound like value for money.
In Cobh that gets you full membership and a say in the way the club is run at the AGM though. Plus the prices are set at the AGM, so it's a very different kettle of fish.If you checked out Cobhs Prices are the same as ours and I dont see them going crazy over that.
#NeverStopNotGivingUp
why do you have to keep towing the party line?
can you not accept that there are many supporters (myself and some friends included) who bought season tickets last season ,even though they knew they would probably make 50 or 60% of games, as they were giving the club a dig out... with the increase in prices i and other people i know will not this season.
i will still go up to one off games when i am free but with the large increase it will probably be a bit less than last season (when i had a season ticcket and went to all games i was free to go to on a friday). i personally won't pay €25 to see cobh, harps or ucd but will to see pats, rovers, cork and derry. the FACT is the club HAS lost goodwill whether you want to admit it or not.
choose to accept it or else choose to live in the 'maroon wonderland' all your life where TC and NL's word is gospel and anyone who disagrees with theirs is automatically wrong!!!
is a whopper of a figure for a club that could barely attract 400 to games 3 years or so ago.
Dont have any problems with your views bar this one line.
What your basically saying it you pay to see opposition play, after all regardless if Man Utd come im going to see our lads first and foremost!!.
There's the right way, the wrong way.... and the Max Power way!! :-D
Actually for what it's worth, I think the obsessive poster on here is your good self. You profess not to be bothered about how season ticket sales are going, but you've spent quite a bit of time posting on the topic here. Some people refer to that kind of behaviour as a state of denial.
You also repeatedly cast aspersions on posters for being maroon tinted and pedalling propganda. But you have unhindered access to pedal your version of the truth as you see it. So don't be so precious throwing your hands up in the air because one or two of us have an apparently blind loyalty to the club and its officers.
You ask how many season tickets are sold? Well, I know how many I sold. But I also accept from what I'm hearing that it is less than we had sold this time last year. Your point about a lot of Good Will sales last year is definitely a fair one, and a strong argument against a ticket price increase for this season. But the CEO is in charge and he had good reasons for going the route he did & I will support him as best I can.
I wish we could have 5,000 people for Bohs next Friday, but we won't because people like yourself just don't see it as value for money. So fair enough. When Nick Leeson argued for the season ticket price, he said he wanted to know if Galway wanted to support a team capable of challenging for the higest domestic honours and possible European qualification. With wage demands as they are, we are not going to attract the calibre of player to deliver that just yet, but we have been on a reasonably successful journey over the past two seasons or so. As a blindly loyal supporter, I'd much prefer if yourself and others saw a value and a future in putting your hand in your pocket to keep the highest possible standard of soccer available in my town. But you're very public about your decision to go a la carte so Good Luck to you. I hope there's senior soccer in Galway in 5, 10 & 20 years. There isn't a snowball's chance in hell of that happening if the constant carping and negativity from posters like your good self is allowed to go unchallenged about how the club goes about its business. You have accused me and gufct in particular of pumping propanganda down your throat, well take the ignore option - just as you appear to be determined to do with your Friday nights... a pity to lose you and those who share your views.. but hey no amount of propogandga is likely to convince you otherwise.
Less Whining
Less Moaning
What are YOU doing to make it better?
A week before the season starts and this tiresome arguement still plagues this forum.
Instead of continuing the discussion for the week why not:
-encourage people to buy season tickets
-remind your friends the season Kicks off at home to Bohs this Friday-big crowd/atmosphere/new season buzz etc-you don't want to miss it
-Come to the GUST meeting on Tuesday to see if you can help us on matchday
-send a few texts about the match around-every day
I can acknowledge galwayhoop's points but i'd have to sway over onto MyTown's side.It's time to put up or shut up.Are we going to be discussing the season ticket prices throughout the season?
It's a common trait among many who follow UTD- be it the Club/GUST/stewarding etc.People are well able to criticise but not as forthcoming when it comes to giving a hand.
Won't be coming on this forum again for a good long while-every topic is a mixture of mundane posts,complemented by the season ticket debate.
See ye Friday-Looking forward to it.
