I've read a bit recently about the cost of walk up prices on one of threads and also with regards to the club being able to entice new fans (back!). Couple with that the fact that one or two people on hear are not able to attend and giving their tickets to others to use. Albeit Ivor beat me too it slightly today, l've been thinking about an idea all this week.

What if we could organise something whereby those with season tickets but not able to attend a game could donate the ticket to a scheme which then gave the ticket to someone else, in exchange for donating £10 to say the squadbuilder or something? All it would need would be a trusted middle man. £10 is a more than fair price to pay for a game and a ticket that could potentially go un used.

I'm expecting my first child at the end of June and I will be unable to attend at least 1 if not 2 home games as a result, so I'll throw them into the pot straight away. I think its a small way to help solve a couple of problems.

What do people think?

Good idea, i like it - or donate it to a chosen charity/HGSA - will give people who cant afford a chance to get to a couple more games, the club benefits again even though the ticket is already paid for and it adds numbers to the crowd if they tickets weren't used.....can't see anything negative about that !!

Good idea

Like it.

Don't wanna put a downer on it but how could you guarantee it goes to someone not going to the game already thus making money and not taking it away from the club?

Already been loads on here me included that get annoyed at all the reduced price offers for non ticket holders this could potentially be another?

Like the idea if policed correctly and gets NEW fans thru the turnstiles and I would be another happy to donate my tickets when I am on holiday or working and unable to attend.

Could go towards HGSA, Squad Builder or the new side by side charity.

Sounds a brilliant idea in theory. If run properly it could make a few quid for the chosen donatee and put bums on seats. I'll throw my spare tickets in there when we are on hols.

I believe Barcelona FC have a similar initiative.

If you are a season ticket holder, but can't get to the game, then you can advise the club and they sell the ticket on your behalf.

Obviously demand for FCB tickets is higher than the Giants ever will be, but this system ensures that there are always tickets available if you want them (except for the Real game)

The walk up price this year of 24 pounds is way too expensive in my opinion that's why the crowds have been lower than the club would like. People haven't been able to afford season ticket prices therefore attendances have been poor. The ticket exchange scheme is a good one and I like the one offered by Bradford City FC (but I am biased). They have season tickets available and also a 'Flexi Card' scheme. Basically if you can't stretch to a season ticket for whatever reason you can buy a flexi card which is 50 pounds and then you pay 10 pounds for each game you attend rather than the walk up price of 20 pounds. I think this scheme would bring in more money for the Giants and its far easier to administer. Essentially you would pay the 50 pounds and then say 12 pounds for each game attended through out the season. Obviously depending on the number of games you intend to attend will determine what works out most cost effective.

I can't guarantee it would go to someone who was going to the game already. This was not the reason for it, it was that I have a ticket going and the club could profit from this. My ticket is already paid for and I would rather the club got a little more from this than it went to waste.

The only issue I have to start it now is a middle man. Could the HGSA act as this? Or the club?

Anyone any suggestions?

Not heard of the Bradford scheme but they seem to consistently break the 10,000 barrier and the impact on the pitch has not been too bad either, sounds like it could be worth the club looking into to see if it could work for us.

Yes 10,000 (ish) regularly attend league games. Its a great scheme and one which the Giants could benefit from I'm sure albeit with their own pricing structure. City are offering them again next season. The thing is what I have found this year with the football the more games you attend (if the team are doing well on the pitch) you want to keep attending its a snowball effect. You'll find that some flexi card fans will upgrade to a season ticket for next season......(the Wembley Cup Final has helped also)

I like the idea.

They'd have to make the maths viable - with only 13 homes a season the cost per game would need to be higher.

Season Ticket: £200
Flexicard:

£50 + 13x£10 = £180
£50 + 13x£12 = £206
£50 + 13x£14 = £232 (also is £10 per saving per game).

At £14, the flexicard entrance fee could then be reduced to a tenner for the poorer attended fixtures or ones where the club want a bigger following. ie 3 games in a season which would net an additional £20 from people who buy a flexicard and then attend each game.

