Livi offers discount season tickets for next term

Apr 2 2009 by Eric MacKinnon, West Lothian Courier

LIVINGSTON fans have been urged to book their tickets for next season early with the club offering special discount prices for those who buy before the end of the month.

Season tickets for the 2009/10 campaign start at just £95 in the family section, available at last season’s prices or reduced if purchased before April 30.

Students are also big winners with prices for those still in full-time education just £95 for the season.

Pay-at-the-gate prices for next season are to be set at £16 for adults and £7 for concessions (over-65s, under-16s and students).

Club chairman Angelo Massone has urged fans to snap up their tickets now to ensure the playing budget is in place for a renewed attempt to win promotion to the Scottish Premier League.

From May 1 onwards season tickets will be set at a price of £280 for adults and a concession price of £120. Tickets are available for purchase from reception at the Almondvale Stadium between 9am and 4pm on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday; 9am-6pm Wednesday; and from 10am onwards on the club’s next two home matchday’s on Saturday 11 and 18 April.

Massone said: “As the season draws to a close, it gives us time to reflect on what we have achieved since my consortium and I took control of Livingston Football Club last year.

“This season was very much about consolidation on the park after an uncertain 2007/08.

“In a very short space of time, we appointed a new manager and had to build a squad effectively from scratch, after the transfer embargo placed on the club had been lifted.

“The achievements of that team this campaign should not be underestimated.

“We had an extremely strong start to the season, travelled to play Celtic in the Co-operative Insurance Cup and performed to levels well beyond anyone’s expectation during pre-season.

“Our form dipped as 2008 drew to a close, but the appointment of Paul Hegarty and the continued emergence of young talent developed by the club into the first team has given us plenty to cheer about in recent months.

“We have consolidated as planned and now, with the necessary foundations in place throughout the footballing staff and playing squad, we must look to build upon the stability the team now has and look to seriously challenge for the Irn-Bru First Division championship in the coming campaign.

“I truly believe that the rightful place of Livingston Football Club is in the Scottish Premier League. There is vast potential within the club to perform at that level once again.

“This summer is about meeting that potential with the experience needed to win the First Division.

“Everything here is geared towards Premier League level and everybody at the club is determined to approach the new season with the attitude needed to make it a successful year.

“I believe that the 2009/10 season can be a very successful one for Livingston and I am calling on (fans) to share my ambitions and back the club early, so that our playing budget can be competitive enough to challenge for the title.

“Whether you are choosing to renew your ticket, buying your first ever ticket, or if you are looking to buy a ticket after a spell away, everybody at Livingston FC looks forward to seeing you at Almondvale next season as we look to take that step further and return to the Scottish Premier League.”