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"Cause Galway are MASSIVE"-RW Rover on 24/8/07 00:29am
Brilliant post MyTown, well said, very passionate argument
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Read the title of the thread ffs
I comment as i see it. Some things good and some bad. I have my opinion and sometimes I agree with GUFC and sometimes I think they are wrong. Blind loyalty is not a good character trait you know!!!
Of course thats not really what I said now is it. I said that last year I bought a ST because I wanted to throw a few bob to the club, of course it would have been cheaper for me to pay individually for each game but as the ST represented excellent value I plumbed for one.
By doing so it meant that there were times when I decided quite late in the evening that I would head up to Terryland as I had a ST and it wouldn't cost me a dime. This year the cost of the ST means that it is an expensive luxury for people like me. Now I will probably go to close to the same amount of games but the casual attendance to games like those I mentioned will be limited. If for example it is half seven when I come home from work it will be less likely that I will head down to Terryland if someone like UCD is playing, as apart from them being sh1te and never bringing a crowd, it will cost me €25 into the bargain. It really just means that I will probably go to maybe 3 or 4 games less this season than last. Are there many more like me? Well I'd say so.
This is the chicken and egg argument. It's like the Field of Dreams, 'if you build it they will come!' Would you pay 5 star prices at a 3 star hotel, to allow the owner money to build a 5 star hotel???
yes I am very public alright!! I'm posted on an internet forum ffs hardly appeared on Six One news or the front page of the Irish Times!!! Get a life man this is an internet forum where people post sh1te all day long...
So if GUFC fold it's my fault! Again, get a life.
Actually it is more healthy to have people like me than you! If everyone followed blindly every decision then the club would not be accountable for any of its actions. I am asking the questions that the likes of yourself and gufct don't like - well tough. There are enough people following the pied pipers and not enough questioning!
The club went full time and nobody questioned it.... Most of the players are outsiders, thats fair enough as perhaps there isn't enough quality to have a local team in the PL, but what steps are the club making toward an underage structure to create players for the future.... The prices went up a massive 66.67% and people who are asking is it justified are being told to shut up!... The club should be looking to hold onto every supporter not drive some way. You would struggle to find any team anywhere who just about stayed up heaping a 66.67% increase on their supporters!!
You are confusing yourself. I am merely offering a different opinion to the Club on some topics. Nothing wrong with that, you on the other hand are incapable/unwilling to form your own opinion and happy to find out what TC/NL/GUFC's opinion is and then type it in!
Oh and why would I choose the ignore option? This is an internet forum where you come to discuss various issues, offer opinions and read others opinions. It is you who feel threatened by those with an opinion different to your own. Just because I may disagree with certain aspects does not mean that I do not love GUFC and support them whole heartedly, I do not however blindly follow which is a very unhealthy characteristic.
My Town doesnt blindly follow but he does work his nuts off Voluntarily to ensure there is an el Team in Galway as do approximately 80 others.
Every decision about this years season ticket prices were discussed openly at every level within the club and there was a lot of opposotion to the increases but the decision was taken on what was the best option to ensure the club moves forward and survives. Every group within the club had their say including the Supporters Trust with Willy and Ronan on the managment commitee.
We are the Galway Boys Stand up and make some noise"
I think you'd need M15 for the evidence of where you've posted ANYTHING positive about the club in recent times and in particular since the current manager came on board.
Back in finger wagging mode are we?
More personal insults - more of the lecturing tone. A very poor way to support an argument IMHO.
Definitely not true in my case & how could you know this, O fount of wisdom on all matters relating to the club? But let's roll on to your next insult..
Ah there we are, I felt the next swipe would take at least another line or two.
Once again I am asked to bow to the superiority of your opinions and take lectures on what is healthy, broad minded and best for Galway United, not to mention myself!
Given your vast knowledge and expertise in the area, I think you have only one option left: Take over the running of the club - it must be obvious to anyone here capable of making up their mind (and apparently, you think you have the monopoly on that too) that you really are the man for the job.
Less Whining
Less Moaning
What are YOU doing to make it better?
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