Season ticket renewal

[PSumbler]

So currently doing my annual "will I wont I" on the season ticket renewal front

For a variety of reasons I have seen 4 of the 11 games we have played at home in the league this season. Of the 7 missed, 4 have been through other commitments and 3 through choice of making the decision not to go.

If that were to stay the same for the second half of the season I would see another 4, possibly 5 games on top of that. 9 games for the price of a season ticket is clearly expensive.

The flip side is my seat is the same one I have had since the Liberty opened. It was one I picked out when we first moved there and is part of a block of 11 tickets we bought at the time. Some of the others have moved on since that date but largely I have known most of the people around those seats for longer than the stadium has been opened.

The obvious solution is not to renew, buy tickets on a match by match basis and take my pick on where I want to sit. Given the stadium is rarely sold out I would probably always get a seat around the same area. My dilemma - as it always has been - is that I like my seat, the view, the people around me and that is as important to me as the football.

I'm fortunate in that I can afford to renew without impacting the family budget but I really dont know if I am going to. I suspect I will but I feel detached from the game (and to a large extent the club as well) and that is also on my mind.

Anyone else in similar positions?

 

[Pegojack]

Very much so, the same thoughts are going through my head. I only get to see a few games a year, living in Spain. My brother and friends use it the rest of the time. I'm fortunate that I can afford it, but I have to say I'm not a fan of Martinball. I've seen 'the Process' work on a few occasions, and when it does it's a thing of beauty (notably WBA away last February), but those occasions are too few and far between. The rest of the time it's been boring to dire.
On the other hand, like you I selected my seat when the stadium opened in 2005 and was a season ticket holder well before that. The boys who bought with me are either dead, too old to go or have given up on being season ticket holders. I've supported the Swans through thick and thin since my Dad first took me in 1965. Not to continue to buy a season would be like betraying your family, or being one of the dirty sell-outs. I suppose I will do it again and hope for the best.

 

[J_B]

Very much the same situation. I’ve seen 5 home games so far. I am lucky that the finance isn’t an issue for me, more so because I get the OAP price.

I keep telling myself that I support the club in the wider sense, not necessarily the current owners or manager.

If I don’t renew I wonder how many games I will be arsed to attend. Maybe I’ll then become a fair weather supporter and only go if the team are playing well. That would be a shame after holding a season ticket most years since 1966.

Martinball won’t last forever and the current owners won’t be there forever.

Decisions, decisions.

 

[jackharris]

Since the Stadium opened I have had a season in all four stands.

2005 to 2010 East Stand Y130 (chosen by my mates who chose them when the stadium opened, there were 5 of us there)
2010 I didn’t have a season because there were so many offers it wasn’t worth it and my nephew and brother started coming down.
2011 to 2013 North West Corner with my brother.
2014 to 2016 South
2016 to 2019 East Lower (Halfway line)
2019 to present day West Lower (back row, between the penalty box and halfway.

As you mentioned you still be able to get a seat around the area of your season ticket for matches. However, it’s nice to have some change and not be stagnant!

I do recommend being flexible and moving around to get a different perspective of the matches. There are no really bad seats at the Swansea.com Stadium. This is the view from near to my current seat.

 

[Darran]

So currently doing my annual "will I wont I" on the season ticket renewal front

For a variety of reasons I have seen 4 of the 11 games we have played at home in the league this season. Of the 7 missed, 4 have been through other commitments and 3 through choice of making the decision not to go.

If that were to stay the same for the second half of the season I would see another 4, possibly 5 games on top of that. 9 games for the price of a season ticket is clearly expensive.

The flip side is my seat is the same one I have had since the Liberty opened. It was one I picked out when we first moved there and is part of a block of 11 tickets we bought at the time. Some of the others have moved on since that date but largely I have known most of the people around those seats for longer than the stadium has been opened.

The obvious solution is not to renew, buy tickets on a match by match basis and take my pick on where I want to sit. Given the stadium is rarely sold out I would probably always get a seat around the same area. My dilemma - as it always has been - is that I like my seat, the view, the people around me and that is as important to me as the football.

I'm fortunate in that I can afford to renew without impacting the family budget but I really dont know if I am going to. I suspect I will but I feel detached from the game (and to a large extent the club as well) and that is also on my mind.

Anyone else in similar positions?

Plastic twat.

 

[monmouth]

So currently doing my annual "will I wont I" on the season ticket renewal front

For a variety of reasons I have seen 4 of the 11 games we have played at home in the league this season. Of the 7 missed, 4 have been through other commitments and 3 through choice of making the decision not to go.

If that were to stay the same for the second half of the season I would see another 4, possibly 5 games on top of that. 9 games for the price of a season ticket is clearly expensive.

The flip side is my seat is the same one I have had since the Liberty opened. It was one I picked out when we first moved there and is part of a block of 11 tickets we bought at the time. Some of the others have moved on since that date but largely I have known most of the people around those seats for longer than the stadium has been opened.

The obvious solution is not to renew, buy tickets on a match by match basis and take my pick on where I want to sit. Given the stadium is rarely sold out I would probably always get a seat around the same area. My dilemma - as it always has been - is that I like my seat, the view, the people around me and that is as important to me as the football.

I'm fortunate in that I can afford to renew without impacting the family budget but I really dont know if I am going to. I suspect I will but I feel detached from the game (and to a large extent the club as well) and that is also on my mind.

Anyone else in similar positions?

Pretty much, just with the added inertia to get over of a three hour round trip and £30 a pop in petrol. I’ve decided not to renew, although I also decided not to last year at this time, and then realised it would be cheap even if I only made 10 matches. But I almost certainly won’t even do that.

