Town say season ticket sales are in line with last year's total at this point a year ago. As of yesterday, more than 6,000 applications had been processed with a significant number still to be opened.

A club spokesman told TWTD: "At close of play on Monday we had processed more that 6,000 season ticket applications, which is in line with the same stage last year.

"We also have 13 sackfuls of applications to process and it's impossible to say at this stage what the total will ultimately be. We will know that at the end of the week, but the number of returns has been encouraging.”

Saturday was the final day for tickets to be purchased at the early bird rate. Town currently have around 15,500 season ticket holders.

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