Pricing for 2014. : Thu Dec 19, 2013 3:26 pm  

TK apparently wants people to sign up for the monthly membership thingy eh? Cheapest option (terrace) for the 2014 season at Barnet FC prices is £29 a month with a corner/end of stand seat £34 or Mid Stand seat and easy access to bar £39. The walk-up prices are £16, £19 £22 respectively. April, June, August and September (not withstanding CC matches) have 1 game each so I can see either a drop in attendances or a drop in revenue for TK. 8 Month season and a mid-stand seated membership is £312.00. Frugal and Yorkshire Born fans could cancel for the 1 game months and save, reducing the cost for 13 SL games to £244 if they walk up and pay for those 1 game months. 8 month season and a terrace membership is £232 or £180 for those from east of the Pennines. 8 month season top end comes to £592 or £752 depending on how much curry you want and how badly you want to heckle the players So, the cheapest way to watch the Broncos in 2014 is with a terrace membership pass that you cancel and reactivate as the season goes on at £180 a pop. Personally, I would still walk up and pay, making attendance decisions on the morning of the games. £22 for a good seat near the bar is quite acceptable, but given TK's rigid pricing plans, there'll be little room for BOGOF offers in the Grabone universe without his Barnet fans getting arsey! ST Revenue at the club halved between 2008 and 2012. Based on the average being £150 in 2012, we had less than 500 and Gus had another 12 months to pare down that number........good luck with that TK.....I suspect you are going to need it! http://www.barnetfc.com/news/article/bees-membership-scheme-814533.aspx

TK apparently wants people to sign up for the monthly membership thingy eh? Cheapest option (terrace) for the 2014 season at Barnet FC prices is £29 a month with a corner/end of stand seat £34 or Mid Stand seat and easy access to bar £39. The walk-up prices are £16, £19 £22 respectively. April, June, August and September (not withstanding CC matches) have 1 game each so I can see either a drop in attendances or a drop in revenue for TK. 8 Month season and a mid-stand seated membership is £312.00. Frugal and Yorkshire Born fans could cancel for the 1 game months and save, reducing the cost for 13 SL games to £244 if they walk up and pay for those 1 game months. 8 month season and a terrace membership is £232 or £180 for those from east of the Pennines. 8 month season top end comes to £592 or £752 depending on how much curry you want and how badly you want to heckle the players So, the cheapest way to watch the Broncos in 2014 is with a terrace membership pass that you cancel and reactivate as the season goes on at £180 a pop. Personally, I would still walk up and pay, making attendance decisions on the morning of the games. £22 for a good seat near the bar is quite acceptable, but given TK's rigid pricing plans, there'll be little room for BOGOF offers in the Grabone universe without his Barnet fans getting arsey! ST Revenue at the club halved between 2008 and 2012. Based on the average being £150 in 2012, we had less than 500 and Gus had another 12 months to pare down that number........good luck with that TK.....I suspect you are going to need it! http://www.barnetfc.com/news/article/bees-membership-scheme-814533.aspx

Re: Pricing for 2014. : Thu Dec 19, 2013 3:37 pm  

Frankly TK can stuff his £752! I could almost get a Hammers season ticket for that sort of money! I'll be walking up to a few games this year - I know the ST prices have been ridiculously low compared to football these past few seasons but I'm not committing until I see how this new set up works out. With DH and Gus still in place it just looks like same **** different venue!

Re: Pricing for 2014. : Thu Dec 19, 2013 3:49 pm  

Actually the membership thing is geared towards special offers and the club have already made numerous since the season began - Kids for a quid, half price for some midweek games etc. Also the early bird offer is still in effect I believe so we only pay £22 a month for a seat in the big stand - even iff you sign up now.

The question surely is will the Broncos be part of the BFC membership? If so I don't think too many Barnet fans will be getting 'arsey' about free rugby getting included in the membership. If not then it's as you were. No big deal.

The membership thing is new and the club are still finding their feet with it. Would hope that out of goodwill they will at least make a good offer to have an inclusive Rugby/Football package. I guess we'll see.

Re: Pricing for 2014. : Thu Dec 19, 2013 3:57 pm  

aspouea wrote:

Actually the membership thing is geared towards special offers and the club have already made numerous since the season began - Kids for a quid, half price for some midweek games etc. Also the early bird offer is still in effect I believe so we only pay £22 a month for a seat in the big stand - even iff you sign up now.

The question surely is will the Broncos be part of the BFC membership? If so I don't think too many Barnet fans will be getting 'arsey' about free rugby getting included in the membership. If not then it's as you were. No big deal.

The membership thing is new and the club are still finding their feet with it. Would hope that out of goodwill they will at least make a good offer to have an inclusive Rugby/Football package. I guess we'll see.

after 6 months, nay 7, of negotiations, it's hard to fathom that TK hadn't put together a pricing model for release.....it's fast approaching a week since the announcement and nada, nothing, not a bean!

BTW, what's the club shop like?

