SAINTS are being given the chance to cash in . . .

For the club is offering a loyalty bonus on season tickets for next season.

And admission charges are being pegged at last term's level.

Season passes for the 1998 Super League campaign go on sale on Monday, December 8, with a discount of 15 per cent - plus an offer of vouchers for leisure activities worth £350.

Saints are also repeating the Owens Corning Family Stand Offer, which makes it cheaper to sit in the main stand than stand on the terraces on a match-by-match basis.

Saints chief executive David Howes explained: "With 11 Super League games being staged at Knowsley Road, the 15 per cent discount means fans will be getting over one-and-a-half matches free, a fitting reward for their statement of loyalty."

Every Saints season pass holder will receive vouchers worth £350 redeemable at leisure venues such as Granada Studios, Butlins Holiday Worlds, Camelot and P&O North Sea Ferries.

Howes added: "There are also traditional benefits of priority purchase of cup tickets, free admission to Saints Alliance home matches and five per cent discount in the Saints Superstore."

The Owens Corning stand is open to any combination of parents and children with a saving of £53 for an adult and £59 for a youngster.

Howes commented: "The Owens Corning Stand offers the best value package for Super League III, while providing families with safety and comfort."

Tickets are available from the Saints Office from Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, plus Saturday morning 10am to noon. Saints open their programme on Sunday, April 5, when they visit Salford Reds in a game that kicks off at 3pm.

It's followed on Good Friday by the visit of Wigan in a game that will be covered by the Sky cameras.

In a departure from the past two season Saints will be playing their home games at 3pm, except when they appear before Sky, when the games kick-off at 6.35.

And there is only one game in July -against Wigan -because a series of internationals involving Australia, New Zealand and Great Britain has been planned.

A competition involving the lesser nations is also scheduled.

There are no plans for a repeat of last summer's World Club Challenge. But Saints are pressing for an international competition to take place, possibly involving the top two teams form the British and Australian competitions at the end of the season.

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