Chez

I have done this for the last few windows. I have again created a list and posted it earlier in this thread (post 654 on page 14). I didn't start the thread so I can't add the list to the first post or then update it. I did PM it to the thread originator but never got a response.

I for one don't have a problem with my season ticket going up by £35, £288 was a steal last season. However, I do object to the way the club is treating fans with utter contempt by going against their own charter (and then claiming it was just for last season) with the removal of a payment plan, half season tickets and lack of consultation with fans. Once again we are back to being `customers' and as such I'll take my pre match pie business elsewhere. What else can I do? If they wanted to increase revenue then a shirt sponsor would have been a start - we all now know that this `great celebration of our 125 years history' is being funded by fans adn not some wonderfukl gesture by the owner. Also why not charge £23 for single tickets instead fo £22, that way they could have upped the price to £23 for away fans as well. We have a situation now where away fans will buy for £22 and home fans will pay £25 if they can't get to the stadium and must incurr a bookign fee. Complete and utter madness. I thought when we dropped to the third division the club would start treating us with respect.

I'm interested to know about people that did not renew their ST over the last few years, but instead intended to go on a regular basis - paying for individual tickets. How many games did you actually go to in the end? Did as I imagine you fall out of the habit even though you were a stallwart previously? For SFC to earn more money you had to have gone to around 14 games last season.

I think you missed my point. By buying tickets on a game by game basis you ended up paying well over the odds (by going to every game) compared to buying a season ticket. If you are saying that former season ticket holders that previously paid by direct debit should just suck it up and buy as many individual tickets as they can afford, then fine, but last season they saw 23 games, this season they would see 15. Genuine fans are genuinely worse off.

so you are telling us that last season, instead of buying a season ticket and effectively paying £12.50 for each ticket (£288/23 games) you spent £24 a ticket x 21 games (=£504), and this season you intend to spend £24+£3 booking fee x 21 games (£567) rather than £328? Oh and you think those that can't find the money up front for a ST should follow your lead? `Greek' might be a more appropriate username than Turkish.

a shirt sponsor would have acheived exactly the same, but NC thinks that fans will be impressed by that and forget the fact that they are actually funding it.

and online purchase?

NC will have to put the booking fee up to £30 a time to pay for Boatengs wages. He's been on mega money and will no doubt look for one last `premiership size' pay day.

eh there will be a big old queue for tickets won't there?

Fax your order. Hopefully that option will stay open.

My boss (a long term Saints fan) was bought a half season ticket for Xmas. He'd not had a season ticket for many years and in general hardly ever went to games. As a result of enjoying the games last season he intends to buy a full season ticket this year.

the old if you don't like it go and support the club down the road arguement...bollicks mate.

check my recent posts, I'm as narked as anyone at the introduction of a £3 charge for online transactions, but searching for the most costly transaction method for the club is just silly. Fair enough look for ways round the charge...

Steve, do you know if season ticket holders be charged £3 fee for away tickets? Also I usually fax across an order for away tickets, will we still be allowed to do that and will there be a fee?

we appear to have come a long way from last summer when fans were dipping into their pockets to try and keep the club afloat.

do clubs actually give a **** about the number of their fans that go to away games?

they do that so they can advertise flights for £29 rather than say £37.

seems strange to have to pay an extra £50 if your lad is 9 rather than 8.

LOL. **** day brightened. Cheers.

do we? How does anyone know until we see the end of year accounts?

isn't the basic model about the same price as a season ticket? Hmm. Do you get the whole iPad up front or does it come in 23 bits?

he's only 23 though so we'd have to pay a tribunal fee. Good spot though and a good chance its true. Hope so as he's one of the 5 players I picked on the earlier thread to complete my `title winning squad'.

the £3 booking fee ****es me off and as a non Southampton resident that goes to most away games this will be (if it applies to away games) just another £60 odd quid to add to my costs. Peanuts compared with my petrol costs, but nevertheless another cost.

Maybe these installemnt plan failures were deemed normal by the ticket office staff as they have gone on for y ears. Cortese may have only just been made aware of it and he then immediately changed the policy which involved changes to renewal forms etc that all would slow down the ST price information release date.

If it was clearly explaiend that some fans (100) had abused the installment plan process then genuine fans would understand, or at least understand better than they do at this point with zero explanation. My guess is that the delay in ST prices was down this information being made available to Cortese at a late point and then an investigation into a proposed credit card swipe system will hjabve taken place which would stop this practice of defaulting and then still trying to enter the ground. The swipe system perhaps was found to be too expensive or would take too long to fit so they went for the other option of cancelling payment plans/direct debit scheme.