This MyFC thing

[Yorkshire Fan]

Personally I think their prices are a little expensive (on the day prices and season ticket prices) - but Im a Yorkshireman so I would.

[Chopper TN]

DA11, that's fair, they should be a value, but the full season should be the best value and so on. Also, the vouchers aren't good for playoff games in the States, and they shouldn't be good for cup games in this instance either

[PatMan]

Vouchers, like season tickets, can't be used for cup games (I dont think so, anyway) as the revenue for these is normally split between both sides.

[DA11]

Originally Posted By: Yorkshire Fan

Im a Yorkshireman so I would.

Nuff said

[shootonsite]

Originally Posted By: Slartibartfast

You are right AFF, Stafford get to trouser an extra 50 lots of £12:00 and all we get is 27,000 lots of £27:50.

Poor relations or what?

Right, but according to latest estimates, membership is now between 30,000 and 40,000! True figure to be released at completion of DD

[Chopper TN]

Exactly Pat.

 

Also, sports teams in the States, both college and pro, offer "Family Packs". For say $99, you get 4 - $25 tickets, 4 soda vouchers, 4 hot dog voucher, a program voucher, and a small souvenir like a pennant (prices would correspond to the ticket price). A graet way to for a family to come to a game, eat, and have a keepsake from the game and not pay a lot of money to do it. I'm just throwing out ideas to get people into the grounds to see matches.

[DA11]

Originally Posted By: Chopper TN

Exactly Pat.

Also, sports teams in the States, both college and pro, offer "Family Packs". For say $99, you get 4 - $25 tickets, 4 soda vouchers, 4 hot dog voucher, a program voucher, and a small souvenir like a pennant (prices would correspond to the ticket price). A graet way to for a family to come to a game, eat, and have a keepsake from the game and not pay a lot of money to do it. I'm just throwing out ideas to get people into the grounds to see matches.

Thats the difference Chopper in the States it's all about the experience,familys bonding. I had the pleasure to visit Indianapolis this year and took advantage of going to see the Indians at minor league baseball. I was totally blown away. Minor league with 6,500 fans. It was the first game I had ever been to and I was hooked. Cheap ticket prices, incentives to get families along, free souvenir on entry. I think Football clubs are a long way from reaching any kind of association like this.

[waggamick]

Other incentives used at local rugby clubs include a club tie, a free program with a season ticket or complimentary ticket in first try scorer.

They put a package together.

Allows them to sell season ticket at slightly reduced rate but still look attractive.

[PatMan]

So with the MyFC membership geing global, can Fleet look forward to this kind of promotion in future?

 

How would those who paid there £35 feel if this was used to off-set the cost of special 'packages'? I am sure that cost was one of the reasons this hasn't been introduced, but if the club knew that any shortfall in revenue from these plans could be met from MyFC funds there would be no reason not to at least try them!

After all, we all know that the only way the club can really grow is by getting more fans through the gates on a regular basis.

[ianinho]

Bear with me on any mess, it's my first post on this board. I'm a MyFC er.

 

I'm in the Midlands, I went to the game yesterday, and really enjoyed it. Ebbsfleet's in a corner of England that I can't get to. But I plan to get to Kidderminster, Northwich, ... Burton next season, ... MyFC is getting us through turnstiles, but it's the wrong ones. What do we do about this? How about an away season ticket that keeps the money flowing into Ebbsfleet?

 

I lived in Toronto for a long time, if I wanted something more akin to the American sports experience, I'd go to Man U and eat prawn sandwiches. I think we are aiming for a grassroots experience. Engish flavour, but we can use some foreign ideas and cando.

[ianinho]

Woops, of course I won't go to Burton next season, we'll be in League 2.

[Chopper TN]

Pat, usually companies sponsor these type of promotions in exchange for them advertising on the give away items. And this also goes for in season promotions like replica jersey nights, t-shirt, ball, hat giveaways to the first 500 to 1000 fans or kids under 12, etc. That's part of the challenge for sports in the States, most of them have more dates to try to draw fans than football does (both American football and soccer), minor league hockey usually has around 35 home dates and minor league baseball has around 72 dates per year.

