Colchester United general manager Tim Waddington is hoping for a positive response when their season-ticket packages go on sale next week.

The U’s have frozen prices across the board for the forthcoming League Two campaign, where they will be hoping to build on the positives of John McGreal’s first year in charge.

Colchester only narrowly missed out on reaching the play-offs by a point last time around and only promoted Doncaster Rovers collected more points in front of their own supporters.

The U’s also hit the net an impressive 43 times at the Weston Homes Community Stadium in 2016-17 season, second only to Portsmouth in the division for goals scored on home turf.

And as head coach McGreal prepares for another promotion push, Waddington is keen to see that reflected when season tickets go on sale next Monday.

Waddington told the Daily Gazette: “A lot of people have said that they’re desperate to renew and that’s music to our ears.

“Playing winning and attractive football obviously helps and that was something that we saw a lot of at the Weston Homes Community Stadium, last season.

“Having the great home form that we had is a commercial bonus for us and we know that we won new fans over.

“I think the sales should be pretty good.

“The Annual Subscriptions we offer are really popular and a lot of people look at Match Credits.

“It’s whatever suits the individual and I’m pretty confident that we offer something for everyone – we’re trying to create options for people.

“We’re always trying to find ways of being as accessible as possible for people and find solutions.

“It’s a case of it being your town, your shirt, your badge.”

Waddington says the U’s ticket packages such as Annual Subscriptions and Match Credits are proving particularly popular, among supporters.

Annual Subscriptions give Colchester fans great flexibility in choosing when to watch their team, while Match Credits can be bought in multiples of five games.

“Annual subscriptions went well for us last season and they’re the things that we’ve seen the most growth out of,” said Waddington.

“Tickets are more affordable because it works out better over the course of 12 months. That’s the way that people these days tend to consume, in society in general.

“It’s proved very popular, as it’s helped people to spread the cost of football throughout the course of the year.”