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[Don Juan DeMarcus]

Mansfield ticket prices for slough game 15 quid adults and 8 concessions! For a first round match? It seems stag fans not impressed by this!

[Don Juan DeMarcus]

stagsfan48

I am with you Matt! Seriously, the price is too high for a match of this type and will attract far fewer people than if it had been priced according to the event and the austere times that most of us have to struggle with.

[Ian]

As I said on the other thread, the minimum the FA will allow them to charge is £10 (adults). Although their usual price is £15 I'm surprised they didn't reduce it to that level for this game. I can understand a Mansfield fan not being especially excited about paying £15 to watch Slough Town.....without realising how awesome we are of course!

[The Mayor Of Simpleton]

Mansfield are broke, and Keith Haslam is trying to get back in as Chairman.

[Don Juan DeMarcus]

Yeah didn't see your thread til posted here. Interesting we are only charging 10. I have thought 12 for both games would be about right...

[brighton_rebel]

Charge less, more people go, you make more money and people then spend cash on food and drink, programmes etc.

[Don Juan DeMarcus]

If it went to a replay my way would be cheaper... And fairer...

[CheshFan]

Coventry city v arlesey is only £10 entry

[Ian]

Coventry city v arlesey is only £10 entry

 

Given that they are likely to have 30 or 40 complimentary tickets that means there will be no Arlesey fans paying at the gate - Directors, officials and supporters will all get in on comps. It just depends how much they choose to charge for the dog.

[Matt]

Interestingly, on the Stags forum there is a lot of blame being put on our club for the pricing - the minnow out to make a fast buck. The prices have to be mutually agreed, so I wonder which party suggested £15 as a good idea? It represents quite a jump in cost for us, whilst for them, that's normal league pricing, so many are reluctant to pay that to see little old Slough. I'd have thought our club would be happy to see more through the gate and a lower ticket price of £10-12. Many are suggesting a possible gate well below 2,000 as a result.

[GarySTFC]

If we were "after a quick buck" wouldn't we have set the replay costs to be higher?

[Matt]

I think the attitude amongst some (not all, of course) is "it's alright for Slough to want prices to be £15 at Field Mill, but they'll only charge their lot £10 if there's a replay". I would agree with the fact that £15 is a little steep. Not that it would stop our fans travelling up there though!

Edited October 27, 2012 by Matt

[RebelSaint]

Bloody hell, I'm going to West Brom v Saints in the Prem on the monday for £15 !!!. Mind you, think I'll have more fun at Mansfield

[Ian]

Who says the clubs have to agree pricing? They don't. Mansfield have chosen to charge £15 - it's got absolutely nothing to do with STFC. The FA dictate a minimum adult price of £10 for the first round proper and that's what we've gone with. Mansfield could have decided to charge £10 also but chose £15. The only stipulation is both sets of fans have to be charged the same.

 

If Mansfield fans want to point blame it should be at their own club.

[Matt]

Apologies - I was obviously mistaken when I thought there was some consultation between the two clubs. I thought that's how it worked!

[Ian]

Apologies - I was obviously mistaken when I thought there was some consultation between the two clubs. I thought that's how it worked!

 

I'm pretty sure Matt we'd have suggested lower as the reaction from their fans was quite predictable.

[Matt]

 

 

I'm pretty sure Matt we'd have suggested lower as the reaction from their fans was quite predictable.

 

That is also what I would have assumed. So, they have no right at all to accuse us of anything.

[Pete the Stag]

Normal price for folk who sit in the west stand is £18, so £15 is a reduction, however seats behind both goals are normally £15.

 

Would be surprised if total attendance is more than 1500. Just lately there have been about 2000 home fans for league games, however just over 1000 are season ticket holders and expect a few of them to give this game a miss.

[Rebel Kay]

If we were profiteering we would have set ours at £15 too. But we didn't because we didn't want people to have to pay much more than was necessary.

So for them to charge their normal price and us as close to ours as possible appeared to me to be the best solution.

[brighton_rebel]

I spoke to a couple of our regular supporters on Saturday who cant afford to go to Mansfield. They've been going week in week out for years and yet can't afford our biggest game for ages. I'm not asking for the club to subsidize but wondered if a few of us more wealthier fans couldn't chip in and pay their coach travel?