Tonight's Essex Senior Cup tie

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From the Braintree Town FC site:

 

Braintree Town Football Club had planned to charge reduced admission charges of £5 for adults and £3 for concessions for this evening's Essex Senior Cup tie. The thinking behind this move was that the reduced admission charges would encourage interest amongst supporters of both sides in this match and competition, especially in light of the current difficult economic situation. However, following a complaint by Canvey Island Football Club to the Essex Football Association, the Essex Football Association contacted Braintree Town Secretary Tom Woodley this morning and have insisted that Braintree Town raise their admission prices to £8 for adults and £5 for concessions for this evening's game. Braintree Town Chairman Lee Harding was disappointed by the decision: "We all know that money's tight for everyone at the moment and we were trying to do our bit to help supporters of both clubs afford the game. It was our view that the reduced admission charge would encourage a better gate for what we regard as a particularly prestigious competition. Canvey Island Football Club have every right to complain and we have no choice but to accept the decision of the Essex Football Association in forcing us to raise the admission prices. All we can do is to apologise to supporters of both clubs for any inconvenience caused."

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Braintree Town have declared that there were 65 at this game (ahem) and they paid £190 for stewards and gate men I worked that out to be £95 per hour for the one person we saw on the gate. Canvey Island FC have now sent a cheque for £37 for their share of the loss on this game.

 

I think this shows that our secratery was correct in his stance on that gate price, why would a club like Braintree do that?