by RedRedWine » Tue Aug 09, 2022 12:35 pm
I think we've sold over 2,800 season tickets - so when added to home fans that 'pay on the gate' and the away following, I don't see us dropping below announced league attendances of 3,500 all season - even for midweek games. That's some achievement for us.
I agree that crowds for Burton Albion, Accrington Stanley, Fleetwood Town and ourselves aren't low at all - maybe for the division, but you have got to be realistic; these sides are traditionally all non-league outfits (even the one with a famous name) who were getting attendances well below 1,000 as recently as the 90's.
I think we should be benchmarking ourselves against these clubs to be honest - and I'm sure they will view us in a similar way. The Shrimps were ahead of all of them in the early years of the Conference on every level (spare a thought for Woking!), then we had to watch them all go above us one by one as they progressed through the leagues and we stagnated with no ambition and resulting financial troubles.
I always thought that ultimately we have more potential than each of the teams mentioned - and we can now see that on the terraces with the number of season ticket holders... something I'm sure each of the sides mentioned will be envious of. We are still behind all of them in some aspects though - but the gap is closing.
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