Match day programmes were once an essential item for football supporters
A Yorkshire Non League club says it is losing £1,000 a season on match-day programmes.
The un-named club official, who highlights the cold hard reality of the wastage that programmes bring, believes the much-needed money would be better spent in other areas.
The comments come a month after Non League Yorkshire proposed an end to the rule that match-day programmes must be produced due to the information now available on websites and social media.
The un-named club official told Non League Yorkshire: “I don’t think there is a market for programmes anymore.
“Our programmes cost around £2,000 a season to print. We have 40 delivered for each home game and we rarely sell over 20 so we’re losing quite a bit of money every time because they cost £75 for 40 copies.
“We do have some advertising in our programmes, but the income doesn’t cover the losses.
“We think people would rather pay 20p for a team-sheet, rather than a programme which is likely to be out-of-date in some cases. Producing team-sheets would certainly be more affordable clubs at this level who live hand to mouth every week.
“I really think the authorities should look their rules on programmes. We would rather invest the £1,000 or £2000 we spend on programmes on the facilities and our community football projects for local kids.”