Shrewsbury Town's Matt Williams keen to boost support
Shrewsbury Town chief executive Matt Williams has issued a rallying cry to supporters as the club aims to attract more season ticket holders for next season.
The club, which unveiled its early bird season ticket prices for next season yesterday, is aiming to sell more than 3,000 for the 2015-16 campaign.
Micky Mellon's high-flying team, who were second in League Two before today's home clash with Northampton, could well be competing in League One next season.
And Williams says fans can play a big part in helping them to lay the foundations for another successful campaign next year by snapping up their tickets, which went on sale today.
He said: "The more people coming through the gate and buying season tickets the better Micky's budget will be next year, the more chance we have of getting to the right end of League One if we are in League One.
"We want to know where we are at before the end of the season. It is vitally important to us that we know where we are shopping at the end of the season.
"Season tickets form a massive part of our revenue so if we can get 3,000 plus season ticket holders signed up by the end of the first discount period that would be great.
"We have about 2,700 at the moment and I want to better that.
"If season tickets are down then revenue is down, match day revenue is down, programme sales are down."
The club is particularly keen to attract young supporters and they have unveiled a free under-eights season ticket as part of their early bird scheme.
To be eligible supporters will need to be seven or under on August 1 this year, join the Junior Shrews for the 2015/16 season and be accompanied with a full paying adult.
The club has also introduced a new age bracket for supporters aged 16-18, with season tickets ranging from £115 in the family stand to £235 for a category A ticket during the first phase of the scheme, which ends on April 4.
The cost of season tickets for supporters aged 12-15 and 8-11 also compare favourably with last year's initial early bird prices.
The club has put a modest increase on the cost of some adult season tickets compared with the first phase for the current season. They have risen by £10 for both category A and B tickets while seniors, disabled fans and students will pay £5 more for A and B tickets in this phase of the scheme.