Not really, no.

Could you explain ours in a quarter of a page?

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It's not that difficult to understand, surely.

There's the membership. This can be standard, gold or platinum. Standard membership is for the individual and must be paid by direct debit, unless you want to include a junior under the age of 8 on it - effectively making it into a kind of joint membership, but not the kind offered under gold or platinum - in which case you can optionally pay half up front, or opt to receive the goody bag offered to gold members (with two items removed). Standard membership entitles you to purchase one ticket per match and, optionally, a second ticket for the under 8 and a further ticket for one other adult to no more than two home games each season, although this is only available to those standard members who have opted to include an under 8 on their membership. Standard members paying by direct debit can optionally upgrade their ticket to a gold standard ticket, which entitles them to stand or sit anywhere in the stadium, although this preference must be stated at the time of purchasing the ticket. Standard members not paying by direct debit can further opt to upgrade their membership to gold standard, although this requires them to start paying by direct debit and they must not have been in receipt of any form of goody bag, unless that goody bag was received as part of the standard family package, which entitles the member to name two other individuals (who must be blood relatives and residing at the same address or no more than 2.5 km away from the member's stated address, or no more than 1 km from the new stadium), and these individuals are entitled to purchase tickets for no more than three games (not including cup games or televised games) at the special discounted rate of £2 under the marked price. Standard membership is £120 by direct debit, or £125 when bought direct, but this entitles the member to a 10% discount on any item at the club shop, barring items aready being sold at a reduced price due to other offers. Standard membership at this price is only available up until the 30th November, at which time the prices increase to £130 and £135 respectively, and the 10% discount in the club shop ceases to apply. Standard members can the purchase a season ticket at the standard member rate of £50 for direct debit paying members, or £55 for direct payers with the under 8's ticket being available for £20. Again, these prices only apply up until the end of November, at which time they increase by 10%, except for standard members who opt to pay half up front, as they can optionally pay the extra 10% and receive the goody bag that is only on offer to gold members or not pay the 10%, This part of the offer ends at the end of December.

Gold standard members receive all the amazing benefits offered to standard members, but, in addition, they can opt to move to a different part of the stadium during a match (barring cup games and televised games) and can upgrade their gold standard membership to family gold standard membership, which allows the member to identify three people who either reside at the same address or who have lived at that address at some time within the past 5 years (and at least one of whom must be a blood relative, although if two are blood relatives, the 5 year residency limit on the other named individual increases to 7 years). Family gold members can purchase a single ticket to any match for all members for the special discounted price of £50, but those individuals must all stand together for the duration of the game and cannot move to another part of the ground other than at half time, unless those members waived their rights to a goody bag, in which case they can move whenever they want, but they must all stay together. Individual gold standard members can pay by direct debit at a price of £149, or pay up front at a price of £155 or, optionally £160, which entitles the member to a goody bag and a 10% discount on any item at the club shop, although this must be redeemed before the end of the season, except for family members who can redeem their discount any time up until the start of the following season. Gold standard members can optionally upgrade to platinum membership mid season, provided they currently pay by direct debit and have never opted to change position during a match. Gold membership entitles the member to bring a friend to three matches a season (barring cup games after the 4th round) for the special discounted rate of 15% below marked price, but they must indicate where they will stand/sit and they can only move to another part of the ground at half time, except for televised games, where they must stay in the same position. Gold members can buy a season ticket for £60 before the end of November, or £70 thereafter, unless they pay by direct debit and opt not to receive the goody bag, in which case the price stays at £60 until the end of January.

