Keefy, yes there will be an early bird rate as in previous seasons. We will be in a position to announce next years season ticket prices soon.

I first went in 1957 but can't remember who against. I went to a game at Kingstonian at Richmond Road that year and I definitely remember the Wandle end as mud and grass which I think was pre-1959.

Going back to discounted tickets, doesn't every body get a discount if a season ticket is paid for before a certain date.

I feel it first thing in the morning 😁 saw my first game v Southall (3-3 amateur cup) ust after my 9th birthday

Thanks TBK

Got two spots at sponsors dinner going tonight if anyone wants them

Confidently opting a for a 5yr renewal if offered.

59 yes for me. Swig you must be ancient.

£5 add on per seat would add £670k not £1m. People always forget that we have to pay 20% vat to Rach

Yes you do Dave. Loyalty matters, this is my 62nd season.

Spit-you probably love Trump for the same reasons!!!

DS - OAP rate is going up to 66 in line with state pension age. 67 for me.

Do we know how many freebie/discounted tickets (not age-related or 'unwaged' type concessions) we give to the local community?

Must say I found it fun when Sam Hammam was owner,never a dull moment ,kept us on our toes and some tremendous success on the pitch

concessions ? I turn 65 next season and will be able to buy my ST at OAP rate. Do I deserve it? Going to games for over 50 years and a ST holder in the main stand paying the top price since 2002.

Mostly because they said they would. Partly because apparently with the disappearance of Proboards this is as good a place for seious discussions (e.g. on concessions) as there now is.

100% with Biggles on this one

Biggles- fair enough, that may be a solution and I wouldn’t disagree with it as an approach - though the fact that we haven’t done it up to now suggests that either our business management practices are pretty weak or it’s actually more complex a solution than it looks

TM, I'll chase the ESG report. Yes it will obviously be redacted to remove confidential or personal information.

StuD, people also get tired of the pointless personal attacks too. I'm finding it fascinating being on the DT board but don't feel I've had as much impact as I'd like yet.

OI: why should anyone on the DTB pay attention to anything said here? I live within walking distance of three pubs popular with fans before games. All have more fans on a matchday than this place does any day of the week.

Most clubs have a way to cover annual losses, i.e. they find a way to make up the shortfall - owner input, player sales, fundraising, etc. At the moment our way seems to be to hope for player sales but we need to find something more secure. In the end the owners have to cover any remaining shortfall, there is no simple mechanism for the DT to do that. So if ways of breaking even can't be found then the DT can't continue as owners.

NW: raising an extra million quid each year should be easy - just raise ticket prices and cut the generosity of concessions so that we get an extra £5 per seat. 30 home games with an average attendance of 7,000 would generate just over £1m. An average attendance of 8,000 would raise £1.2m. I know some people don't want to hear this, partly because JG is saying it, but the solution is staring the club in the face.

Back of an envelope calculation, working in reverse... Suppose we have an annual operating loss of £1 million, and we play 23 home games per season - that's a loss of £43.5k per home game. Let's say maybe 5,000 of our supporters actually want to do something about that. If they can each contribute an additional £8.70 (net) on average per home game on (totalling £200 per season) that's the £1 million covered. This doesn't seem beyond the realms of possibility if we genuinely want to remain fan-owned.

Why? All clubs make annual losses, even the well run ones. We just need to manage our debt which, Michelle and Co are doing