By Mike
February 2 2006

After alot of debate on the Fleet fan's forum about charging full price for a Kent Senior Cup match, the club have issued this following statement.

Official Press Release from Gravesend & Northfleet FC

 

At the start of this season the Football Association made the decision to designate all County Cup Competitions as reserve team fixtures for Conference National clubs.  In line with this decision it was recognised by the club that a review of admission prices for these games was required. It would seem sensible to announce a different pricing structure for these matches at the start of every season but we are currently constrained by two major factors.

Firstly we are required by KCFA rules to ‘charge the normal admission price for a home First Team match’ and so clearly any movement on normal prices has to be sanctioned first.

Secondly we must take into consideration the views of our opponents who share a percentage of the gate monies taken.

Having approached both parties in recent weeks we are pleased to say that agreement has been reached that enables us to reduce our admission charges for this game to £8.00 for adults and £4.00 for concessions, there will be no additional charge for seating.

For the future we will continue our discussions with the KCFA in order to try to resolve this anomaly that may bring about a more permanent and sensible solution.