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[+Fraz]

On Sunday, August 14, 2016 at 8:09 PM, TopSix said:

A lot of the wee team fans were put off by the ticket prices http://www.overthebridge.info/showthread.php?tid=1937

Pretty sure they charge us £23 normally. A whole 2 quid difference. County fans seem to look for any excuse not to come. I'll never forget that New Years game where they must have taken about 400. lol 

[12th Man]

Celtic fans are up in arms as the most expensive ticket for their local Derby match at home is £49

[Yngwie]

Can't blame them, that's a helluva price for a Partick match.

[RiG]

I had a quick nosey at the ticket prices of the other Premiership teams to see what they were charging. I've attached the results here. There is a degree of variance in the prices due to differences between how some teams categorise a childs ticket (for example). Some consider a child to be U12 others go up to U16. Concessions are similar in that some clubs included students in this particular 'band' but others didn't (Hearts surprisingly didn't include any obvious information for student ticket prices or maybe I just missed it).

I've looked at prices that would likely be charged for away fans based on my experiences of where we've been placed as ICT supporters. Where I wasn't sure there is a range of prices given (e.g. Motherwell adult prices range from £19 - £22).

Some interesting points to note mindful of the above caveats - ICT have one of the highest admission prices in the league for adults (only Celtic charge more), our admission price for a concession is the highest in the league, tickets for kids are a wee bit better (cheaper than Ross County, more expensive than Partick and Killie).

Shout out to Saint Johnstone who apparently let in U12s for free with a paying adult.

Tickets.docx

Edited August 17, 2016 by RiG

[Alex MacLeod]

10 hours ago, Yngwie said:

Can't blame them, that's a helluva price for a Partick match.

I thought exactly like you Yngwie so checked distances. Parkhead to Firhill 4.7 miles. Parkhead to Ibrox 7.5 miles. Yep it is a helluva lot for a Celtic Partick game

[TopSix]

http://www.scottishsupporters.net/time-for-sponsorship-of-match-tickets-and-travel-in-scottish-football/

[12th Man]

2 hours ago, TopSix said:

http://www.scottishsupporters.net/time-for-sponsorship-of-match-tickets-and-travel-in-scottish-football/

Interesting read and clever idea from Virgin and they are making money from transport more than subsidising it. So it's a win win for them.

 

[CaleyD]

http://ictfc.com/news/team-news/1806-free-u12-tickets-extended

[12th Man]

4 hours ago, CaleyD said:

http://ictfc.com/news/team-news/1806-free-u12-tickets-extended

Good stuff. 

Well worth while promoting that around the Schools. Culloden Academy's notice board hits you as soon as you walk in and you have already got one foot in the schools door with healthy hearts campaign.

[TopSix]

Nice touch from Southampton yesterday. £20 seems like a very reasonable price to attend an English Premier League match. We're playing Celtic on the 18th of September. I assume it's going to be on TV. Will North Stand tickets be priced at £25 for adults?

[ictfcsince94]

yes...

[RiG]

7 hours ago, TopSix said:

Nice touch from Southampton yesterday. £20 seems like a very reasonable price to attend an English Premier League match. We're playing Celtic on the 18th of September. I assume it's going to be on TV. Will North Stand tickets be priced at £25 for adults?

Southampton fans (and others) are lucky that their main sponsor is able to subsidise the cost of tickets for away games. As before, the English game is awash with money so they can afford to do things like this. Unless we suddenly find one of our sponsors subbing tickets then they will just be the usual price.

Edited August 28, 2016 by RiG

[12th Man]

I think we all know the answer to the question. Will Celtic be priced as a category A or B match.

Regarding away travel. It's really handy for Virgin trains to encourage all supporters to attend more away games for the cost of £20. Using trains perhaps?

Which to me shines a light over CJT who with a far smaller budget and far less competition for buses can also provide travel throughout Scotland and still cap it at £20

[Alex MacLeod]

5 hours ago, 12th Man said:

I think we all know the answer to the question. Will Celtic be priced as a category A or B match.

