Billy: Sell 6,000 season tickets and we can be contenders (From Swindon Advertiser)

Billy: Sell 6,000 season tickets and we can be contenders

9:15am Saturday 10th May 2008 in

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BILLY Paynter believes a united County Ground effort can lead to a realistic promotion push - as he puts his weight behind Town's radical season-ticket gamble.

With prices slashed by chairman Andrew Fitton's new regime, the race for 6k starts in earnest on Monday with striker Paynter adamant a packed County Ground can help Town cement themselves as a force in League One.

In a bid to boost disappointing home attendance, Town are offering football for less than a tenner in Wiltshire if more than 6,000 season tickets are purchased - the cheapest prices for well over a decade.

Town fans can renew season tickets from 10am Monday, with normal sales starting a week later, and Paynter has urged fans to repay the owner's huge show of faith.

He said: "It is a brilliant thing to do because football can be expensive for fans nowadays. The support we received this season was fantastic but just imagine how good it could be with more people in there.

"If we could pack the place out it would be more intimidating for the away teams and would also help the team perform. I suppose it would give us that extra edge.

"Home form is vital if promotion is realistic and if we could make the County Ground a fortress then who knows what we could achieve."

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