25 per cent are casuals

and if you alienate them (or price them out) it is a struggle to get them back.

I just can't see how the numbers add up. A home FAC tie against rubbish oppo *could* see a real slump in demand - unless the club make it cheapaschips, at which point they are admitting the fault in their policy.

Posted By: jayson blair on November 24th 2010 at 12:50:00

Message Thread

The real cost of football to the supporters? (NCFC) - jayson blair, Nov 24, 12:33:05
- How do they compare with Theatre Royal tickets? (NCFC) - trustsec, Nov 24, 13:14:17
  - ranges from 6 to 21 quid (NCFC) - jayson blair, Nov 24, 13:21:56
- i totally agree (NCFC) - south, Nov 24, 12:48:55
  - Yeah but, it's only ?100. How much would it cost to take them to Londinium (NCFC) - CB41, Nov 24, 12:59:02
    - but parents would see those as treats (NCFC) - jayson blair, Nov 24, 13:05:29
      - But aren't the club addressing their costs through redundancies etc. (NCFC) - trustsec, Nov 24, 13:20:10
        
        cutting a few back-room staff really makes no odds (NCFC) - jayson blair, Nov 24, 13:26:09
        
        better than paying 115% of your income on player costs (NCFC) - south, Nov 24, 13:42:55
        
        True. (NCFC) - jayson blair, Nov 24, 13:46:50
      - I see football as a treat. It'd get mighty dull if you did it every week. (n/m) (NCFC) - CB41, Nov 24, 13:08:27
  - set in stone mate (NCFC) - jayson blair, Nov 24, 12:52:04
    - my kids are season ticket holders (NCFC) - south, Nov 24, 12:53:27
      - should mean more adults can watch then (NCFC) - SCC 28, Nov 24, 12:57:20
- most people are st holders so who gives a fuck (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Nov 24, 12:43:54
  - 25 per cent are casuals (NCFC) - jayson blair, Nov 24, 12:50:00
    - why should people pay for the cup match (NCFC) - south, Nov 24, 12:52:30
- Something has to give in football (NCFC) - pants, Nov 24, 12:36:56
  - 890 quid for the cheapest ST (NCFC) - jayson blair, Nov 24, 12:38:49
    - you can only see non league football getting stronger (NCFC) - south, Nov 24, 12:50:04
      - Which level of none league? (NCFC) - pants, Nov 24, 13:03:50
        
        ?6 to watch Sheffield FC in the Evo-Stik League First Division South (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Nov 24, 13:11:33
        
        Yep Cambridge too and you have to sit in a cowshed and (NCFC) - CB41, Nov 24, 13:07:35
        
        *stand*, stand in a cowshed (n/m) (NCFC) - CB41, Nov 24, 13:13:47
      - and utter, utter shit football. Better to watch good football and ration your games. (n/m) (NCFC) - CB41, Nov 24, 13:00:50

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