[shakermaker]

I think the season ticket prices and early bird scheme is the fairest and most well thought out yet.

Taking out the ambiguity of the early bird scheme and including a two-stage promotion is a clever move. In previous years the 'cut-off' date would invariably be shifted on a couple of weeks, so people relaxed and waited to buy.

Well done all at the club.

Now the big task of promotion starts - ram it down the throats of everyone in Accrington and the surrounding areas. Use staff/volunteers to hold stalls in supermarkets and town cetres. Go further than before. Tap the cash cow that is the Ribble Valley. Employ school kids on half-term break to leaflet drop for free tickets & a shop item in return. Get older kids on breaks from colleges and universities to draw up and send press releases to national papers/news/football programmes and invite them to cover a case study on the lowest-priced season tickets in League Football.

If it's bodies and skills that are needed to go that extra mile - ask. The hardcore 1000 are a dedicated bunch (the start of this season tested it!) and a lot of them will have something they can offer in some way.