Wolves pay back £260,000 to season ticket holders
Wolves today paid back £260,000 to season ticket holders and cut matchday admission prices – as club sources revealed up to 50 workers have been told their jobs are at risk.
Letters have been sent to members of staff, including workers in the ticket office and medics, warning them that jobs will go.
Fans who bought 'early bird' season tickets will receive between £35 and £45 back following relegation, but they will still pay £3 a match more than fans at Walsall.
Chief executive Jez Moxey said in?February that the club would compensate the 9,036 fans if the team was relegated.
Adults behind the goals who renewed in full and online in the first Early Bird window will receive £35 each.
They will now pay £13.48 per fixture next season – which is higher than the £10.21 that Walsall supporters with early bird tickets will pay to sit behind the goal. Saddlers fans in the main ABS Burton stand alongside the pitch will pay £13.69 per game.
Adults in the Billy Wright Stand upper tier at Molineux will get back £45 and it will be £40 for those in the Billy Wright lower and Steve Bull Stand upper. Only under-12s in the Billy Wright lower – who pay £1 per League game – will not receive rebates.
Wolves aim to complete the payback by the end of June and each supporter will be emailed once the money is returned.
New summer season tickets behind the goals cost £345 for adults, which equates to £15 per League game, compared to £20 paying match by match.
Adult admission in the Billy Wright upper will cost £25, which is £5 lower than in the Championship. The equivalent summer season ticket at £460 (£20 per match) would save £5 per game. Wolves have also cut junior matchday prices.
Wolves' head of ticketing and membership Lynne O'Reardon said: "Wolves pledged to rebate those season ticket holders in the event of relegation and over £260,000 will be returned to season ticket holders."
A club statement denied 50 staff would go but said:?"We review our operations every summer, however, we now have to make some difficult decisions and adapt to the realities of League One. Conversations will take place with colleagues, but particularly those who are directly affected, and the Club will be issuing no further comment."