Re: Pricing for 2014. : Thu Dec 19, 2013 5:01 pm  

You claim to know how much Broncos season ticket is on incorrect information and a complete lack of understanding of how the scheme works. The original early bird pricing was retained and has been extremely good value. I pay £29pm for the top seats with my 2 teenage kids costing me £2 each. So my total cost for access to 40 games is under £400 for the year. You really think that because Gutterfax says £752 then that's what it will be? Think about it, Tk wants to attract a crowd, not scare them off. Let me give you the breakdown of how the membership works http://www.barnetfc.com/tickets/memberships/ I am certain that the Broncos games will be sold as an add on to the membership packages in the same way as the following Gym Membership £20pm Car park £10pm Away Travel £38pm

You claim to know how much Broncos season ticket is on incorrect information and a complete lack of understanding of how the scheme works. The original early bird pricing was retained and has been extremely good value. I pay £29pm for the top seats with my 2 teenage kids costing me £2 each. So my total cost for access to 40 games is under £400 for the year. You really think that because Gutterfax says £752 then that's what it will be? Think about it, Tk wants to attract a crowd, not scare them off. Let me give you the breakdown of how the membership works http://www.barnetfc.com/tickets/memberships/ I am certain that the Broncos games will be sold as an add on to the membership packages in the same way as the following Gym Membership £20pm Car park £10pm Away Travel £38pm

Re: Pricing for 2014. : Thu Dec 19, 2013 5:09 pm  

Looks like prices could be a sticking point, monthly membership he is having a laugh can't see me going 180 mile round trip to the gym! Nor can I see many away travel games if they are on the usual Friday night. Who ever is doing the pricing will need to take in last years price @100 and the state of the team in terms of strength.

Re: Pricing for 2014. : Thu Dec 19, 2013 5:17 pm  

tbf when TK first announced the scheme the support went ballistic but you will struggle to find a Barnet fan who is now opposed to it. Our average number of season ticket holders used to be 500-600 but 1100 have now signed up for the membership scheme.

I suggest you wait and see what is offered but I'm pretty confident it is unlikely to be much dearer than last year, if at all.

Re: Pricing for 2014. : Thu Dec 19, 2013 5:19 pm  

Just thought for the last few years the kids season tickets have all had away vouchers in the price it will be interesting to see what happens at the Hive

Re: Pricing for 2014. : Thu Dec 19, 2013 6:28 pm  

meliferra wrote:

You claim to know how much Broncos season ticket is on incorrect information and a complete lack of understanding of how the scheme works.

well, I wouldn't have to loving trawl the internet and scour the Barnet website to investigate the potential cost for 2014 if the Club had a clue. Less than 500 ST holders in 2012........and less again in 2013, so rather than let a little old keyboard warrior like me get things wrong, why not at least communicate to last years customers and let them know the prices for next year......unless of course TK hasn't given it any thought

As for early bird schemes being extended and special offers....nothing like a good discounting policy to set the bar ....1,800 average for Barnet FC this year...we're going to fit right in

Re: Pricing for 2014. : Thu Dec 19, 2013 8:12 pm  

I didnt have to trawl anything. Main website http://www.barnetfc.com click on tickets. Is that really so hard? Alternatively you could have asked rather than make assumptions on outdated information. This is the first year of the membership and the club adopted the same methodology as a season ticket on the membership with the early bird concept. Supporters like me contacted the club and explained why this wouldn't make financial sense. Basically after you had gone three games into the season then the full membership worked out dearer than paying on the door so they agreed to retain the original membership prices. Truth of this is almost nobody buys season tickets at full wack, if you are that late then most just pay on the door because there is little value to be had. You probably don't know (or care) about our history but basically we went from 500 avg attendance to reaching the 3rd tier (League 1) with 3-4000 avg attendances bankrolled by a wealthy chairman (Stan Flashman) who then pulled the plug without warning, we lost all our players and had to rebuild almost from scratch. TK has been slowly putting the infrastructure in place so we are self-sufficent and while this hasn't yet been converted to promotion most can see the benefits of what he has done and that we are no longer reliant on someone bailing us out. If we are successful this season then crowds will go up, if not they will go down. Id prefer the former but I'm realistic enough to know it may not be so. As an aside we have sold nearly 4000 tickets for our next home game so it's not all bad. I'd rather be optimistic and suggest that the 2 teams now playing at the Hive would look to support each other and so boost attendances for both parties but hey, what do I know.

I didnt have to trawl anything. Main website http://www.barnetfc.com click on tickets. Is that really so hard? Alternatively you could have asked rather than make assumptions on outdated information. This is the first year of the membership and the club adopted the same methodology as a season ticket on the membership with the early bird concept. Supporters like me contacted the club and explained why this wouldn't make financial sense. Basically after you had gone three games into the season then the full membership worked out dearer than paying on the door so they agreed to retain the original membership prices. Truth of this is almost nobody buys season tickets at full wack, if you are that late then most just pay on the door because there is little value to be had. You probably don't know (or care) about our history but basically we went from 500 avg attendance to reaching the 3rd tier (League 1) with 3-4000 avg attendances bankrolled by a wealthy chairman (Stan Flashman) who then pulled the plug without warning, we lost all our players and had to rebuild almost from scratch. TK has been slowly putting the infrastructure in place so we are self-sufficent and while this hasn't yet been converted to promotion most can see the benefits of what he has done and that we are no longer reliant on someone bailing us out. If we are successful this season then crowds will go up, if not they will go down. Id prefer the former but I'm realistic enough to know it may not be so. As an aside we have sold nearly 4000 tickets for our next home game so it's not all bad. I'd rather be optimistic and suggest that the 2 teams now playing at the Hive would look to support each other and so boost attendances for both parties but hey, what do I know.