Ashford Wing wrote:

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Trigger,

I understand that and I've stated my reasons as to why I see no harm in keeping the discounted rate. I just wonder whether Mr JGFC has the same qualms about letting over 60s in at a concessionary rate of £7.

A quick glance on the ticket sections of some other BSS websites reveals they also offer student discounts - if they do it then why shouldn't we? Especially when the majority of them see higher attendances than we do. Some even offer discounts to NHS employees and the Armed Forces - whilst they do fine work in very stressful conditions, if we're going to pick bones in who deserves discounts then I'm sure I could come up with arguments for them paying full price if I so wished.

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OAPs are more than welcome to come in for £7 or a very cheap season ticket ... I'd also let in Nurses, Soldiers etc  in for £7. 

JgFc wrote:

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Ashford Wing wrote:

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Trigger,

I understand that and I've stated my reasons as to why I see no harm in keeping the discounted rate. I just wonder whether Mr JGFC has the same qualms about letting over 60s in at a concessionary rate of £7.

A quick glance on the ticket sections of some other BSS websites reveals they also offer student discounts - if they do it then why shouldn't we? Especially when the majority of them see higher attendances than we do. Some even offer discounts to NHS employees and the Armed Forces - whilst they do fine work in very stressful conditions, if we're going to pick bones in who deserves discounts then I'm sure I could come up with arguments for them paying full price if I so wished.

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OAPs are more than welcome to come in for £7 or a very cheap season ticket ... I'd also let in Nurses, Soldiers etc  in for £7. 

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Ah, and therein lies your problem with it - your assumptions about students. Might I suggest that many of those Nurses actually had to attend university to gain certain qualifications?

I couldn't care less whether we have brain surgeons or pimps come in through the gate. The priority is to get attendances up and in turn increase revenue so 1) we can progress and invest in the squad and 2) so we don't end up in the same position we found ourselves in 2 years ago.

I've been a student for the past three years and found it shocking that I had to pay the full price like a working adult; especially when many other teams in the league offered a discounted price. I mentioned this a few times and was swiftly shot down as a tax dodging student! Ironically, the price changed this season when my studies were complete. Lucky me!  Disposable income is not easy to come by as a student, we are essentially penalised for trying to further our education. I think one of the main demographics missing from a match day in PVR are the 16-21 year olds. Hopefully the reduction in price might help to address this issue, though I don't think it's a well known fact, especially after reading some of the comments in here.

The argument of "there are no universities local" is not necessarily true. For starters, Avery Hill campus of the University of Greenwich is down the road. Not to mention the vast amount of students who commute for their studies to the wide range of institutes within London, and those who return at weekends from places like Canterbury. That's just unis, there is a wide range of colleges and sixth forms too. Plenty of students around to try and attract.

Ashford Wing wrote:

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JgFc wrote:

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Ashford Wing wrote:

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Ah, and therein lies your problem with it - your assumptions about students. Might I suggest that many of those Nurses actually had to attend university to gain certain qualifications?

I couldn't care less whether we have brain surgeons or pimps come in through the gate. The priority is to get attendances up and in turn increase revenue so 1) we can progress and invest in the squad and 2) so we don't end up in the same position we found ourselves in 2 years ago.

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 Haha and if you think Students will make everything hunky dory you are truly deluded. As i said if we offered Postmen entry for £9 we would make more money if we targeted them as apart from there being more of them that would attend games , they would have disposable income to spend where the students wouldnt.

If the Kingsmoor community programme is having kids playing in Welling's name on a Sunday morning then they get 5 stars. if its for being a community programme they get the sound effect from Family Fortunes. The community and the schools dont seem to have been attracted. I go back to their website not being updated since July 2012 and now its gone. Have any of you ever seen a tweet from them engaging with the community?

I do know that Paul has been contacting schools recently but with a community programme im not sure its Pauls job to do it, its like having a dog and barking yourself if Paul is doing the Community peoples job. Now we are a community club surely the community people should be a beacon of light for Welling United?

Ashford Wing wrote:

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I couldn't care less whether we have brain surgeons or pimps come in through the gate. The priority is to get attendances up and in turn increase revenue so 1) we can progress and invest in the squad and 2) so we don't end up in the same position we found ourselves in 2 years ago.

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Might I politely suggest that they should be the other way round: pay the bills first, invest in the squad and progress second.

 At least someone finally suggests getting schools involved, Its not like any others have said it on this forum.

I had heard that our "community" people were always in local schools, it did make me think as you dont see loads of kids at PVR, Maybe Muzza can get his school involved and other schools may follow?

After school clubs have been commandeered by coaching companies in a lot of areas, if some gaps remain we need to exploit that and grow it. A club will get more exposure than a private coaching company and could interest schools. Kudos to Muzza for a post without bo****ks.

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 Well look look at this.....  this could be the start of something beautiful Tom!! I would be happy to sort something out with my school but the club need to sort it out and pull there weight. Whether that be organising an assembly with the players or organising a free coaching session. My school currently have pro kickers that is connected to Dirtford but with a bit of pursausion I could get rid! They are absolute crap anyway!! I've seen them play handball with the kids for the last 3 weeks!! They've not kicked a ball once!!

I comes back to our piss poor community program. Attendances will not grow until this is sorted!! There's a reason why so many of my generation are Charlton fans!! Because every holiday we went on a football course! Wouldn't take a lot to organise something like that and trust me parents pay through the nose of things like that! It's a cash cow!! Looking at 20 quid minimum per kid per day and that's probably cheap!! Obviously requires better market research! I know pro kickers charge 30 quid for 6 weeks for 6 hour sessions!! As I said cash cow and promotes and advertises the club!

Kids for a quid is still a good idea, get the kids interested at an early age and they'll want to come back.

My Dad took me to Tottenham in the 50's and I was hooked eventually becoming a season ticket holder for many years. Still a fan of Spurs today.

The one problem I'd have of taking kids today is the language some think fit for a public place. I'm no prude but it hardly encourages people to bring their families along.

I noticed on Tuesday that there was a lot more offensive language in the old stand but maybe that was because it was raining and the usual perpetrators didn't want to get wet.

The toilets have a been terrible for years and there's no excuse really....

Have the Supporters Assoc ever tried to raise money for a roof? I remember York City did it.