It is generally agreed that the club needs average gates of around 800-900 in order to survive at this level.  In order to achieve this it needs to attract more local football fans to PVR.  An occasional initiative like this is exactly the sort of thing that can help to make this possible.  I personally know two Charlton supporters who will be attending the match who would almost certainly not have done so at the full admission price.  The club can therefore benefit in two ways as firstly it gets income from people who would not have attended (and some will buy programmes and use the bar) and if they enjoy the afternoon they will be more inclined to return for other matches when their teams are away or not playing when they will need to pay full admission.

I get the argument that regular fans may feel hard done by but it must be remembered that they have had opportunities to buy season tickets and those that took up the offer of buying early bird terrace season tickets are now watching each game for well under £9.

I hope that we welcome all fans of Charlton, Millwall, Chelsea, West Ham etc. who come to PVR on Saturday and encourage them to come again. 

Greendale wrote:

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It is generally agreed that the club needs average gates of around 800-900 in order to survive at this level.  In order to achieve this it needs to attract more local football fans to PVR.  An occasional initiative like this is exactly the sort of thing that can help to make this possible.  I personally know two Charlton supporters who will be attending the match who would almost certainly not have done so at the full admission price.  The club can therefore benefit in two ways as firstly it gets income from people who would not have attended (and some will buy programmes and use the bar) and if they enjoy the afternoon they will be more inclined to return for other matches when their teams are away or not playing when they will need to pay full admission.

I get the argument that regular fans may feel hard done by but it must be remembered that they have had opportunities to buy season tickets and those that took up the offer of buying early bird terrace season tickets are now watching each game for well under £9.

I hope that we welcome all fans of Charlton, Millwall, Chelsea, West Ham etc. who come to PVR on Saturday and encourage them to come again. 

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Everyone had the opportunity to buy a season ticket, not just the regular fan. Those with season tickets watching games for an average £9 are an irrelevance, their support and custom is paid upfront. 

least we forget that on point two some people in that room were in a position to loan the club some money and WUSA was born out of it.

On the early bird those who took up the offer did not know what division the club would be playing in at the time - as I have said before all clubs do early bird to generate income over the closed season.