SUTTON UNITED chairman Bruce Elliott hopes the decision to reduce the club’s admission prices will attract new supporters to the Skrill South promotion hopefuls.
The U’s, third in the table, have taken the unusual step of reducing prices during the season with adults now getting in for £10.
Concessions can get into Gander Green Lane for £5 while it’s just £1 for under-16s and the prices will kick in after next Saturday’s home game against Basingstoke Town which is free entry for all.
Chairman Elliott said: “This has been a season full of disruptions, even back in the autumn many of our Saturday home games were beset by wet weather and the recent spate of postponements has obviously led to a bit of a fixture pile-up.
“We fully understand that coming to football competes with many alternative attractions and that having a run of games in a short space of time can be difficult for some people, and the economic picture is still hard for many.
“The team is going well, playing excellent football and deserves to be watched by as many people as possible as we try to confirm a place in the play-offs, or perhaps, even better.
“We hope that by making this reduction to admission prices, which also sees the age for senior citizen entry revert to 60, we will help people to get to more games and maybe attract new supporters.”
Meanwhile, comedian and United fan Tim Vine will act as the club’s mascot for the Basingstoke game, with fans able to pay, if they want, once inside the ground.
On the community day, which sees the club combine with West Sutton Safer Neighbourhoods Team and St Raphael’s Hospice, Elliott added: “Tim Vine did us a great favour by giving up his time to put on a really successful show here last month, which benefited both the club and St Raphael’s.
“Unfortunately the weather caused that day’s match to be postponed and so Tim kindly offered to come back at his next free opportunity to honour the other commitments he had made for that day.
“We know that a lot of people were really disappointed that the game was called off that day and so we thought that free admission would be a good way to thank Tim for his kind generosity and attract as many people as possible to the match.”
