Harrogate Town freeze ticket prices as a 'reward' for loyal supporters

The National League promotion-hopefuls announced this week that there will be no increase in the cost of attending fixtures at the CNG Stadium in 2020/21, regardless of whether the club end up playing their football in League Two.

“We’ve been struggling in recent months due to the lack of revenue coming into the club, but we wanted to try and look after our fans, because we know some of them will have been struggling too,” the Town manager said.

“We want to reward the loyalty that they’ve shown towards us and also try to grow our fan-base.

“Whether we go up or not, we’ll still be travelling to lots of clubs with big set-ups and a lot of history next season, and to try and compete at such places we need that vocal support backing us out on the field.

“We desperately need our supporters behind us at home and away."

Town's decision to significantly increase admission fees ahead of 2019/20 attracted plenty of criticism from disgruntled supporters last summer, and Weaver has revealed that the matter was on his mind when he approached the club's board to propose a price-freeze.

"Last year, the football club's intention wasn't to upset anyone," he added.

"We've tried to build a reputation for communicating well with our supporters and perhaps that was just one slip in concentration.

"We didn't communicate as well as we could have done about our reasons for the ticket-price increase, so it's great that we've been able to do something about it now.

"I am really pleased that, together with the directors, we decided to freeze the prices for next season whether we are playing our football in the National League or the EFL.

“The players and I wanted supporters to know how much we count on your following, we wanted to say thank you at this difficult time."

MATCHDAY TICKET PRICES

Online advance prices: Adult standing £16, adult seated £17, concession standing £12, concession seated £13, U18 standing £5, U18 seated £6, U5 standing Free, U5 seated Free (on parent’s lap).

Tickets can also be purchased on a match day at the turnstiles at an additional £2 per ticket (excluding U18 tickets which remain at £5 and £6). For example an adult standing ticket bought on the day would cost £18.

Online advance tickets can be purchased at a reduced rate up until midnight on the day before the match, after which they will remain available online, but revert to match-day prices.