English League One football club Northampton Town has witnessed its highest ever season ticket sales this century following its promotion from League Two. With two months still to go until the start of the new season, the club has sold more than 3,600 season tickets for the 2023-24 campaign. This is the highest number of …
EFL attendances hit 70-year high
The English Football League (EFL) has today (Friday) reported that its competitions for the 2022-23 season drew their highest cumulative attendances in nearly seven decades. The total mark of 21,749,440 is the best for league matches since 1953-54. Of that total, 19.8 million attended a fixture in the Championship, League One or League Two, and …
Fleetwood Town signs up Ticketmaster ahead of 2023-24 campaign
English League One football club Fleetwood Town has revealed a new partnership with Ticketmaster Sport, ahead of the 2023-24 season. Ticketmaster Sport has aided Fleetwood in implementing digital ticketing at Highbury Stadium ahead of the next campaign. Not only will digital match tickets be available next season thanks to the partnership, but Ticketmaster will also …
Acquired steps in to solve Lincoln City card acquirer woes
Lincoln City has received a helping hand from Acquired(.com), which set the English League One side up with a new card acquirer that could be integrated with the existing ticketing platform used on the point-of-sale devices in the club’s ticket office. The move comes after payment solutions provider Elavon cut ties with Lincoln City at …
Elavon parts ways with Lincoln City ‘due to risks involved’
English League One club Lincoln City has revealed that it will no longer be working with Elavon, after the payment solutions provider cut ties ‘due to the risks involved’. Lincoln City chief executive Liam Scully said: “Very recently, we received some unsatisfactory news from our merchant providers Elavon, who unilaterally informed us that they will no …
Seat Unique powers Fleetwood Town online premium sales
Seat Unique has been named the official hospitality and premium ticketing platform for English League One football club, Fleetwood Town. Starting with this season, the four-year deal will see Seat Unique power the club’s online premium ticket and hospitality sales for all home games at Highbury Stadium. Sam Heaney, commercial manager at Fleetwood Town, said: …
New online season ticket exchange service for Bristol Rovers
English League One football club Bristol Rovers, via its partnership with Ticketmaster, has introduced an online-only system to allow season ticket holders to exchange their tickets with the club if they can no longer make a match. Rovers and Ticketmaster, as well as a number of other clubs, have tested and worked on the system …
Portsmouth to trial ticket exchange service for season ticket-holders
English Football League club Portsmouth is set to trial a new ticket exchange service for season ticket-holders that are no longer able to attend sold-out fixtures. Supporters of the League One club will be able to make their seat available to fellow fans and receive part of the sale price. The service will be first …
Plymouth Argyle boasts record season ticket sales
English Football League club Plymouth Argyle has revealed that its 2022-23 season ticket sales are now the highest on record. Argyle, which plays its domestic football in League One, moved to a digital ticketing system in 2003, with ticket data incomplete prior to this change. Since the records were digitised, the 2004-05 season held the …
Shrewsbury Town responds to ticketing feedback
English League One club Shrewsbury Town has apologised to its fans after there were complaints at the length of time it took to gain entry through Montgomery Waters Meadow’s new access control system. In May, it was announced that Shrewsbury was working with Advanced to deploy its ticketing management platform, Talent. The club also worked …