QuoteDerry have now sold 1850 season tickets for the new campaign. Not as good as last year but still respectable
UCD General admission
15 adults 10 non UCD student 5 UCD Student and Under 12. all parts of the ground
Season Tickets
Adults 160 Non UCD students 90 UCD Students 50
Derry have now sold 1850 season tickets for the new campaign. Not as good as last year but still respectable
Youths Season Tickets are 150 adults and 75 for kids and includes all cup games (or will that be game?)
To put this into context - for a club at the bottom of League 2 in England, I pay STG£20 (26.74) seated, STG£15 (20.06) standing.Originally Posted by galwayhoop
If you pay for cheap football you get cheap football - because it becomes more difficult for the clubs to pay decent players.
On my trips home to Galway I'll happily pay 20 or 25 - games in the Premier Division are of a lot better standard than the tripe played in League 2!
That's fantastic in fairness. Especially with no Europe wasnt that the reason for so many sales last year)
What are other clubs season ticket numbers do ye know?
Ive heard ours have been selling steadily but no idea what that is numbers wise.
Last edited by micls; 19/01/2008 at 10:57 AM.
GUFC sold over 700 last season.
How is that putting it inot context? Putting it into context is comparing it with other clubs with similar standards in the same league with the same challenges facing them.
Its fine for a die hard to say theyl pay that much to watch their team, most of us would but those are the people who will be there anyway.
Our league needs to get people off their chairs/barstools and entice them to support our teams. That is the only long term feasible way to improve revenue and sign better players, not overcharging the people who come every week, buy programmes, merchandise and everything anyway.
[quote=micls;857560]That's fantastic in fairness. Especially with no Europe wasnt that the reason for so many sales last year)
Ye your right. We only had 800 sold before Kenny's arrival, this doubled within the space of 2 weeks, club are pussing the sale of season tickets as it will provide more money to the manager to spend on players
To put that in context I pay £16 for a seat at a club at the top of League 2 and the football they play is highly entertaining.
It's interesting that St Pats were slated last year for increasing stand tickets to €20 including a programme worth €3. There was talk when Special K took over that prices would be reduced back to previous levels but it didn't happen. Now we see other clubs increasing their prices, looks like it's a trend.
robbers, charging kids under 12 years of age is the lowest of the lowest.
Derry City Prices
Season Tickets
Adult New Stand: £160
Concessionary New Sand: £100
Adult Terrace: £140
Concessionary Terrace: £75
Match Day Tickets
Adult New Stand: £11
Concessionary New Stand: £9
Adult Terrace: £10
Concessionary Terrace: £7
Concessionary applies to under 16 and over 65.
Its to stop a scenario like Galway had at times last season (ie. the place over-run with kids who show no interest in the match) Tickets are handed out to the local schools where they get in free when accompanied by an adult. It worked very well last season.
Bit Harsh maybe??
Anyway we're 12 in and 180 season ticket apparently.
Bring your own chair.
You shouldn't charge for kids. I agree that admission should be when accompanied by an adult to stop groups of them just messing about. These kids are future season ticket holders. Get them involved and interested a.s.a.p. in my opinion
As I said, kids accompanied by an adult get in free, basically the idea is to encourage the kids to bring their parents.
To put this into context - for a club at the bottom of League 2 in England, I pay STG£20 (26.74) seated, STG£15 (20.06) standing.
If you pay for cheap football you get cheap football - because it becomes more difficult for the clubs to pay decent players.
On my trips home to Galway I'll happily pay 20 or 25 - games in the Premier Division are of a lot better standard than the tripe played in League 2!
You can pay 10 in to see Barcelona play!!!!! Just puts it into perspective
They also have multi-million euro TV contracts and sponserships to pay the bills.
True but you would need binoculars
When Malaga were last in la liga top division their season ticket was 120, when Madrid or Barcelona came to town the cost of a single ticket was 150.
Not in the league you can't...
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Exactly, it was ridiculous at times.
There were a large number of kids attending games, with no intention other than to see their heroes, get a bag of chips and a coke at half-time, and go home safe in the knowledge that the lads on the pitch done their best.
Equally, it seemed evident at times, that there were many kids in Terryland, with no interest whatsoever in what was happening on the pitch. Many of them were seen to be congregating in groups in the old stand. I'm not going to accuse them of being up to no good, but its fair to say that they were not doing anything constructive, such as cheering the team on or investing in a match programme.
I'm sure there are implications regarding insurance also. This issue was raised by Nick Leeson (GUFC CEO), last month, in response to a criticism by a prospective season ticket holder. He may not have been able to attend all games with his children, but wished for them to be able to attend on their own. I understand the situation of the fan in question but I would have to agree with Nick Leeson that, no unattended kids should be gaining access to Terryland anymore.
When I was a nipper, I was given a free child's season ticket, from a soccer camp run by United. Many of these were given out but there never seemed to a problem with unattended children at the time, as the recipients of the tickets were actively involved in soccer at underage level. This ensured the tickets were given to children that would enjoy the match experience as is intended. But I would back the club fully in their policy regarding children.
Last edited by gufcfan; 21/01/2008 at 12:45 AM.
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