Season ticket sales.

[Pintolager]

Sounds like a good idea to me

[IDM]

Alan Southstand you are correct.
The % is to show the increase for this time last season.

But what was last seasons numbers ? As if we’d get to know anyway as the only person who’s interested is Terry who has to pick up the short fall!!

You’re either too lazy to read the rest of the thread, the previous page in fact, to find the number just shy of 5000 - or you’re deliberately looking for unprovoked arguments and unwarranted criticism of the club that’s on the up.?

[Janso]

Alan Southstand you are correct.
The % is to show the increase for this time last season.

But what was last seasons numbers ? As if we’d get to know anyway as the only person who’s interested is Terry who has to pick up the short fall!!

You’re either too lazy to read the rest of the thread, the previous page in fact, to find the number just shy of 5000 - or you’re deliberately looking for unprovoked arguments and unwarranted criticism of the club that’s on the up.?

Let's be honest we both know it's either both or just the latter.

[Lincoln Rover]

Latest update from last nights shadow board meeting with the club…
Sales are up exactly 50 % on the corresponding date from last season. Fully appreciate this figure will drop, but are very happy with sales as they stand.

[RoversInSpain]

Wow! That’s great for everyone!
Is the expectation to continue to trend at a 50% increase? If so we’re heading for 7,500 season holders, I wonder what our best ST sales season was and how many we sold. I’d guess it was the first season in the championship and maybe 8,000 ish??

[Pancho Regan]

Latest update from last nights shadow board meeting with the club…
Sales are up exactly 50 % on the corresponding date from last season. Fully appreciate this figure will drop, but are very happy with sales as they stand.

Thanks for that welcome update LR.

That's an impressive increase and it must give a real boost and great encouragement to Terry, Gavin and Grant.

I'm really chuffed with that.

[roversdude]

Are you able to release information about actual numbers please LR, great work by all concerned

[Lincoln Rover]

All the figures are in the body of this topic.
The initial target is 5500 ( total).

[BerlinRed]

All the figures are in the body of this topic.
The initial target is 5500 ( total).

This isn't the point. People are asking for figures because we're 50% up when compared to this time last year, not 50% of last years total.

[Padge_DRFC]

Could we sell the south stand out to ST holders only potentially?

Random comment I sat in the east stand in line with corner flag for the legends game and I never realised just how far back from the pitch the south stand is!

[selby]

  What is it about some of our supporters who have been given information in good faith about sales and still want more, and to what end? what possible reason would there be?and what difference could it make when they have no control over the workings of the club.
  A bonified business who also issue a balance sheet to share owners and members and publish the figures every year.
  It beats me, knowing that we are a fairly small club who need a generous benefactor every year to exist at the level we are at and am just grateful for their generosity and the professionalism shown by the board for it to continue as successfully as it has, that some seem to think they need every last detail.
  Being old enough to have lived through the Bates and Richardson eras some want to think themselves lucky they are not charged for the toilet paper to wipe their backsides with on match days never mind knowing where the money comes or goes to.

[Alan Southstand]

Percentages are beyond some people, Selby.

Like the constipated mathematician once said - you just need to work it out with a pencil.

 

[roversdude]

Soz only asked

[TonySoprano]

Be interesting to know the numbers sold, instead of a percentage of an unknown number.

[Ryaldinhio]

Percentages are beyond some people, Selby.

Like the constipated mathematician once said - you just need to work it out with a pencil.

 

AS I'm interested to see how you would work out a 50% increase of a number you don't know?

I will bring the pencil   

[IDM]

The point is, sales are hugely up year on year at the same point in time.

Irrespective of the actual numbers, such an increase can’t be a bad thing.

[idler]

Be interesting to know the numbers sold, instead of a percentage of an unknown number.

What do you put into our club apart from negativity.? Are you  a season ticket holder or regular attender?
You only ever seem to post negative or critical comments.
Do you have an agenda against the club or board?
.

[RoversInSpain]

  What is it about some of our supporters who have been given information in good faith about sales and still want more, and to what end? what possible reason would there be?and what difference could it make when they have no control over the workings of the club.
  A bonified business who also issue a balance sheet to share owners and members and publish the figures every year.
  It beats me, knowing that we are a fairly small club who need a generous benefactor every year to exist at the level we are at and am just grateful for their generosity and the professionalism shown by the board for it to continue as successfully as it has, that some seem to think they need every last detail.
  Being old enough to have lived through the Bates and Richardson eras some want to think themselves lucky they are not charged for the toilet paper to wipe their backsides with on match days never mind knowing where the money comes or goes to.
[/quote
Fair point regarding too much info everyone seems to need/demand.
Therefore, whilst we’re on this knowing to much malarkey, can we also stop announcing our number in cup draws, drives me absolutely insane and completely destroys that super moment in suspense, when the number is called out and you’ve no idea if it’s your team or not until it’s spoken. (Sanitisation is grim)

[idler]

In my local in Bradford today the word is that City have sold over 16,000 already. Whether that means season tickets or season tickets plus ticket packages, nobody knew.