[rsheard]

Originally Posted By: ianinho

I lived in Toronto for a long time, if I wanted something more akin to the American sports experience, I'd go to Man U and eat prawn sandwiches.

I think that may be an appropriate comparison for NFL games and their high ticket prices, but if we look at a more relevant experience, minor-league baseball, we can apply some of the best practices used there with English football. But at least we're all agreed that one of the most important goals is more people into the ground week after week.

[ianinho]

rsheard - American franchises only have home fans. It's a fundamental problem that of the 40,000 or so of us, most will have a problem getting to a home game. (Remember the Dome failure) We have a large potential national fanbase, that has to remain engaged and we need a way to economically contribute.

Stafford was nice in a basic, friendly way. I would have bought a couple of Ebbsfleet shirts if someone had brought some along.

 

Folks like me will help Ebbsfleet feel supported when away from home. We were over a sixth of the total attendance yesterday. I'd like to think our support helped.

[Chopper TN]

Actually, American minor league sports have 2 types of fans - local fans (fans of the city that they represent) and fans of the parent club. I live in a town that has minor league baseball and the closest major league team is Atlanta. We usually have our biggest crowds when their affiliate plays in town. Part of the challenge is to get those fans to come back when the Braves are not in town.

 

Improving the experience is not a bad thing in trying to get people to come to the park and keeping them coming back. From small things like giveaways, to ticket package, to family friendly (no alcohol) seating sections, and to working toilets in the restrooms, giving fans reason to want to come back and a reason to use word-of-mouth advertising to get people in the stands should be at least explored.

[Stu M]

Originally Posted By: ianinho

How about an away season ticket that keeps the money flowing into Ebbsfleet?

How would this benefit the Fleet in financial terms though, because you'd still have to pay the home side the entrance fee?

[ianinho]

Stu - I don't know how I get get my money going to the Fleet, and not Stafford, Kidderminster, Histon, Northwich etc. It's why I'm asking. I'll go along, and make noise, but I'm aware that Ebbsfleet could use some of my cash. The MyFC model is different from the norm.

[huwiet]

Apols for being thick, and diverted from the original point of this thread.. How do these 'micro season tickets' work???? Imagine (if you can) that you support Derby, and buy a micro (5/10/11 game, whatever) season ticket. You can choose which games you want to attend. Man Utd., Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal; in no particular order, are coming to town, or County, as the case may be. How the hell does the club decide who gets what seat & where when it comes to big demand games that most, if not all, 'micros' want to come out of the woodwork for??

 

I.E. Seems like a great idea short-term, but if the dream is delivered (promotion{s}), it is a p**s poor idea.

 

 

Not sure about 'away' season tickets either, but seem like a more viable long-term option to work on - other clubs permitting of course.

[Yorkshire Fan]

Personally I could see them working along the lines of: you receive an 'electronic' book of vouchers which need activating, if they are available exclusively online through the club's website they could be self-activated within a suitable period of time before matchday (which would give the club an idea of attendances so they dont over-sell regular tickets - full season ticket holder numbers will presumably already have been taken into account).

Maybe on activation an actual match ticket is posted to the micro season ticket holder (though it would need to be done a few days before match day)

[PatMan]

Originally Posted By: huwiet

Apols for being thick, and diverted from the original point of this thread.. How do these 'micro season tickets' work???? Imagine (if you can) that you support Derby, and buy a micro (5/10/11 game, whatever) season ticket. You can choose which games you want to attend. Man Utd., Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal; in no particular order, are coming to town, or County, as the case may be. How the hell does the club decide who gets what seat & where when it comes to big demand games that most, if not all, 'micros' want to come out of the woodwork for??

I.E. Seems like a great idea short-term, but if the dream is delivered (promotion{s}), it is a p**s poor idea.

Not sure about 'away' season tickets either, but seem like a more viable long-term option to work on - other clubs permitting of course.

But this ISNT a Derby board - its a Fleet board. Much easier if you remember that!