Whilst we all have different views lets remember ASFC are in the 3rd Round of the FA Cup. Most of us can remember playing Colchester at this stage in 2003/4 (?) with almost 4000 home fans in attendance.
This will be a "full blooded" match with 2 teams believing they can make R4. Whilst we're both in L2 I'm sure it won't be contested by 2 line ups of squad players. There's also £67k in prize money for the winners
I'm told when the Board set the prices they took into account that ASFC will be paying out around £10k in matches expenses and will only receive 45% of the nett profit.
Every penny of income counts at ASFC and additional match revenue can add to the playing budget for the January window.
Surely it's better for match revenue to pay the running costs and allow Andy Holt's investments to go to providing the infra-structure for the long term future??
