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Nobody has mentioned the OBVIOUS solution. Get relegated and enjoy all the benefits that flow from the lower costs that every club in League One experiences. It's even cheaper to run a club if you can achieve League Two status.

The subsidy goes to the transport operators. It isn't paid on the basis of how many individuals travel. Any benefit that fans get is just incidental.

£40,000 a year could, of course, be raised by the simple trick of increasing match attendances by about 60 people a game.

Reducing the number of people who use the trains to get to and from matches won't reduce the costs incurred by the train operator and they will still want the club to pay the same level of contribution as they do at the moment. If the number of trains was to be reduced, this could potentially...