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Tony
Posted Jul 4, 2009 3:04 PM
Scarborough Athletic: what value do you place on watching your team?
Scarborough Athletic has released details of the "Your Club, Your Community, Your Price!" scheme.
In a dramatic move, the club will offer supporters the chance to decide how much to pay for their own season ticket for the 2009-10 season.
The price can be as little as £65 for adults or £25 for concessions (under 16s, seniors, full time students), enabling those affected by the economic downturn to still watch their team. However the club is also hoping that the scheme will encourage fans to pay what they feel a season ticket is worth to them individually.
Boro chairman Simon Cope said: "Plenty has changed since this time last year: the country is officially in a recession, we have been promoted, and thanks to the club's financial success, we now have to charge VAT on admission prices and season tickets. We were struggling to set season ticket prices accordingly, so we thought we would let the fans do it instead.
On the gate admission for Boro's games next season will be £6 for adults, and £2 for concessions, which includes U-16s, seniors and full-time students. The number of home league games will increase by one to 19 thanks to the Northern Counties East League Premier Division having more clubs than Division One.
Cope continued: "FC United of Manchester have been running a similar scheme this summer that we have been keeping a close eye on, and so far it has been very successful for them. We are hoping Scarborough fans are as financially responsibly as those at FCUM.
"The scheme is about empowerment and collective responsibility. It shows we can all pull together to increase the prosperity of the club's future in a way that reflects our founding principles as a fans-owned club. Scarborough Athletic FC is owned by its 500 members, so everyone has a vested interest in making this scheme a success."
Fans will be able to purchase season tickets on-line via this link from Thursday morning July 2nd, or by picking up an application form at any of Boro's pre-season games.
Forms are also available from Wednesday afternoon at Sydenhams on Huntriss Row, the Scarborough Evening News Offices on Aberdeen Walk or the newsagents inside the Brunswick Centre.
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