What's stopping the club from giving out (1 Viewer)

[Evo1883]

Free tickets every week next season to primary schools in Coventry and Warwickshire?

Genuinely interested as to if the club would ever entertain such a project.

Even if it's 2 blocks in the telegraph stand and it bumps the crowds 2/3 thousand a week you are getting a new generation of supporters interested in ccfc.

We need to do more IMO to get young people supporting this club, they are the future

 

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[Nick]

They give them out to schools and clubs i think, different ones each week?

 

[Evo1883]

They give them out to schools and clubs i think, different ones each week?

I was thinking more along the line of 5000 a match, would it be possible

 

[clint van damme]

They give them out to schools and clubs i think, different ones each week?

Any idea of numbers Nick?

 

[covcity4life]

Free tickets every week next season to primary schools in Coventry and Warwickshire?

Genuinely interested as to if the club would ever entertain such a project.

Even if it's 2 blocks in the telegraph stand and it bumps the crowds 2/3 thousand a week you are getting a new generation of supporters interested in ccfc.

We need to do more IMO to get young people supporting this club, they are the future

Said this last year

Lots of benefits

New fans hookes. More atmosphere. Crowd looks fuller. More spent on drinks food. Community happy

Get it done

 

[Evo1883]

Said this last year

Lots of benefits

New fans hookes. More atmosphere. Crowd looks fuller. More spent on drinks food. Community happy

Get it done

Perfect time too with the clubs recent upturn, more positive than anytime in the last 20 years supporting ccfc, keep them hooked

 

[Bumberclart]

Trouble is, W*sps make all the money from food and drink sales.

 

[Nick]

Any idea of numbers Nick?

I don't think it's thousands. Sometimes see the kids teams in their kits etc

 

[block16]

I swear in previous seasons there have been about 3 games a year with huge discounts like ‘quid a kid’ or £5 tickets. Why in the past 2 seasons has it only been community day ?
Is it down to miserable people moaning that they don’t see the discount with a season ticket blah blah blah

 

[slyblue57]

I swear in previous seasons there have been about 3 games a year with huge discounts like ‘quid a kid’ or £5 tickets. Why in the past 2 seasons has it only been community day ?
Is it down to miserable people moaning that they don’t see the discount with a season ticket blah blah blah

I ve had a season ticket for donkeys years and have never heard any season ticket holder moan about any discounts.
pusb

 

[Cranfield Sky Blue]

I thought they were limited by football league rules as to how many promotions they can offer?

 

[clint van damme]

I thought they were limited by football league rules as to how many promotions they can offer?

they are but I don't think giving tickets away to schools is covered by that though there may be some sort of limit.

 

[CrawleySkyBlue]

I thought they were limited by football league rules as to how many promotions they can offer?

they are but I don't think giving tickets away to schools is covered by that though there may be some sort of limit.

Isn’t it the limit linked with the away tickets? I.e The limit only applies when only the home tickets are reduced (with no reduction to away tickets).
So in theory as long as home and away fans get the reduction, we can price the tickets as we see fit. So could just do this on games against teams who bring no away fans (half of league 1), meaning we don’t really lose out on away ticket revenue (assuming we get any after W***s have had their stings worth).

 

[clint van damme]

Isn’t it the limit linked with the away tickets? I.e The limit only applies when only the home tickets are reduced (with no reduction to away tickets).
So in theory as long as home and away fans get the reduction, we can price the tickets as we see fit. So could just do this on games against teams who bring no away fans (half of league 1), meaning we don’t really lose out on away ticket revenue (assuming we get any after W***s have had their stings worth).

That's my understanding of how it works. Think you're allowed 1 or 2 home fan only reductions and then you have to extend them to the away supprot but I don't think giving to schools is governed by the same rules because as Nick says, they give freebies out regularly.
Not sure how it would work extending it as Evo suggests but I'd be all for it if it's doable.

 

[Sky Blue Harry H]

I like the idea - wouldn't hamper income (assuming the tickets are 'policed'
at the turnstiles. rebuilding the fanbase is imperative, and would 'force' a few more parents to attend? As a season ticket holder, I don't care if some people occasionally get 'a deal' - but all of this is irrelevant until we have somewhere to play!

 

[shmmeee]

Just scrap the JSB thing other than for parties/offers/etc and let anyone under 18 in free. Under 13s with a paying adult (1:4 should be OK).

Then just do PR with schools, say make a couple of schools the “Guest of the Week” or whatever, get them on the pitch, little game at HT or whatever. Could even run schools matches before/after the game if Wasps would allow. Have a Coventry Cup schools tournament throughout the season or something.

