Are we now just accepting the ST price increases then?

atypical_boro said:
That was true in the past, but he isn't losing out now by continuing with his mission, compared to the alternatives. Yes he wants to take us back to the top flight, and partly because he wants the Teesside public to benefit from it (and partly because he wants to be revered for it again), but partly because it will raise the value of his asset substantially as well.

He'd be losing out more by selling the club now (or in reality writing off the debt/giving the club away for nowt).

I bet he wishes he'd sold the club a few years ago to be honest, but if he got a realistic offer now I think he'd be daft not to take it in truth. Rather than continue throwing good money after bad.
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I agree with your first paragraph (its about ego,prestige etc not just money) and yes if he sold in the summer of 2016 he would have got a good price for the Club. However English Clubs seems to be very attractive at present, especially to US buyers. Look at Reading, some Yank is trying to buy them as I write. WBA were bought a few weeks ago and Birmingham a few months ago. None of them are what Yanks call Global sports franchises. US sports franchises have shot up in price and its peanuts to them to say pay £70m for a well established English Championship club with a 25k fan base, its own stadium and training facilities.
 
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h_m_boro said:
Next season Boro will be £34? Adult, £15 kid plus booking fees.......could be more expensive by £1......
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My guess is adult tickets will go up by £1 all round the stadium, as per last season. NW/SW corners would be then £32 plus £15 = £47.

I am sure Leeds have booking fees too and there ticket pices for walk ups will be a good few pounds more expensive. Boro's booing fees are avoided if tickets bought direct from the Stadium or with a digital membership account.

Personally, if I was taking a child under say 12 on a walk up basis I would go in the family section where prices are lower and there are more child based activities.
 
Redwurzel said:
h_m

My guess is adult tickets will go up by £1 all round the stadium, as per last season. NW/SW corners would be then £32 plus £15 = £47.

I am sure Leeds have booking fees too and there ticket pices for walk ups will be a good few pounds more expensive. Boro's booing fees are avoided if tickets bought direct from the Stadium or with a digital membership account.

Personally, if I was taking a child under say 12 on a walk up basis I would go in the family section where prices are lower and there are more child based activities.
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You could be right, couple of quid either way......but Leeds likely to be playing PL footy.

Either way, it's a bloody expensive do, one which I'm struggling to justify paying.
 
viv_andersons_nana said:
I don’t much like the idea that supporters not renewing or not attending on a casual basis would potentially stop us from competing at the top end of the table. It puts the spotlight in the wrong place. You can’t expect people to carry on paying whatever the club charges out of loyalty or because it’s the only way we can go up. It’s not right.
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Its the same argument that Lamby was (erm) Lambasted for back in the 00s when he said the club would get the town it deserves. My guess is that Lamby wasn't going off doing rogue stuff by himself, it'll have been a phrase that was bandied around in executive meetings for a long time. And sounds a lot like one of the daft comments Gibson would come out with on the radio then blame everyone else for interpreting wrongly.
 
I’m wholly against the price rise and it’s really made me think about renewing. However the OP seems to be have big undertones that this is somehow the responsibility of fan groups to form some action around. I just don’t think this is fair, none of this is their fault and I don’t think for a minute that any of them advocated for price rises. Everyone has the power to vote with their feet, message the club their views directly, or even form their own fan group with like minded fans.
 
Air Resistance said:
I’m wholly against the price rise and it’s really made me think about renewing. However the OP seems to be have big undertones that this is somehow the responsibility of fan groups to form some action around. I just don’t think this is fair, none of this is their fault and I don’t think for a minute that any of them advocated for price rises. Everyone has the power to vote with their feet, message the club their views directly, or even form their own fan group with like minded fans.
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Understood and apologies, not intended. I do applaud the efforts of RF and FMTTM and the concessions achieved, but wondered if they believed the matter was reasonably closed. I thought RF had stated they would continue to oppose the prices, not sure what FMTTM’s stance is. I don’t think it is reasonably closed and yes, I’ve written to the club. I may not renew, for a combination of reasons. And as the user name might suggest, I’ve had one for a long time, 40 odd years now. There are other personal reasons for me which may have prevailed anyway, but the alienation I felt after the club’s initial communication certainly hasn’t helped.
 
