Not the best start to the season. Scoring one goal in 4 games and playing 2 teams who are struggling.
Interesting controversy about Portsmouth being a premium game with an entrance charge of £30. PNE need to get some money in but £30 is a lot to pay. Is football on a par with the cinema or a show. Theatre can cost £20 outside a city but then most people don’t go to the theatre every couple of weeks. So maybe £10 for a casual spectator to £15 for a fanatical supporter at a Championship football match seems reasonable. Although no doubt the die-hards would want that reversing. Maybe the charge should increase as the clubs position improves and premium games sounds a good scheme from such a base.
There are options to make a contribution to the club on the PNE website and from £35 to £48 a year there is a subscription to match highlights and live commentary with news-shots. It isn’t clear who gets how much money for this as the subscription goes to the Football League. Someone has to manage it as it would be difficult to set up as a club so it seems a reasonably priced option to contribute to PNE.
Use it or lose it is a good adage and a football club puts a place on the map. Blackpool are saying the advertising from this season couldn’t be bought, and is Wigan a better known place than Lancaster nowadays, certainly is. So there is value to the ratepayers for a contribution.