Leicester City vs Macclesfield Town

[Boy Genius]

wednesday they were £4.99.
The miserable old goat in the ticket office said they will go up to £5.99 once the cheaper ones had gone. Bit like buying tickets for Ryan Air....:icon_bigg

 

[Jeff]

wednesday they were £4.99.
The miserable old goat in the ticket office said they will go up to £5.99 once the cheaper ones had gone. Bit like buying tickets for Ryan Air....:icon_bigg

It was 2,500 at £4.99, 2,500 at £5.99, 5,000 at £7.99. But only if you buy in advance. If you pay on the day it's £12.

 

[highland fox]

thought it was about 7k?
I'm going, first trip this season.:icon_redf
Could do with a run in any cup this season I reckon.

They are 22nd in Division 2 with 1 point from 4 games,gawd help us if we can't beat these.:icon_conf

 

[wooo]

haha ryan air is terrible

 

[MKFox]

They are 22nd in Division 2 with 1 point from 4 games,gawd help us if we can't beat these.:icon_conf

It wouldn't be the first time highland....

and we only scrapped a 1-0 at their place in pre season...

 

[Fox Fan]

Im not going. But only because im in St Ives. Back early though for the match on Saturday:icon_bigg:icon_bigg

 

[DesertFox]

I'd love to go.... :icon_cry: :icon_cry: :icon_cry:

 

[armchair fox]

i am getting out of my chair for this one. 2nd visit of the season. I'll almost be a regular:icon_bigg

 

[Brauny Blue]

Season ticket holders should get in for free imo

 

[newtonfox]

Season ticket holders should get in for free imo

agreed im still going though :icon_bigg :icon_lol:

 

[Jeff]

Season ticket holders should get in for free imo

It's very difficult to do that due to the way the away team gets a share of gate receipts, and has to agree to the pricing.
If they made it part of the season ticket they'd probably add the full price of a normal match to the season ticket to pay for it, so I'm sure it works out cheaper the way they do it now.

 

[Boy Genius]

It's very difficult to do that due to the way the away team gets a share of gate receipts, and has to agree to the pricing.
If they made it part of the season ticket they'd probably add the full price of a normal match to the season ticket to pay for it, so I'm sure it works out cheaper the way they do it now.

but a few extra quid on a season ticket is no big deal, and the crowd WOULD be bigger and Macclesfield would get more money and the club generate more revenue, catering, programmes shop etc. It seems daft not to have it in the season ticket just to save the punters a few quid....

 

[Jeff]

but a few extra quid on a season ticket is no big deal, and the crowd WOULD be bigger and Macclesfield would get more money and the club generate more revenue, catering, programmes shop etc. It seems daft not to have it in the season ticket just to save the punters a few quid....

An extra £20-30 on a season ticket might be enough to reduce season ticket sales. But they shouldn't have taken the match off us in the first place.

The first cup match was included in the season ticket a few years ago, but they took it away as part of the infamous "price freeze", when they took a lot of matches and other benefits away from the season ticket, which would have effectively meant a rise of over 30% for loyal supporters. For some reason Mace wouldn't address the point when I raised it when he was on Radio Leicester. :icon_conf

 

[Jeff]

The first cup match was included in the season ticket a few years ago, but they took it away as part of the infamous "price freeze", when they took a lot of matches and other benefits away from the season ticket, which would have effectively meant a rise of over 30% for loyal supporters.

Just looked up my figures for this, my 30% increase was an underestimate.

The price of £249 for a Kop ticket for the first season at the Walkers included a pre-season friendly, a cup match, two extra match tickets for 'guests' (worth up to £64 at A+ prices), free entrance to reserve matches, and discounts on extra match tickets. This was available with interest free credit.

Two years later when the club announced the new prices, they claimed the prices had been frozen for three years. But that was a lie for a start. Prices had gone up by £50 the year before, so the ticket now cost £299. They'd taken all the above extras away, and started charging another £79 if you spread the payments. Someone who'd paid £249 in 2002-2003 would have had to pay over £500 two years later to get the same thing. And this was marketed as a price freeze. Wankers.

 

[TornadoShaunUK]

I think I'm going..

 

[Hazzman]

They should move the game to the Marstons.....

 

[Boy Genius]

Just looked up my figures for this, my 30% increase was an underestimate.

The price of £249 for a Kop ticket for the first season at the Walkers included a pre-season friendly, a cup match, two extra match tickets for 'guests' (worth up to £64 at A+ prices), free entrance to reserve matches, and discounts on extra match tickets. This was available with interest free credit.

Two years later when the club announced the new prices, they claimed the prices had been frozen for three years. But that was a lie for a start. Prices had gone up by £50 the year before, so the ticket now cost £299. They'd taken all the above extras away, and started charging another £79 if you spread the payments. Someone who'd paid £249 in 2002-2003 would have had to pay over £500 two years later to get the same thing. And this was marketed as a price freeze. Wankers.

top work there Jeff, that shows over 100% increase. The crafty bastards and we all fell for it

 

[Boy Genius]

They should move the game to the Marstons.....

they should move it to Kirby Sports Club and I could walk there, and the beers cheaper

 

[Brauny Blue]

It's very difficult to do that due to the way the away team gets a share of gate receipts, and has to agree to the pricing.
If they made it part of the season ticket they'd probably add the full price of a normal match to the season ticket to pay for it, so I'm sure it works out cheaper the way they do it now.

Its just a shame imo that the Walkers will probaly have 25000 empty seats for this game. I wouldn't dispute your angle, but why not encourage more people to go down. Lets face it even £12 for a match day ticket against such lowly opposition, and in a competition that will not excite the fans in its early stages does not bode well. I would imagine that apart from the die-hards that most can't be arsed with this game.

 

[MKFox]

Anyone for a Talking Balls pre-match beer?

1884?