Thats it, thats all! What do people need to commit to another rollercoaster ride? dissapointed it's not at least over 2,000 by now!!

Oh and 1812 is the total of season ticket sales so far for next year

No surprise really what with the apathetic wakefield public. They know the price of evrything but the value of nowt! Love to bleat but not so keen to put their hand in their pocket.

It is understandable why some haven't renewed yet as they may be thinking "we've heard this all before, what's different this time? Blah blah blah"

I suspect many people are like me and are cash strapped until xmas and after... It will be around 2500 when the season starts I imagine. Which isn't that bad considering the mess this post-season has been. Let's wait and see. You may find people snapping season tickets up even after the season has started (waiting to see what performances are like in 1 or 2 games).

The product is getting better day by day this will encourage the people who are in two minds to get on board,Keep the faith!

When I look at it now (in purely economic terms), I start to question if the season ticket is really worth it if you are someone who is always likely to miss a game or two.

Having missed the discounted early birds, it is now £205 for a Gold. With a silver and pre-purchase (admittedly extra hassle), the total for all games is £227 by my rough calculations. Miss one Cat A game and it is break even; miss two or more (as circumstances, odd kick off times and late changes, etc can easily dictate), and the option of buying as you go becomes the more attractive one.

I could almost argue the case that the value is at either end - pay as you go for the cheapest, or if you want to commit, go platinum (e.g. as a current gold and 1873 member, the £340 isn't much more expensive and you get the shirts, etc thrown in).

Apathetic do me a favour!! What do you expect after what we have seen over decades and over the last 3 years in paticular? Apathy! Apathy to believe people on limited incomes will keep dipping into their pockets when you run a club like a bunch of clueless buffoons.

Jeez!

You don't think out of a population of 80k a 2% take up of season tickets isn't apathy? Yes the club has been mismanaged but there is an underlying reason why this club is a perennial struggler.

Although there is some disappointment with the numbers of S/T's sold, there is still plenty of time before the start of the season and if the club can get some decent press and create some positivity, then the current sales should increase.

Also, the numbers sold should be put into context.

Until the giveaway tickets were offered a couple of seasons ago, our S/T numbers were very poor IIRC less than 1000 ??

So, if we can get somewhere near the 2500 mark, or even push close to 3000, this would be excellent and it would give the club something solid to build on for the future.

All those people that bought the cheap tickets have the opportunity to show that they are loyal Wakefield Trinity supporters and renew their memberships.

We cant force people to come and watch the city's premier sporting team and nor should we, but there is a superb sporting heritage and all of us can spread the word and encourage folk to come down.

Personally, I cant wait for the start of the new season and put all the doom and gloom behind us.

People paying on the day might be a blessing for the club this season.
Personally i think the club so far has done everything right, theres been honesty, theres been digging ourselves out of a hole, theres been restructering, theres been investment in new players and talk of others to come in....
Looking at the squad on paper, is there much difference in this one and last season (half back issue aside) i dont think there is, and its certainly better than some sides we've had.
Like adam i think many people wait for a bit of christmas spends to get their STs so i think come the start of the season if we continue in this vein; we should be in the region of 2500 maybe heading towards 3000.
The interesting thing will be the turn ups, as high ST numbers can mean less match day income.

Surely it's been quite a busy couple of weeks with ST sales. No update on the site since 9th December. If people are too busy to update it maybe take it off as it looks like nobody is buying. A great sales tool if updated regularly

1861 As of yesterday.
Of my 9 staff 4 are on annual leave so forgive us if some jobs don't get done this side of Christmas.
I too am quite pleased with this figure given the context of where we are and where we've been. If we can achieve a proper average crowd of 6000 this means 4000 are walking up on the door, meaning more match day revenue which enhances cash flow later on in the year obviously.

You tell em.

Picked my shirt up today,got my Boxing day match ticket plus 11 others,coach booked

.bring it on.

Thanks for the update that's great news. Didn't mean to come across as negative it was just one of the staff told me at the Crimbo fair that it was her first job to do Monday morning after a busy weekend of sales and I'd become a bit OCD in my checking of the website for the number to change.

It will be the first time in years I haven't bought a season ticket but that's only because looking at the fixtures it benefits me to pay on the day as I'm gonna miss too many games due to work commitments. I'm sure there are many who are waiting to see how the team performs before they commit to coming regularly again. I believe we do have fairly good support but the nature of a casual supporter is to follow a team who's doing well, that goes for most teams I know but in our case it seems we get a good following built up only to see them disappear again if we have a mediocre season. I think the club have done brilliantly to build a squad again and I am encouraged greatly by what I've seen thus far in the off season. We're getting things right, that can only help to encourage the casual fans to come more regularly and we can build once again from there.

1949 season tickets sold as of now, pity we couldn't have sold 2,000 prior to Xmas.

I could always be more but its a fair amount considering the last few months, those who have not bought like Emley cat will still turn out and pay on the gate.

Overall its positive imo.

That's my fear and I mentioned it on another thread. When people hold back and just attend on an casual basis the club really suffers.

For instance our first home game televised live on a Thursday night. We will have a massive turn out, the trouble is it will all be in the local clubs and pubs. The Wakefield public are notorious for not turning out in a bit of bad weather or when the games live on the telly.

Plus the mess the bulls are in we could struggle to get 4000 for that first game.

Season ticket numbers are healthy all things considering. IMO if we get this right through the transparent approach we now have, we can build on this year on year. This years figure has been hampered by numerous things already mentioned. It has also has been hampered by lack of community staff not being able to get into Schools selling them. I know the progression of the community team is on the agenda but obviously financial stability and a team on paper needed to be the priority. Over the course of 2014 It will be good to see the community team grow and relationships in Schools gained. Delivering key messages and marketing the brand and gaining support!

I have seen first hand the community staff and players inspiring the children when they go into Schools! All this helps to get them interested in rugby league and Wakefield Wildcats!

Last thing slightly off topic but I would love to see Richard Agar deliver a training session with his players at every High School in Wakefield on their School fields in their dinner hour throughout the season. After the session player autographs and leaflets for half and full season tickets for kids to take away. There are only about 12 high Schools but have approximately 15,000 kids!!

#backthebadge

Couldn't agree more. A presenace in the schools is a must.
Gone are the days when the players worked in the hardware shop at the end of the street. The club needs to take the product to the schools and colleges.

Seems to have gone back to 1861

It was MC that mentioned 1949.

Yes I got Becky to give he an update. Website was never updated as media manager is on holiday