I WAS just about to send off the money for my season ticket for Bury FC for next year when a brown envelope dropped through my letter-box.

It was from Bury MBC -- one of the sponsors of "the lads" -- telling me that my council tax had gone up by nearly £100.

Sorry, but being a pensioner I can't afford both -- so I will be at Gigg Lane in spirit-only next season.

UPSET SHAKER,

(60 years a fan).