A £5 ticket wouldn't be for a premium seat though, would it? This £5 ticket thing sounds great in the theory of getting loads of people in because its cheap, but how the hell do the club manage to implement such a thing? It would have to be £5 for everyone if you did it your way and allowed them to choose their seat online which would be utterly ridiciulous. The only way of doing it would be to give the tickets to people in their hands or sent through the post or made available to collect from the club - no say in where they sit - they are paying a fiver ffs, you think they should be able to book one of the gold seats online? If Mr Smith was tempted to come a long, I doubt he would think about going on the website and booking a ticket - he'd probably get off his backside and walk down to the ticket office to see what the craic is.





Because that would penalise though who pay cash on the gate who are not making use of the SERVICE provided.





TBH that surprise me too.

I blame O'leary at ryanair.......everyone just accepts this charge with a shrug of the shoulders. It is a REVENUE stream that costs very little to manage. In fact, I would think that the Union Lot paid a fair amount to get it up and running in the hope that by year 2, it will make [uTHEM[/u money.

At Griffin park, the vast majority of fans paid on the gate and we had more fans then. Why go down the "book on-line route". I will tell you why, because it instills a certain demand that wasn't there before...fear of getting a crap view even though you are paying the same money as someone with a better view.



If the club are serious about getting NEW fans through the gate and then GETTING THEM BACK, this stupid pre-booking scenario works against them.

If I walked up to my first game and got a seat at the front of the east stand where I couldn't see a thing or even worse, beside a warrington fan trying to burn his jersey whilst calling one of his players loads of nasty names, it would be my last trip.



Scrap the charge, offer un-allocated seating (other than the ST area) and make it as easy as possible for potential new regular fans to come to a game.....

You seem to be going around in circles and going back on yourself. Agree on unallocated seating though, especially the idea of having 3 allocated blocks.

BTW....we are 420 down on last years average and according to the IL calculator...that's nearly £4k a game.......



1. where have these 420 gone?

2. why have these 420 gone?

3. what can we do to get these 420 back?

4. how will the club survive without the potential £1,260 a game they are missing out on due to the £3 booking fee

It's not nonsense. When I booked my Magic ticket, filling in the form sent to me by the club and posting it, it seemed clear to me that there would be a £3 booking fee PLUS a £3 credit/debit card fee. I posted a cheque in order to avoid the card fee. I assume the wording for purchases via the website is similar, so if this booking fee doesn't apply someone with a grasp of English grammar needs to have a look at it and amend it so it can be clearly interpreted.

Sorry, but I don't see it being anything other than another revenue stream. Just because everyone else does it, doesn't mean it's right.

POD I can only report what I was told when I mentioned the concerns from this board. I think everyone is used to some sort of charge for tickets - you buy a ticket for a concert, a show or anotherr sporting event and BANG there is a charge.

Sorry, I wasn't questioning what you said or were told, just that the club's version given to you doesn't tally with the "double whammy" charge I encountered in the recent past.

I shall be bringing a friend to the game. She's a Kiwi and we'll be watching the Lions match too.

do not smash her smashie!

Don't get me started...