That said, I'd probably opt for a Fleixcard knowing I am going to miss at least couple of games a season (summer holidays, diary conflict with work).

Agreed Wadski the maths is down to the club, I've written to the Giants to suggest they look into it. Flexi cards by their very nature are aimed at supporters who cant commit to attend every game but equally don't want to pay the 24 pounds walk up price. The challenge is to convert flexi card holders to season ticket holders which is achievable.

Its a great scheme if thought through and marketed properly.

Sounds good

I'm liking the sounds of the ideas given on here, hopefully the club will listen and take on board and give one or two of the ideas a try, hey we've nothing to lose (excpet more fans ) so why not !!

And if we can get companies on board for STH and whatever any new scheme might be called for discounts, offers etc like County Cricket clubs in particular do it is a win win situation as we can raise more commercial sponsorship as well as hopefully more money generated from fans.

Think this is an excellent idea, who can complain about paying £14 per match? You would expect many more people to take up this option but would they count as season ticket holders or not? Could certainly help us to get to the 10,000 avearage figure touted so much as well.

Only problem that i can foresee is that the club will not have any definative idea of amount of income coming in until the actual end of the season, which is not a lot of use when you are trying to sign new players at the start of it!

people complain about £8 per match. the £99 season ticket was available to everyone at the start of the season if they wanted to support the giants

Attractive price, but not a very attractive seating location...

Was only available until 30th November which might have been a mistake as charging that through to the season start might have seen more takers but I guess we will never know.

Exactly, the numbers in that are will tell you that even at that price not many people want to be stuck in a temporary tier almost at ground level, behind the posts.

Its all well and good saying that people can watch the Giants for £99 or £8 a game but if your not going to enjoy it from where your sat what is the point ?

Fair comment but lets say we pulled that offer would the people sat there be willing to fork out £200 for a season or £21/£24 per game, I think in alot of cases the answer would be no as most who go in that stand are families who get the kids in free so a couple can have 13 games for £200 and for a family day out that is very good value.

Whether they will still be around in 4 or 5 years when the children have grown up and are perhaps not so into going to the rugby and off doing other things is another matter but I think most people in there accept it is not a great view but enjoy it for what it is and if that leads to them going to away games or maybe moving to another stand in future seasons so be it if not alot seem to be in replica kits, buy flags etc etc so the club is getting in money that without that cheap section being in operation would be being spent somewhere else.

I agree with that but i was more aiming my comments at Brearley who is suggesting that anyone who wanted to go the games had the chance of paying this price and so should have done so if they wanted to watch us on the cheap, my point was that some people want to come and watch but want to be able to enjoy the experience rather than simply being able to say - "i only paid £8 a game".
I think the club could do more to fill that bottom tier though with various other offers - maybe for unemployed, there's loads of them around at the moment.

I see where you are coming from and in some ways the Season Ticket choice is great as there is basically something for everyone, how you transfer that to a match by match basis is difficult because of charging away fans same as home fans etc etc and I think if we were able to have a "cheap enclosure" within RFL rules we would have done so well before now but if we could do something that would be a positive move.

Now we're half way through the season why not have a few different packages for people who might be "walk up" supporters but are put off by the pay on day prices.


Half season ticket £100-£110
Family Half season ticket £180-£200
4 games ticket £50-£60

Some sort of offer needs rolling out soon for the rest of the season to try and get the lads on the pitch a bit of support and perhaps restore Kens faith a little bit. The home support has dropped but the amount of visiting supporters also looks way down on previous seasons probably due to the economic climate. The Monday night clash against Saints and possible "Sky" games later on in the season kicking off at stupid times is going to have a massive effect also on away support and depending what silly times Sky schedule us for home support could suffer too.
The holiday season starts soon and how many people are going to miss a couple of games because of this, are our crowds going to get even lower ?
At least an offer like this might attract a few new fans down and encourage them to come again next year and perhaps a few "stayaways" might be tempted back. The £21-£24 walk up price isn't too enticing unless you're a committed fan and in todays climate not many people/families can afford this.
I just hope the club haven't given up the ghost and they try a few different methods to entice some more people to attend the games.