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There's hardly any difference in the population of Doncaster with Grimsby and Cleethorpes so why is their potential fan base bigger?
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Still recovering from Championship wages with a rich chairman.
Donny have spent a large chunk of their history in Non Leagye.
I didn't think Donny were non-league for much longer than us? Cambridge had 9 years down there, but so what? I'd hope nobody holds our 6 years against us for eternity! The way I see it is the natural order of life does dictate what happens in the long term. The Man City's DO go down to League 1, but ultimately they return because of their size. The only reason Bournemouth are in the Premier League is because their owner allowed them to overspend by +£30m, and clubs like Crawley start to falter when the extra money runs out and they have to run on their own steam. In this respect, I think Town will rise to League 1 in the coming years and the crowds will level out at around 6,000, but of course there's no guarantee.
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Doncaster's basic fan base has historically been about the same as ours since the 70s but the hinterland is a lot more populated so if they are doing well you get people from around Rotherham, Barnsley, Leeds etc. who are sort of part-time fans.
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There's hardly any difference in the population of Doncaster with Grimsby and Cleethorpes so why is their potential fan base bigger?
You may be right there, but it's my opinion that their crowds when in the Championship were bigger than ours ever were in the present era. You could be right though, the bubble may have burst there, but I'm not so sure. Maybe it's just their new ground which made the difference. Time will tell.
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Sounds about right, we're nearer top than middle...have to account for history as well as fan base. Remember when we were hovering around the bottom waiting for the seemingly inevitable relegation AB mentioned that it didn't seem right not having us in the league...that was true but we've seen other clubs go from strength to strength and we need to keep the push for the new stadium to maintain our status!
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"Size doesn't matter if you're winning" - Rocky Balboa...possibly
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I do think the ground makes a big difference, it happened down here in Swansea where crowds virtually doubled over night. Hopefully we'll get to experience this boom sometime soon!
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I would say Leyton Orient are a similar sized club.
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I see us as top end of League 2, competing in League 1 in the good years and with an exceptional manager, maybe a flirtation to the Championship again. Think we have been promoted and relegated more than any other team, so my time supporting Town has seen us going up and down like a whore's drawers.
A new ground would give new impetus and almost certainly swell our fan base. No reason why we can't average around 10,000 under the right circumstances.
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Attendance wise we will definately be top half at least , would even argue top 7 especially if things are going well . The budget I expect will be somewhere around the middle Pompey , Doncaster etc will have probably double even treble the budget of us , then there will be the likes of Accrington Barnet etc who's will be much lower . I hate the my clubs bigger than yours argument if it was Man U ( who I particularly despise ) would be winning everything with The Sun and BBC having a particularly long wet dream over it . We have a great club with great fans and a manager who with the right backing IMO can definately take us higher , with the boot on the other foot and us not under pressure so much I feel his style of play and siege mentality will be suited to the league especially against the bigger teams . I'me genuinely looking forward to a big game were we are put under the cosh and 'nick' a 1-0 like in the old days . UTM.Fox
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