LCFC must offer General Sale to fans

[Izzy]

Just now, whoareyaaa said:

crazy money

It is, but what else can you do?

 

[Izzy]

1 minute ago, Nolucklcfc said:

See that’s the problem for me. A dad and son wanting to go to a match being forced into membership to attend is ridiculous and wrong. 

Couldn't agree more. Feel totally shafted but I can't see another option.

[ramboacdc]

6 hours ago, FoyleFox said:

If you had to set up an account to buy a general sale ticket, they would have the same data as a membership.

They used to do that. A few members I wasn't a member and used my account to get tickets. No idea why it stopped though.

 

 

 

 

[SemperEadem]

5 minutes ago, Nolucklcfc said:

See that’s the problem for me. A dad and son wanting to go to a match being forced into membership to attend is ridiculous and wrong. 

Bonkers isn't it.

[SemperEadem]

Remember a load of the Bochum lot wanted to become ‘members’ at Leicester. Had to warn them this is something very different to what they thought it actually was.

[Sol thewall Bamba]

8 minutes ago, Izzy said:

I just bought a membership today for me and my lad purely so I can take him to the Rotherham game.

 

My understanding is it's just one ticket per membership number and no guest ticket option (that only applies to ST holder I think).

 

Cost me £32 and him £16 to join then £36 for my ticket and £18 for his (plus £1.50 booking fee)

 

So £103.50 to see Rotherham at home in the second tier.

 

We'd better fvckin win.

 

****ing scandalous.

 

Let them know [email protected]

[CH1_Fox]

11 minutes ago, Izzy said:

I just bought a membership today for me and my lad purely so I can take him to the Rotherham game.

 

My understanding is it's just one ticket per membership number and no guest ticket option (that only applies to ST holder I think).

 

Cost me £32 and him £16 to join then £36 for my ticket and £18 for his (plus £1.50 booking fee)

 

So £103.50 to see Rotherham at home in the second tier.

 

We'd better fvckin win.

 

That’s absolutely shocking 

[ramboacdc]

2 hours ago, hackenbacker said:

Why the difference between LCFC and Birmingham. As I said in my post I took 5 mins to buy tickets to the recent Birmingham game sitting with Birmingham supporters. No extra membership fees required just had to register on the site. 

Sorry for double posting! 

 

Honestly I think it's money reasons. Why charge 40 a ticket when youncan get 70 on the first purchase as they have to get a membership. Both teams are pushing for the prem but our finances have a lot more going out than Brum and someone thinks charging for membership will mean everyone who wants to go to a game will just pay it. Unless there was a walk out LCFC won't change. It just seems silly that the club would rather have an unsold seat than a seat sold at general sale.

 

[mattlcfc15]

13 minutes ago, Izzy said:

I just bought a membership today for me and my lad purely so I can take him to the Rotherham game.

 

My understanding is it's just one ticket per membership number and no guest ticket option (that only applies to ST holder I think).

 

Cost me £32 and him £16 to join then £36 for my ticket and £18 for his (plus £1.50 booking fee)

 

So £103.50 to see Rotherham at home in the second tier.

 

We'd better fvckin win.

 

Thanks for the response mate, so we’d be looking at £68 each to see Rotherham at home, with it unlikely we’d make any other games this season.

[Izzy]

2 minutes ago, mattlcfc15 said:

Thanks for the response mate, so we’d be looking at £68 each to see Rotherham at home, with it unlikely we’d make any other games this season.

Depressing ain’t it.

Wish things were as simple now as when my Dad used to take me and it cost about £4 on the door to stand in pen 3

[RGFox]

What was the issue with the original method whereby memberships give you priority and small discount. Else gen sale you pay few quid more. 

 

You'd still have to register etc...sk you still get analytics. 

 

The only free option currently is to register as guest on an existing ST account.

 

Throwing away money and empty seats for no real reason.

[Craig]

3 minutes ago, mattlcfc15 said:

Thanks for the response mate, so we’d be looking at £68 each to see Rotherham at home, with it unlikely we’d make any other games this season.

For what it's worth, Fox Members can currently get a guest ticket for the Rotherham game.

 

It's still a disgrace though. 

 

The people that probably would care about some of these stories in this thread have literally no power, and those that hold the power really don't care - and they never will do because they were never employed to do so.

 

Sad. 

 

 

[Out Foxed]

a lot of people seem to be so focused on us winning and "getting back to the prem" that they've forgotten the downward curve this club has been on since we won the league. 

 

family club, my arse. 

[CosbehFox]

5 hours ago, Stadt said:

Maybe this is clutching at straws but seeing as we've always been told "(Thing) is really big in Thailand" maybe losing face is far bigger thing than it ought to be at the club.

 

Have they ever acknowledged **** ups or lies like the FA Cup coach debacle? 

It’s massively supposedly I was told. They did not like the reaction to Ranieri’s sacking 

[CosbehFox]

55 minutes ago, Paninistickers said:

Appalling people down there, absolutely appalling. Rotten. 