Regarding away travel. It's really handy for Virgin trains to encourage all supporters to attend more away games for the cost of £20. Using trains perhaps?

Which to me shines a light over CJT who with a far smaller budget and far less competition for buses can also provide travel throughout Scotland and still cap it at £20

Price per adult for St Johnstone bus to Inverness £8. I don't know who subsidises it though.

As for the Virgin trains offer.....doesn't help Scottish fans.

[RiG]

It's nothing to do with Virgin Trains. It's Virgin Media, Southampton's shirt sponsor, who are subsidising tickets for fans.

[12th Man]

And who owns both companies ?

 

[RiG]

14 minutes ago, 12th Man said:

And who owns both companies ?

Doesn't change the fact that this is a Virgin Media venture as part of their sponsorship deal with Southampton.

[+snorbens_caleyman]

17 minutes ago, 12th Man said:

And who owns both companies ?

OK, I give up. Who?

(Branson has no connection to Virgin Media.)

[TopSix]

Surely there must be more avenues to explore in terms of getting more investment into our club? 

[12th Man]

1 hour ago, snorbens_caleyman said:

OK, I give up. Who?

(Branson has no connection to Virgin Media.)

I stand corrected I should have said a vested interest.

[ICT Supporters Trust]

On ‎28‎/‎08‎/‎2016 at 10:24 AM, 12th Man said:

I think we all know the answer to the question. Will Celtic be priced as a category A or B match.

Regarding away travel. It's really handy for Virgin trains to encourage all supporters to attend more away games for the cost of £20. Using trains perhaps?

Which to me shines a light over CJT who with a far smaller budget and far less competition for buses can also provide travel throughout Scotland and still cap it at £20

This season we have been working really hard to get local businesses on board to sponsor the buses to enable us to run a bus to every game.  We have a few on board so far and hope to confirm a few more soon.  This will help keep the prices down for travelling supporters. 

There is also a lot of fundraising done to keep prices down while the cost of hiring the bus goes up every year!

[ictfcsince94]

On 8/28/2016 at 7:55 PM, TopSix said:

Surely there must be more avenues to explore in terms of getting more investment into our club? 

the best and most sustainable way of improving cash flow into the club is to increase the fanbase.

no idea how this can be done more than it already is - winning apparently doesn't help long-term.  Still too many OF families in the area.

Edited August 31, 2016 by ictfcsince94

[Charles Bannerman]

1 hour ago, ictfcsince94 said:

the best and most sustainable way of improving cash flow into the club is to increase the fanbase.

no idea how this can be done more than it already is - winning apparently doesn't help long-term.  Still too many OF families in the area.

And did you not know that although many of the maximum of 250 who voted against the merger 20 odd years ago have always come to games.... at least 6000 of them are still boycotting the Caledonian Stadium?

If Dougal was here he would tell you, Sunny Chim!!!

[12th Man]

On 28/08/2016 at 4:14 PM, Alex MacLeod said:

Price per adult for St Johnstone bus to Inverness £8. I don't know who subsidises it though.

As for the Virgin trains offer.....doesn't help Scottish fans.

£8 it doesn't surprise me one bit with one hours travel to the majority of games they can afford to take a hit to  head north.

Last time I checked it's about £230 getting a bus through from Moray shire on a Saturday at £8 you only need 30 for it to pay for itself

12 hours ago, CaleyJagsTogether said:

This season we have been working really hard to get local businesses on board to sponsor the buses to enable us to run a bus to every game.  We have a few on board so far and hope to confirm a few more soon.  This will help keep the prices down for travelling supporters. 

There is also a lot of fundraising done to keep prices down while the cost of hiring the bus goes up every year!

Excellent news.

[ICT Supporters Trust]

9 hours ago, 12th Man said:

£8 it doesn't surprise me one bit with one hours travel to the majority of games they can afford to take a hit to  head north.

Last time I checked it's about £230 getting a bus through from Moray shire on a Saturday at £8 you only need 30 for it to pay for itself

Excellent news.

Exactly with our buses costing up to £650 its really hard to keep prices down when they can sometimes not be well supported