BOB Garmory hopes all roads lead to East End Park on matchdays with a one-ticket scheme for public transport and entrance to Pars home games.

It’s just one idea the chairman is looking at after a summer trip to German club SC Paderborn and said they’ve already approached bus giant Stagecoach.

Bundesliga sides are well known for their fan-friendly ways and it’s commonplace for supporters with matchday tickets to enjoy free public transport to and from the games.

Garmory said, “Can we come up with some kind of deal so someone with a season ticket can get cheaper travel to Dunfermline home games with one ticket? There’s only one way to find out. “It’s one of the things Margaret Ross has been working on and she’s talked to Stagecoach.

“It won’t happen this year but if you look at it, the 19 bus goes past the front door every 10-15 minutes, there’s the park and ride at Halbeath and we’re close to the town centre.

“You could jump on a bus and be at East End at 1pm, see your pals in Charlie D’s, have a few pints, watch the game and have a great day out. “We’re trying our best to get people to come to the stadium earlier and be there for longer as part of the matchday experience.

“It’s beneficial to us in terms of the good atmosphere it creates and of course the profit on the beer! These are all the sort of ideas to appeal to a wider fanbase, one of the lessons we could learn from German football. It’s how you go about getting more people through the door and keep them coming back.” Garmory visited club officials at Paderborn, the Bundesliga new boys who enjoyed a meteoric rise through the divisions that Pars would love to emulate.

He said, “There’s a general acceptance what we’re doing and what they’re doing have parallels, so we’ll try and share ideas on the phone or through visits.

“They came from a low starting position and grew their club, they’re rooted in the community, have a great youth programme and have a connection with business which is very supportive.

“The captain of the team can remember playing in front of 400 fans 10 years ago and now they have 12,000 season-ticket holders. “We talked about the sort of things that make German football successful, such as a really good policy towards schools, proper engagement with fans and the community and trying to get local players in the team.

“In turn, they were very interested in our fan-owned model – they are 51 per cent owned by their fans but can see stresses and strains in their relationship with the fans and wanted to know how we handled the change, as well as the management and governance of our club.” A spokeswoman for Stagecoach in Fife said, “We have not been asked to consider the possibility of providing free travel to Dunfermline Athletic FC on match days, however, we would be happy to discuss with the club to see if we can come to any kind of commercial agreement to assist.”