Also proved what I said last year that I expect fans to return and our attendances and crowds to be easily above 3000 and possibly better than SL despite some saying we would struggle.

The freshness of facing new teams we haven’t played in years and the expectation of a high finish and high win percentage is a big draw and chance to galvanise and welcome back supporters.

Might be a silly question, but does anyone know if the club have held back a % of tickets in the North Terrace for match sales?

(Football clubs often have a max threshold for season tickets, so at least some tickets are available on a match-by-match basis.)

Been told not. North stand fully sold out with ST holders apparently.

Very true but, speaking as someone who's given constant support and interest to Trinity home and away through thick and thin for God knows how long, I do find these absent "people" somewhat fickle and pathetic. For the future of the club though I guess it's nice to see them all crawling back out of the woodwork.
Lets hope a successful start to 2024 can keep them interested.

Was confirmed by the club a couple weeks ago
Northstand sold out and they’re looking at options to increase capacity there
2025 season.

Ah ok, thanks. West terrace it is then, for the League games. (well, the occasional one I can get to, anyway!)

I thought I’d read somewhere that they were trying to increase it for this season. Might have dreamt that but it is possible.

Any idea when we get the season tickets? Via an app online or from club shop?

January

I thought I had read that he was looking at it for 2025 season but either way if it can be done even to get another few hundred in there it would be great news.

Aren't changes going to be made for 2024 season in the North stand, in order to accommodate the sale of drinks etc ?

Yes of course but we are talking about changes to increase the capacity which would be much more time consuming as your looking at the structure and potential modifications.

The refreshments will be for 2024 but I think the capacity was said next season and I took that to mean 2025.

Good to see the club sending out an email asking for details of junior ticket holders.

Provides people with an opportunity to think twice if they need the 2 freebies for the juniors and may open up more space for paying customers in the more popular areas of the ground.

I don’t really get the “owt for nowt” mentality and I am guessing that some people will “return” the junior tickets they don’t necessarily need given the ongoing news of the uptake and the situation with the North Stand in particular.

You'd hope so.

The junior season ticket was always a risky proposition and has possibly backfired a little. Maybe should have been limited to one per ticket, with additional tickets at say £30 a pop.

Don't think it's a huge issue in the Championship, and it is a one off opportunity to attract a new generation of fans. However should we be back in SL next season, then it will need to be seriously looked at. ME has done us all a favour this season, but if we are to compete in SL then we will need to return it next year.

Agree with this. ME was dealing with a lot of unknowns, this initiative was probably a calculated risk, and next year he will be able to come up with a more informed strategy.

Yes I agree about the junior tickets, but in all fairness we had nothing to lose this season by taking the approach we did.
A nominal charge for juniors would be the obvious thing to do next season.

Season tickets are now available to collect from the shop. We got ours this morning as we were in the shop again and Darren is now sending out emails confirming they are ready to collect

Will keep people happy moaning about when they will be ready for collection, only 9 weeks until you can use them!

So you are moaning because others aren’t moaning about something you believe they would moan about.

Only North and west tickets, Neil Fox tickets aren't ready yet

Got the email at 14.30hrs informing me that my season ticket was ready for collection. Feel a bit guilty that I didn't get straight into town and pick it up. I hope they don't bin it.



I wonder what's happening with my Ashurst Testimonial shirt?

No. People were moaning when they could collect them.

Told me my East stand ticket would be ready in February and I will get an email

When I ordered my season ticket I got an E mail saying I’d receive my season before Christmas, I wonder if the club got overwhelmed by the numbers and that’s why we’re getting them now?

Mistakes are bound to be made this pre season due to changes in ownership as pre season started but I expect these things to run much smoother next off season.

You have to be careful in business and sales not to set and communicate short term targets for service delivery as it can often backfire and you end up under delivering based on your own communications despite the good intentions ofcourse.