The decision makers for this sort of thing are completely manufactured of the corporate world. We’ve got some many middle managers what have nice looking CVs but absolutely zero interest into actual football 

[Izzy]

2 minutes ago, Craig said:

For what it's worth, Fox Members can currently get a guest ticket for the Rotherham game.

 

Can members get a guest ticket for all games? 

 

Would be great to take my old man with me and my lad one day (without him having to pay for membership too)

[Nod.E]

Speaking as a member who gets to somewhere between 5 and 10 games a season...

 

I think the cost of a membership is a little overstated when you consider ticket prices haven't increased very much compared with the prices of everything else in life. It's a small price to pay over the course of a season, but that argument only really holds any weight in my case whereby I'll go to a decent number of games. 

 

As others have rightly pointed out, it's the one offs that miss out. 

 

As far as atmosphere is concerned, it's crap that you can't spontaneously get a group of mates on a row together.

 

Again something others have highlighted, it's all just a bit shortsighted. For a lot of people, the habit of watching the football on a regular basis, or even becoming a season ticket holder, is one that is formed. A routine that develops, if you like.

 

Getting fans through the door should be a priority to future-proof our attendances when we have more seats to fill. And generally it's a more enjoyable experience when you can watch the game with a few of your mates rather than sitting by yourself. Over time those better experiences would lead to more regular attendance from a younger generation of fan, theoretically at least.

 

Ultimately (touch wood) our immediate future as a club is that we'll be a Premier League outfit with a 32k capacity stadium. In the Prem with our current fanbase, that sells out without any need for thought from the club. 

 

So in a way, not letting it get to general sale rewards loyalty in that members get first dibs, and typically you'll only buy a membership if you're going to make it worth your while and go to a decent number of games.

 

However we're in the Championship at the moment, so the weakness of the model is exposed. 

 

Also, all being well we'll have 10,000 extra seats to fill in the not too distant future.

 

I think the bottom line is that it's just a bit of complacency by the club. I'd like to think that the expansion would coincide with a rethink.

Edited 21 December 2023 by Nod.E

[Craig]

Just now, Izzy said:

Can members get a guest ticket for all games? 

 

Would be great to take my old man with me and my lad one day (without him having to pay for membership too)

I had never noticed it before the Millwall game when they did release tickets to booking history, but looking at the Ipswich game that has gone on sale today - that also has the Fox Member Guest category too.

 

 

[CosbehFox]

Just now, Izzy said:

Can members get a guest ticket for all games? 

 

Would be great to take my old man with me and my lad one day (without him having to pay for membership too)

Yes. I’ve helped out a few foreign lads recently. Have to enter in a shed load of details for them etc. 

 

Tbf an actual early walk out would be quite symbolic given the players and coach make points about it 

[onekeithweller]

1 minute ago, CosbehFox said:

Yes. I’ve helped out a few foreign lads recently. Have to enter in a shed load of details for them etc. 

 

Tbf an actual early walk out would be quite symbolic given the players and coach make points about it 

I’d walk out if I could afford to get in.

[Izzy]

2 minutes ago, Craig said:

I had never noticed it before the Millwall game when they did release tickets to booking history, but looking at the Ipswich game that has gone on sale today - that also has the Fox Member Guest category too.

 

 

Thanks mate.
But does the fact guest tickets are available four days after members suggests it’s highly unlikely you’ll be sitting together?

Kinda defeats the object in that case 

[Nolucklcfc]

25 minutes ago, SemperEadem said:

Bonkers isn't it.

Yeah, it’s sad really. Really disappointed in the club. 

[Daggers]

22 hours ago, Durnerz said:

This is mainly the reason I head to non-league now. Turn up, pay on the gate, job done.

 

It's understandable to a degree especially while we were in our success period to have the membership scheme but there should always be an allocation of tickets, even a couple of hundred on general sale. If they can do it at events like Wimbledon tennis then they can surely do it here.

 

Now we've been relegated the club should have used common sense instead of being greedy. 

Yep. 
 

The membership scheme, ticket cost, ticket allocation, treatment of genuine fans, and the abject absence of communication is why I have nothing to do with KPFC.

 

And until others do the same absolutely nothing will change. They can bitch all they like but nobody is listening: Vote with your wallets, go non-league.

[Craig]

Just now, Izzy said:

Thanks mate.
But does the fact guest tickets are available four days after members suggests it’s highly unlikely you’ll be sitting together?

Kinda defeats the object in that case 

It depends on the availability and whether you wait to purchase both together or not. For clubs with small followings like Rotherham and Huddersfield we usually open up part of the away end closer to the matchday in which case you'd probably be fine waiting and getting tickets together there.

 

Other than that, keep an eye on the site constantly as tickets get popped up for resale. 

 

When I need to move my ST to sit with my young lad C1/A2 often have availability pop up late in the day (not sure if they are hospitality returns). 

[FoxesDeb]

Currently having a row with a woman on FB who is trying to explain the benefits of having a membership. Her points so far are that they are 'only' £40, and you get money off when you spend yet more money at the club shop 

 

Absolute clown, but sadly not alone in her way of defending the club.