Club says great value ?
Isn't it ? I think if we're honest it's what you'd expect to pay, like we said cheapest at this level. I don't think it could go any more though.
I've discussed this a lot and always been of the £10 is a nice round number for floating fans etc group. However, I think it's probably the right time for a slight change. The club ahve been good in trying to keep prices down but this is really necessary if we're honest. Unlike the Premiership where it is dwarfed by tv money anyway and there is no need, where it just goes to line the pockets of unscrupulous agents or foreign mercenaries here it makes a huge difference.
An extra £2 on a gate of 1000 is £2000 near enough, call it £1700 after costs, £850 a week, that's 2 good standard conference players Tinson and Little compared to AScott and Kieran Lugsden.
Whilst I think it may slightly decrease the attendances it's best to do it at a time of growth and in a position of relative strength if you see what I mean. Seeing as we've given up on ever having a cup run of any sort ever again it's a necessary evil. It's still good value for the nippers and hopefully this will allow us to fund some of our community projects a lot more. If it can be helped to make the matchday experience, food, drinks, decent tv in the bar, bigger bar area etc then I think it's well worth it.