| Dens Park operations manager Jim Thomson said today it was difficult to make comparisons with sales a year ago because the Hassan Kachloul affair led to a four-week delay in tickets going on sale.
However, up until today, around 1500 tickets have been sold and while that means the target figure of around 3000 is unlikely to be hit, past experience suggests to the Dark Blues that sales will be only a few hundred short of the mark.
“It is difficult to make a true comparison because we were four weeks late in starting sales, but if you take the first four weeks last year and the first four this year, we are actually ahead,” said Thomson.
“And what is encouraging for us is that, in the last week or so, business has been very steady at the club shop.
“With tomorrow being the last day for fans to reserve the seats they had last season, a pay day coming up this weekend and the first game for which tickets are eligible being a week away, we would expect that to continue.”
Following relegation from the SPL, which has now been confirmed, income from the tickets was seen as vital to ensuring the Dark Blues survival.
An understanding attitude from bankers HBOS is believed to have eased the pressure to hit the 3000 mark, but the closer Dundee get to that figure, the more room for manoeuvre they will have.
Fans who have already paid for their tickets can collect them from the club shop at Dens, while those who asked for their briefs to be posted out should receive them by early next week. |
