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Motherwell: Fans pledge almost £60,000 to buy season tickets for low-income families
Motherwell fans have pledged almost £60,000 to buy season tickets for unemployed and low-income families this season.
The fan-owned Scottish Premiership club gave each supporter who bought a season ticket for last term a free renewal for the forthcoming campaign.
An option was also offered to donate to the fund, with enough cash raised to buy around 700 season tickets.
The tally, currently £58,155, will be matched by the club.
It was reported in May that unemployment in North Lanarkshire rose by 71% from the start of the Covid-19 pandemic to January.
Motherwell chief executive Alan Burrows, whose club have around 4,500 season ticket holders, said: “It says everything about the compassion and generosity of our supporters that they’ve raised such a significant amount of money for this initiative.
“Our club exists to do everything in our power to benefit people in our local community, whether they are Motherwell supporters or not.”
Original article 08.07.21 on the BBC News website
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