One of those dreaded neutrals who has gradually become a fan - and season ticket holder - over time. Went overseas for work so followed FFC on TV (every single game for £7 a month - obviously not a deal (legally) available to local fans…). Worked out (in retrospect) that for me and 2 kids it would have been cheaper to keep the season ticket on and unused for 2 seasons rather than pay the ‘new’ season ticket holder prices.
It’s a great marketing strategy from the club until Marco leaves, we get relegated and suddenly no one wants to buy one off match tickets for £90….
If you want another example - when my eldest son went to uni I transferred his ticket to younger son. Except I couldn't transfer without paying the higher price as the club saw it as a new purchase. Whilst junior tickets are reasonable value - it seemed very petty and the club lost my goodwill. Also no way to transfer loyalty points so we are in different brackets now for away game purchases.
It's like they want to contract the long-standing ST base through restrictive rules and bureaucracy. A utopian future for Mackintosh and co is 90% of ticket sales being match by match. Grim!
One of those dreaded neutrals who has gradually become a fan - and season ticket holder - over time. Went overseas for work so followed FFC on TV (every single game for £7 a month - obviously not a deal (legally) available to local fans…). Worked out (in retrospect) that for me and 2 kids it would have been cheaper to keep the season ticket on and unused for 2 seasons rather than pay the ‘new’ season ticket holder prices.
It’s a great marketing strategy from the club until Marco leaves, we get relegated and suddenly no one wants to buy one off match tickets for £90….
If you want another example - when my eldest son went to uni I transferred his ticket to younger son. Except I couldn't transfer without paying the higher price as the club saw it as a new purchase. Whilst junior tickets are reasonable value - it seemed very petty and the club lost my goodwill. Also no way to transfer loyalty points so we are in different brackets now for away game purchases.
It's like they want to contract the long-standing ST base through restrictive rules and bureaucracy. A utopian future for Mackintosh and co is 90% of ticket sales being match by match. Grim!