LOL @ Homebush Hares

[Baron Vo Mandor]

Rush for Bunnies tickets

By Steve Mascord
October 02, 2008
THE NRL grand final may not be sold out, but fans were lining up around the block on Wednesday for tickets to matches that are five months away.
South Sydney staff were astonished to see a queue up the street and around the corner when season tickets went on sale yesterday.
With the Rabbitohs heading back to Redfern Oval for a members-only game against Wests Tigers on February 8, fans Morgan Knott and Guy Richardson left their Central Coast home at dawn to make sure they bought their regular 11 memberships between them for family and friends.



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"Given the season is so far away we expected a few people to come in at midday but there were 30 people lined up outside and others kept coming," Rabbitohs chief executive Shane Richardson said. As well as 10 home games at ANZ Stadium, fans also get one Gosford match, the Charity Shield and "away" Homebush Bay games against the Bulldogs and Parramatta.

http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,24431872-23214,00.html

--- 30 people! I am suprised that staff could cope..... You'd think it was a gee up, comedy gold!

People give it to other Daily Telecrap journeys to me this guy spouts the worse sh*t. Steve Mascord - Joke of sports journalism.

 

[Ziggy the God]

Yeah, 1,248 season passes signed up in the first 24 hours, what a disgrace.

 

[ElectricEelMan]

Predictions.

GF - Storm V Dogs. WRONG!

Ha ha ha ...

 

[Ram Man]

Good on them!
The more members sign up, the better our game will be because of it.
but leaving your Central Coast home at dawn to get a membership...do these people not have jobs to go to?
Shows passion I suppose.

 

[MattJ]

Wow Baron, top post, that was hilarious!

Mascords words were "fans lined around the block", not the clubs, as you yourself mentioned so why the thread title?

The fact the club signed over 1200 members on the 1st day they were available, when the grand final for the 08 season hasn't even been played yet is fairly impressive in my and most others opinions.

LOL at Baron the brainless dickhead.

 

[Brownie.Kougari]

I think it's great, Bunnies are really showing the way in Sydney.

I think the Redfern game probably has a lot to do with the early rush for tickets, great promotion!

 

[jc155776]

Good on Soufs (lol@soufs) for trying to push the season membership thing, good stuff.

 

[Brownie.Kougari]

Good on Soufs (lol@soufs) for trying to push the season membership thing, good stuff.

Yes agreed, lol@souffs.

However, I don't think we'll be loling@souffs much longer, they've got a good team if they can stay fit.

But they're still souffs, so they'll find some way to screw up...

 

[Cockadoodledoo]

Seriously this is a great effort.. They should be applauded (not too loudly hehe) for that.

 

[miccle]

Honestly, who would try and put a negative spin on both more season tix being sold by any club ALONG WITH a positive article stating that there has been a lot of interest in it?

As far as I'm concerned, every supporter of every club in the comp should be happy when they hear news of increased ticket sales. Great for the comp, great for the game.

Well done Souths fans.

 

[The Gambler]

All clubs would kill to get that sort of interest in season tickets. I hope the numbers keep growing.

 

[sting]

yeh, lame thread baron

 

[***MH***]

The Bulldogs should do the same with having a Members only match at Belmore.

 

[S.S.T.I.D]

Yeah, 1,248 season passes signed up in the first 24 hours, what a disgrace.

Which is more than the grand finalists from 2008 or Cronulla could manage in 12 months.

Yeah, woeful.

 

[Brownie.Kougari]

Which is more than the grand finalists from 2008 or Cronulla could manage in 12 months.

Yeah, woeful.

Storm = 8,000ish STH's

Point still stands though.

 

[jc155776]

Storm = 8,000ish STH's

The storm do not have 8000 season ticket holders.

 

[Different kind of Rabbit]

Storm = 8,000ish STH's

Point still stands though.

I think he was talking about Manly.

South's had 6000 s.t.h's last year. Aiming for 8000 this year. We also had another 6000 members who did not have season tickets. If they can get a few of those to convert over then they will hit the 8000 mark easily.

Most Sydney clubs would kill for these sorts of numbers.

 

[Perth Red]

Season memberships should have gone on sale and reallly been pushed over the last 4 weeks of the season so you can market to your captive audience whilst they are at the game. That is what AFL/SL do and have great success with. 75% of memberships are taken up during that period.

 

[Digga Hole]

Season memberships should have gone on sale and reallly been pushed over the last 4 weeks of the season so you can market to your captive audience whilst they are at the game. That is what AFL/SL do and have great success with. 75% of memberships are taken up during that period.

Not all AFL clubs do this, many have not released them yet (I don't think any Melbourne clubs have yet, you would know more about the WA ones though). The automatic renewal option that they do have works a treat tho for selling to a captive audience.

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

Good on them!
The more members sign up, the better our game will be because of it.
but leaving your Central Coast home at dawn to get a membership...do these people not have jobs to go to?
Shows passion I suppose.

umm ... south sydney