[sparkie]

I'm not questioning the value of season tickets Andy, just the value of match day walk ons. A season ticket is no good for my family we just wouldn't get to enough games and I appreciate that the club have tough decisions to make and that not everyone will be happy.

However, I do think that £20 is too expensive. It sort of negates the work being done in other areas, the school leavers season tickets for instance. How many people will take up that offer when they realise the price to escort their child?

Also for my family, even with the flexibility ticket it's still more expensive to go this season than last (£35 this, £31 on the turnstile last). My main worry is that match day income will reduce. For example, say we get 1000 adult home fans on average through the turnstiles per game, 400 is of those are season ticket holders (already paid, no extra income from match days), that leaves 600 people who are paying £20 on the day. Which granted looks good on paper as we increasing our gate income 33%. However if we loose just 150 of those we are making the exact same amount as we did last season at the lower prices.

I guess the big question is will we retain those 150 people or will we see the gates fall even lower than that? Will we lose the casual attenders, the rovers and burnley extras, the families we've managed to attract over the past couple of seasons. I guess only time will tell and I sincerely hope it works for the club as that extra £3000+ per home game would be great. Sadly however as a family it doesn't work for us so we won't be able to attend much if at all next season.