 

[vow]

I swear in previous seasons there have been about 3 games a year with huge discounts like ‘quid a kid’ or £5 tickets. Why in the past 2 seasons has it only been community day ?
Is it down to miserable people moaning that they don’t see the discount with a season ticket blah blah blah

ST holder for a long while now, I've always felt that more the merrier is the way to go.

More free tix to sports club's and schools the better!

 

[Nick]

Just scrap the JSB thing other than for parties/offers/etc and let anyone under 18 in free. Under 13s with a paying adult (1:4 should be OK).

Then just do PR with schools, say make a couple of schools the “Guest of the Week” or whatever, get them on the pitch, little game at HT or whatever. Could even run schools matches before/after the game if Wasps would allow. Have a Coventry Cup schools tournament throughout the season or something.

Jsb for free is an incentive for kids to sign up. Don't think it should be scrapped at all

 

[Ashdown]

Trouble is, W*sps make all the money from food and drink sales.

They do get the bulk of the profit but that turnover from the CCFC footfall gives the City extra value in times of negotiating rent deals.

 

[shmmeee]

Jsb for free is an incentive for kids to sign up. Don't think it should be scrapped at all

I just think we shouldn’t be putting barriers in the way of kids coming on the day. JSB is great and should definitely continue in some form, but a family should be able to rock up on the day and kids get in free IMHO.

 

[Nick]

I just think we shouldn’t be putting barriers in the way of kids coming on the day. JSB is great and should definitely continue in some form, but a family should be able to rock up on the day and kids get in free IMHO.

So just sign them up at the start of the season and they can go whenever. That's the idea of it.

 

[pastythegreat]

Said this last year

Lots of benefits

New fans hookes. More atmosphere. Crowd looks fuller. More spent on drinks food. Community happy

Get it done

I see more negative than positive. I buy a ST every season. If I knew that I could get a free ticket through my lads school most weeks why would I bother? I don't buy food or drinks in the ground, and even if I did, the percentage CCFC male from sales is peanuts. You've gained nothing so far from me, you've just lost £300. Same applies to my father-in-law and mate I go to matches with. So, already, your approx £900 down. Great, we've got an extra couple of thousand kids sitting in the telegraph stand, but look at acrington/oxford. The extra people don't mean extra atmosphere.
And even throwing out freebies doesn't garuntee people in. 28k tickets were handed out/sold for Accrington. There were less than 20k in the stadium. Look at w**ps also. Poor run and not very good on the pitch and they can't get ppl in with freebies.

 

[chiefdave]

It wouldn't work if it was every week. Would be like Wasps, first couple of games people would lap it up then they'd get bored and move on to something else.

Would also cost the club and we know what that would mean, a cut to the playing budget. We'd have to pay to open additional blocks and how are you going to stop hundreds of the tickets not ending up with people who currently pay? The Wasps employed stewards don't care if an adult has a kids ticket.

 

[shmmeee]

So just sign them up at the start of the season and they can go whenever. That's the idea of it.

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Yes, I get that you think it’s not a significant barrier, but barrier it is and I question the overall value of it.

 

[shmmeee]

It wouldn't work if it was every week. Would be like Wasps, first couple of games people would lap it up then they'd get bored and move on to something else.

Would also cost the club and we know what that would mean, a cut to the playing budget. We'd have to pay to open additional blocks and how are you going to stop hundreds of the tickets not ending up with people who currently pay? The Wasps employed stewards don't care if an adult has a kids ticket.

Policing it is a fair point. Turnstile staff are ridiculously lax. (And have always been)

 

[chiefdave]

Policing it is a fair point. Turnstile staff are ridiculously lax. (And have always been)

One game last season when they were checking tickets I accidentally showed them my Blaze season ticket, not a word - just waved through.

 

[GaryMabbuttsLeftKnee]

I’ve got to say, I’m happy paying £300 or whatever it is this season as a season ticket holder. I’m far, far from loaded but I’m fortunate enough I can comfortably afford that as my entertainment every other week. Some fans have said they’d take the free tickets if they would, I respect that, it might be that money is tight or they don’t want others getting a better deal than them. But for me, regardless of if I was offered a free ticket I want that £300 going into my club and I imagine a lot of ST holders feel similar, so I’m more than happy for those who a) currently can’t afford it or b) haven’t yet shown an interest to get in at a much discounted price (or free) to enhance the atmosphere and increase the long term importance of the club within the community.


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