SEASON ticket holders at Turf Moor are up in arms that they are set to lose their seats for the third time in as many years!

And two unlucky fans determined to keep their seats have already protested to the club and are urging all the 230 affected ticket holders to write to director Clive Holt. Joyce Wellock, of Delamere Road, Briercliffe, a Claret's faithful for more than 30 years, said: "Maybe if we all write in and stake our claim on what are our preferred seats, they may change their minds and keep the lower tier of the North Stand open."

Burnley Football Club made the controversial decision because of financial pressures, when it realised it was costing the club £2,500 every game to keep the tier open. But the die-hard ticket holders only found out by reading the newspaper last Friday, because letters informing them of the move have not been sent out yet!

Joyce said: "My friend Joan Rogers, of Briefcliffe Road, and I went to the ground to protest about our seats being taken away from us and especially about finding out by reading the press. I am urging all the ticket holders to write to Clive Holt, because he is the director responsible for seating. "We used to be on the Longside, but we were moved to the Beehole End to enable redevelopment and then to the lower tier of the North Stand when they developed the Beehole. We thought then we would have our seats for as long as we wanted."

David Watson, from Holcombe Brook, has already written to Clive Holt complaining of the 'scant regard' the club has paid to its supporters.

He says: "Along with many of my fellow season ticket holders in the North Stand lower tier, I queued for several hours to ensure I got the seat and the view I wanted. Now it seems we are to be consigned to some remote corner of the vertiginous upper tier. Perhaps the impending take-over, together with our continued existence in Division Two, will conspire to overturn this short-sighted proposal, which to me seems to sum up the lack of true vision in the boardroom."

Simon Clarke, ticket office manager, said: "It is a financial decision.There are many prime seats still available and should any game need the lower tier to be used, and there will be such matches next season, then the season ticket holders will be able to move back into their seats if they want to."

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