Hawk89 Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 I was probably quite lucky growing up. Both my parents are from Grangemouth so hate Falkirk. My dad spent a chunk of his childhood in Invergordon so has an affinity with Ross County. Not so easy to get there from Troon where I grew up. Old firm were firmly shunned in our household. Ended up falling in love with Ayr at the John Traynor testimonial. Somerset under floodlights, magic. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk89 Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 4 minutes ago, Toepoker said: Apparently Mhairi Black supports Partick Thistle and was at Somerset Park to watch the match on Friday night. What happened on the train back to Glasgow makes the Sunday Papers today:- SNP MP Mhairi Black apologies for flouting Scottish train booze ban | Scotland | The Sunday Times (thetimes.co.uk) As much as I have zero time for her as my local MP, that picture clearly isn't a train. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoker Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 1 hour ago, Hawk89 said: As much as I have zero time for her as my local MP, that picture clearly isn't a train. The Sunday Express has the story as well:- SNP MP Mhairi Black caught on camera breaking the ScotRail booze ban - Scottish Daily Express 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlandmagar Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 11 hours ago, North Terrace Gazza said: You might have next season. Surely your not sharing with QP next year? You might be in the Premiership We aren't sharing with anyone next season and we are doing work on a new surface. Us in the Premiership? Haha. See you next season. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trogdor Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 1 hour ago, Hawk89 said: As much as I have zero time for her as my local MP, that picture clearly isn't a train. She's not my local MP but I don't have much time for her either. It must be a slow news day. Who hasn't flouted the alcohol ban on the train? It's a nonsense tbh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Terrace Gazza Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 1 minute ago, Trogdor said: She's not my local MP but I don't have much time for her either. It must be a slow news day. Who hasn't flouted the alcohol ban on the train? It's a nonsense tbh. I agree with all you’ve said. What is the alcohol ban all about? Is it a Government thing or introduced by Scotrail? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trogdor Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 2 minutes ago, North Terrace Gazza said: I agree with all you’ve said. What is the alcohol ban all about? Is it a Government thing or introduced by Scotrail? I'm pretty sure it was brought in during covid to support physical distancing it was meant to have been temporary as well but seems to have been made permanent. Not sure if it's Scottish Government or Scotrail. Given Scotrail is now nationalised it's the Scottish Government's call either way now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuAl Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Hawk89 said: Not so easy to get there from Troon where I grew up. Old firm were firmly shunned in our household. Ended up falling in love with Ayr at the John Traynor testimonial. Somerset under floodlights, magic. Same with me. Grew up in Troon but my parents had moved down from Pollok just before I was born. My old man had followed Celtic when he was younger, but became very disillusioned with following the old firm and a lot of what came with it. Was never keen on me following either. He took me to an Ayr game once cause his mate from work said I'd like it. I loved it. My dad had little interest in Ayr really, but until I was old enough to go myself he bought season tickets for me and him for years, also travelling to away games if we could, just cause he was delighted I had "my team". Sounds like we started going around the same time. We were truly shite around that time but it didn't matter cause I loved going to Somerset Park for some reason. Actually come to think of it you're probably a few years ahead of me. Edited May 1, 2022 by AuAl 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanayr1987 Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 I wish we would allow a Direct debit to pay monthly for a Season ticket. I just don’t like to whack out £300 at once when I have a baby on the way. for the record, I live in knightswood, and it will be brought up an Ayr fan. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsiderayr Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 29 minutes ago, ryanayr1987 said: I wish we would allow a Direct debit to pay monthly for a Season ticket. I just don’t like to whack out £300 at once when I have a baby on the way. for the record, I live in knightswood, and it will be brought up an Ayr fan. This. Puts me off every year to shell out a lump sum, probably spend more buying single tickets. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superhursy7 Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 I wish we would allow a Direct debit to pay monthly for a Season ticket. I just don’t like to whack out £300 at once when I have a baby on the way. for the record, I live in knightswood, and it will be brought up an Ayr fan. This would be a brilliant idea, I would even be happy to pay slightly more for a direct debut season ticket than a paid up front one, not sure how it would work if some one canceld direct debit though that's probably the main issue. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgreig Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 32 minutes ago, ryanayr1987 said: I wish we would allow a Direct debit to pay monthly for a Season ticket. I just don’t like to whack out £300 at once when I have a baby on the way. It has always surprised me that football generally sticks to such a simplistic pricing model. It's particularly hard to justify now with an electronic ticketing system where they could have a more dynamic pricing model (e.g. adjust the price of midweek fixtures, have "buy 10 matches get 1 free" deals etc or throw in drinks/food in some packages). Are there any league rules preventing this or are clubs pretty much free to charge whatever they want? Even if direct debit is a hassle to manage from the club's perspective you can do that quite easily now with a Paypal recurring payment (and I think the club should support Paypal anyway). If their ticketing provider doesn't support it they should find a new ticketing partner. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzdrk Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 I usually get two/three freebies a season for various reasons at Somerset so even if I went to every hoke game there's zero incentive to buy a season ticket. I think they tried the finance option and it was canned very quickly. So may need to look at why etc and find another way to do so. What I don't understand is, clubs are more than happy to offer half season tickets at Christmas time covering the end of season, never the start of the season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Terrace Gazza Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 Season tickets are all about getting cash up front though so that the club has some degree of working capital in the Summer months. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 44 minutes ago, ryanayr1987 said: for the record, I live in knightswood, and it will be brought up an Ayr fan. I don't have my glasses on, and thought you said that you have a knighthood. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Terrace Gazza Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 2 minutes ago, itzdrk said: I usually get two/three freebies a season for various reasons at Somerset so even if I went to every hoke game there's zero incentive to buy a season ticket. I think they tried the finance option and it was canned very quickly. So may need to look at why etc and find another way to do so. What I don't understand is, clubs are more than happy to offer half season tickets at Christmas time covering the end of season, never the start of the season. I suspect they are scared that many full seasons would become half seasons and if we have a nightmare first half won’t get renewed at Christmas 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superhursy7 Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 I'm sure the guaranteed money during the summer when little or no income is coming in is a massive factor in this but I do think we and other clubs need to think out the box try and do new things, we need to keep those young kids and parents that were there on Friday night coming every week, robbo said a few weeks back that interesting incentives and ideas were coming this is the time to announce it strike when the iron is hot and when we are still buzzing from Friday night. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trogdor Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 51 minutes ago, ryanayr1987 said: I wish we would allow a Direct debit to pay monthly for a Season ticket. I just don’t like to whack out £300 at once when I have a baby on the way. for the record, I live in knightswood, and it will be brought up an Ayr fan. There should be a payment plan option whether that be direct debit or via PayPal. Congrats on the baby, is it your first child? That is an expensive time what with the pram, sorting out the room, furniture, clothes etc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eez-eh Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 9 minutes ago, North Terrace Gazza said: Season tickets are all about getting cash up front though so that the club has some degree of working capital in the Summer months. And there’s the risk that you get fans not keeping up with payments. Wouldn’t be a huge number you’d think but it’s probably more hassle than clubs at our level can be bothered dealing with. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEHonestman1910 Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 It would actually be quite nice if the club brought back the early bird special again. Little touches like that bring a flying start to season ticket sales. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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