CITY are poised to reveal cut-price season tickets for an 11th successive year – regardless of what division they are in.

Owners Edin Rahic and Stefan Rupp and chief operating officer James Mason are crunching the numbers for next term and tickets are expected to go on sale within a couple of weeks.

City have held back releasing details in recent seasons until they know what level they will be playing at.

But the forthcoming prices for 2017/18 will be fixed even if Stuart McCall’s side go on to clinch promotion to the Championship.

Mason said: “The club have committed to cheap season-tickets irrespective of which division we’re in, as has always been our mantra.

“It’s something that Julian Rhodes and Mark Lawn have started and Edin and Stefan are happy to continue.

“Saturday’s wonderful advert for League One football only emphasises that we were right ten years ago and we’re still right now.

“Look at some of the stadiums we’ve been to this season and some of the low crowds we’ve been part of, travelling Bradford City fans have often been in the majority.

“We’ve had virtually half the crowd at Fleetwood and Oldham recently and I imagine we’ll have big attendances coming up at Scunthorpe and Bury.

“Our commitment to affordable season-ticket prices is enabling our fans to travel up and down the country as well to follow the team. It’s also safeguarding the future of the club.

“When I speak to other club directors and find out that their average season-ticket sales are as low as a few thousand and the average age is in the 50s, I think to myself ‘how can they sustain this? We have over 2,500 season-ticket holders under 11!”

A whopping crowd of 21,190 witnessed the thrilling clash with Bolton – the third time City attendances have broken the 20,000 barrier this season.

Valley Parade’s average gate of 18,058 is beaten only by leaders Sheffield United in League One. City are confident of another good take-up by making next season’s available early.

Mason added: “It’s almost like a gamble for the fans. Pledge your allegiance to us and whatever price we come up with, you’ll be paying that whatever the league. That’s some statement of intent.

“We appreciate budgets are tight straight after Christmas and City fans have become used to the season-tickets being on sale in the summer but this will enable us to start budgeting for next year."

Chairman Rahic added: “We think fans have already had value for money this season with some of the excellent football being played.

“And for the first time in a lot of years, we’ve seen new (paid for) signings starting with Romain Vincelot in the summer, Alex Jones, Jacob Hanson and Charlie Wyke in recent weeks.

“Fans are now buying for a different product. It’s still affordable football but we’re now committed to buying young assets that are already beginning to prove their worth, Wyke being the perfect example.

“Are low season-ticket prices still sustainable when we want to be moving up the football pyramid and buying players?

“We think so but it’s a question we’re working on at the moment and we’re hoping fans will back our campaign irrespective.

“However we’d like to say we will keep football affordable and hopefully produce some nice surprises along the way.

“By putting them on sale now, we can start to get our house in order for next season in terms of playing and operational budget.

“It gives us a head start to planning all manner of things, whether it’s pitch or stadium preparation or pre-season tours."

Mason said: “We understand the economy of Bradford and families must plan their yearly outgoings accordingly. Going to football is a luxury to some extent.

“But with the option to pay monthly readily available at a very low rate we are offering fans every opportunity to be able to afford our prices.

“Trust us, we’re still going to be able to offer the cheapest football in the country by far.”