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Reply | Season Ticket Prices & Details
at 12:15 12 Jun 2024
Its okay as you don't need a signal to use the App. Once you have installed it then you are fine. You are not online when opening the app to scan your season card. Hope that reassures you. But yes O2 doesn't work at the stadium. |
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Reply | Season Ticket Prices & Details
at 09:36 12 Jun 2024
Well the ticket office team said he was the lead on the digital migration for ticketing and so they went to get him. I got the impression he was leading on key IT issues - but I honestly can't say "he was in charge of IT". I am assuming we have technology partners actually managing it all. |
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Reply | Season Ticket Prices & Details
at 09:13 12 Jun 2024
Hi mate. Glad you haven't given up completely. The old man is fine - he is ready for a new season for some reason given how much he hates our style of play haha |
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Reply | Season Ticket Prices & Details
at 09:10 12 Jun 2024
It is frustrating. I was in Rochdale yesterday and called at the club. The office were very patient with me and tried to help with my phone and the app. They couldn't get it to work either. Tony Pockney then got involved and he tried and it wouldn't work. As he is the lead on IT he saw first hand the problem I faced - and some others may too. He was baffled too. They have asked the ticketing company to investigate. To be fair 95%+ are not having a problem and the office said a very high number of season cards have been renewed online. There will always be bugs somewhere that need ironing out.
They also saw first hand how hard it is to pick up a signal on a phone at Spotland if you use the o2 network (including Tesco mobile and Virgin). But realistically that can't be a priority for us - getting income through the door and playing better football that we all enjoy must be the focus for the next 8 weeks - we can live with technology gremlins for a while provided we don't force fans to digital and card payment options too quickly. |
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Reply | Season Ticket Prices & Details
at 09:42 11 Jun 2024
1100 have now bought a season ticket after three weeks of restricted sales and a first full day of open sale. That seems low to me, but it could have been a lot worse. As somebody else said, there is no incentive for the Sandy end to buy early so there may be a rush to buy those in July.
I can see that many of the regulars near me haven't yet renewed - there was a lot of frustration with the product on the pitch and I guess that may have translated into a reluctance to commit. Against my better judgement I did bite the bullet on Saturday and have found the digital process poor. I had to ring the club to ask them to intervene in the transaction as it didn't recognise me. I have downloaded the App but it still says it doesn't recognise me. We have a long way to go to fix our technology if we want to move away from cash and paper. |
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Reply | Congratulations to TVOS
at 14:49 8 Jun 2024
Well done TVOS. I do enjoy the read. Hope the club appreciates what you do. |
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Reply | Meet The Board Tonight
at 22:38 3 Jun 2024
The You Tube video was poor to watch live. Could hardly hear anything for 15 minutes, then closed out, and none of the slides were visible. The irony of a questioner who was pleased the technology at the club had improved made me laugh.
Anyhow, the new team were professional and believeable. I hope they are able to open more doors for the club. I know the central Rochdale Labour party candidate (and Daley) was there - were any of the candidates for the constituency that covers Spotland there? And nice to hear Cameron give credit to Simon for effectively riding the storm and putting his family's life savings into the club when nobody else stepped forward. |
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Reply | Season Ticket Prices & Details
at 14:50 28 May 2024
So 450 were sold in the first week according to the clubs twitter feed. A lot less than I was expecting. Just read that Owdums season ticket sales at the end of their early bird sales period are down 10% year on year - but they are happy because they put the prices up by c10% so the have the same revenue.
Must admit I am not at all motivated to buy one this season. I am unhappy watching the style of football we play and as an exile I am beginning to question my sanity in travelling to Rochdale evey game. I might snap out of it by the time we get to the end of pre-open sale period. |
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Reply | Another one gone…..
at 22:33 25 May 2024
They fly into Walney airfield nowadays.
The BAE story today is one of heavy investment and there are no short term jobs. They have 20+ year contracts with the MOD and that means big infrastructure investments. BAE have bought Debenhams and other town centre buildings to build out state of the art training sites. They really are taking on 1000+ apprentices this year and all will have jobs for life if they choose to stay there. The Government wants 3,000 new homes built in Barrow to support the growth in the BAE based workforce. It is a massive turnaround story compared to 30 years ago.
