Ongi egina Real Sociedad,

[Bored Of Education]

SPECIAL SEASON TICKETS FOR THE UNEMPLOYED
As a part of its continued commitment to supporting the unemployed, Real Sociedad continues to operate an initiative that was launched over three years ago and which a large number of the club's season-ticket holders have already benefited from.

Who is able to take advantage of this special season ticket?
This offer is open to those season-ticket holders aged over 18 and under 65 who held a permanent employment contract for a minimum of 30 hours per week for a continuous period of at least 180 days immediately prior to becoming unemployed. Furthermore, the individual must have been a season-ticket holder for at least six months prior to becoming unemployed. If the season-ticket holder becomes unemployed for a period of over 90 consecutive days, the cost of the season ticket will be covered by the club.
What about if I become unemployed whilst I'm a season-ticket holder?
If the season-ticket holder becomes unemployed for a period of over 90 consecutive days, the cost of the season ticket will be covered by the club.

[EIM]

Top lads and lasses, the Basques. I really liked Donostia, with it's lovely beaches, winding narrow streets, bang tidy pintxos, and that bar owned by ex ETA fellas who gave me a Basque language guide and served me ice cold beer. It must be great supporting a club that actually remembers it's rooted in a community and puts something back in.

Yeah. I know I used to support FC United. Mad huh.

[Benjm]

Wonderful city - add the beach front changing rooms to the pluses.

Of course, it was a arid and reactionary place until LFC's John Toshack turned it into a modern, progressive paradise.

[Felicity, I guess so]

Great city, great gesture but my inner Dave Spart sees a bit of a 'deserving poor' element in the having to have worked continuously 30-hour weeks for 180 days before qualifying.

If the economy was in deep shit and 56% of under 25s were unemployed, when/how were they supposed to get such qualifying experience?

[Janik]

I don't think it's that as such, it's just a lesser offering than the headline implies. What it appears to be trying to do is help out a specific group - those who have committed money to a season ticket and then lost their job and found themselves financially straitened. It isn't general aid to the unemployed.