Handed out 17 thousand free season tickets.

Compare that to Leigh who charged their most loyal fans an increase of 50% to watch a game that should have cost peanuts.

Barrow are a class act

You do realise you can praise one club without slagging off another.

I just wanted to compare best practice against the clubs who have no idea. If that offended you, I apologise my friend.

Well done Barrow.

I thought handing out free tickets was always seen as a bad thing?

That's certainly a well held view - as with Huddersfield and their cheapo season tickets, it doesn't always generate a sustained increase in attendance beyond the discount period.

Furthermore, does their ground even hold 17,000 !?!?

Oh, and they're only kids tickets toohttps://www.barrowrlfc.com/latest-news/barrow-reach-out-to-next-generation-of-fans-with-free-season-tickets/rl

So it could be a massive PR mistake if a significant number of kids with free tickets aren't actually able to get in to watch any games too.

Some other clubs have been doing this for a few years, the more clubs like Barrow that catch up can only be a good thing. Well done to them

What happens if 5000 kids turn up with their parents to the next home game?

Bradford Northern were selling season tickets to under-18s for a fiver in the 1970s, so I could go see them every home game even though my family were not interested. As a result I've been a supporter (although from afar) ever since. Cheap tickets for the young worked in my case.

what would happen if 5000 kids turned up without their parents

They managed to get almost 2000 in for their game with West Wales. Good on them.

And to answer the previous point, I work at Alton Towers, try 20,000 kids on School Trips when most of the teachers are in the pub.