Student Tickets

[bees52 bomber]

Official announcement should be made on Tuesday re Student ticketing.

well done BEE H:

 

[hanworthbee]

this is fantastic news my mum works at the local college and I reckon she will be able to knock me up an ID no problem

 

[Banana]

this is fantastic news my mum works at the local college and I reckon she will be able to knock me up an ID no problem

That might be called "using a false instrument". Maximum sentence 10 years

 

[Bungy Bee]

I wasn't aware you couldn't get student on the day any more - live in Leeds now and make about 5 matches a year. Was a bit miffed today, as I couldn't afford to buy my dad a pint after the match as a result.
Given there was someone to tell me they couldn't sell me a ticket, why couldn't there just be a person that sells me a ticket?
Absolutely no good reason, and another reason to complain. Was expecting to get my turkey sandwich robbed by a stroppy security guard as well, but didn't. So i'll save that gripe.

Go to the hole in the wall then....:sad:

 

[Ronan]

Student bar comment….Ha Ha HA..! ….its not easy for these kids to get student-rate entry, if its not easy… lads of their generation will blow us out.

My Boyzee has been my match-day companion since age of 11ish. Frankly speaking if it wasn’t for the £3 a game or £30 a season deals back then we probably couldn’t have done it week in week out.

He’s in sixth-form education now, and the days of the £3 / £5 entry are long gone.

Queuing for ages at the ‘ice-cream’ hut prior to going through the turnstiles is simply a ball-ache, Actually a couple of weeks ago when Boyzee queued for 15 mins, the lad in the kiosk stated that all student tickets had been sold, and he ought to pay full whack, which he did.. !

My observation is that if it’s a bloody obstacle course for this (non-earning) generation to get a ticket….they probably won’t bother.

This directly applies to me

 

[Ronan]

"I think its frustrating to have to book early for league 2."

If I got 30% for booking early - I would. I thought students were improvished and needed to save every penny. Obviously not.

Students are also very lazy

 

[bees66]

Where's turnstile 3?

lol

 

[Ronan]

BFC have just announced that £12 Student Tickets will be available on the day for the Ealing Road terrace I spoke with the club and am advised that various forms of valid Student ID will be accepted

Full details here:
http://www.brentfordfc.co.uk/page/LatestNews/0,,10421~1510542,00.html

What Student ID is acceptable? A list would be handy... I have a UCAS Card

 

[LingfieldBee]

Perfect! Well done Brentford. Im at St Marys Twickenham uni, and got lot of friends at uni who want to come to Brentford but see £18 as too steep considering we are skint students lol
So this move should mean get few of the lads to come with me.
I would expect your university ID would be fine to use.

 

[-superbees2k3-]

wahey!

 

[wanderer paul]

What Student ID is acceptable? A list would be handy... I have a UCAS Card

i'm sure if you contacted the club direct they'll tell you, or do you want 'markbfc' to post [email protected]?

 

[NorthamptonBee]

As far as I know you don't get a card when you are at school from the ages of 16-18. I haven't read through the thread but are these catered for?

 

[Claire]

Perfect! Well done Brentford. Im at St Marys Twickenham uni, and got lot of friends at uni who want to come to Brentford but see £18 as too steep considering we are skint students lol
So this move should mean get few of the lads to come with me.
I would expect your university ID would be fine to use.

I couldnt persuade anyone to come down to GP when I was a student at St Marys..

So good work

 

[wanderer paul]

http://www.brentfordfc.co.uk/page/LatestNews/0,,10421~1511811,00.html

maybe the students on here could help out by getting some posters up at there Uni or College, of which Brentford have some to give out!

 

[Salford Bee]

Recently Rugby League side Salford City Reds came to an agreement with Salford University which meant that they'd be using our gym and those facilities as well as using our pitches for training. As part of the deal university students are able to get special prices for entry for Rugby League. Making an agreement with local universities such as advertising etc. Maybe as a Sponsor board agreement a university has to advertise our upcoming games etc.

