Wanderers-mad dad Jason Parkinson is furious that bosses at the Reebok Stadium have decided to charge under-fives to watch matches.

Mr Parkinson takes his four-year-old twins Nathan and Blake -- named after the club's former striker Nathan Blake -- to most home games.

Until this season he has been able to do that free of charge, but now following a change in policy by Bolton Wanderers, he has to pay £11.

According to the club, the charges have been introduced because some fans were abusing the system. Many claimed children over-five were younger than they were to gain free access to the ground for them.

But Mr Parkinson, who said he abided by the rules, feels he is being penalised for other people's dishonesty and that Wanderers are pricing their future fans out of the game.

He said: "It's not just about the money, it's the fact the club brought this in without any publicity. If I had known, I would have bought a family season ticket but £11 for under-fives is scandalous."

Mr Parkinson, aged 29, of Calvert Road, Great Lever, also said the tickets he hadpurchased would not allow his twins to sit with him.

He sits on row Z of East Stand Lower but his children's tickets were for row U.

He said the previous free system allowed his children to sit on his knee.

"This ticket restriction has defeated the whole object of going with my children to the match," he said.

"It's just a terrible move. A lot of people go to the game because their dads took them when they were young. They would sit with their fathers and learn to understand the game. It's a tradition the Wanderers should be encouraging."

Mr Parkinson said he would continue taking his children to matches next season when he intends to buy a family season ticket. "It wouldn't be fair for me to not take them because they really enjoy the game. It's a shame the club cannot be more lenient," he said.

Bolton Wanderers said the price of a ticket dropped to £8 for youngsters who were in the Lofty the Lion club. Commercial director Gareth Moores said: "The system of free tickets for under-fives, which was unique to this club, had to be discontinued because there was a great deal of abuse of the system.

"It was costing the club a considerable amount of money because for each person we allowed in for free, there was one less ticket we could sell to a fan.

"We like to look at our pricing policy as a whole and, on that score, we believe that the club provides value for money for children and their parents.

"A season ticket costs £98 which is just £5.15 per game for Premiership football.

"The club does want to generate support and that is why we often hand out carefully-distributed free tickets to youngsters at many of our home matches.

"It was just felt that giving free admission to all under-fives was a system that did not work."