Alan Hardy: 'Notts County have already smashed last year's season ticket sales'

Alan Hardy has revealed that Notts County had already smashed the previous year's season ticket sales before the 2016-17 campaign was even over.

Season tickets for the 2017-18 campaign went up on sale on March 24, with the Notts owner attributing the increased take-up to optimism about the Magpies' future on and off the pitch.

"We have smashed last season's sales," Hardy told the Nottingham Post. "We had exceeded last year's season ticket sales before the season had finished.

"Sales have slowed down a little bit now because there's no football, but hopefully once the new Puma kit gets released that can give them another boost. That should land with us in the middle of July.

"Once the players report back for training at the end of June and the new kit comes out, then those sales will accelerate again.

"I just want to say a massive thank you to those fans who have bought their tickets early and really supported us.

"To exceed last year's season ticket sales before the season had even finished was remarkable.

"It shows how much enthusiasm and confidence the fans have got for next year.

"We exceeded it by about 10 percent up on last season's sales before the season had expired, it's tremendous."

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