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£16 behind the goals, about right I suppose, would still be surprised
if we get over 15,000. Out of interest, thats £2 down on last years
game against Millwall, so fair play to the board/ticket office. Still
cant sum up much enthusiasm about it mind smileys/smiley5.gif
SOA Wolf
12-12-2005, 19:57
Desperation is setting in...dropping the prices because they know apathy has already taken hold....prediction 10,500.
£34 for me and the kids, nah, $$$$$$$ off Jez it's just too much to watch Plymouth.
Space Wolf
12-12-2005, 20:22
£16?
No thanks. I'll give it a miss and put it towards an away game.
The Bear
12-12-2005, 20:29
It should be adults £10 and kids £5 throughout the ground if they want
to get anywhere near filling it, considering we play Plymouth at home
twice in the space of a week.
Should also note about these prices that a non-season ticket holder who
can't make a game on new years eve would have to end up paying full
price for the game smileys/smiley11.gif
<a href="http://www.wolves.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/NewsDetail/0,,10307~601097,00.html" target="_blank">These
were last season's prices vs Millwall</a>
Wombourne Wolf
12-12-2005, 20:53
Sod that. I'll be skint by then anyway
I'll be going because . . . because . . . because I always go (in the absence of a logical reason)
But there will be a lot more like me, probably somewhere between 10,000 and 14,000
Tickets overpriced by £5 at least
Anyone going to the replay?
Kenny-11
12-12-2005, 22:33
w!$* prices for a w!$* game.
£16....having a larf Jez. smileys/smiley11.gif
Golden Oldie
12-12-2005, 22:42
I'd sooner go and watch the A****n play. smileys/smiley7.gif
I'd sooner go and watch the A****n play. smileys/smiley7.gif
Off you go then.smileys/smiley36.gif
19th Holer
12-12-2005, 22:51
I'd sooner go and watch the A****n play. smileys/smiley7.gif
I wouldn't and I'll be there.
Too much danger of ending up at the sales or something equallyas annoying. Pub / Match / Pub . The perfect combination.
Golden Oldie
12-12-2005, 22:54
I'd sooner go and watch the A****n play. smileys/smiley7.gif
Off you go then.smileys/smiley36.gif
smileys/smiley9.gifThen again i've just remembered that i'll bewashing my hair.smileys/smiley5.gifsmileys/smiley2.gif
whitemouse75
12-12-2005, 22:54
i wont, cup games are full of annoying kids and blokes who never go, the only song they sing is stevie bull's a tatter over and over.
i'll wait until we get some decent opposition in the later rounds, then kick the peasants out of my seat.
SOA Wolf
13-12-2005, 00:54
I'll be going because . . . because . . . because I always go (in the absence of a logical reason)
But there will be a lot more like me, probably somewhere between 10,000 and 14,000
Tickets overpriced by £5 at least
Anyone going to the replay?
I might go to the replay, because my daughter is down there and it means I can see her and Wolves.
I will be there for the first match too, but with only 12,000 at Millwall and with more apathy this year then 10,000 looks about it.
Hod's 80s perm
13-12-2005, 08:46
That seems a bit steep! I'm going to go, but will buy two junior tickets, take the little lad and hope my baby face gets me through on the gate as his big brother.
I need to save a bit of money for the Tuesday night replay!
paddingtonwolf
13-12-2005, 08:49
I may take the chance to bring my eldest along for his first home game, but £16 for Plymouth is a lot.
Jez and co are really testing the loyalties this year
Its cheaper to watch the FA cup third round at the Albion..£15 adults and £5 kids...a Premier side and a top of the CC league team...you are being ripped off...again!!
Bradders
13-12-2005, 09:47
No chance I'll be going at this price. Better things to spend the pennies I have left after Christmas.
Hopefully a sub 10,000 attendance might make Moxey and the board sit up and realise that we won't be fleeced like this.
Essex Wolf
13-12-2005, 09:50
I'll be going but then true and loyal supporters would do.smileys/smiley2.gif
The FA cup is still a great competition whoever you play-win 4 games and your in the semi-final at Wembley/Cardiff-Wolves have come pretty close a few times over the last 15 years or so-and seeing as we are pretty hard to beat it may be our best chance of getting a bit of excitement in an otherwise very dull season.
I bet there will be a better atmosphere at the cup game againt Plymouth than at the league game a week before even with 10,000 less fans in the ground.That might be to do with the fact there seems to be so much apathy amongst regular Wolves fans-and i'm not having a dig at anyone here-it's just that i think most season ticket holders have ended up being ground down by what they've had to watch not only this season but the last few years.Also its that anticipation factor that makes the cup so good-win that game and who could be lying in wait in the 4th round.