Platinum membership contains all the above, plus a guaranteed goody bag and free travel to one away game for three people, or two away games for two, provided one of those away games is in Lancashire and is played on a Sunday or on a Friday after the clocks go forward. This does not apply to cup games or televised matches unless the member pays by direct debit in which case they can travel to cup games or televised games, but not to televised cup games. Platinum members can move freely around the ground, as if wafted on air, but they must state their intended route clearly before the game begins, and must stick to that route unless they opt to bring one or more family members, in which case no more than one family member can opt to swan around via a different route provided that route does not differ from the original stated route by more than 10%. Platinum members can also make use of the official stadium restaurant, where they can choose whether to eat frozen chips or instant mash with their pie. Platinum members paying by direct debit can vary their payment by month provided they have not received a goody bag and have not opted to downgrade to gold membership, or have promised not to downgrade for the next three years. Platinum membership is available for £200 per season (direct debit) or £205 per season (up front) although platinum members can opt to rollover their direct debit payment into next month provided they opt not to receive the goody bag.

I mean, how difficult is it really?

RJ that is quality

Thanks RJ,i wont have to wait for the brochure now,you have explained it perfectly,brilliant post.

RedJohn, you forgot to mention that membership at any grade is cancelled immediately if you are found within 1 km of the ground with a drum, but the rest was spot on.

Perhaps you can be the new marketing manager

Awesome post Red John.

Perhaps we could make a flow chart?

they would call it a circle

Why not simply join the motorway at Trafford Centre climb the first part of the gradiant and then pull over put your hazard warning lights on and watch the game for free from a grandstand view.

Red John will surely receive a letter of thanks from the Club for his simplification of their membership information.

I think this post should be printed in the M.E.N and then watch the custom come flooding in!!!!

Much as Red Johns post has helped I'm still as lost as a 5 fingered glove in Leigh.

If I pay the £200 do I get every game, the VIP dining doo dat once, an away game, the MM two day pass and the £26 goody bag?.
It simply can't be that if you pay by DD it's cheaper as that makes absolutely no financial sense whatsoever.

Have they scrapped the CC ticket from this offer?

Making DD more atractive make perfect financial sense. even if their brochure makes hard work of it.
1. they recognise stumping up £180-200 per fan - £400 per family is a big ask pre season , especially one where this year they cannot b---s--t us a star cast of signings & top 8 predictions. do used to pay more by signing up DD. now they are encouraging it .
2. regular income , rather than a big bunce preseason and nothing from members after.
3. kidology - last season it was £50 for a pass and £130 to pay for all the SL games , now you can pay £ up to £170 0dd for the membership but only ever pay £50 for you games . it sounds cheaper?
4. How many of us pay DD for say Broadband , Sky , Virgin Media , £10 - 20 -£30 per month, if you added up these debits and were asked to fork out for the next 12 months in one hit , half of us would think twice , so paying £ 5- 10 or 15 quid a month to watch Salford without runiing to the ATM every Friday night or Sunday morning is abetter way to attract supporters.
5. you'll never quit, Once your on DD statistically people are less inclined to cancel , and I strongly suspect the DD will role into next seasons ' 2013' membership packages unless you cancel ,

TBH £ 1.00 per week membership and £13 per match is an easy way to support.

£ 4.46 per week ( £19.34 per month )to get full membership & all the extra bits & bobs isn't bad either. Top package is £ 232 per year , all in ,
Leeds passes for Headingley start at £220 for Bog std , rising to £ 330 . by comparison

I hope they have got this right for all our sakes!

I have just noticed that 'Match Day Car Parking Charges will apply' - But it doesn't state anywhere how much this will be? £5 per game would add another £65 to the cost of a season ticket......and looking at some other stadia car park charges it may well be more.

Inevitable that there will be car park charges - at least you'll be parking on tarmac, at the pie-dome you get charged a fiver for an extension of the canal towpath!!
I'm guessing that the car park revenue goes to the stadium though and not the club?

The stadium company's transport survey insinuated it could be £6. Although a potential park and ride from The Trafford Centre could be cheaper.

That if true is scandelous, all your going to get is the streets the other side of the motorway junction getting log jammed with people parking there and walking, will be busing it from Eccles and saving a fortune I think.

Hi all, Sorry I have joined this debate late but having just very recently got into Rugby, I am looking for details of the tickets and season pass prices for Salford myself and think I have got my head around the crooks of this topic however.. The only thing I would like to clarify - If a bought either premier or premier+, and the matchpass.. Do I then pay anything on arrival as well for the actual tickets at the turnstyles or am I covered?

