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I've just read on Sky that West Ham have sold 50 thousand season tickets already for next season?!? How on earth.
If they can rumble up 50 thousand season ticket holders, I wonder how many we could manage if there was room to accommodate?
I presume the owners did all the calculations on a new ground and expanding the current one etc, and whether we could fill it etc, but have we massively under-estimated? Maybe we could fill 100k every week.
I'm not sure what the current state of the season ticket queue is like but I presume it's still massive.
 
For additional revenue, Its the price per seat and that’s better achieved through Increased corporate seating.
 
They made a wise move, unlimited under 16 season tickets at £99 quid a pop.

Should make for good atmos and a new generation of loyal loons. They even have tickets as low as 250 for adults.

I doubt Liverpool would sell shitloads more than they already do, but I could be wrong.
 
The low price season tickets are generally not in best locations as you'd expect, but they've done well to build up momentum with pricing and their team's performances this year.

Just wonder if the attendance announcement at each game will end up being as mocked as the Arsenal one...
 
Mors said:
I've just read on Sky that West Ham have sold 50 thousand season tickets already for next season?!? How on earth.
If they can rumble up 50 thousand season ticket holders, I wonder how many we could manage if there was room to accommodate?
I presume the owners did all the calculations on a new ground and expanding the current one etc, and whether we could fill it etc, but have we massively under-estimated? Maybe we could fill 100k every week.
I'm not sure what the current state of the season ticket queue is like but I presume it's still massive.
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I hear what you're saying but I fear that going for a very high capacity will further dilute the fan base from Merseyside. The club needs a Scouse core, especially in the stadium. The level of day trippers is, in my opinion, not a good thing for the soul of the club, even if it is for the bank balance.

Perhaps I'm being wistful and nostalgic but I loved the days when it was mainly Scousers on the kop and you were gently ribbed by them if you had a different accent. They always accepted outsiders, just as long as the outsiders understood and respected the traditions. Superfan? Not in my opinion, just a way of keeping the club with a Scouse heart.
 
Spionkop69 said:
I hear what you're saying but I fear that going for a very high capacity will further dilute the fan base from Merseyside. The club needs a Scouse core, especially in the stadium. The level of day trippers is, in my opinion, not a good thing for the soul of the club, even if it is for the bank balance.

Perhaps I'm being wistful and nostalgic but I loved the days when it was mainly Scousers on the kop and you were gently ribbed by them if you had a different accent. They always accepted outsiders, just as long as the outsiders understood and respected the traditions. Superfan? Not in my opinion, just a way of keeping the club with a Scouse heart.
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Wouldn't a big expansion in cheap season tickets expand the scouse support though? Give them to younger fans and fans on low wages. Too many scousers are priced out.
 
doctor_mac said:
Wouldn't a big expansion in cheap season tickets expand the scouse support though? Give them to younger fans and fans on low wages. Too many scousers are priced out.
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I agree. The prices are too high. But I can't see them going down. It's a money game as well as a sport now.
 
Spoke to a West Ham fan about this and apparently the figures are a little skewed, when the tickets when on sale there was no limit to the number of season tickets each person could buy, as such you ended up with a large amount of touts buying 5 or 6 a pop, further, the tickets being cheap (which West Ham should really be commended for) exacerbated the situation. It'll be interesting to see how full the ground is getting after the first month or two, I reckon whilst they'll sell out for the bigger game, there will be a lot of games where the stadium is only half full.
 
Spionkop69 said:
I hear what you're saying but I fear that going for a very high capacity will further dilute the fan base from Merseyside. The club needs a Scouse core, especially in the stadium. The level of day trippers is, in my opinion, not a good thing for the soul of the club, even if it is for the bank balance.
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If the club went the Arsenal route, ie higher capacity and higher prices, I'd agree, but if the club went the West Ham route, higher capacity and lower prices, I think the opposite would happen. The dirt cheap U18 season ticket is a great idea, in fact i'd extend it to U21 maybe even U25 personally, if we were ever to expand again (I think 60k would be the sweet point for Anfield) I'd hope we'd do that, focus all the money making on the corporate and keep standard tickets as cheap as possible.
 
Mors said:
Yup, I think we could get a lot lot more in. But as Sheik mentioned above, I guess if we go over 60k it's gonna cost us a fortune to start upgrading the public transport etc.
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I don't think we'd ever need to go above 60k, but I do hope the Anfield Road expansion does happen and we get there.
 
