Stenny put the fans first with prices freeze
A SCOTS football club is freezing prices on season tickets and strips to ease the burden on supporters. Stenhousemuir chair Iain McMenemy says the Stirlingshire-based side has opted to allow teens in to their Ochilview ground for just £2.22 per game. The League Two club, nicknamed the Warriors, will lose out on thousands, with full kits costing £58 for children, £62 for teenagers and £65.50 for adults. Season tickets are priced at £130, or £13 per month, for adults; £90, or £9 per month for concessions; and £40 for 16 to 21-year-olds. He said: “We’d dropped the price of season tickets during the Covid years because we didn’t know if fans were going to get in to games or not. “When we came to the prices for this year, we thought we could put them back to the old 2019-20 prices. “We’re as affected as everybody else by cost increases but thought we couldn’t ask fans for more, adding to concerns about paying bills and putting food on the table. So we decided to freeze the season ticket prices at the same amount and still offer monthly direct debits to spread the payments. “With regards to the kit, we signed a deal with Puma and had it for the year. We were going to run a contest for fans to design the kit but thought this wasn’t the time to do that – to ask fans who have just bought one a year ago to shell out again. “If we can find 10 new season ticket holders, that’s the equivalent of a price rise. “For a teenager to be able to get to the football for £2.22 is a pretty good deal. You wouldn’t get childcare or into a junior game for that kind of money.”