The number of times I’ve thought ‘shall I go today? Nah’ is pretty much every time. I could blame the tedious rubbish on the pitch but I’ve travelled further to watch worse in the past, so I think it’s just another gradual loss of the urge that has been happening since we basically maxed out by winning a trophy and having a run in the prem. Basically I’ve seen it all…twice over. Bottom, top and all points in between. The difference between the first and second play off final summed it up and had nothing to do with the on the pitch prognosis. First time, off the scale with excitement. Second time, pulse hardly above 50bpm. Seen it, done it. I’m less of a fan now and more of an audience.

If we were up the top (or even down the bottom…I know, Russo is working on it) and the matches had real crackle and tension I’d probably be there, but still not as often. I’m also one of the lucky ones in that I wouldn’t notice the cost of the actual ticket and so if I do it’ll be a ‘just in case I feel like going’. So far I’ve seen Sunderland, Wigan and Cardiff. Maybe I’ll go more often after new year. Doubt it.

 

[3swan]

So currently doing my annual "will I wont I" on the season ticket renewal front

For a variety of reasons I have seen 4 of the 11 games we have played at home in the league this season. Of the 7 missed, 4 have been through other commitments and 3 through choice of making the decision not to go.

If that were to stay the same for the second half of the season I would see another 4, possibly 5 games on top of that. 9 games for the price of a season ticket is clearly expensive.

The flip side is my seat is the same one I have had since the Liberty opened. It was one I picked out when we first moved there and is part of a block of 11 tickets we bought at the time. Some of the others have moved on since that date but largely I have known most of the people around those seats for longer than the stadium has been opened.

The obvious solution is not to renew, buy tickets on a match by match basis and take my pick on where I want to sit. Given the stadium is rarely sold out I would probably always get a seat around the same area. My dilemma - as it always has been - is that I like my seat, the view, the people around me and that is as important to me as the football.

I'm fortunate in that I can afford to renew without impacting the family budget but I really dont know if I am going to. I suspect I will but I feel detached from the game (and to a large extent the club as well) and that is also on my mind.

Anyone else in similar positions?

Only you know your gut feeling about how many games you might see, but on financial side

The breakeven point by early bird v match by match is about 12/13 games.

So you can miss about 10 games by paying upfront.

It does guarantee you priority for a play off at Wembley.

 

[monmouth]

Only you know your gut feeling about how many games you might see, but on financial side

The breakeven point by early bird v match by match is about 12/13 games.

So you can miss about 10 games by paying upfront.

It does guarantee you priority for a play off at Wembley.

And a season ticket in your own seat when Russy sails us back into the PL.

 

[K23]

I will renew even though I'm finding the drive there a real pain in arse this season especially as my travelling mate from Cheddar doesn't go to as many games now as he used to so I travel alone most of the time. However, the deal breaker for me is that my brother and his eldest have STs and seeing them is more of a draw these days than the actual football as we always have a great time together win, lose or draw. They live in Swansea and I love them all dearly and at my age, while I can afford the ST and the travelling, I know that I cannot afford to see them less from now on as it might only take something relatively minor to happen and I maybe couldn't go at all so while I can, I will. Yes, of course I could just drive down there any time I like and spend even longer with them but having something specific at the other end that we've already paid for just makes the calendar programming easier. Of course, that may all change if they decide at some point that paying money to watch shite isn't worth it!

 

[Muteswan]

I’ll more than probably renew. OAP price is not too bad and I’ve been getting that price for quite a few years now. I’ve got a tidy position on the 18 yard line on the Upper East at the south end. So we get to see all the attacking in the second half . Guys around me and my mates are all more or less the same people too, so we have a good moan or laugh together.

 

[3swan]

And a season ticket in your own seat when Russy sails us back into the PL.

Now come on I thought I was pushing it a bit mentioning play offs

 

[3swan]

I will renew even though I'm finding the drive there a real pain in arse this season especially as my travelling mate from Cheddar doesn't go to as many games now as he used to so I travel alone most of the time. However, the deal breaker for me is that my brother and his eldest have STs and seeing them is more of a draw these days than the actual football as we always have a great time together win, lose or draw. They live in Swansea and I love them all dearly and at my age, while I can afford the ST and the travelling, I know that I cannot afford to see them less from now on as it might only take something relatively minor to happen and I maybe couldn't go at all so while I can, I will. Yes, of course I could just drive down there any time I like and spend even longer with them but having something specific at the other end that we've already paid for just makes the calendar programming easier. Of course, that may all change if they decide at some point that paying money to watch shite isn't worth it!

I know I shouldn't but sorry I have to.

Is your mate from Cheddar cheesed off

 

[K23]

I’ll more than probably renew. OAP price is not too bad and I’ve been getting that price for quite a few years now. I’ve got a tidy position on the 18 yard line on the Upper East at the south end. So we get to see all the attacking in the second half . Guys around me and my mates are all more or less the same people too, so we have a good moan or laugh together.

You can't be far from me, I'm in the East Upper southern end and right on the 18 yard line too! If you feel inclined, PM me your seat number and I'll come and introduce myself! My next game will be Burnley on 2nd Jan.

 

[PSumbler]

And a season ticket in your own seat when Russy sails us back into the PL.

:lol: :lol:

 

[PSumbler]

Only you know your gut feeling about how many games you might see, but on financial side

The breakeven point by early bird v match by match is about 12/13 games.

So you can miss about 10 games by paying upfront.

It does guarantee you priority for a play off at Wembley.

Watford v Norwich? :lol: