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Post by markscfc72 on Dec 11, 2007 14:12:19 GMT
Children will able to watch selected FA Cup third round matches for only £1 as part of the Football Association's newly announced 'One FA Cup' promotion.
Adults buying full-price tickets for the games at Blackburn, Sunderland, Plymouth, Huddersfield, Bolton and Wolves can take a child along for £1.
"The third round of the FA Cup has a unique place in the calendar," said FA chief executive Brian Barwick.
"We want to give families the chance to experience the magic of the Cup live."
The FA is funding the initiative, which covers both home and away fans, and has chosen a geographical spread of matches that also feature sides from various levels.
The third round of the tournament takes place on the weekend of 5-6 January, with 64 teams competing.
The games selected are Blackburn v Coventry, Plymouth v Hull, Bolton v Sheffield United, Sunderland v Wigan, Huddersfield v Birmingham and Wolves v Cambridge
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Post by stokiemac on Dec 11, 2007 14:24:37 GMT
nice idea by the FA really lets hope to see more of these initiatives in the future when we get less glamorous ties
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Post by Widget123 on Dec 11, 2007 14:29:36 GMT
and how was this "selection" made...would only be fair to give everyone this opportunity...they should have a draw at the same time as the round draws for the quid matches...
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2007 15:06:29 GMT
Oooooooooo, do I not like this!
This is where football would like to be ... A sport where parents take their kids for "a day out".
The games were chosen "geographically", so there is "a game near you".
Doesn't matter who you support - Indeed, you support no one if you are a target for this "offer".
What they SHOULD have done - were the game trying to stick to its traditional values - would be to provide X-hundred "£1 kids tickets" at each of the cup ties (half for the home team and half away).
But ooooooooooooo no ...
You could argue that this will encourage a few families to start attending regularly ... You could also argue anyone from Stoke attending the Wolves tie would - if they were encouraged to attend more football - attend their more local club (Stoke). Mind, you can argue Keith Scott was a footballer ...
(As we all know ... what will happen is supporters who already go, will take a kid with them for £1)
ah
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Dec 11, 2007 15:25:56 GMT
Well I think it is a great idea. If I was 50 years younger I'd be pestering daddy to take me to the Blackburn v Coventry game instead of spending my inheritance on expensive tickets in the Boothen End. ;D
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Post by dannyscfc on Dec 11, 2007 15:43:16 GMT
they will have chosen the games with potential for big crowds but that are not very glamorous looking.
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Post by wembley4372 on Dec 11, 2007 17:25:51 GMT
Marvellous.
I have had to put up with this sort of thing all my life, the first year they stopped higher rate tax relief on mortgages was the first time I paid higher rate tax.
Now they start this in the year that my son is 18.
I bet the year the Seniors concession stops in the year when/if I make to 65.
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Post by Menorca Stokie on Dec 11, 2007 18:04:27 GMT
Wembley, Get your lad to wear short trousers and grease his hair back and carry a satchel. He might then pass as a youngster?
;D
This isn't really a ground breaking idea is it as most clubs have tried it at one time or another. In my opinion our club should be letting under 12's in for a quid every match. It probably would'nt make a big difference on the turnover but would help with future support.
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Post by daverichards on Dec 11, 2007 21:47:46 GMT
looks to me like they have chosen the games which might get embarasingly low crowds
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