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Take a bow Barrow : Sat May 29, 2021 7:53 pm  
Handed out 17 thousand free season tickets.

Compare that to Leigh who charged their most loyal fans an increase of 50% to watch a game that should have cost peanuts.

Barrow are a class act
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Re: Take a bow Barrow : Sat May 29, 2021 8:30 pm  
You do realise you can praise one club without slagging off another.
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Re: Take a bow Barrow : Sat May 29, 2021 8:57 pm  
Willzay wrote:
You do realise you can praise one club without slagging off another.


I just wanted to compare best practice against the clubs who have no idea. If that offended you, I apologise my friend.
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Re: Take a bow Barrow : Sat May 29, 2021 11:33 pm  
Well done Barrow.
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Re: Take a bow Barrow : Sun May 30, 2021 8:01 am  
I thought handing out free tickets was always seen as a bad thing?
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Re: Take a bow Barrow : Sun May 30, 2021 5:24 pm  
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I thought handing out free tickets was always seen as a bad thing?


That's certainly a well held view - as with Huddersfield and their cheapo season tickets, it doesn't always generate a sustained increase in attendance beyond the discount period.

Furthermore, does their ground even hold 17,000 !?!?

Oh, and they're only kids tickets too:

https://www.barrowrlfc.com/latest-news/barrow-reach-out-to-next-generation-of-fans-with-free-season-tickets/

So it could be a massive PR mistake if a significant number of kids with free tickets aren't actually able to get in to watch any games too.
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I thought handing out free tickets was always seen as a bad thing?


That's certainly a well held view - as with Huddersfield and their cheapo season tickets, it doesn't always generate a sustained increase in attendance beyond the discount period.

Furthermore, does their ground even hold 17,000 !?!?

Oh, and they're only kids tickets too:

https://www.barrowrlfc.com/latest-news/barrow-reach-out-to-next-generation-of-fans-with-free-season-tickets/

So it could be a massive PR mistake if a significant number of kids with free tickets aren't actually able to get in to watch any games too.
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Re: Take a bow Barrow : Sun May 30, 2021 7:11 pm  
Some other clubs have been doing this for a few years, the more clubs like Barrow that catch up can only be a good thing. Well done to them
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Re: Take a bow Barrow : Wed Jun 02, 2021 11:33 am  
What happens if 5000 kids turn up with their parents to the next home game?
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Re: Take a bow Barrow : Wed Jun 02, 2021 12:16 pm  
Bradford Northern were selling season tickets to under-18s for a fiver in the 1970s, so I could go see them every home game even though my family were not interested. As a result I've been a supporter (although from afar) ever since. Cheap tickets for the young worked in my case.
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Re: Take a bow Barrow : Wed Jun 02, 2021 6:48 pm  
RagingBull wrote:
What happens if 5000 kids turn up with their parents to the next home game?
what would happen if 5000 kids turned up without their parents :shock:
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