 

[Ciaran]

i like salford bees point, up a warwick we have an argeement with coventry fc that means students get in for a tenner and that includes a post match pint and food, not saying that the bees go that far, but a bit of advertising never hurt anybody did it??

 

[Claire]

When I was at St Marys, they had some sort of agreement with Harlequins Rugby League, and used to help promote their matches.

 

[Luke Kirton]

If anyone reading this board currently goes to college or university somewhere in the area it would be great if they contacted the club to offer their advise, support and/or guidance. Every little helps

ps talking direct to the club if you go to (or have left recently) unviserty anywhere in the country to help advise them on what marketing would have worked for you would be great too

 

[NorthamptonBee]

As far as I know you don't get a card when you are at school from the ages of 16-18. I haven't read through the thread but are these catered for?

Nobody cares.:sad:

Am I mental or do we currently say that U16 get in for £5 and 16 and overs get in for £20 unless they are students of 18 or older. How about the 16-18 year old students? I must be missing something.

 

[TW1Bee]

Nobody cares.:sad:

Am I mental or do we currently say that U16 get in for £5 and 16 and overs get in for £20 unless they are students of 18 or older. How about the 16-18 year old students? I must be missing something.

There is obviously a very grey area here. Most 16-18 year olds are still at school or 6th form college (and still entitled to free travel on buses and trains in London) but do not hold NUS cards. So do the club accept school ID or UCAS applications, etc ? Mind you when my lads were in the 6th form they just paid as sixteen year olds but carried school ID with them and if there was any issue I'd take it up with the club. Thankfully there wasn't.

 

[Salford Bee]

There is obviously a very grey area here. Most 16-18 year olds are still at school or 6th form college (and still entitled to free travel on buses and trains in London) but do not hold NUS cards. So do the club accept school ID or UCAS applications, etc ? Mind you when my lads were in the 6th form they just paid as sixteen year olds but carried school ID with them and if there was any issue I'd take it up with the club. Thankfully there wasn't.

When it came to that I believe with a ST if a letter was sent by the school confirming that you went there with the school stamp then it'd be acceptable.

 

[Salford Bee]

http://www.salford.ac.uk/news/details/803 - That's part of the link-up. I remember when the partnership started in February I could have gone and seen them for free. I wouldn't go that far but some sort of link might get some local students involved.

 

[TW1Bee]

The bottom line is we have three large universities on our doorstep, St Mary's, Kingston and Brunel (you can throw in TVU as well), with potentialy a reasonable "floating" support so it would be good to see the club pro-active in encouraging this. Let's not forget that a lot of these students will also come along to support their local teams (Bradford, Rochdale, Notts County, etc quite possibly and will want to come back albeit in the Ealing road end next time.

 

[Ronan]

As far as I know you don't get a card when you are at school from the ages of 16-18. I haven't read through the thread but are these catered for?

You don't, but I applied for a free UCAS (the company that deals with university applications) card that gives you discount at vue, Orange, BSM, Bella Italia, Play.com and a few others. However, it has no photocard. So I imagine they might not like this...

 

[Salford Bee]

The bottom line is we have three large universities on our doorstep, St Mary's, Kingston and Brunel (you can throw in TVU as well), with potentialy a reasonable "floating" support so it would be good to see the club pro-active in encouraging this. Let's not forget that a lot of these students will also come along to support their local teams (Bradford, Rochdale, Notts County, etc quite possibly and will want to come back albeit in the Ealing road end next time.

Maybe even giving students a drinks coupon for Stripes (pre 2pm) meaning they will probably have a few more and we'd make more money from it. It'd encourage them to come down. I know we can't give too much away but it'd get them in and if they enjoy it they'll come back for more.

You don't, but I applied for a free UCAS (the company that deals with university applications) card that gives you discount at vue, Orange, BSM, Bella Italia, Play.com and a few others. However, it has no photocard. So I imagine they might not like this...

