Quote: mat "that will have been reason for the 3k at £75, to get a certain amount of money in ASAP.'"
That was
[iprecisely[/i the reason.
I wrote in with the question "Why did the club seek 3,000 fans to pay for their 2012 membership so early in the process?"
The answer was an unequivocal "we need the money" (or words very close to that).
And its more than 3,000 @ £75 - quite a few of that 3,000 - including me - will have paid £110 for the stand.
Don't forget though that 20/120ths of it goes straight off to George Osborne as VAT.