🚨 #SaintsFC statement on season tickets and 5% price increase:
Everyone at the club is looking forward to putting last season behind us and rallying together to make this season one to remember. As a Season Ticket holder, you help St Mary’s feel alive on match day through your loyalty and passion and we can’t wait for you to be here with us once again.
As with many clubs and businesses, we continue to face rapidly rising operating costs across a number of areas. In the year ahead, increases in the National Minimum Wage, supplier pricing, energy costs, policing and the ongoing maintenance required at St Mary’s are expected to add around £1m to the club’s cost base, with further uncertainty expected.
We have worked hard to absorb these increases as much as possible to protect supporters and will continue to do so wherever we can.
However, to ensure we can maintain standards across the club and continue investing in the team and supporter experience, a modest increase in Season Ticket prices is unfortunately unavoidable this year.
Renewal prices will increase on average by £1.23 per game for adults and 81p per game for Under 18s.
Even with this adjustment, Season Tickets continue to offer strong value, with adult prices starting from £478, working out at just over £20 per match, while Under 14 prices start from £75 and Parent & Child packages from £624, or just over £27 per match.
We remain committed to taking a measured and responsible approach to pricing. In recent seasons, we have taken steps to support supporters wherever possible with price freezes and reductions in three of the last four years
This year’s adjustment reflects the ongoing balance between affordability for supporters and the financial realities of running the club. We have taken deliberate steps to try and protect renewal prices from rises as much as possible, meaning that the average adult renewal will save £40 versus a new Season Ticket purchaser and will save £208 or 34% against match-by-match pricing.
Season Ticket holders will again benefit from a range of added value and flexibility across the season, including the option to spread payments across seven months and a refreshed package of vouchers and matchday benefits.
Those benefits include two £10 retail vouchers that will be sent in July and February and will be valid across the entire retail range including replica kit. There will also be 10% discounts on match day food and beverage purchases until 45 minutes before kick-off.
Season Ticket Holders will also receive a wide range of discounts and money off vouchers for The Dell and LEVEL1 throughout the course of the season.
Your backing continues to play a vital role in driving the club forward. We remain committed to delivering the best possible experience for our supporters and look forward to building on the fantastic St Mary’s atmosphere next season.
Kim Hellberg this season:
🎁 Automatic promotion gift wrapped for him by Rob Edwards.
📉 2 wins in final 10 matches.
🍼 Finishes 5th.
🦮 Dog walked by Saints in play-off semi.
😭 Cries on TV to get reinstated.
🐯 Mauled by the Tiger in the final.
HellBall. 🔥🔥🔥
#SaintsFC talk about rebuilding trust but the whole club needs rebuilding from top to bottom. Comfortably the lowest moment in my time as a supporter & arguably the darkest week in the club's history
People need reflection.
I regret not having more time with you. Your undeniable beauty and talent were not of this world, and a presence not of this world needs protection in a world that covets light and the anointing of God. You sir, moved us, stirred us, inspired and even intimidated others to action with your genius. Thank you for being a beacon of light to a generation and beyond who had no remembrance of the legacy that preceded us. Thank you for charting the course and for making space during a time when no similar space really existed.
You imaged a unity of strength and sensitivity in Black manhood to a generation that only saw itself as having to be one or the other. It is my earnest prayer that you are in peace, far away from selfishness, fear and/or controlling interests. Far from possessiveness, far from greed, far from manipulation, far from exploitation, far from intentionally designed chaos and that you Brother are in peace, in bliss and in eternal light and fulfillment with our Father in heaven. I Love you and I miss you. May God grant peace and shelter to your family, true friends and genuine appreciators, Brother, King.
Defeat for Crystal Palace is a defeat for football and the spirit of competition imo. Nottingham Forest fans will argue differently and good luck to them in the Europa League, but it’s another grim move from our grim football authorities and most reasonable fans will agree.
FYI I am on holiday now until the Wrexham game. Will still be on here but make sure you follow @rees_julian to stay across everything on @dailyechosaints, including Saturday’s Brighton friendly. Hopefully, the squad will look a little different by the time I’m back!
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