It might be a good idea for the club to ask non-season ticket holders who go to the cup game against Plymouth to keep hold of their ticket stubs to give them some kind of priority in later rounds if we get through-it might even get a few more to go.
whitemouse75
13-12-2005, 10:22
or they could just use the loyalty scheme already in place
Del Woppio
13-12-2005, 10:23
i won't be going. i just cannot bring my self to spunk £40 on tickets and a pastie to watch the s!$*e i watch every other week anyway.
Essex Wolf
13-12-2005, 10:24
But DW this is he cup. Wolves will play out of their skins and produce a fantastic game and result.smileys/smiley1.gif
Sack that, I'd rather watch Oxford United at home on Boxing Day.
Essex Wolf
13-12-2005, 10:35
Gee God Axle that is bad.
or they could just use the loyalty scheme already in place
I'm not suggesting replacing existing priority/loyalty schemes-but it might be a reward for someone who's turned up in an early round of a still fantastic competition against an unfashionable team-how gutted would you be if you couldnt get a ticket for the semi-final or final if we got there after going to the earlier rounds.
Maybe they should make it that seat is now that person's seat for the rest of the competition(at home-obviously)if a season ticket holder can't be rsed to go smileys/smiley2.gif
I don't know why so many are moaning about the prices anyway-i can of sorts understand the apathy for season ticket holders by the way-but the club has made a reduction to try and tempt people.To those on here that say they won't have any money-i'm sure you'd of found the full price if we'd been playing a premiership club-and there i was thinking that Wolves fans turned up to see Wolves play rather than the other team smileys/smiley5.gif
Del Woppio
13-12-2005, 10:53
i'm not entirely sure what your point is. you think an FA cup 3rd round tie against Plymouth should be a sell out?
whitemouse75
13-12-2005, 10:54
or they could just use the loyalty scheme already in place
I'm not suggesting replacing existing priority/loyalty schemes-but it might be a reward for someone who's turned up in an early round of a still fantastic competition against an unfashionable team-how gutted would you be if you couldnt get a ticket for the semi-final or final if we got there after going to the earlier rounds.
Maybe they should make it that seat is now that person's seat for the rest of the competition(at home-obviously)if a season ticket holder can't be rsed to go smileys/smiley2.gifi'd like to see that happen, i'll decide when i use my seat thanks
I don't know why so many are moaning about the prices anyway-i can of sorts understand the apathy for season ticket holders by the way-but the club has made a reduction to try and tempt people.To those on here that say they won't have any money-i'm sure you'd of found the full price if we'd been playing a premiership club-and there i was thinking that Wolves fans turned up to see Wolves play rather than the other team smileys/smiley5.gifspoken by someone who hasnt been to many games this season
Space Wolf
13-12-2005, 10:56
I think the last time they announced you'd have priority for the 4th
round was when we played Gillingham at home in January 2002. Yes you
guessed it. We lost anyway. ****** it down with rain, poor crowd, poor
game and a crap result.
Should have been £10 for season ticket holders. £5 concessions.
i'm not entirely sure what your point is. you think an FA cup 3rd round tie against Plymouth should be a sell out?
My point is that everyone on here has such a downer on this game-i can understand why as it's Plymouth who we'll have just played the week before-but it still is the FA cup after all-maybe its just me-but i still dream of Wolves in the FA cup final and maybe even in europe-and the FA cup will probably be our best chance of seeing Wolves play in europe for the foreseeable future-and if that means going to watch us play Plymouth in the 3rd round then thats fair enough and i'll be there regardless.
No i dont think it should be a sell out but i just think the reasons for not going are pretty poor.
Del Woppio
13-12-2005, 11:20
i'm not entirely sure what your point is. you think an FA cup 3rd round tie against Plymouth should be a sell out?
My point is that everyone on here has such a downer on this game-i can understand why as it's Plymouth who we'll have just played the week before-but it still is the FA cup after all-maybe its just me-but i still dream of Wolves in the FA cup final and maybe even in europe-and the FA cup will probably be our best chance of seeing Wolves play in europe for the foreseeable future-and if that means going to watch us play Plymouth in the 3rd round then thats fair enough and i'll be there regardless.
No i dont think it should be a sell out but i just think the reasons for not going are pretty poor.
Reasons for not going -
The opposition are awful.
we are playing them in the league the same week
Wolves are currently playing some of the most boring football i have ever seen.
It is over priced.
We will draw.
Reasons for going -
Its the FA cup.
