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Newcastle To Offer Free Season Tickets To Existing Season Ticket Holders As A Gift

Nice gesture.

Would be great if our 'new owners' came up with something like this?

Newcastle offer season ticket holders free half-season ticket to try to fill St James' Park

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Newcastles Jonjo Shelvey celebrates victory over Southampton in the Premier League
Jonjo Shelvey scored Newcastle's equaliser as they came from behind to beat Southampton

Newcastle are offering season ticket holders a free additional half-season ticket to gift to fellow supporters to help fill St James' Park.

Sunday's 2-1 victory over Southampton was Newcastle's lowest home crowd for a Premier League match since November 2010, with 42,303 in attendance.

The free ticket will cover 10 home Premier League games, starting against Everton on 28 December.

Tickets will be available on a first-come first-served basis from Tuesday.

"To have the crowds we have is wonderful and we can't ever take that for granted," said Magpies boss Steve Bruce.

"But the question to all of us at the club is can we pack the stadium to the rafters?

"It starts with results on the pitch, but I hope a gesture like this will help us to fill the place because St James' Park in full voice is a force to be reckoned with."

Newcastle fans held a protest against the ownership of Mike Ashley outside St James' Park before their opening Premier League match against Arsenal this season.

The Magpies are currently 11th in the Premier League, with 22 points from 16 matches.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50722548

Comments

  • I wonder how many they are offering.

    I believe that lots of premier league teams don’t actually need/rely on revenue from ticket sales such is the magnitude of money they receive from the TV deal. Would be much harder for a Championship (or anywhere else in the EFL) club to do this. 
  • Not sure it's such a great idea.

    Would like to see the small print but if a fan is in the most expensive seats will they give a freebie in the same area.

    It also devalues the product.

    Maybe they see attendance as more important than income in the short term but reeks of cheap publicity stunt to distract from falling attendances under a poor owner.
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