Your paying a premium to have a premium seat. The cut off line has to be somewhere, you can pay the same and move 2 feet if you want. The reasons your going to give why your not going to are why your seat is premium.

That said the difference in price is far too high.

Maybe Pearson is trying to make the east stand unreserved sections bigger

I also have a feeling that the match day prices will see the big reductions. I know this will probably offend a few into not getting passes but I also think it will attract far more to buy on the day.

If we brought day prices to £18-£20 I think we would easily attract more new fans who payed on the day than those who didn't buy a pass.

Also there are at least 10000 passes in the stadium at a decent price if you include east unreserved, south stand and west stand family stand.

My only concern is that all the unreserved east tickets get sold out. This would mean all those who take a friend on match day would buy an extra reserved seat but obviously try to sit in unreserved with there friends. The ideal for me would be that all the east stand was unreserved, all those who want a reserved seat could move to the west. I await the insults

My argument is the false promise and advertising. I have printed the brochure off and pinned it to my notice board and the first thing I see is the tag line: "Your 2012 pass will be cheaper than your 2011 pass"

Eeerrrmmm, no it bloody won't

Although, in good news, the card admin charge (£2.50) is now per transaction, not ticket.

The voucher exchange withdrawal is a bit of a downer BUT, surely a slight reduction and a promise that he is going to invest a lot more in the club than the previous owners has got to be on the positive side? How much has he laid out up to now 2-3 million? Pearson is a business man at the end of the day and if he is going to invest, the money has to come from somewhere, what do others think would have happened with the price of passes if the old regime were still in charge? I could be wrong but I think there would have been an increase and with the prospects and quality we would really have had something to moan about. One GOOD signing and the queues will happen (hopefully).

I'm not getting a premium seat. I'm getting the same seat as everyone else is but with a minor perk of being able to have a set position... This does NOT warrant a £30 additional charge.. Tell you what, Let's have drinking allowed in the reserved area!! As they are 'premium'.

The 'football man' in Pearson is creeping out and I don't like it!!

Thought I paid £199 last year for South stand?

I am a little disappointed given the hype but decent players cost money so am hoping for a mind blowing announcement to come.

Just dug my south stand pass out from last year and it was £199.

So i'll save £4.00

Enough for a pie and a bag of crisps.

I apologise for my rants, I was mistaken...bloody hell that hurt to say!!!!

calm down women its only a commercial!

Yep you're right, it was £199. I still had the PDF of the 2010 brochure on my PC.
Must admit though, I expected more than a £4 reduction, but its better than nout I suppose!

That will make me rant...I chuffing hate Michael Winner!!!

If you feel it doesn't warrant a £30 additional fee, don't sit there.

Problem solved

The £224 is for new pass holders only Mick also the £224 stays the same for the whole off season, We have no discounted period. Now if you already have an east stand pass the cost to renew is only £188 which I make £14.40 per game.

If you don't like it go unreserved. If not, you don't really have anything to complain about. You know the price difference its up to you whether you pay it or not, its not as if there's any hidden charges.

I never expected much more than a fiver saving so thats ok by me. Many clubs make a big deal about keeping prices at last years prices, so Adams stated commitment to reduce prices did never mean it was going to be a big reduction as far as I saw it, more just a gesture.
The man is investing heavily, paying off debts, and sorting us out as an organisation and will be improving us on the pitch, and I'm paying a tad less for it. I say thanks for that.

The voucher return thing being stopped is a mistake I think. But if he listens to the voices he may well change it back for next year. At least this guy is talking to us, and I think he'll listen too.

With hindsight, and seeing many the posts being disappointed at the pricing, maybe he'd of been better off saying nothing beforehand, then giving us a nice "little" price reduction surprise. Then everyone would have been happy with the man. Raising expectations even without meaning too can be a dangerous thing. Say nothing next time Adam.

I put it down to a rare PR exercise mishap, thats all.

Lets get behind the club and see what our new look team plays like.

By the looks of it, mine certainly won't, so I'm subsidising everyone else



Not had it confirmed, but last year's comfy seat, carpark pass and Kingston Suite pass was £495. By the looks of it, this year its £525. The club haven't got anyone there today to tell me what they want, but the rumour is the entrance to the Kingston Suite next year will have a "pound of flesh" donation box next to it

Oh, I'll be going unreserved alright but I do have something to complain about.. I've always been reserved and now i have to change my full pattern and day out because this club have made a ridiculous decision to 'discount' a large portion of the East Stand by over 15% and those that wish to sit in the same place every week get a discount of less than 3%.

Pearson has changed alot to do with the club but regarding my personal matchday experience he has got EVERYTHING wrong so far..

Just the same bad fan management as the previous board if not worse IMO....

The voucher exchange has been a major selling point of passes over the years and pushes those who cannot get to all games to still buy a pass knowing they can at least use those vouchers from missed games to bring friends or sell on at a fee. Removing it means someone who can foresee missing 4 home games might as well not buy a pass but just pay on the gate., this in turn makes people think twice about attending especially if the game is on sky.

When you take into account the occasional offers for games as well the value of a pass has decreased significantly.

I don't see the problem myself but some people like to moan about anything I guess.

I have not bought a season pass the last couple of years for obvious reasons but am tempted to get one for next season with the whole new dawn new era etc. I went to about 9 home games last season all at £22 a ticket so I make it £198 in ticket costs I shelled out. If I get a pass this year I will have entry to all home games + a challenge cup game and priority on any final tickets for only £195. Rough workings in my head tell me it works out at about £15 a game, so basically saving £7 a game on what I would have had to pay last year.

£100 saving throughout the season for me.

Get in the real world.

Same here! You need to invest in a club at the end of the day for anything to be succesful! Don't see the issue! Most peopole paid it to watch Agar... now pay it to watch us evolve! Simple.

Care to explain, or just want to stick sly comments in here and there...??

Yes.
Under the old regime we would have been paying much more, and for the same dross as before.

cant argue with that,,under the last regime many many would have even considered a re-newel

You may be upset at a charge for having a reserved seat, I can understand that. However to go off on one like you have is way over the top, to say the club have changed your pattern and match day experience is a bit too far and then saying they don't care about the fans is even more tosh considering the amount of surveys we have had to take over the past couple of months. Pearson has done exactly everything the fans wanted off him and some are little something which in reality is a small problem escalate into something big.

I wonder if Pearson was showing his "football side" when sorting out a tax bill caused by the old board.