time for change? : Mon Dec 23, 2013 11:37 am  

I feel the days of the season tickets is over. The club and the game in the UK needs to look to cater for the needs of what people want and their lifestyle. Many people like Marillion Man for example work shifts so Thursday night games for example are not good. Othrs have young familys and cant commit to ever Sunday watching Fax. Others live abroad or many hours away and may attend just the odd game or two. Maybe its time to look at Australia and the membership scheme they run both in the NRL and AFL with great success. Offer something for everybody so to speak. I like the way my NRL Club offer it and promote it. http://membership.melbournestorm.com.au/ I think that the club has to look at things differently and look at providing the maximum benefits for fans in different circumstances and how they can be part of the club even if they dont attend many matches. The Storm had last year around 15,000 members, though often the number of home fans was less than this. This year they are hoping to get 16,000. The Bunnies are already over 23,000 members for 2014 I hear. Maybe its something for Fax to bring in for 2015

I feel the days of the season tickets is over. The club and the game in the UK needs to look to cater for the needs of what people want and their lifestyle. Many people like Marillion Man for example work shifts so Thursday night games for example are not good. Othrs have young familys and cant commit to ever Sunday watching Fax. Others live abroad or many hours away and may attend just the odd game or two. Maybe its time to look at Australia and the membership scheme they run both in the NRL and AFL with great success. Offer something for everybody so to speak. I like the way my NRL Club offer it and promote it. http://membership.melbournestorm.com.au/ I think that the club has to look at things differently and look at providing the maximum benefits for fans in different circumstances and how they can be part of the club even if they dont attend many matches. The Storm had last year around 15,000 members, though often the number of home fans was less than this. This year they are hoping to get 16,000. The Bunnies are already over 23,000 members for 2014 I hear. Maybe its something for Fax to bring in for 2015

Re: time for change? : Mon Dec 23, 2013 12:11 pm  

I agree. I'm prob not getting a season ticket this year because I will likely miss 2-3 home games and the outlay of £160 odd near Xmas is too much.

Noticed on twitter earlier that the nz warriors are doing ticket books for 3 games at a set price. If fax did ticket books like this I'm sure they would work.

Re: time for change? : Mon Dec 23, 2013 2:59 pm  

I had a look at the Melbourne site - just over £100 for a full season ticket (including a couple of freebies)! Payable over 10 months at no extra charge as well.

Re: time for change? : Mon Dec 23, 2013 4:53 pm  

What I would like, and would pay for is the match DVD they sell put online on a members site. they could put other stuff on it as well.

Re: time for change? : Mon Dec 23, 2013 6:18 pm  

canadiansteve wrote:

What I would like, and would pay for is the match DVD they sell put online on a members site. they could put other stuff on it as well.

Like LCTV available via sibscription you mean

Re: time for change? : Tue Dec 24, 2013 8:31 am  

May be something on the lines of the scheme offered by Yorkshire CCC might be attractive. I have been a full Yorkshire member for the last 2 years but found the increase in the price of full membership for 2014 prohibitive. So I have taken advantage of Club Yorkshire. An up front membership cost of £30 offers a range of benefits including:

Discounted admission on virtually all domestic games played at Headingley (£10 as opposed to £15).
Voucher to be used in the club shop.
Priority booking for international matches played at Headingley.
Go racing days - free admission to 11 days of horse racing in Yorkshire through the year (worth over £200).
Monthly newsletter.

Not suggesting that the full range of benefits could or should be mirrored but discounted match entry for an up front 'membership' fee might, in the least, be attractive for some people who can't commit to a season ticket.

Re: time for change? : Tue Dec 24, 2013 12:21 pm  

No one seems to have mentioned it but, at the shirt launch night, I thought that the club actually mentioned a brand new Membership Scheme to be launched in the New Year or did I dream it?

Re: time for change? : Tue Dec 24, 2013 12:54 pm  

Just seen this video on Facebook this morning. Maybe this is it. Not heard of this membership scheme or how it works https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnIZrXL ... ata_player

Just seen this video on Facebook this morning. Maybe this is it. Not heard of this membership scheme or how it works https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnIZrXL ... ata_player

Re: time for change? : Tue Dec 24, 2013 2:42 pm  

The Lucky Black Cat wrote: Just seen this video on Facebook this morning. Maybe this is it. Not heard of this membership scheme or how it works https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnIZrXL ... ata_player This is the video shown at the shirt launch. It was also mentioned that in the New Year a new membership scheme would be introduced. The 140 club. 140 represents the years our great club has been in existence, not Malcolm's age.

The Lucky Black Cat wrote: Just seen this video on Facebook this morning. Maybe this is it. Not heard of this membership scheme or how it works https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnIZrXL ... ata_player This is the video shown at the shirt launch. It was also mentioned that in the New Year a new membership scheme would be introduced. The 140 club. 140 represents the years our great club has been in existence, not Malcolm's age.

Re: time for change? : Tue Dec 24, 2013 2:44 pm  

Great video. A credit to all those involved.