I attended my first Boro match at Ayresome Park in 1966 and have been regular suppeter and attendee since then. My first season ticket was bought when Bryan Robson was appointed manager, and I remain a season ticket holder to date. However, I am undecided whether to renew for this upcoming season. The reason being is that I have sensed a disconnect between MFC top management and it's fan base, over the current season.
 
Adding to AR comments

I think the fans have done a reasonable job in getting kids prices down a bit and freezing them for the season tickets. Plus getting the deadline pushed back and the interest free payments. Also 18-21 are now getting a discounted ST is all parts of the Stadium. Add in also the introduction of a membership scheme recently too, that the Club would not have done without prompting.

What the fans have done would not happen at most clubs in my opinion.

Don't underestimate the power of the fans who are stronger that you think you are at the Club like the Boro. If you read some post you would think the fans have no influence whats so ever. Gibson is not stupid he knows he needs the vast bulk of fans on board. He learns and takes stuff on board look at Red Faction, tried killing it then learnt to go with it.
 
I agree with other post as the club simply has no interest in attracting new fans in favour of lack of revenue revenue.

I get what your saying rob but the evidence is there where are our free kids places where are our free school tickets etc that other club do we simply don’t care.

It’s becoming very apparent as well our demographic is very much an adult mid age range as you see the same faces week in week out. Largely veterans from ayresome and the robbo McLaren era.
 
madHatter said:
I attended my first Boro match at Ayresome Park in 1966 and have been regular suppeter and attendee since then. My first season ticket was bought when Bryan Robson was appointed manager, and I remain a season ticket holder to date. However, I am undecided whether to renew for this upcoming season. The reason being is that I have sensed a disconnect between MFC top management and it's fan base, over the current season.
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How many Priority points have you got - roughly will do?
 
Fill the ground with free seats that would other wise have been empty from local schools from now on why not but we won’t do it.
 
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viv_andersons_nana said:
I don’t much like the idea that supporters not renewing or not attending on a casual basis would potentially stop us from competing at the top end of the table. It puts the spotlight in the wrong place. You can’t expect people to carry on paying whatever the club charges out of loyalty or because it’s the only way we can go up. It’s not right.
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I agree Viv, but for most working adults its £9.81 per week. (a portion of fish and chips?)
 
B_G said:
The extra revenue is a drop in the ocean though Rob. Assuming ST sales stayed the same (which they won't as we know), then we would generate circa £600k additionally from ST sales. We know realistically its going to be less than that by the amount of people who have expressed they won't renew because of it.

Is it really worth ******* off the fans so badly for an amount of money that probably wont cover a low level development player's wage?
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Its absolutely nauseating Rob banging the club mantra again. Its like the tory austerity lies all over again the people at the bottom paying for the mistakes at the top but its such a drop in the ocean its a complete irrelevance.
 
Jedi boro said:
Not on the same scale as others though rob as I say empty seat will be all over the stadium with dead rubber games coming up so why not.
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Glover_elbow said:
Its absolutely nauseating Rob banging the club mantra again. Its like the tory austerity lies all over again the people at the bottom paying for the mistakes at the top but its such a drop in the ocean its a complete irrelevance.
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I'll walk away and count to ten...
 
Redwurzel said:
I agree Viv, but for most working adults its £9.81 per week. (a portion of fish and chips?)
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Come on Redwurzel. You tried to compare it to the cost of going to the theatre before and now we're comparing it with the cost of fish and chips?

Let's be sensible and just compare it to what other Championship club's fans are paying. That's how you gauge if you are getting value for money. It's there in black and white, we are paying ridiculous amounts for tickets compared to most other clubs. Some of these clubs that put our prices to shame are in the play off mix and could be getting promoted.

We're getting charged for large Cod and chips prices but receiving a chip butty splash 🤣.
 
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fmttmadmin said:
I'll walk away and count to ten...
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Rob - without bringing Toryism/politics into it (which are irrelevant), or wanting to pile on in any way, you are incredibly vocal about other clubs' ticket prices. It does seem a smidgen confusing that you criticise theirs but praise/support/justify ours, even when ours are much higher.

TBH I used to do that myself but I never criticised other clubs'. They're all out to extract the maximum possible amount they can from fans, including Gibson/MFC.
 
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