Welcome to the Reds Ian, once you have your membership and a match pass your covered to watch the home games plus any extras quoted on the offer.

For adults (junior & family memberships have bonus features, check Reds' documentation for details):

As for the last two seasons, in 2012 you must be a member to be able to purchase a 'season ticket'. There are 3 levels of membership and there are 2 ways you can purchase it (quoted prices are for adults):

1. [uTraditional method[/u - pay for the lot in advance

[code
|==================================================================|
| 12 month membership* | BASIC | PREMIER | PREMIER + |
| | | | |
|==================================================================|
| Cost | £52 | £200 | £250 |
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Free entry to all | - | Included | Included |
| Reds home matches | | | |
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Discounted admission | Included | N/A | N/A |
| (£13 per league game) | | | |
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Free entry to all | Selected** | Included | Included |
| Academy home matches | | | |
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Discount at club shop | 10% off | 15% off | 20% off |
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Free entry to | Included | Included | Included |
| club events | | | |
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Free access to website | Included | Included | Included |
| Members' Area | | | |
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Discount away travel***| 10% off | 25% off | 25% off |
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Bonus free away travel | - | 1 match | 2 matches |
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Free Magic Weekend | - | Reds day | Both days |
| ticket | | included | included |
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Free 'supporters pack' | - | Included | Included |
| worth £25 | | | |
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Upgrade to hospitality | - | 50% off at | 1 game |
| | | 1 game | included |
| | | **** | ***** |
|==================================================================|

* Renewed annually
** Excludes curtain raisers i.e. on days where the academy play a couple of hours before the first team.
*** Excludes Catalans, Harlequins and Magic Weekend. Subject to availability
**** Saving of £39. Subject to availability
***** Subject to availability

[/code

2. [uPerpetual method[/u - monthly subscription

[code|==================================================================|
| Initial 12 month | BASIC | PREMIER | PREMIER + |
| membership* | | | |
|==================================================================|
| Cost | £1 p/wk | £2.50 p/wk | £3.50 p/wk |
| | OR | OR | OR |
| | £4.33 p/m | £10.83 p/m | £15.17 p/m |
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Free entry to all | - | +£50 | +£50 |
| Reds home matches | | match pass* | match pass* |
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Discounted admission | Included | Included | Included |
| (£13 per league game) | | | |
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Free entry to all | Selected** | Included | Included |
| Academy home matches | | | |
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Discount at club shop | 10% off | 15% off | 20% off |
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Free entry to | Included | Included | Included |
| club events | | | |
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Free access to website | Included | Included | Included |
| Members' Area | | | |
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Discount away travel***| 10% off | 25% off | 25% off |
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Bonus free away travel | - | 1 match | 2 matches |
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Free Magic Weekend | - | Reds day | Both days |
| ticket | | included | included |
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Free 'supporters pack' | - | Included | Included |
| worth £25 | | | |
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Upgrade to hospitality | - | 50% off at | 1 game |
| | | 1 game | included |
| | | **** | ***** |
|==================================================================|

* After initial 12 month commitment, membership continues as a rolling monthly contract. Cancellation requires 14 days notice. If you wish to rejoin within six months of cancellation you will be subject to a rejoining fee (calculated at 6 months x membership fee). Quoted match pass price available until November 30th. Match pass paid for in advance. If you cancel your membership at any point during the season, match pass will also be cancelled
** Excludes curtain raisers i.e. on days where the academy play a couple of hours before the first team.
*** Excludes Catalans, Harlequins and Magic Weekend. Subject to availability
**** Saving of £39. Subject to availability
***** Subject to availability[/code

Cheers Gaz, now if the information was released like that in the first place there wouldn't have been a need for 14 pages of confusion!

Wot Black Cat said.

I'd be more worried about the lack of movement in the transfer market.!!!

why? Swinton have signed somebodies haven't they?

And Salford should not be concern or are you really an undercover red.

Well said Pev