Re: Dons In The Championship 2024 : Tue Oct 03, 2023 8:58 am  

Done a bit of checking around...

Here are the Championship Season Ticket prices for 2023 in price order, highest to lowest, with finishing positions in red:

1. Whitehaven (12) £240
2. Bradford (3) £229.95
3. Widnes (9) £220
4. London (5) £210
5. Swinton (10) £209
6. Halifax (8) £204 (£240 seated)
7. Fev (1) £200
8. York (6) £199
9. Eagles (4) £195
10. Barrow (11) £190
11. Keighley (13) £165
12. Batley (7) £110
13. Newcastle (14) £99 (£149 seated)
14. Toulouse (2) £80

Ten out of the 14 clubs had prices of £190 or more. The two relegated clubs (Keighley and Newcastle) had prices below £190.

With regards to Central Funding, I believe this is allocated on previous season finishing positions. The teams promoted from League One get the least. Dons and Dewsbury getting least this time around. We're bottom of the pile in this department so Central Funding probably can't be used to subsidise Season Ticket costs.

I fear that having a Season Ticket price of less than £200 could mean we are going to be under-funded and may struggle to stay up unless Club Doncaster are prepared to invest a very serious wedge.

[Jemmo]

Re: Dons In The Championship 2024 : Tue Oct 03, 2023 11:58 am  

Lovely bit of research

Re: Dons In The Championship 2024 : Tue Oct 03, 2023 12:49 pm  

Cheers Jemmo.
Like you said before, the club have got a difficult balancing act, especially considering the very low prices last season.

Re: Dons In The Championship 2024 : Tue Oct 03, 2023 12:53 pm  

Josh Guzdek has officially left the Eagles.

Matty Chrimes has also been released. Brandon Douglas has left too, signed for Halifax I believe.

Re: Dons In The Championship 2024 : Wed Oct 04, 2023 3:05 pm  

Double Movement wrote:

Josh Guzdek has officially left the Eagles.

Matty Chrimes has also been released. Brandon Douglas has left too, signed for Halifax I believe.

Brandon to Fax was announced a couple of months ago. IIRC, the Seagulls threw their toys when it was announced.

Re: Dons In The Championship 2024 : Thu Oct 05, 2023 1:56 pm  

No change to the Championship for 2024: https://www.totalrl.com/championship-and-league-one-clubs-go-head-to-head-following-restructure-argument/

No change to the Championship for 2024: https://www.totalrl.com/championship-and-league-one-clubs-go-head-to-head-following-restructure-argument/

Re: Dons In The Championship 2024 : Sat Oct 14, 2023 9:08 am  

I presume the Dons will be springing into action shortly with regards to Season Ticket prices and signings for 2024.

After announcing the list of players released, the 16 who weren't released are shown below. Consequently, they will either have re-signed or moved on to another club.

Backs:
Elliot Hall
Tom Halliday
Misi Taulapapa
Jason Tali
Brad Hey
Ben Johnston
Connor Robinson
Watson Boas

Was Watson Boas on a two-year deal? I can't remember.

Forwards:
Keelan Foster
Alex Holdstock
Jose Kenga
Brad Knowles
Greg Burns
Sam Smeaton
Brett Ferres
Loui McConnell

If we're aiming for a 25-man squad, we should expect 9 new faces - that's assuming none of the 16 named above have gone elsewhere.

[Jemmo]

Re: Dons In The Championship 2024 : Mon Oct 16, 2023 9:06 am  

Boas was contracted to the end of 2024

Re: Dons In The Championship 2024 : Mon Oct 16, 2023 10:02 am  

Certainly fancying toulouse away hopefully next summer!

Re: Dons In The Championship 2024 : Mon Oct 16, 2023 10:15 am  

Dons sign Alex Sutcliffe from Castleford: https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/alex-sutcliffe-leeds-castleford-doncaster-27916164

Dons sign Alex Sutcliffe from Castleford: https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/alex-sutcliffe-leeds-castleford-doncaster-27916164