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S Club minibus to Badshot Lea (Sat 8th Feb)
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We're offering a minibus service to Badshot Lea (Sat 8th Feb) but please note once again that this service will ONLY run if there's enough demand.
Please place your order on the club shop site by Weds 5th Feb at the very latest, so that we know how many want to use the service. It there's not enough demand, you will receive a full refund.
For info:
https://comeonuks.wordpress.com/away-travel/
To buy your ticket:
https://comeonuks.onlineweb.shop/product/away-travel-x-1
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Re: S Club minibus to Badshot Lea (Sat 8th Feb)
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I'm sorry to say that we don't have enough passengers to justify the cost of a minibus to Badshot Lea on Saturday.
If you've booked a seat, thank you and sorry. Your money will be refunded, although it may take a day or two to reach your account.
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Re: S Club minibus to Badshot Lea (Sat 8th Feb)
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Very sad to see we can't get enough support for Bagshot but one asks why.
Home games very difficult for anyone with a distability so one would think an away game maybe the answer but the transport leaves from Kingsmeadow not Kingston town centre.
The argument is olde so rather boring but with only a couple of supporters short it could be the answer.
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Re: S Club minibus to Badshot Lea (Sat 8th Feb)
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Solid feedback aswell. Thank you
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Re: S Club minibus to Badshot Lea (Sat 8th Feb)
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How much does the mini-bus cost per trip? Also if we reduced the fare more people would use it!
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Re: S Club minibus to Badshot Lea (Sat 8th Feb)
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Hey.
There are two fees to pay for a journey.
One is a flat fee which is for the services of the driver. The other one is calculated on distance. Given the recent "cost of living crisis" fees have naturally gone up which is beyond our control.
I don't want to go too much into the financial details on here but for ones we have run we would usually need another 2 or 3 persons on the coach just to break even on them.
I believe historically the SC has always made a loss overall on coach costs but subsided via other income streams and rightly so in my personal view. The key question however is how much of a loss is acceptable. Very open for discussion on this.
There have been some coaches we have had to cancel because we would incur over a 100 pound loss if we ran them.
Also regarding pricing I believe it is always cheaper than using Public Transport so it's always the better option price wise. The elephant in the room is that we just don't have as many supporters going to games anymore for a variety of reasons.
Happy to chat about this in more detail with you at the next game
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Edited by JBreeze at 14:04:19 on 6th February 2025
Edited by JBreeze at 14:15:31 on 6th February 2025
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Re: S Club minibus to Badshot Lea (Sat 8th Feb)
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The elephant in the room is that we just don't have as many supporters going to games anymore for a variety of reasons.
This is the crux of it, our football club has been hollowed out over years of barely attracting any news fans, with the two seasons in Mitcham completely disastrous.
I think another problem for this service is that a lot of the fans we do have don't live in Kingston any more. Whether it leaves from KM or the town centre is pretty irrelevant to many of our fans, it makes no sense to travel via Kingston to away games.
And of course the more we struggle for people using it, the more expensive it will be per passenger. It actually isn't cheaper for anyone within walking distance of Surbiton station as the train fare is £12.10. I don't know the bus price but they're capped at £3. Nor would it cost £20 in petrol to do the journey. None of this is the SC's fault, we just need to grow the club so we have more fans. We used to laugh at clubs who turned up at KM with a minibus not a coach, now we can't even fill one.
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Re: S Club minibus to Badshot Lea (Sat 8th Feb)
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As the topic of dwindling support is oft raised on here, it's hardly 'elephant in the room'.
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Re: S Club minibus to Badshot Lea (Sat 8th Feb)
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On the question of losses,while we had our original coach the feesllwere tailored to the number of bodies,and always 15 -30 the s/c never lost money,only when Anderson did the travel always top money nothing in the way of sponsorship,he drained the S/C out of money and then stopped the travel.
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Re: S Club minibus to Badshot Lea (Sat 8th Feb)
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There is a bus from Farnham station but this seems much more straightforward - so I have booked
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Re: S Club minibus to Badshot Lea (Sat 8th Feb)
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It's also a quicker journey than the Train/bus combo
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Re: S Club minibus to Badshot Lea (Sat 8th Feb)
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Most definitely and I think that would be particularly so for the return journey
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Re: S Club minibus to Badshot Lea (Sat 8th Feb)
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Cheaper then the train/bus journey.
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Re: S Club minibus to Badshot Lea (Sat 8th Feb)
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Reminder: we're offering a minibus service to Badshot Lea (Sat 8th Feb) but ONLY if there's enough demand.
Please place your order on the club shop site by tomorrow at the very latest, so that we know how many want to use the service. It there's not enough demand, you will receive a full refund.
For info:
https://comeonuks.wordpress.com/away-travel/
To buy your ticket:
https://comeonuks.onlineweb.shop/product/away-travel-x-1
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