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I see the Highland League yesterday issued their fixture list for the entire season. I know there is the complication of the play offs but such efficiency and consideration for fans on a negligible budget puts the SPFL to shame. Not only that, they have a league sponsor.

It's all very well to say that ticket prices should be slashed to try and get more people through door. I'm sure the club (and other clubs too) would love to take the price down to try and get more people to come however there are real financial issues to take account of. Our prices are in line with the rest of the Premiership and I'd imagine are set to try and maximise the income, much higher and there would be a large drop off in people coming, much less and the extra people coming doesn't make up for reduced prices. We've had a couple of good seasons so I believe our finances are reasonably healthy but if I recall before this we'd often be looking for about £200k a season to balance our books which we seemingly managed to do through various means. So where do we cut prices from as we run on a very tight budget? No doubt if we slashed prices and made a huge loss people would be on here moaning that we're not financially prudent enough and the board could be threatening the future of the club, or perhaps we could cut the playing budget to pay for it, would folk be happy with that? It's nonsense to compare us to Germany or even England and say 'but look they're cheaper, or just a wee bit more expense and look at the world class football you can see' These leagues and teams take in in colossal amounts from sponsorship, tv rights and investment and can quite frankly afford to make it cheaper for their fans. We can't, the prices are where they are because that's where they need to be. If we were turning millions in profit every season, fair enough we could afford to cut prices but we don't, personally I think it's more scandalous that they have the cheek to charge over £3 for a hot dog but that stops me eating more fast food so it's probably a good thing tbh.

I had the view that if you reduce prices you get x amount more through the door. What blew that theory clean out of the water was that for all the season ticket holders that we have, the numbers hardly increased when they could take someone for free ! Scottish cup QF £10 adults £5 children. You need x amount of fans to break even, any extra fans are pure profit. Pulling figures out of thin air, if a seat costs £25, 2000 generate £50,000 if that is the figure to break even, then at £15 you have to suddenly find an extra 1,333 fans paying full price just to break even, an increase of 66.6% and even offering free tickets to st holders didnt increase volume by that much. Nor did cup tickets at £10.

I didn't get any vouchers with my season ticket but I see on the ICT site you can request them. I doubt I'd use them anyway. Anyone want to buy them? Say for £50?

https://twitter.com/ictfc/status/469835596748578817

I popped in to have a chat with the chairman regarding a couple of things and it was good of him to spare a few minutes of his time at such short notice. He did say the door is always open if anyone does want to pop in, however going by some of the comments on this site, I think he is a little more eager to meet up with some posters than others

Aye but, ya know, if it wasn't for Yogi tickets would be cheaper. Surely all his fault. #Yogiout

I am easily distracted, it's an age thing !!

There are many figures bandied about for prices and yes there are cheap tickets to be had on the continent. Borussia Dortmund, in 2012, had a cheap ticket of just over £12 and their most expensive was over £40. My question is how many of those cheap seats do they sell in relation to the dear ones? There are many other things to consider as well. How much TV revenues do the German and Dutch teams get? I'll bet its a damn sight more than the pittance accepted in Scotland. What about the costs of policing games? The cost of referee's etc. The costs for insurance. Are they cheaper than in Scotland? I don't think there are any teams in Scotland making profit for their shareholders so all revenue is used up in the cost of the game. If we want our teams to be successful then we have to accept the cost that the clubs deem to be the best they can afford to offer. If we don't accept it then do we walk away? Or should we start hitting the broadcasters in the pocket? Trouble is the people who run our game are cowards when it comes to facing up to Sky and BT. Christ! We even paid them back money because Rangers dropped out of SPL. Would the same have happened if Killie or Inverness dropped out? No! Would such a situation arise in EPL? I think not. They would never have agreed to a deal that revolved solely around two of their teams. Scottish football messed up big time in allowing the breakaway Premier League and now the only way teams can survive is to hit the fans in the pocket.

Considering the price to watch football in Holland and Germany are we to assume that players earn much less than those in Scotland? I doubt it somehow.

haven't read the previous posts. Just on for a wee rant. Phoned ticket hotline to renew our season tickets. The female who answered couldn't even say Inverness Caledonian Thistle properly. I said "It's okay - I'll just phone the club" and hung up. Which is what I did and no hassle. If someone can't even pronounce club name properly I don't want to deal with them. I must be becoming a grumpy old git!! Rant over.

Miami and a Jägerbomb drinking contest with Aaron Doran.