Did you know that Barrow now has the highest disposable income (after housing costs) as a percentage of income than any other town in the UK? The football club should continue to do well. There is nothing else to compete within 50 miles. |
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Reply | Another one gone…..
at 11:43 25 May 2024
True, because they lost their bottle at the end of the season. But the majority are surprised.
Barrow have done remarkably well over the past 5 seasons or so and the town is loving the progress. There has been a buzz about it - a bit like our period under Hilly when we had to pinch ourselves. They have built a core support of around 2500 and managed to enjoy decent cup runs and good away followings. The Board has ambition, but they need to be careful that the decision isn't reckless and they end up falling back.
One thing I find strange about Barrow is that both Holker Street and the rugby club are next door to each other. Both stadiums are run down by modern standards. They could merge and build something that the town could be proud of that has great facilities etc. With significant investment in the town just now with BAE taking on thousands of apprentices and engineers to manage our submarine projects, they could really be on the up. You can't get a hotel room in Barrow for love nor money most days in the week - it is booming just now. |
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Reply | Season Ticket Prices & Details
at 08:59 13 May 2024
Of course volunteers need training on systems and processes. But once that is done they are a free resource. Lots of organisations take advantage of the generosity of the active 60-70 year olds. I work in a charity where we have 120 of them - and some work on admin roles, safeguarding etc. Just needs a bit of effort and a mindset change. Isn't that what Dale in the Community is about. |
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Reply | Season Ticket Prices & Details
at 08:46 13 May 2024
To be fair, I fear that admin costs at the club are being "optimised" to ensure we are sustainable. The Ogdens statement did say more cost cutting has to come. The season ticket approach is all about streamlining costs and trying to move as many people as possible onto digital (no human intervention) systems. It is the way of the world.
Of course we could use the model favoured by so many non league clubs and seek volunteers that might help in the ticket office or elsewhere for periods of peak demand. We have already sought a volunteer for the shop. |
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Reply | Season Ticket Prices & Details
at 08:41 11 May 2024
When you think about inflation over the past 4 years, a 15% increase this time around is still below inflation. Surprised that the Sandy Lane end is still so cheap - can't be many grounds in this league where a season ticket is just £200.
Note that these prices are for digital tickets. An additional £5 is added if you want a plastic card. I can see why the club want to migrate to digital where possible - but with mobile coverage awful at Spotland on the 02 network - I can see a challenge here. But we all have a choice and those that want a card can still get one. |
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Reply | Club Statement. Deal done
at 09:39 10 May 2024
...and lets not forget that they also bought the MH shares back at over £2 and those shares are now worth next to nowt. To have put close to £1m into the club is quite remarkable for a man that doesn't own a business where he can make that money back. His family are forever poorer for trying to do the right thing.
The criticism and personal vendetta's aimed at them were disgraceful. Calling for him to be ousted were disgraceful. As you say Judd, they have lost a fortune. They would have been financially better off letting the club fold and get some cash back being a major creditor. But they didn't. Far more honourable than some. It would be nice if the haters were to apologise and then we can all move on.
We now need to see what happens as the new journey begins. I am not expecting it to smell of roses as we steer the good ship Dale on an even keel and steady course. There will be bumps in the road - there always are. Good luck to Gateshead this weekend. |
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Reply | Play offs
at 17:52 6 May 2024
To the Rare Breeds Meat Stadium. Let's hope its not a blood bath. |
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Reply | Released Players
at 18:02 2 May 2024
Fleetwood have exercised the option to extend Cian Hayes for another year. Hope they use him now |
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Reply | Fair Game statement to the FA
at 11:56 2 May 2024
The National League supported the abolition of the FA Cup replays and have been in discussions with the Premier League about us joining together in a new cup compeition.
https://theathletic.com/5450014/2024/04/26/premier-league-national-league-compet
The comment that the Premier League will be subsidising the competition because we will be allowed to retain the gate receipts is a little patronising. These B team players have to have games whether in the reserves, the youth set up or a National League mainstream team. And the National League is clearly out of touch with its own clubs on this one |
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