[Alan Southstand]

Lincoln said last year’s tottal was just shy of 5,000. So, 92% of (say) 4950 is 4554.

I’m sure Lincoln will correct my maths if that number is incorrect.

Ok, challenge accepted. See the above post on p4 of this thread. We ascertained from LR’s post that the number sold at the time was approx. 4550. LR confirmed this by way of a follow up. ( 92% of approx. 5000)
Now, it appears the 92% has increased to 150%. So,  using the original figure of 5000,  multiply it by 1.5 and you have your answer.

No pencils were harmed in this exercise!! For those with no calculators, or pencils, your answer should come to 7500. Again, LR will no doubt tell me where I’ve gone wrong, if indeed I have.

N.B. Can you all stop bickering over nothing, now?

[Ryaldinhio]

Lincoln said last year’s tottal was just shy of 5,000. So, 92% of (say) 4950 is 4554.

I’m sure Lincoln will correct my maths if that number is incorrect.

Ok, challenge accepted. See the above post on p4 of this thread. We ascertained from LR’s post that the number sold at the time was approx. 4550. LR confirmed this by way of a follow up. ( 92% of approx. 5000)
Now, it appears the 92% has increased to 150%. So,  using the original figure of 5000,  multiply it by 1.5 and you have your answer.

No pencils were harmed in this exercise!! For those with no calculators, or pencils, your answer should come to 7500. Again, LR will no doubt tell me where I’ve gone wrong, if indeed I have.

N.B. Can you all stop bickering over nothing, now?

AS

The maths and thinking is a bit sketchy BUT giving in to positive thinking I'm all on board!!!!!!!

COYR!!!!! ⁷

[sf9944]

Alan, regrettably I think you might have strengthened the argument for more information!

If your workings are correct and we have sold 7500 I reckon we’ll all be delighted. I have my doubts though.

Not sure we need to fall out over this! Those clamouring for an accurate figure are only doing so out of a desire to see the numbers go up and because they love the club.

We will inevitably disagree on stuff but are united by our love for the club and should bear this in mind when we attack other posters. It’s too often confrontational on here.

[Alan Southstand]

I’m certainly not attacking anyone, but it really does make you wonder, with certain posters, just how much the point needs to be hammered home before it’s acknowledged that there is such a thing as good news coming out of the Club.

All the information was in the thread, yet it seems beyond some to look back and work it out! E.G. Without knowing any figures (LR more or less told us what they were), it’s not beyond anyone to work out that 150% is a lot bigger than 92%.

Anyway, it was fun regurgitating it all. Now, IF my figures are reasonably correct, am I also correct in thinking we havn’t had a take up of season tickets like this since we were in the Championship? If that is indeed correct, that has to be fantastic news for everyone at the Club and, no doubt, Mr Bramall will be delighted.

[Ryaldinhio]

I don't know why it matters

As per LRs and AS posts it is good news that we're are exceeding expectations on sales. That will encourage Terry's investment aswell.

Cant we just be happy?! 

[Donnybob]

Surely what matters is how many are sold by/on the date of first home game?

[TonySoprano]

Of course it's good that it's better than last year.
But what's wrong with asking what the actual numbers are? Without the usual childish snowflakes having a tantrum.

[vaya]

Of course it's good that it's better than last year.
But what's wrong with asking what the actual numbers are? Without the usual childish snowflakes having a tantrum.

No-one's stopping you asking.

[TonySoprano]

Of course it's good that it's better than last year.
But what's wrong with asking what the actual numbers are? Without the usual childish snowflakes having a tantrum.

No-one's stopping you asking.

The usual suspects are literally having a childish tantrum.
It's bizarre.

[TommyC]

Just bought my first season ticket(s) since 2004. One for me, one for the wife/another (she wont fancy every game) and one for our 6 year old.

Usual story of attending as a child and teenager with my old man. He then passed away and what with me going off to Uni, moving away from Donny,  work commitments and lack of funds that go with it, marriage and children commitments. Averaged about one game a season for the next 20 years. Only now i'm in my mid 40s do I find myself in a position again where I have the time, money and inclination to attend games with my own youngster and what better time to do it than now.

Absolutely cannot wait for the fixtures to come out.   

[EasyforDennis]

Just bought my first season ticket(s) since 2004. One for me, one for the wife/another (she wont fancy every game) and one for our 6 year old.

Usual story of attending as a child and teenager with my old man. He then passed away and what with me going off to Uni, moving away from Donny,  work commitments and lack of funds that go with it, marriage and children commitments. Averaged about one game a season for the next 20 years. Only now i'm in my mid 40s do I find myself in a position again where I have the time, money and inclination to attend games with my own youngster and what better time to do it than now.

Absolutely cannot wait for the fixtures to come out.   

Unless your wife has a double you might struggle with your membership.