Season Ticket. Buy or not buy?

As County fans begin to dust themselves down and try to take in Division 6 (North) football, Stockport County Football Club have announced their revised season ticket prices.

Full details are here
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Category	Matchday	Early Bird P1	Early Bird P2	Full Price
Adults	£15	£225	£245	£300
Concessions*	£10	£135	£150	£185
11-17s	£3	£50	£50	£50
10 & under**	£1	£14	£14	£14

* Concessions are full-time students, OAPs, disabled supporters & 18-21 year-olds.
** With a paying adult

Season tickets are on sale from the Edgeley Park Ticket Office now, running in three phases.

– Phase 1 runs until May 15th
– Phase 2 runs from May 16th to July 1st
– After July 1st prices go up to full price

NB: Those supporters that have already committed to a Season Ticket at the previously agreed cost can claim a refund for the difference from the ticket office upon proof of purchase.

(The Edgeley Park Ticket Office is open on Monday to Friday 9-00am to 4-00pm or call 08456 885 799)
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Now, I know there are those who will not buy a season ticket whilst our CEO (Ryan McKnight) is in place.

There are those who will not buy a ticket with any of our current board in place.

I am not one of them. I have not had a season ticket for a couple of years. Could not stomach the dire fare on offer. If that makes me a lesser fan than some others then fine.

Looking at the price structure though, and having a 5 year old and an 11 year old, I can see the walk-up matchday prices are not bad. A lad and his young lad and older lad in for £19.

Yep. I can go with that.

Me on my own, £15 for BSN football, hmmm…. perhaps a touch too expensive but again, I will just about accept that.

So, count me in and my two lads for daytime kick-offs and me on my Lee Todd for the odd midweek night game.

Thinking back to that Dartford game where the gate was 6,000 plus, many of my ‘hard-core’ County supporting mates of many years did not go.

I wonder if that was typical? And if so, who were the extras that made up the 6,000?

Well, judging by the well-spoken families I saw in the Main Stand at least, I think there was a component of perhaps Premiership supporting parents with their kids who could afford the promotional prices and made it a day out. Pity what was on offer was so pathetic.

Nevertheless, I think, in the same way Wigan Athletic’s relatively low prices attract non Wigan football fans wanting to watch Premier League football, then this bargain child price may attract families wanting a football day out.

I could be wrong but I would love to see this walk-up match day offer of a dad / mum and her lads / daughters given good exposure.

So here’s to a season where we win more than we lose (especially at home) and a season where we average around 2,750 (?) and begin to hook in the next generation of fans.

Wow. Optimism. Must be going down with something….


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p.s. Have you heard Spencer Fearn’s (vice chairman and major shreholder of SCFC) interview?

It is 10 minutes long and you can see it vicman says: