Are there any? Other than saving around £20 a season, then again if you miss one match you are donald ducked and the cost probably worked out to be more.
I was having a look around some premiership teams and there ST deals, and TBH most of them piss all over ours.
Take Birmingham City for example, here's what their season ticket offers you
-10% discount in the club shop
-Discounted tickets for all home cup matches (compared to the walk up punter)
-Free entry to sports forums during the season to meet management and players
-NO booking fee's for cup tickets and extra tickets purchased by the season ticket holder
And if you sit in the Family Section you get a free U8 season ticket with every full paying adult. You can also pay by monthly direct debit at an extra £15 cost per year.
The fact of the matter, there is little incentive for Hibs fans to buy a season ticket other than saving a few quid. A season ticket used to gurantee you a ticket but now-adays you'll get a ticket for every match no problem, even Hertz away.
If you don't have a season ticket this season, and you were to get the perks listed above, aswell as the chance to pay by monthly direct debit would you get a season ticket? I know stacks of people that would...
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22-09-2009 09:51 AM #1
The perks of getting a season ticket?
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22-09-2009 09:57 AM #2
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unsure if its a benefit by you can get behind the goals if you are a season ticket holder,
As regards away tickets im sure if you are a s.t holder, for away games you get 1st chance to get them as well as semi-final tickets (if we get there though )
other than that and what you have said about saving bout £20 a year i struggle to think of any other benefits
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22-09-2009 09:59 AM #3
The biggest perk IMO is not having to but tickets for individual games or pay at the gate and having the same seat every week with my mates. Had a ST for 20 odd years, it becomes a habbit. I've already missed a couple of home games this season so after only a few weeks the few quid I saved has already been wiped out.
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22-09-2009 10:05 AM #4
The money raised from ST sales are the guide, for the board as to how much money they can give the manager to spend on YOUR team.
Season ticket sales help the playing side of things FACT .
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Do you not also have a saving as a ST holder in not having to book matches over the phone at cost?
That said I agree with your points on the attractions. I think the booking fee is part of whats becoming the norm - the EasyJet model if you like. But for frequent attendees it makes it different from flying plus in many cases there is no option. So its a bit cack but it does give you an appreciation of the costs to the club for that service.
I hope once we have the new stand there will be more scope for inventive incentive schemes. Making it easier to sit with your mates who attend on an ad hoc basis and like the promotions you mention.
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22-09-2009 10:11 AM #7
Premiership clubs are on a different level financially. The TV deal they are on and prize money for where they finish in the league is phenominal. Do they use some of that money to offer their incentives?
The example club you have used (Birmingham) are competing in that area with Aston Villa, West Brom, Wolves and Walsall. Other clubs such as Blackburn have appx 30,000 seated stadia, yet the population of the town can't be far off 100,000.
Hibernian offered fans £50 vouchers if they recruited a new season ticket holder http://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/page/Me...,10290,00.html
Cup top up for season ticket holders
http://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/page/Cu...,10290,00.html
The club also put prices back to 07 pricing.
http://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/page/07...,10290,00.html
The club also offered fans the chance to still purchase a season ticket book and if they had already been to the opening 2 fixtures, they could show these ticket stubs and they wouyld be refunded the value of those games from the price of their season ticket membership.
http://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/page/Fe...793997,00.html
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22-09-2009 10:16 AM #8This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I know that is the case, you know that, as do most, but for the fairweather fan that isn't an incentive for them (I don't think).
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Thats the main reason i have never bought a season ticket. like to go away for 2/3 weeks in april and that undoubtedly means i miss a home game or two.
paying at the gate for me is almost like finance plan, if you think about it in that way, spreads the cost over the season rather than having to pay in a lump sum at the start of the season.
Unless Hibs offer a significant discount on season ticket prices compared to paying at the gate every week then im going to continue paying as i do at the moment.
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22-09-2009 10:34 AM #11
the best thing about a season ticket for me is that even if i dont have a penny to my name i can still go to the footy, like tonight i have £9 in my account but thanks to cup top up i can still go
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22-09-2009 11:00 AM #12This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
This I think is another reason why Hibs should develope the East Terracing. Taking the South out of the equation as 6 home games of the 18 (top 6 dependant), the South is not available, Hibs % of season tickets sales for the 3 remaining sides are pretty decent. If we have sold 9500 ST then thats around 73% of seats available to home fans taken up, under Mowbray/Collins that was up to around 88%, if the seats are being sold why offer deals?
With a new East and a larger home end the % will drop and this may encourage the board to come up with better ideals in regard to getting bums on seats.
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22-09-2009 11:03 AM #13
my ST saves me £65 a year.
plus im guaranteed my seat which is in the centre of of the east stand.... wouldnt want to sit anywhere else.
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22-09-2009 11:18 AM #14
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I thought about paying for each home game individually but if the game falls on a weekend im skint then im ****ed.
Im DEF getting a category A in an upper tier next season though. I did consider upgrading as i kind of regret sitting in the south :(
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22-09-2009 11:28 AM #15
Guaranteed a ticket for the Scottish Cup Final.
Imagine missing out on a Scottish Cup win cos your season ticket only saved you £20.
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22-09-2009 11:31 AM #16
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I think there should be more incentive to buy a ST.
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22-09-2009 11:53 AM #17This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
The last time we were in the final I know a few who couldn't get them.
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22-09-2009 12:11 PM #18
Save £20 a season? And the rest, the laddies season ticket alone saves me about £90 against pay at the gate prices and then there's the saving on mine.
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22-09-2009 12:21 PM #19
reason?.... it makes you an Uberfan!
simples!The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits
The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game
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22-09-2009 01:29 PM #20
Under Fyfe Hyland much of our marketing has improved.
The daft barriers to buying tickets have been removed
Now the club needs to go the extra mile and start direct debit
Scrap paper tickets and invest in electronic turnstyles with swipe cards
E.g. Famous Five ST package for me and my 2 laddies = £495. Paying for that in one lump sum whilst financing summer holidays is a non-starter. Even in 3 lumps of £165 it's still not possible
Even adding 5-8% for DD makes it eminently affordable @£44 per month. If I get paid off and stop paying my DD, my card can be cancelled
Everything I used to pay annually e.g. motor and house insurance, golf club memberships are now direct debit.
Hibs need to move with the timesLast edited by RIP; 22-09-2009 at 02:20 PM.
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If you attend reasonably regularly as a walk-up, you're not contributing that much less financially to the club than a ST holder IMO.
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22-09-2009 02:35 PM #22This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
They don't know how many times you are going to attend and quite frankly would be stupid to even hazard a guess.
They know the amount from season ticket sales and can budget accordingly.
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22-09-2009 05:10 PM #24
I know I personally struggled in the summer and ended up not buying an ST, hope to be able to get a half season ticket at Xmas but noly if I can put some cash together by then.
A monthly DD would be ideal and as a previous poster said if you cancel it you don't get in, simples.
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22-09-2009 05:19 PM #25
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