Not rangers related but defo worth a shout out for Albion rovers personally my home team ! Cant go wrong with pay what you can afford ! A hope they triple there support next season they deserve it after this ! Albion Rovers are offering season tickets for as little as £10 to try to fill the terraces. The Scottish League Two side hope the pay what you can scheme will boost supporter numbers and help fund the refurbishment of Cliftonhill Stadium. Last season Rovers charged £140 for a season ticket – now they are asking for a minimum of £10 to cover administration costs. It follows the overwhelming success of a pilot in January when they asked cash-strapped fans to pay only what they saw fit for a game against Montrose. Brentford and Mansfield in the English Football League have previously boosted attendances through a similar scheme. The Albion Rovers chairman, John Devlin, said: Obviously were hoping people pay a bit more than £10 and they pay what they can afford, but were grateful for any donations provided to us. Its a fantastic offer and the objective for us is to increase our home support as we set out to refurbish the infrastructure round about Cliftonhill. We are very keen to attract more people along to watch Albion Rovers and Im also of the opinion that Scottish football is over-priced at this level and we are trying to redress that now. Advertisement I would fully expect our normal season ticket-holders to pay there or thereabouts what they normally pay. Why wouldnt they? Its their club and they want to see it grow and prosper. Investing in it is one way to see the club move forward. Were going to get a mixed bag but we think its a risk absolutely worth taking. Rovers hope to reopen a disused terrace at Cliftonhill and potentially double their usual attendance of around 500 spectators if the initiative is successful. Devlin said: As a club we are keen to retain standing areas and theres a large terracing that has been closed for the best part of 10 years. We are keen to reopen that, double our capacity and allow us to play more games here. A club spokesman said: The Rovers board hope the initiative will be received in the true spirit it is intended and people will be fair and honest in their evaluation of what is affordable and realistic.
Posted on: Fri, 09 May 2014 11:33:12 +0000
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