Hi All,

When I bought my season ticket, i was told it was 10 league games, 2 NRC and 1 challenge cup game.

Bearing in mind we are away against Dudley Hill, and not forced to be at home the round after (Bit Presumptuous) Where do we stand on that game as part our our package?

I was under the impression that Season Tickets couldn't be used in the Challenge Cup anymore?

However, I could be wrong on that.

I believe it was possible to use your season ticket to get the free ticket from the club to use for an away game.

I was surprised that they were last season!

Despite being a Season Ticket-holder, I feel that it is a complete travesty for them to be valid for any Challenge Cup game. Look at last year as an example:

Drawn away against Warrington, we could have expected to receive half of the 'gate' - as we no-doubt did; But, and it's a [size=150BIG BUT[/size, because of the number of Season Ticket-holders at Warrington (and any other Soooper-dooper League Club) it only benefits their supporters and denies C and C1 Clubs badly-needed funds.

I can only hope that this is the case (that they are not valid for any CC game this season) and that we can and will be victorious in more than one rond!

Having had a quick look back on the Cougars website, the season ticket offer was definately marketed as 12 games. I make this 9 league games 2 NRC games and surely 1 challenge cup game.

If this is not the case what have Cougars based their 12 games on when they marketed this offer???

Whilst I appreciate the fact that a plum draw in the challenge cup can give teams a much need income boost, the fact is that cougars have advertised a product on the basis of 12 games.

I may miss 3 or 4 games through other commitments, so there would have been less incentive for me to buy one if we were only offered 11 games.

I've emailed the club today and hope for a response from them. I understand it's the rfl rules that say everyone must pay, which is fine, but maybe the club could offer us the featherstone game instead.

Can somebody from the club please clarify the situation, either by posting on here or sending me a message or email. Cheers

Cougar Dave - It's highly unlikely you will receive a response on here as this is a fans forum. It may be easier phoning the club or e-mailing Gary.

Just to let it be known Gary Fawcett has emailed me personally on the matter.

Could i please ask what his reply was?
Saves me having to email him also!

Yes I would also like to know, I think this is a real 'own goal' from the club.

They surely should have checked with the RFL that Challenge Cup games could be included before they went public with their season ticket offer.

No matter how many games there are, even at 11 ther's a decent saving - 11 x £14 = £154 compared with £120 paid!

666 your right.

CougarDave, whilst it is nice to save money these days isnt this about trying to help the club go forward.
At the end of last season if the club had said this is the team we can have if we sell a seson ticket for £120 but you have to pay for the first round of the challenge cup would this have stoped you buying a ticket.

Think as well if we draw another top Super League club in the next round there fans will have to pay to watch instead of the Fiasco last season when we made very little from the Warrington game.
Lets think about the club not ourselves.

Mr Hicks your correct - everyone get behind the cougars - the cougars have even reduced the entry to £10 - applaud who's idea this is as will hopefully generate a bigger crowd on Sunday which is what we all want and after the performance on Sunday at Batley they could have charged double and we would have still been at Cougar Park cheering them on

I think people are missing the point here, the club have charged £120 for the season ticket on the basis that it is valid for 12 games. This is now clearly not the case and the product has been mis-sold by the club.

If I went to a restaurant and ordered burger, chips and a drink I would be outraged if it came without the chips but the waitress told me I shouldn't complain because I was still getting good value for the burger and drink.

Don't think people are missing the point.
Yes, due to RFL rules you may have to pay £10 to get into a game.

But on the other hand, on round 3 the club and our opposition stand to make much needed cash. Should we secure passage through to round 4 then if we get the right Super league team, we stand to make a considerable few quid.

I fully agree.The club needs to get its act together

£120 i forked out for 12 games and now they want another tenner



I am not a charity and give MY money out wiily nilly,i simply want what i paid for.

As for supporting and helping the club





,i did,120 quids worth

The club isn't a restaurant, its a sporting enterprise, run and supported by people who want the team to succeed.





From the above you suggest that it's the club that have made a mistake (which they may have) and not the RFL that have had a last minute change of mind. Not that the RFL would ever change the rules at the last moment



But I accept that you are quite entitled to your opinion

To all those complaining over ten pounds.

I wouldnt call you true supporters. We are watching the best team weve had for 17 years.
Just look at things like you have paid eleven pounds per game or would you still have wanted to save the tenner and us loose out in the next round on what could be a massive pay day and see even more big name players come to the club next season on the strength of the cup money.

To be fair, ten pounds can mean a lot to people on a tight budget and i can understand why the question is raised but then again, there are ways of approaching this other than suggesting the club are incompetent.

With respect that's an unfair analogy.

Obeone for example comes to most games, sings himself ho, buys merch and sups a few pints at the bar.

Is it just about the £10?

Or is about the matter that the club sold them a product on the basis of one thing and they got another? To some people the morality and principle of the issue are worth far more than what can appear on face value to be a relatively small monetary amount involved.

In my opinion the club put the Season Tickets on sale in good faith. One way or another an error has been made, which let's face it happens, we're all human after all. If the club knew that the RFL had scrapped the free CC game before the tickets went on sale then this is a bad oversight and procedures obviously need to be reviewed. If the RFL changed their policy after the Season Tickets went on sale then the club should have endeavoured to rectify the situation. as soon as possible. Either way, I think the best and fairest way to rectify the situation would be to offer all season ticket holders involved a rebate equivalent to admission on Sunday with the option to waive it to keep the funds in the club.

Myself I'd waive it.

Just cast your mind back to last season. As a female season ticket holder i lost out on more then one occasion. Our chairman hosting a couple of ladies day free entry etc. I didn't get a refund.

It has happened and will continue to do so.

I don't live in Keighley and, consequently, I do not qualify for the BDMC 'Passport to Leisure', which kicks-in at 60. Had I still been a BDMC resident then I would have qualified for the 'Concessionary Rate' of admission at the gate.

This is yet another dis-incentive for many Cougar fans and regular supporters to buy Season Tickets, which are more expensive for this particular age-group of supporters.

Yet another consideration to be taken into account before the 2013 offering?

I was told when collecting my season ticket that 1 challenge cup game was included. Having read all the comments above it seems the club as once again scored another own goal. I believe it is time to move on, get down and pay £10 on Sunday and support our team. I trust though that the club realise it is not very clever to alienate their supporters and learn lessons for next season when hopefully they get the marketing and sale of season tickets right.

I just wish that all Championship Clubs would get-together (like the Sooper Doooooooooper Clubs) and agree a strategy that would apply to every club on ticketing! Then everyone would know exactly what was on offer and for what price.

Remember when Swinton played at Gigg Lane and they charged their home supporters less than the away supporters?

Brilliant!!!!!!!!!!

After all, it's not 'rocket science'!

Sorry, I omitted 'Northern', who seem to be a law unto themselves - sending me emails offering entry at £10, and I'm not 65 yet! That said, if Northern was one of the last two clubs in the game, I WOULD NEVER GIVE THEM MY SUPPORT - even if it was FREE!