Its Wolves.
or they could just use the loyalty scheme already in place
I'm not suggesting replacing existing priority/loyalty schemes-but it might be a reward for someone who's turned up in an early round of a still fantastic competition against an unfashionable team-how gutted would you be if you couldnt get a ticket for the semi-final or final if we got there after going to the earlier rounds.
Maybe they should make it that seat is now that person's seat for the rest of the competition(at home-obviously)if a season ticket holder can't be rsed to go smileys/smiley2.gifi'd like to see that happen, i'll decide when i use my seat thanks
I don't know why so many are moaning about the prices anyway-i can of sorts understand the apathy for season ticket holders by the way-but the club has made a reduction to try and tempt people.To those on here that say they won't have any money-i'm sure you'd of found the full price if we'd been playing a premiership club-and there i was thinking that Wolves fans turned up to see Wolves play rather than the other team smileys/smiley5.gifspoken by someone who hasnt been to many games this season
Been a season ticket holder since 82-so i think i've been to a few games this season and every other season since then-so it looks like i'll be going to at least 1 more game than you. smileys/smiley2.gif
whitemouse75
13-12-2005, 11:27
only if you make every away game!!
i'm not entirely sure what your point is. you think an FA cup 3rd round tie against Plymouth should be a sell out?
My point is that everyone on here has such a downer on this game-i can understand why as it's Plymouth who we'll have just played the week before-but it still is the FA cup after all-maybe its just me-but i still dream of Wolves in the FA cup final and maybe even in europe-and the FA cup will probably be our best chance of seeing Wolves play in europe for the foreseeable future-and if that means going to watch us play Plymouth in the 3rd round then thats fair enough and i'll be there regardless.
No i dont think it should be a sell out but i just think the reasons for not going are pretty poor.
Reasons for not going -
The opposition are awful.
we are playing them in the league the same week
Wolves are currently playing some of the most boring football i have ever seen.
It is over priced.
We will draw.
Reasons for going -
Its the FA cup.
Its Wolves.
As i said earlier i can sort of understand why people don't want to go-everything you say on reasons not to go apart from the overpriced comment i agree with but the 2 reasons for going will always swing it for me as well as i'd feel a hypocrite if i didn't bother to go versus Plymouth then went if we played someone like Newcastle the following round.
Its cheaper to watch the FA cup third round at the Albion..£15 adults and £5 kids...a Premier side and a top of the CC league team...you are being ripped off...again!!
BSM,
You are overstating the WBA prices. The Albion are charging £10 for the BRE & Smethwick, £5 kids (throughout the ground).
Still, Jez has got to screw someone to make his £500k.
Jez has got to screw someone to make his £500k.
He's got to try!
SOA Wolf
13-12-2005, 13:41
What I am finding amusing is that some of those who were saying we were automatic for promotion and that we play attractive football are some of those that cannot be bothered to go....yet I am accused of not supporting my team (by some) and I will be there.
If you think Hoddle should stay as manager I think you have a bl**dy DUTY to go....and if all that is left is the anti Hoddle brigade do not be surprised at an aggressive atmosphere towards the overpaid one.
WakefieldWolf
13-12-2005, 14:16
Not Going!
2 Hour drive(at least) each way, Petrol Money, Ticket money( can't even be ar$ed to look and see how much) + playing them a week before anyway( a game i'll be going to as a Season ticket holder).
Am trying not to be down, but being a Wolves fan the last 30 years the enthusiasm just gets knocked out of ya.
Ralphdog
13-12-2005, 14:56
I also think £10 / £5 would have been OK, but then again someone would still have said "why not a fiver and kids for a quid?"
Moxey and co will always hide behind their mathematical statistics and will have an elequant speech already penned to explain why the prices have to be £16 - and fairly convincing it will, no doubt be.
So why not incentivise us to go in other ways. Maybe 3 points to go onto the loyalty system instead of one - and make a song and dance about how this would boost your prospects of tickets for possible big games at the end of the season. Or how about throwing in a voucher for the club shop or retaurant.
Then agian, I am just a mere fan and know nothing about football or business.
wolfie smith
13-12-2005, 17:24
my local team northwich victoriasmileys/smiley32.gif are fighting tonight to play sunderland away in the 3rd round. sunderland have said the tickets for the 3rd round will be £10 and £5 only because the non league teams vics and woking didnt want it being £5 for all as they would lose out financially. well done sunderland, we will be lucky to get more than 10000 attending the mol i reckon, well probably shut the steve bull down to save money
COME ON YOU GREENSsmileys/smiley4.gif
Space Wolf
13-12-2005, 19:08
I also think £10 / £5 would have been OK, but then again someone would still have said "why not a fiver and kids for a quid?"
