Season Tick Renewal - What's Going On!

[Rex]

Cancel you're holidays and get the ST. It's clearly the only priority for the club.

[Terminal Boardom]

Cancel you're holidays and get the ST. It's clearly the only priority for the club.

My thoughts exactly

[working class hero]

reading town look like getting more of my cash!!!

[Terminal Boardom]

reading town look like getting more of my cash!!!

Any of the local non league clubs would be more than happy to welcome more people through the turnstiles. On top of that, what can be better than being able to stand anywhere in a ground with a pint in one hand and fag in the other? No stewards telling you to sit down, free car parking generally, and some great banter. Give it a go and see what happens.

[West Stand Man]

Cancel you're holidays and get the ST. It's clearly the only priority for the club.

Oh dear. Serious apostrophe crime alert.

[SLAMMED]

Cancel you're holidays and get the ST. It's clearly the only priority for the club.

your*

[Rex]

Spotted that. Editing is a sign of something anal.

[Royal Lady]

BTW, no reply received to my letter today. Here's hoping Monday brings some news.

[Rex]

Cancel you're holidays and get the ST. It's clearly the only priority for the club.

Of dear. Serious apostrophe crime alert.

[Rex]

BTW, no reply received to my letter today. Here's hoping Monday brings some news.

Despite some really excellent points made RL, the club will probably scoff in a derisive manner and possibly reply after the St renewal date.

[weybridgewanderer]

RL, i would not expect a quick response from the board of directors. they do not meet together every day.

i'd expect a response in about 8 weeks

Prior to that you MIGHT get a letter acknowledging receipt of your letter and indicating that they will investgate the matter in due course

[Barry the bird boggler]

No, they'll just send the standard response letter again.

[RoyalBlue]

RL, i would not expect a quick response from the board of directors. they do not meet together every day.

i'd expect a response in about 8 weeks

Prior to that you MIGHT get a letter acknowledging receipt of your letter and indicating that they will investgate the matter in due course

As if they really need to meet on this (or much else). Board of directors in name maybe but who do people think calls all the shots when a decision has to be made?!

[RoyalBlue]

I have received a follow up response from the the club from our jobs worth of the moment Mr Paul Collins - The Stadium and Customer Service Supervisor.

As I have explained previously the Club have chosen to go on sale earlier to maximise the amount of sales based on research.

Bristol City and Norwich City have deadlines of 13th and 14th May respectively which for the majority of people would not include an extra pay day to our deadline. Derby County and Coventry City have a deadline 2 days longer than ours of the 30th April and Cardiff City actually have a deadline of 31st March.

The deadline we offered Season ticket holders last season was the 4th June and we gave 7 weeks notice for this and went on sale on 19th April. Although the club have brought the deadline forward this year the club have given season ticket holders 11 weeks notice (4 weeks longer than last season) which includes 3 pay days for the majority of people as opposed to 2 in previous seasons.

Summary -----We have to renew early because other clubs are doing it and it takes into account three pay days not two.

Great research by RFC!!!!

They really do miss the point don't they, its not about notice periods for christ sake! It's about people having budgets for certain times of the year.

Besides which, everyone knows they are going to renew their ticket most likely, and they also know that it is normally june therefore by bringing the date forward they have effectively cut down on the number of "pay days" before we renew not given us more.

They really do know how to rub insult into injury don't they?!! If ever proof was needed of existence of life on a different planet, Paul Collins has provided it!! So giving longer notice of the renewal cut off date but then bringing that date forward makes it easier for people find the money for their season tickets does it?!

Did their research not also show that investment in the playing squad together with performances and results on the pitch maximises season ticket sales?

This change could prove to be the own goal of the season, given the way the team is currently performing.

With a June renewal date, the horrors of the previous season have started to fade in the memory, the sun is shining (sometimes) and optimism is starting to grow for the coiming season.

Contrast that to feelings that are likely to abound come this April. And if season ticket holders don't renew by the deadline and consequently lose their favoured seats, I can't see them bothering to buy a season ticket come the summer, even if optimism is returning. There will be plenty of seats available on a pay as you go, pick your games basis.

[Harpers So Solid Crew]

The other thing about a June deadline is that the club can remind fans of the date when as said above the fans start to think about the following season.

[Whore Jackie]

Just amazes me that these RFC marketing bods have come up with this crazy season ticket plan without the directors' knowledge. Unless they can intercept the postie, there's going to be carnage on Monday morning when JM, Nigel and Ian discover their scheming.

[Royal Lady]

Just amazes me that these RFC marketing bods have come up with this crazy season ticket plan without the directors' knowledge. Unless they can intercept the postie, there's going to be carnage on Monday morning when JM, Nigel and Ian discover their scheming.

What??

[FiNeRaIn]

First time since about 98 I won't be renewing. No ambition from the board from the last couple of seasons despite high ticket prices, now they are asking for us to pay early so we'll have already bought our ST's by the time they sell 2/3 of our best players.

Yeah....no thanks.

[AthleticoSpizz]

I think we know where this is all going....and its not exclusive to Reading

From the Premier down to the Hellenic

The halcyonic wage days that SKY TV (and the likes) have helped to instigate, are soon to be over

Players are going to have to accept the wage cuts that their supporters have had to...or clubs are going to have to get used to playing to empty stadia

IMHO the next two seasons will be the watersheads where football rejoins the working classes once again.

[RoyalBlue]

I think we know where this is all going....and its not exclusive to Reading

From the Premier down to the Hellenic

The halcyonic wage days that SKY TV (and the likes) have helped to instigate, are soon to be over

Players are going to have to accept the wage cuts that their supporters have had to...or clubs are going to have to get used to playing to empty stadia

IMHO the next two seasons will be the watersheads where football rejoins the working classes once again.

I really hope so. It doesn't have to rejoin the working classes (I don't want to be excluded! ) but it does need to rejoin this planet.