theesel1994 Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 SJFA set admission prices for the scottish They set a minimum charge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Once you start raising it where does it stop though. knowing the juniors they will probably raise it next year or year after, when for over a decade they never moved it at all. Once you get closer to a tenner than a fiver you are taking it to far in my opinion especially when you take into consideration other costs of going to a game. I know two or three guys who go to the junior football who count every penny, when it comes to two or three games a week they can't go to the extra games and have to pick one , I am sure there are a good few guys out there like that. It had to increase at some point couldn't be £5 and £2.50 forever. Running expenses even for district league clubs are going up for example just simple things like paying for training, electricity and showers plus general repairs. A few extra quid will help every team in the West while not pricing out any punter. Even someone on minimum wage or unemployed will still be able to spare £6/3 to watch their team every week, the increase is not much at all for fans but will make a difference for every team. Our level is still very affordable and great value for money especially compared to senior football.I can't see prices going up again next year, I really can't see it being proposed. East Region may well go up in 2016-17 since West now has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnie_man Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Once you start raising it where does it stop though. knowing the juniors they will probably raise it next year or year after, when for over a decade they never moved it at all. Once you get closer to a tenner than a fiver you are taking it to far in my opinion especially when you take into consideration other costs of going to a game. I know two or three guys who go to the junior football who count every penny, when it comes to two or three games a week they can't go to the extra games and have to pick one , I am sure there are a good few guys out there like that. You're making a strawman argument to justify your opinion. All evidence would point towards increases in admission being a very rare occurance, so hardly the basis for claiming it would go up year-on-year. Let's keep it simple, how much have referee fees gone up over the last decade compared to Junior admission prices? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobRoyGuy Posted June 25, 2015 Author Share Posted June 25, 2015 In a nutshell i am fine with six but if the west region decide at some point in near future to nudge it up to seven, nudging it closer to ten i would say that's taking it to far , the way the juniors is you can't rules this scenario . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hertha/BJFC1938 Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 In a nutshell i am fine with six but if the west region decide at some point in near future to nudge it up to seven, nudging it closer to ten i would say that's taking it to far , the way the juniors is you can't rules this scenario . In a nutshell if they nudged it up to £7 then it would be a bit closer to £10 but still closer to a fiver than a tenner Dry your eyes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanner Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Well I for one am outraged at this blatant profiteering. RIP Junior Football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archieb Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 It was a real pain when we twice hosted the Ardagh cup final between Irvine meadow and Talbot where I think the price might have been £6 and £3. Loads of people turned up right on kick off time and our change took an absolute tanking with loads of people handing over ten pound notes. Remember trying to explain to a drunken meadow fan if he could give me a tenner and a one pound coin and I would give him a £5 note in change, thought he was going to decapitate me as he couldn't work it out as he thought I was trying to charge him £11 to get in. My first experience of taking £6 & £3 at the gate was this year's West of Scotland Cup final between Arthurlie & Buffs. Despite having more change to hand at the start and asking consistently for the odd pound coin when offered £10 as Hertha describes, I was continually running out. It was a HUGE problem! So here's a plea to ALL junior fans that pay at the gate - If you're paying £6 admission, PUHLEASE bring along the right money - preferably six £1 coins if you possibly can!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hertha/BJFC1938 Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 My first experience of taking £6 & £3 at the gate was this year's West of Scotland Cup final between Arthurlie & Buffs. Despite having more change to hand at the start and asking consistently for the odd pound coin when offered £10 as Hertha describes, I was continually running out. It was a HUGE problem! So here's a plea to ALL junior fans that pay at the gate - If you're paying £6 admission, PUHLEASE bring along the right money - preferably six £1 coins if you possibly can!! Agreed 100% mate. It sounds trivial but our treasurer was doing constant runs from the canteen to our turnstiles with change and it was a real hard slog particularly when lots of people arrived at once bang on kick off time and they were a bit inebriated and demanding to get in for the kick off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clash city rocker Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 These clubs still have the expenses of others like heating the water lighting the dressing rooms buying equipment strips etc. So I say yes it is justified. Not all clubs expenses are paying wages My experience over a long time is that fans don't give a flying feck about running costs, they expect to see their money running about on the pitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hertha/BJFC1938 Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 My experience over a long time is that fans don't give a flying feck about running costs, they expect to see their money running about on the pitch. Very true mate but the wages that most junior teams in our league are paying would demand that we got home crowds of between 750 and 900 to scratch the surface of fans paying the wages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Stuart. Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 It was a real pain when we twice hosted the Ardagh cup final between Irvine meadow and Talbot where I think the price might have been £6 and £3. Loads of people turned up right on kick off time and our change took an absolute tanking with loads of people handing over ten pound notes. Remember trying to explain to a drunken meadow fan if he could give me a tenner and a one pound coin and I would give him a £5 note in change, thought he was going to decapitate me as he couldn't work it out as he thought I was trying to charge him £11 to get in. sorry about that mate. Shouldn't have bothered with that last baileys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clash city rocker Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Very true mate but the wages that most junior teams in our league are paying would demand that we got home crowds of between 750 and 900 to scratch the surface of fans paying the wages Aye players would be getting about a tenner if it went by whit comes through the gates. The return Ladeside has had from so called top players has been pathetic for the amount they got. Tommy Bryce would hardly spend a penny yet won the West and brought through some fantastic players and produced some fantastic fitba. Denis Gray got players to sign for him, money was hardly considered by the Beith players. The more you spend the more cash you need from fans through the gate, fans through lottery, fans attending fundraisers etc...and if you don't have a good main sponsor, yer fucked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sancho Panza Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Wouldn't have a manager's job in a million years these days, you could sell your club big style but if an extra quid is offered elsewhere then their offski. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hertha/BJFC1938 Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 sorry about that mate. Shouldn't have bothered with that last baileys Haha I remember you arriving early that day mate. You resembled an oasis group member without a guitar but you were in nice and early Plus with a Mars bar that I planked for you on your junior stadium tours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fear no foe Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 This might sound a bit daft but I actually think you may get more people buying raffle tickets or programmes now than before as the majority of punters will prob now go in with a ten pound note and get 4 pound coins back. People are more likely to part with a pound coin or two for a raffle ticket than maybe break a fiver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superbigal Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 On my iPhone the subject matter of this posts says "Something caught my attention the other day, Celtic u16s girls" Worrying for original poster Wasn't even our own jimlfixit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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