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cds wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02 2019 2:04 pm I might be making myself look a little dim here, but have I missed this? I don’t recall seeing an announcement in prices for 19/20 anywhere, either match day or season tickets. The website still lists 18/19 prices, but am I to assume they will be different this term?

cds wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02 2019 7:30 pm I just don't get how the club doesn't see the 'bigger picture' sometimes... It's almost like the club is bi-polar when it comes to it's priorities with the fanbase. Examples just from this pre-season include:

• Two bar staff on in Strikers Bar against Wolves with a crowd of 1,100 plus > three bar staff on against Bangor with a crowd of 182
• Club shop not open against Wolves > Club shop open against Darlaston
• Macron kit deal announced early doors to great fanfare > no ticket prices announced so you know how much it will be to wear your nice new shiny replica kit at KP

I am pleased that there are moves afoot to redress the balance when it comes to revenue and appreciate there’s much to do – much has been done also, which I applaud the management group for - but not announcing any season tickets/admission prices a week before the start of the season feels like a ridiculous own goal, particularly when you have Gaz on this very forum trying to drum up support for the lads and get people to come down and watch, yet no-one yet knows how much they’ll be paying for the privilege at this moment. HTFC has a very strange business model at times.

sheriff wrote: ↑Sat Aug 03 2019 8:44 amfirst time visitor page on the official site is out of date

cds wrote: ↑Sat Aug 03 2019 3:44 pm Sorry, I said that was it from me, but ....

• Why would there be an expectation for the supporters to do the spadework in finding this out? If you wanted to go to the cinema next weekend or a restaurant, you would expect to know the price of admission/goods in advance through all of the relevant channels. It isn’t down to the supporters – or customers if you will – to go hunting for this information out for themselves. It should already be in the public domain. Last season, the admission prices were announced on June 14th as a comparison
• Is pricing policy not something within the remit of the management group? Why would a release of this information be an issue for the first-team manager and matchday secretary?
• We have always been told – or advised – that nothing is official until it’s officially released by the club. That’s how a step three club operates – releasing an official statement in the correct channels to dispel rumour-mongering and the tired ’man in a pub’ nonsense. That pushes the onus onto the club to practice what they preach – release a statement and quash any issues. They don’t do themselves any favours at all by not being proactive in nipping things in the bud and It's making them look like they've got something to hide.

Del wrote: ↑Sat Aug 03 2019 9:57 am

sheriff wrote: ↑Sat Aug 03 2019 8:44 amfirst time visitor page on the official site is out of date

It is - but until we get any updated info ......!!

Jude71 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 04 2019 2:10 pm On a plus note the car park gets a full make over as from tomorrow and should be finished for the opening game vs lowerstoft .