It has been confirmed that Pompey are going to be looking after the next generation of fan, the kids, but offering up very affordable matchday tickets from next season.
Adult, seniors and young person tickets will remain as they were.
The following announcement was made on The Pompey Site this morning…
Pocket Money Football At Fratton
Pompey have slashed prices for young blues by 50 per cent for the 2013/14 season.
Matchday ticket prices for junior supporters (16 and under) will cost just £5 in all areas of the stadium.
Adult tickets will remain at £20, while senior (60+) and young person (17-22) seats will stay at £15.
But there will no longer be a booking fee for tickets bought online – offering a saving of five per cent.
Tickets will still be sold online, by phone and from the Frogmore Road ticket office – but fans will also be able to use PayPal and Facebook to purchase their seat.
Pompey engagement manager Micah Hall said: “We have held our matchday prices for adults at £20 and there will be no booking fee when they’re bought online.
“This means they will be five per cent cheaper in effect, while there will also be a substantial saving for the club.
“We have also held our young person and senior tickets at £15, again with no booking fee.
“We’ve slashed our prices for juniors by 50 per cent, so instead of paying £10, they now pay just £5 in all areas of the stadium.
“The reasoning behind this is that we want not only to see Fratton Park full of kids, but also reintroduce the era of ‘pocket money football’.
“We want them to get the money from their paper round and use that to buy a ticket – not have to rely on their parents to pay for them.
“We want to see teenagers who want to come to the football, be able to come along with groups of their friends and be able to afford it.
“When we release the season ticket prices – which we`re looking to do next Tuesday – they will be competitively priced.
“We can’t release them sooner because, as the club has just come out of administration. There are processes that need to be put in place for direct debits, which couldn’t be organised before the takeover.
“We went out and listened to fans. They told us what they wanted and we have listened to them. We’re going to do what they want.”
Like I say the kids are our future, far too many clubs are neglecting the next generation of fan and merely living in the here and now – the premier league is a prime example of this, the average age of the fan is much older as they continue to do what they have always done whereas the younger generation is priced out and basically ignored!
A good move and I look forward to the season ticket announcement next week…
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