Alfreton Town FC are delighted to be a part of The National Lottery Football Weekends. If you are a National Lottery player you will be able to come and watch our home match against Southport FC on Saturday 26th March with a friend and get one of the tickets for free.

As fans, you know full well how damaging the pandemic has been to clubs like ours. With a halt in the football calendar and no gate revenue, there were serious fears about the future of many clubs. Thankfully National Lottery players stepped in to protect many local football clubs, providing £12.5million of support to clubs in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

As thanks for the essential support, 231 clubs in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are now taking part in The National Lottery Football Weekends. Each club will, for one home fixture in March or April, run a special ‘Buy One Get One Free’ ticket offer for National Lottery players to take someone – potentially for the very first time – to a game.

CEO, Michael Bradley said “National Lottery players play a vital role in supporting our national game, but especially at non-league and grassroots level. Alfreton Town FC prides itself on being a club that is closely connected with the local community, and it is thanks to the emergency funding, that ensured our survival, that we are able to continue delivering the projects that make a real difference to our fans and the wider community.

The weekend we play Southport is an international weekend and Nottingham Forest and Derby County do not have fixtures so we are hopeful that we can attract as many fans as possible with the National Lottery’s, 2 for 1 offer.

To redeem the offer a supporter will need to show either a national lottery ticket or scratchcard at the turnstile on the day of the game. This is a buy one get one free offer and therefore an adult ticket needs to be purchased and the lottery ticket shown to receive one free ticket.

Season card holders may bring a friend for free and again the friend needs to show a lottery ticket or scratchcard to gain free entry.

One person may purchase two adult tickets and receive two free tickets (if two lottery tickets or scratchcards are shown by the group.

This offer can only be redeemed at the main turnstiles at the Bentley close end of the stadium. Stewards will be on hand to direct you to the correct turnstile.

To find out more about The National Lottery Football Weekend visit www.thenationallotteryfootballweekends.co.uk/FAQs

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