I think at some places you're able to purchase an NUS card.

 

[Ronan]

I have the form to get an NUS card, and I should have applied ages ago but I never got round to it...

I'll do it eventually though

 

[Hullbee]

Nobody cares.:sad:

Am I mental or do we currently say that U16 get in for £5 and 16 and overs get in for £20 unless they are students of 18 or older. How about the 16-18 year old students? I must be missing something.

Look 16 year olds only have two years to wait and it will encourage them to go onto higher education

 

[Salford Bee]

I have the form to get an NUS card, and I should have applied ages ago but I never got round to it...

I'll do it eventually though

My NUS extra card cost £10 but you'd effectively save £8 per Brentford game meaning it'd be worth it after 2.

 

[Bee H]

1) Nobody cares.:sad:

2) Am I mental or do we currently say that U16 get in for £5 and 16 and overs get in for £20 unless they are students of 18 or older. How about the 16-18 year old students? I must be missing something.

1) Oh yes they do !

3) No, you're not mental, it was a subject raised by a few and the latest announcement now hopefully covers your concern ;

http://www.brentfordfc.co.uk/page/LatestNews/0,,10421~1518855,00.html

Many thanks to BIAS for their input and assistance

 

[itchybowwow]

Is it true that you can only get a student ticket if you are 21 and under??

 

[Humphrey]

Is it true that you can only get a student ticket if you are 21 and under??

I'm pretty sure i read somewhere that for student season tickets this is the case but i'm not sure whether it applies when paying on the day.
If anyone knows for certain, i'd appreciate clarification on the matter for curiosity purposes.

Regards,
Humphrey

 

[NorthamptonBee]

1) Oh yes they do !

3) No, you're not mental, it was a subject raised by a few and the latest announcement now hopefully covers your concern ;

http://www.brentfordfc.co.uk/page/LatestNews/0,,10421~1518855,00.html

Many thanks to BIAS for their input and assistance

I've just read this, it's a few years off for me but good to read. I do know one or two older bleeders that will be happy to read this.

 

[ChinaBee]

I'm doing a degree with the UO (sorry OU in English) do I get student rate

 

[itchybowwow]

I'm pretty sure i read somewhere that for student season tickets this is the case but i'm not sure whether it applies when paying on the day.
If anyone knows for certain, i'd appreciate clarification on the matter for curiosity purposes.

Regards,
Humphrey

I got an email from BFC this morning confirming that there is no age limit.

 

[TW1Bee]

There's going to be a lot of fifty-y-o mature students trying to get in on Sat then. lollol

 

[Humphrey]

I got an email from BFC this morning confirming that there is no age limit.

Thanks. I dont suppose they gave any indication whether this would be the case for season tickets next season? On the price list for STs for this season (still available on the OS - http://www.brentfordfc.co.uk/staticFiles/3a/e8/0,,10421~124986,00.pdf), it seems to state that student prices only apply for 16-21 year olds. I intend to enquire about this myself nearer the time as i'm considering returing to university for a year in September to do a post grad course.

Regards,
Humphrey

 

[craigw87]

welll i am looking forward to seeying today's game, one of the reasons i havn't been in recent years is the fact that you had to collect the tickets in advance, which then after travel came to the price of an adult ticket anyway. Going to be going in the ealing road terrace today with 2 of my friends! Might be coming back again when my other team plays away if they continue to do student tickets!

 

[LingfieldBee]

Some help with a question please,bringing some of my mates from uni along to the game on tuesday. One of the main reasons they agreed was due to £13 Student ticket.
However my uni (st Marys) doesnt have a link with NUS, so nearly all students at my uni dont have a NUS card, but we do have a our St Marys University ID card. Will this be alright for my mates to use?? to get a student ticket
Doubt there going to be willing to purchase a NUS just for a couple of bees games.
ABee probably know the answer to my question

 

[bees66]

why not mail the club direct?