Moxey and co will always hide behind their mathematical statistics
and will have an elequant speech already penned to explain why the
prices have to be £16 - and fairly convincing it will, no doubt be.
So why not incentivise us to go in other ways. Maybe 3 points to go
onto the loyalty system instead of one - and make a song and dance
about how this would boost your prospects of tickets for possible big
games at the end of the season. Or how about throwing in a voucher for
the club shop or retaurant.
Then agian, I am just a mere fan and know nothing about football or business.
Moxey isn't all evil. I remember last season. The people who went to
both the Gillingham game and Sunderland game away from home got a £10
voucher for the club shop to thank us for our support. Well I did
anyway.
Hod's 80s perm
14-12-2005, 09:12
I also think £10 / £5 would have been OK, but then again someone would still have said "why not a fiver and kids for a quid?"
Moxey and co will always hide behind their mathematical statistics and will have an elequant speech already penned to explain why the prices have to be £16 - and fairly convincing it will, no doubt be.
So why not incentivise us to go in other ways. Maybe 3 points to go onto the loyalty system instead of one - and make a song and dance about how this would boost your prospects of tickets for possible big games at the end of the season. Or how about throwing in a voucher for the club shop or retaurant.
Then agian, I am just a mere fan and know nothing about football or business.
Moxey isn't all evil. I remember last season. The people who went to both the Gillingham game and Sunderland game away from home got a £10 voucher for the club shop to thank us for our support. Well I did anyway.
Me too, but I would have preferred ten pound in cash for a few pints toblur the depression.
Moxey isn't all evil. I remember last season. The people who went to
both the Gillingham game and Sunderland game away from home got a £10
voucher for the club shop to thank us for our support. Well I did
anyway.
Only those that went with the official travel, the rest of us weren't as loyal or something smileys/smiley18.gif
Hod's 80s perm
14-12-2005, 12:06
Moxey isn't all evil. I remember last season. The people who went to both the Gillingham game and Sunderland game away from home got a £10 voucher for the club shop to thank us for our support. Well I did anyway.
Only those that went with the official travel, the rest of us weren't as loyal or something smileys/smiley18.gif
I went by car and train and never use the 'jelly tots'. I still got one for some reason.
Huh! I went by train to both and got nothing smileys/smiley19.gif
When I first saw this thread, I thought 'go on Jez, make it a tenner'. £16 is too much money, though hardly surprising. Football clubs are out of touch with what value for money really is, and the funniest thing of all is that Moxey probably thinks £16 is a great deal, and quite the reward. Less than 15,000 will turn up.
Wulfhere
14-12-2005, 12:21
I think 15,00 would be a great result, I don't we will get any where near that.
Hod's 80s perm
14-12-2005, 15:26
Huh! I went by train to both and got nothing smileys/smiley19.gif
How crap was Gillingham by train? into London and then ona rickety old train. Worse still I'd forgot my young person's rail card so instead of charging me the extra for the discount I had, they charged me £36 walk on fair.smileys/smiley7.gif
Robbing Virgin b!$*!$*ds, although I got my own back with a particularly nasty cup of coffeesmileys/smiley4.gif
sea wolf
14-12-2005, 15:50
I will be taking my lad and will be travelling with some Plymouth fans to watch the game.
Hopefully the lads will have continued there unbeaten run, (Seven at the moment). Wins against Leeds & Reading would boost the morale nicely.
I know its frustrating recently but this is nothing like standing on the cinders staring at the empty waterlloo road stand, watching us draw 1-1with the mighty Chorley.
Get real Gents & support your teamsmileys/smiley2.gif
How crap was Gillingham by train? into London and then ona
rickety old train. Worse still I'd forgot my young person's rail card
so instead of charging me the extra for the discount I had, they
charged me £36 walk on fair.smileys/smiley7.gif
Robbing Virgin b!$*!$*ds, although I got my own back with a particularly nasty cup of coffeesmileys/smiley4.gif
I remember that the journey from London to Gillingham was one of those
that seemed to take twice as long as it actually did. At least we were
rewarded by a great performance from the team when we got
there... smileys/smiley5.gif
Molineuxmessiah
14-12-2005, 17:48
The prices for this game are disgraceful if you ask me. Why would a non -season ticket holder pay £19 to watch us at home to a club we only played the week before???smileys/smiley5.gif
As a season ticket holder, i couldn't believe £9 off a normal ticket was the only discount Moxey decided to give us, what sort of iodiots does he take us for??
Crowd of 8000 maximum imo. Surely lowering the prices to a tenner for season ticket holders and then having an expected crowd of doublw that would have made more sense financially??
Moxey you are a dick.
