Following on from last weekend's National League Promotion Final, where I saw Salford City gain a place in League Two with a comfortable win against AFC Fylde, the Ammies have announced their season-ticket prices for 2019/20.
There's some good value on offer at Moor Lane with an Adult season-ticket (purchased after this week's early-bird window) priced at £175 and Concessions costing £87.50.
As they look to build on their existing fanbase it means League Two football for well under £10 a game for an adult next season.
However (and this is presumably nothing to do with Salford as such but more to do with the requirements of the EFL), as the article on the club website makes clear, season ticket are being sold specifically for each of the various home areas of the ground and supporters will no longer be able to roam freely around on a matchday.
Salford themselves say that 'this is a big change' for the club, at a stroke some of the informality that attracts people to the Non-League game being lost.
As the top-flight, and the top clubs within it, move further and further away from view (witness Saturday's FA Cup Final) there surely has to be more leeway for teams in Leagues One and Two to try and attract more supporters through the gate even if they don't have much scope for reducing admission prices.
In footballing terms Salford's leap isn't a giant one. In the season just gone they have welcomed the likes of Leyton Orient and Wrexham to their ground, teams with large away followings and League Two visits from Cheltenham and Crawley aren't suddenly going to present huge logistical difficulties.
Why not, for such run of the mill fixtures, let people take a beer into the stands onto the terraces or allow them to switch vantage points at half-time, the more vocal fans swapping ends to cheer their boys on from behind the goal they are attacking?
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