[email protected]

 

[londondude]

Some help with a question please,bringing some of my mates from uni along to the game on tuesday. One of the main reasons they agreed was due to £13 Student ticket.
However my uni (st Marys) doesnt have a link with NUS, so nearly all students at my uni dont have a NUS card, but we do have a our St Marys University ID card. Will this be alright for my mates to use?? to get a student ticket
Doubt there going to be willing to purchase a NUS just for a couple of bees games.
ABee probably know the answer to my question

I use my Kingston Uni id card, so you should be ok!

 

['Ayes B]

Some help with a question please,bringing some of my mates from uni along to the game on tuesday. One of the main reasons they agreed was due to £13 Student ticket.
However my uni (st Marys) doesnt have a link with NUS, so nearly all students at my uni dont have a NUS card, but we do have a our St Marys University ID card. Will this be alright for my mates to use?? to get a student ticket
Doubt there going to be willing to purchase a NUS just for a couple of bees games.
ABee probably know the answer to my question

If they have a got a student Oyster photocard they can use that.

 

[LingfieldBee]

I use my Kingston Uni id card, so you should be ok!

 

[BeckyB]

Sorry if this has been posted elsewhere, but can someone please confirm for me whether or not I can buy an Ealing Rd student ticket on the day? I know it used to be in advance only, but thought I'd read something somewhere about it changing, and can't find it. Thanks

 

[wanderer paul]

Sorry if this has been posted elsewhere, but can someone please confirm for me whether or not I can buy an Ealing Rd student ticket on the day? I know it used to be in advance only, but thought I'd read something somewhere about it changing, and can't find it. Thanks

http://www.brentfordfc.co.uk/page/AdmissionPrices2009-10/0,,10421~1070650,00.html

i'm guessing by this link that you can't purchase on the day. read nearer the bottom of the page with info for students and the unemployed etc.

 

[Simon C]

Sorry if this has been posted elsewhere, but can someone please confirm for me whether or not I can buy an Ealing Rd student ticket on the day? I know it used to be in advance only, but thought I'd read something somewhere about it changing, and can't find it. Thanks

http://www.brentfordfc.co.uk/page/LatestNews/0,,10421~1780364,00.html

An article like this usually gets published a day or two before each home game, the Oldham one includes:

Students can gain admission via Turnstile 5 for the Ealing Road Terrace only, at a cost of £14. But they must confirm their status by producing either a student photocard (such as an NUS card) or a 16+ Oyster photocard.

 

[wanderer paul]

then i find this for you ! http://www.brentfordfc.co.uk/page/TicketNews/0,,10421~1070594,00.html

Student / Concession Tickets

Student Tickets are available to purchase on the day of the match for the Ealing Road Terrace only at a cost of £12 through turnstile 5. Requisite student identification must be shown at the turnstile in order to gain admission at the reduced rate

 

[wanderer paul]

so the August link has tickets at £14 and the September link has them at £12 !!!

 

[Deleted member 2202]

I went to the Oldham game and bought a student ticket for the Ealing Road end, which was £12.

 

[BeckyB]

Thanks! Wishing to make full use of my NUS card while I have the chance.

 

[tornado2099]

Sorry to bump this again after something was done about it earlier in the year, but why is it only Ealing Road where student tickets are available on the day? I am a student and often take my dad and sit with him in New Road.

In the past I have always phoned the ticket office to order in advance for a New Road ticket but there have been times (like this week) where this hasn't possible for various reasons. There have sometimes been Student tickets available to buy at the collection point but most of the times where I wanted to buy on the day they had 'sold out'. Can anybody shed any light on how a seemingly simply discounted ticket can sell out (it's just entry to ground like any other ticket?) and why it isn't possible to just pay the reduced student rate on the turnstile when a valid student card is produced, like for Ealing Road.