Troubled Bolton Wanderers appear to be backtracking after yesterday’s announcement of ticket prices for their opening home League One fixture against Coventry caused a supporter backlash.
The club set Adult ticket prices at £24 with Under-23s, and Over-65s charged £18 and Under-18s £12 and many supporters were astonished and angry at the proposed pricing structure which they felt was an attempt by the club to exploit supporters who have stayed loyal through all the club recent troubles.
They also criticised the club for not allowing supporters to pay on the day of the game with many expressing the opinion the club had missed a trick and scored a massive public relations own goal by not setting prices at a level which could potentially sell-out the ground.
The club has this morning issued a new statement suspending ticket sales but insisting the game will go ahead. Unsurprisingly this has caused a further reaction by supporters on social media. Some fans are speculating it is a sign the proposed takeover by Football Venture is complete while others are suggesting the club is responding to the horrendous feedback it received yesterday.
Administrators are currently running the Trotters until a deal to establish new owners is complete and judging by the reaction to the latest statement this can not come soon enough for long-suffering Bolton fans.
Prices need to drop, what about all the loyal fans with season tickets over the years, it’s a Leauge one game not a prem game
— Alex smart (@alexsmart1994) August 7, 2019
Couldnt write this stuff
— mike bamber ❤️ Memecoin (@MikeBamber4) August 7, 2019
🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞
Let's hope today is the day for the takeover to be announced &the start of positive times for Bolton. We need to build on the efffort & desire showed in Saturday's performance & continue to support the team whilst we recover from this predicament. #bwfc— BWFCDave1985 (@King1985Selfie) August 7, 2019
Hopefully you’ve seen sense and dropped the prices for the game
— Anthony Rearden (@antrearden) August 7, 2019
🍻 in a brewery springs to mind… 🙈 Unless it's reduced tkt prices ( should have been in the 1st place) or the takeover is done, I'm out 🤷♀️
— Victoria O'Brien (@vickyob81) August 7, 2019
Come on bolton just give the fans what we want. We want to watch our club this Saturday. Pull your finger out and get it done. #PUSB #CCFC
— Lewis Thomas (@LewisTh76318358) August 7, 2019
When you need all the money you can get, yet you don’t release any away tickets until 4 days before the game (if they get released today) – Surely even Bolton know Cov away tickets are like gold dust this season as some fans are boycotting St. Andrews!! Missed money spinner there
— Hugo (@Hugh_Bates) August 7, 2019
Absolute clowns 🤡 @OfficialBWFC 🤷🏻♂️⚽️🙈
— Sam (@SkyBlueSam87) August 7, 2019
Shambles. Absolute shambles
— The Exiled Robin (@TheExiledRobin) August 7, 2019
close it down