Mors said:
Yup, I think we could get a lot lot more in. But as Sheik mentioned above, I guess if we go over 60k it's gonna cost us a fortune to start upgrading the public transport etc.
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The email I had said they were releasing another 2k season tickets for the expanded main stand so even if we went to 60k I couldn't see them releasing more than another couple.

On top of the costs to the club of improving the transport links the other element, in my view, is that the club make far less money from season ticket holders than others. I'd think the vast majority of season ticket holders just come to the match (I certainly would) whereas a higher proportion of people who attend just an odd game are more likely to spend extra money in the club shop, etc
 
Spionkop69 said:
I hear what you're saying but I fear that going for a very high capacity will further dilute the fan base from Merseyside. The club needs a Scouse core, especially in the stadium. The level of day trippers is, in my opinion, not a good thing for the soul of the club, even if it is for the bank balance.

Perhaps I'm being wistful and nostalgic but I loved the days when it was mainly Scousers on the kop and you were gently ribbed by them if you had a different accent. They always accepted outsiders, just as long as the outsiders understood and respected the traditions. Superfan? Not in my opinion, just a way of keeping the club with a Scouse heart.
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A local club for local people? That kind of thinking is for the Bluenoses!

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My area of the Main Stand is full of Norwegians, Belgians, Japanese tourists and even people from Northern Ireland. Those people have gone to far more effort and expense to get to the match than I have. We are very much an international football club. I have learned to love it. 🙂
 
I don't see why Liverpool council or whoever don't partner with Liverpool to reelectrify those old train tracks through anfield, or at least come together to increase potential regeneration
 
SummerOnions said:
I don't see why Liverpool council or whoever don't partner with Liverpool to reelectrify those old train tracks through anfield, or at least come together to increase potential regeneration
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The two swindlers & Rick Parry met with Merseytravel & the council & were enthused by the idea.

Then both parties said that the club would have to fully pay for refurbishment on the track & new rolling stock to run it, plus pay for all staff on match days & sign up to an agreement to subsidise any years where the estimated profits were lower than expected. When the club asked what they would get in return, they were told there would be no revenue sharing whatsoever.

The discussion has never been repeated, funnily enough.
 
FoxForceFive said:
The two swindlers & Rick Parry met with Merseytravel & the council & were enthused by the idea.

Then both parties said that the club would have to fully pay for refurbishment on the track & new rolling stock to run it, plus pay for all staff on match days & sign up to an agreement to subsidise any years where the estimated profits were lower than expected. When the club asked what they would get in return, they were told there would be no revenue sharing whatsoever.

The discussion has never been repeated, funnily enough.
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A council / train operator preventing development / growth of an area / service because they're unwilling to invest any money whatsoever, expecting someone to pay for it all? Paint me shocked.
 
FoxForceFive said:
The two swindlers & Rick Parry met with Merseytravel & the council & were enthused by the idea.

Then both parties said that the club would have to fully pay for refurbishment on the track & new rolling stock to run it, plus pay for all staff on match days & sign up to an agreement to subsidise any years where the estimated profits were lower than expected. When the club asked what they would get in return, they were told there would be no revenue sharing whatsoever.

The discussion has never been repeated, funnily enough.
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Seems an easy problem to fix though. If we put a statue of Fat Joe outside Anfield he'll give the green light
 
SummerOnions said:
Seems an easy problem to fix though. If we put a statue of Fat Joe outside Anfield he'll give the green light
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Fat fuck joe is planning on putting in a bid for the commonwealth games 2026. If they get it guess which shower of twats will get a heavily subsidised stadium after the games?
 
The danger of putting in a bid for the Commonwealth Games is that all the other Commonwealth countries may wisely decide that they cannot afford it, and we would get it unopposed.

That's what happened to Sheffield when they bid for the World Student Games which nearly bankrupted the city.
 
Mystic said:
If the club went the Arsenal route, ie higher capacity and higher prices, I'd agree, but if the club went the West Ham route, higher capacity and lower prices, I think the opposite would happen. The dirt cheap U18 season ticket is a great idea, in fact i'd extend it to U21 maybe even U25 personally, if we were ever to expand again (I think 60k would be the sweet point for Anfield) I'd hope we'd do that, focus all the money making on the corporate and keep standard tickets as cheap as possible.
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Their cheap season ticket campaign is not long term. It's for next season only so I'm told.
 
momoWASboss said:
Fat fuck joe is planning on putting in a bid for the commonwealth games 2026. If they get it guess which shower of twats will get a heavily subsidised stadium after the games?
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I wouldn't begrudge them that. Goodison is a shithole, its no wonder they hate everything
 
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