The Tigers Club Committee has been reviewing all aspects of the running of the club, with a view to ensuring that it runs effectively and profitably, and ultimately improves the experiences of its members and visitors. In the longer term, work is planned to change the roof structure to eliminate the channel which has resulted in leaks from time to time, and to providing new toilet facilities.

Running costs have increased exponentially in recent years – heating, lighting, non-domestic business rates, water rates, insurance, maintenance, staffing etc – and we’re always striving to provide a service to our supporters, and hopefully make some contribution to the football club as a whole.

Recently we have been looking at the bar prices, and note that some products, particularly cans and bottles, are barely profitable. For members these products have been sold at £2, which give a gross profit margin below that which even not-for-profit clubs would expect. This price has been in place for at least six years, and is not sustainable. From this weekend the price of cans and bottles will increase to £3 for members, with an uplift for non-members.

Draft beers and ciders and other products are not as significantly under-priced, and will be reviewed over the next couple of weeks.

Even taking these prospective price increases into account and given our experiences on our Away travels, please be assured that we will still compare very favourably to the prices charged at other grounds.

At the last match we introduced the App2Tap dispenser in Big Al’s, and although we had some initial teething problems, these have been addressed, and you can now obtain a nice cold draught pint whilst still enjoying the match.