Deutsch Wolf
14-12-2005, 17:55
As a season ticket holder, i couldn't believe £9 off a normal ticket was the only discount Moxey decided to give us, what sort of iodiots does he take us for??
Crowd of 8000 maximum imo. Surely lowering the prices to a tenner for season ticket holders and then having an expected crowd of doublw that would have made more sense financially??
Moxey you are a dick.
So that's a 33% discount. I can't see many other clubs being that generous. We can't do whatever we want with ticket prices in the cup, we have to consult Plymouth as they share the gate receipts. Maybe they had something to do with the decision?
As for your maths....
8000 x 19 = 152000
16000 x 10 = 160000
So we'd gain £8k if your very pessimistic forecast of 8000 was proven to be correct. We got 9500 against Chester in the League Cup.
Molineuxmessiah
14-12-2005, 17:57
As a season ticket holder, i couldn't believe £9 off a normal ticket was the only discount Moxey decided to give us, what sort of iodiots does he take us for??
Crowd of 8000 maximum imo. Surely lowering the prices to a tenner for season ticket holders and then having an expected crowd of doublw that would have made more sense financially??
Moxey you are a dick.
So that's a 33% discount. I can't see many other clubs being that generous. We can't do whatever we want with ticket prices in the cup, we have to consult Plymouth as they share the gate receipts. Maybe they had something to do with the decision?
As for your maths....
8000 x 19 = 152000
16000 x 10 = 160000
So we'd gain £8k if your very pessimistic forecast of 8000 was proven to be correct. We got 9500 against Chester in the League Cup.
Prices for Chester were not £16 and £19 though DW and early season optimism was still apparent.
Now that the realism that Moxey and Hoddle have taken us for a ride, yet again this season, has set in, cannot see a crowd above 8-10000.
Deutsch Wolf
14-12-2005, 18:00
But if we got 10,000 @ £19 we'd still be better off than 16,000 @ £10.....
I agree with you, £19 is steep and I certainly won't be going. However, I doubt tickets at a tenner would tempt me to watch Pulis' outfit twice in a week, and as I said, Plymouth may well have stopped us from dropping the prices too far.....
So that's a 33% discount. I can't see many other clubs being that generous.
West Brom.
£35 in BRE: £10 v Reading FA cup 3rd round
£35 in Smethwick: £10 v Reading
£37 in Halfords lane and East Stand £15 v Reading
Moxey is a c*!$!
Deutsch Wolf
14-12-2005, 18:04
Moxey is a c*!$!
Please show me the evidence that Moxey decided to set prices at £19 for the Plymouth game, and that Plymouth had no objections to setting the prices lower.
Actually, it's just easier to blame Moxey. You don't need to think that way, see.
Moxey is a c*!$!
Please show me the evidence that Moxey decided to set prices at £19 for the Plymouth game, and that Plymouth had no objections to setting the prices lower.
Actually, it's just easier to blame Moxey. You don't need to think that way, see.
Please show me evidence he didn't.
See it's easier to suck hisbonethan produce facts to defend him isn't it?
Molineuxmessiah
14-12-2005, 18:07
But if we got 10,000 @ £19 we'd still be better off than 16,000 @ £10.....
I agree with you, £19 is steep and I certainly won't be going. However, I doubt tickets at a tenner would tempt me to watch Pulis' outfit twice in a week, and as I said, Plymouth may well have stopped us from dropping the prices too far.....
I can see the maths doesn't benefit the club grately and Plymouth of course will have a major say in the prices.
However, as i'm sure you will agree DW, the message that Moxey could have sent out (Plymouth allowing) if he had made the prices around the tenner mark would have been healthy for him and the clubs image at a time where i think the fans are becoming very, very frustrated by the club.
Deutsch Wolf
14-12-2005, 18:08
However, as i'm sure you will agree DW, the message that Moxey could have sent out (Plymouth allowing) if he had made the prices around the tenner mark would have been healthy for him and the clubs image at a time where i think the fans are becoming very, very frustrated by the club.
I do agree with you <shock, horror>
As I said though, I wouldn't go if it was a tenner. In fact, if Plymouth were playing in my back garden, I'd shut the curtains and call the police.
Molineuxmessiah
14-12-2005, 18:11
However, as i'm sure you will agree DW, the message that Moxey could have sent out (Plymouth allowing) if he had made the prices around the tenner mark would have been healthy for him and the clubs image at a time where i think the fans are becoming very, very frustrated by the club.
I do agree with you <shock, horror>
As I said though, I wouldn't go if it was a tenner. In fact, if Plymouth were playing in my back garden, I'd shut the curtains and call the police.
This is not healthy, i'll be agreeing with Visage next............smileys/smiley5.gif
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