Free tickets are being made available for a Bath City FC match next month thanks to a campaign being run by the National Lottery.
Twerton Park in Bath | Photo © Bath City FC
National Lottery players across the country, including those from Bath, are being given the chance to watch their local football teams for free as a thank you for helping to provide more than £12.5 million in funding which helped community clubs survive when the pandemic struck and football at this level effectively shut down.
The National Lottery Football Weekends campaign will make over 100,000 tickets available on a ‘Buy One Get One Free’ basis for National Lottery players for selected matches in March and April, including at Bath City.
The aim of the campaign is to get people out to watch and get behind their local team, perhaps for the first time, and experience the role the clubs play in the local community.
Thanks to National Lottery players, during the height of the Covid-19 crisis, a total support package of over £12.5 million from The National Lottery was made available and proved vital for clubs across the country.
The ticket offer will apply to the Bath City v Dulwich Hamlet home match, taking place on Saturday 2nd April.
Bath City director Jon Bickley said: “It was a difficult time for so many during the pandemic and our club faced huge challenges.
“To have National Lottery players step in and help us get through to welcoming fans back through the gates was amazing.
“This is a great way to celebrate that support and to give people the chance to sample the unique experience of football at this level. We can’t wait to welcome new fans to Twerton Park.”
Details of how to participate will be published at www.bathcityfc.com ahead of the fixture.
Former Scottish international and National Lottery Football Weekends Ambassador McCoist said: “In nearly every corner of the country you will find a football club which does much more than just kick a ball around on a Saturday afternoon.
“These clubs make a difference to so many in their community and they suffered perhaps more than any other part of our game during the pandemic.
“The support of National Lottery players has been crucial in helping them survive and now you can support them again, but this time from the terraces.”
The money for the campaign, as well as the initiatives with various FAs and leagues across the UK during the pandemic came from a National Lottery promotional fund, and was not funded by money allocated for National Lottery Good Causes or by Camelot.
