Following my earlier posting about the club's predicament over how to handle season ticket renewals to avoid losing several thousand season ticket holders in the Summer http://drinkingduringthegame.blogspot.com/2008/02/wheres-new-season-ticket-offer.html, I have been reliably informed that this subject will the discussion of a Board Meeting at the Valley tomorrow morning.
If my source is correct, the Club will take the unprecedented step of honouring the free season ticket deal before the season has finished and irrespective of whether or not promotion has been secured. The risk of losing 5,000+ season ticket holders is too great and the Board do not want to see a step back towards the days of gates of 15,000. The move would undoubtedly prove popular and the cost of £6m is likely to be met by Alan Pardew's Summer transfer budget being scrapped. That means he would need to fashion a team from a smaller squad than we have today but all are confident we have the nucleus of a side that will be ready to challenge next season.
The bold move is the Board's latest step in breaking new ground and is their way of showing the same faith in Charlton season-ticket holders that we showed in the club when faced with relegation last Spring. Expect an announcement tomorrow.
Monday, 31 March 2008
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