GENEROUS Bradford City fans from around the world have backed the club’s season ticket push by buying tickets for other less well-off supporters.

Nearly 50 people have bought an adult and two junior season tickets - for a total of £159 - and asked the club to donate them to fans who could perhaps not afford it.

City’s chief operating officer James Mason said: “We have been overwhelmed with the generosity of Bradford City fans across the world, and also of fans closer to home.”

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Bantams supporter Tim Clough, of Moscow, was one of the people who bought season tickets for others.

“The reason is to support the club and the fantastic ticketing strategy that they have been delivering for the last few years,” said Mr Clough, 41.

“I can afford it and, if I lived in the UK, I would buy a season ticket for myself and potentially for my children. So I asked myself why shouldn’t I do that now and donate that season ticket to someone who could use it, who wouldn’t normally be able to afford it.”

He added: “The legacy that the chairman will leave is a club that has a solid fan base of young supporters and I want to support that through my donation. Hopefully whoever receives it will get as much enjoyment - and frustration, excitement and nervousness - from supporting the club as I’ve had for 35 years.”

Another fan who bought the season tickets, but did not want to be named, was a 33-year-old man from Wibsey who now lives in the USA.

He said: “With the cost of living and all the other responsibilities of a household and having kids, I am sure there are fans out there who may be unable to afford a season ticket.

“If I was living close to City I would have a season ticket myself, so it’s a way I felt I could contribute to the #TeamTwenty campaign and have somebody else benefit from it.”

On who should get his tickets, he said: “A City fan and their kids who may not necessarily be able to afford to attend otherwise. Kids are the future of our club so I wanted to help a couple of under 11s to be able to go along with a parent/guardian and get that experience, which will hopefully turn them into lifelong fans.”

A superyacht captain from Shipley who now lives in Southampton and France also bought tickets.

The 50-year-old said: “I wanted to give something back to the club that has given so much pleasure to me.

“I think it is a fantastic initiative. It has opened the doors of football to those who normally would not be able to watch it.”

Another fan, Tom, 40, of London, said: “I believe getting into supporting your local club at a young age gives so many thrills to someone’s life as well as bringing people from different walks of life together. I want them to go to maybe a single parent and kids who couldn’t afford to go but would love to do so.”

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