MK DONS are giving away free tickets to every home fan for an upcoming match – but only if they can prove they live in the area.
The League 1 side, currently 18th in the league after relegation from the Championship last season, are aiming to fill their 30,000 seater stadium for the visit of title-chasing Bolton Wanders on February 4.
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It is to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Buckinghamshire town, one of the newest settlements in the UK – with the newest football team, the Dons having only formed 12 years ago.
But in order for fans to pick up their one free ticket per person, they cannot buy online or over the phone, but have to go to the stadium ticket office or the club’s town centre store to pick one up.
And supporters bizarrely need to prove, by way of some form of identification, that they live in an MK postcode – covering Milton Keynes and wider areas such as Buckingham, Newport Pagnell and Bedford.
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Chairman Pete Winkleman, popular in the town for building the football club from scratch, but a controversial figure in wider football after the way bitter rivals Wimbledon were disbanded, has given the gift to the people of Milton Keynes on the auspicious birthday.
It is part of a wider year of celebration for Milton Keynes, run by the council among schools, businesses, charities, venues, individuals and organisations.
The Dons, despite having a huge ground, rarely fill even half of it and hope it will spur them on the better things on the pitch under new boss Robbie Neilson, who joined recently from Hearts.
The club, who have local MK boy and current man-of-the-moment Dele Alli as an academy product, will officially launch the free ticket scheme on Thursday 12th January.
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