OBSERVER Sport can exclusively reveal Dales's season-ticket prices for season 2005/2006 have been frozen.

The club will not increase prices ' already among the cheapest in the Football League ' in an attempt to sell a record number of season-tickets. As part of the intiative the club will also introduce discounted season-tickets to junior supporters.

While admission prices on matchdays will see a slight increase (50p per game in the WMG Stand and Thwaites Beer Stand, for instance) the season-ticket offer means Steve Parkin's team could be the cheapest to watch in the Football League.

Local League Two rivals Bury and Macclesfield will be more expensive by '65 and '90 per season-ticket respectively than Dale, whose fans will pay the same next season as they did last summer.

One adult season ticket in the WMG Stand, purchased before May 31, will cost '225 for the 23 home matches next season. To pay on the gate week by week would cost '299.

There's even more good news for the club's young fans with special incentives for the 13-16 age group, who have the chance to snap up a season-ticket for just '75 anywhere in the ground. Last summer the same season-ticket would have cost '117 but the reduction means they will pay just over '3 per match. Members of Junior Dale, open to youngsters aged under 13, can obtain a season-ticket for just '23; a mere '1 per match.

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