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Quoted from KingstonMariner

Grimsby?

To be non-facetious for a minute, there are a lot more people out there. Surely we could mobilise a bigger percentage of the population.

But we never really have in the past. Even in the Championship, playing some of the best football I've ever seen, we only averaged 6000 as Rob pointed out. Potentially, there are a lot more fans out there, but they don't turn up regularly, only when promotion beckons usually.

If we'd had a decent sized ground and a big away end and was in the championship these days it would be a different story.

Our crowds have been good this season. 4300 with no away fans on a Champions League Tuesday is good going. Surely there will be over 5500 on Saturday.

Would averaging over 5000 mean the club make a bit of money?

Quoted from ginnywings

But we never really have in the past. Even in the Championship, playing some of the best football I've ever seen, we only averaged 6000 as Rob pointed out. Potentially, there are a lot more fans out there, but they don't turn up regularly, only when promotion beckons usually.

Makes you wonder if we really need a 14000 capacity in the new stadium.
6000 at BP is a good attendance with a good atmosphere.
But 6000 can appear lost in a 14000 stadium.

I can remember us beating Port Vale 4-1 in the 2nd tier on a Tuesday night and the attendance was little over 3000.

Quoted from heppy88

Makes you wonder if we really need a 14000 capacity in the new stadium.
6000 at BP is a good attendance with a good atmosphere.
But 6000 can appear lost in a 14000 stadium.

If you build it they will come  

Quoted from GrimRob

If you build it they will come  

I hope so , because having seen us play at Darlingtons.place, and also things like the Doncaster highlights this week( I wondered if they had been ordered to play behind closed doors). Watching footie in a quarter full "Stadium" isn't much fun .
As for the attendance , as mentioned on here .Fighting for top spot  atracts the fans , keep doing what we are doing with a few more goals , and it will build .
Kids SHOULD be free ,2 per adult) whatever .


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Quoted from highcliff mariner

I hope so , because having seen us play at Darlingtons.place, and also things like the Doncaster highlights this week( I wondered if they had been ordered to play behind closed doors). Watching footie in a quarter full "Stadium" isn't much fun .
As for the attendance , as mentioned on here .Fighting for top spot  atracts the fans , keep doing what we are doing with a few more goals , and it will build .
Kids SHOULD be free ,2 per adult) whatever .


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The good news for us is plenty of clubs have built new stadia. Some have been more successful than others. Many have seen huge percentage increases in home gates  Hopefully, our club can benefit from the experiences of others.....

Quoted from highcliff mariner

Kids SHOULD be free ,2 per adult) whatever .

Yes and then we could have more kids who run around not really watching the game who get dragged off  before the end if we are losing or sometimes even if we aren't because their parents want to avoid traffic. I don't know what it is with kids even the ball boys don't seem interested in the game and spent the last 10 minutes of Tuesday running around the pitch for whatever reason that was lol. It was really distracting watching the game where there is a row of little kids running around getting in the way of people taking throw ins and stuff.

Attendance wise I think the people saying it's to do with wins have it right, more people start turning up when we are winning but if we lose the attendance shoots back down again if we got in the playoffs or near the top of the table they'd all appear as they do when we go to Wembley for a big day out in London even in the old first division it was like that. If we played somebody big people would turn up or on boxing day etc but I rarely remember the place being completely full just never been a fashionable club to follow.

Quoted from ginnywings

But we never really have in the past. Even in the Championship, playing some of the best football I've ever seen, we only averaged 6000 as Rob pointed out. Potentially, there are a lot more fans out there, but they don't turn up regularly, only when promotion beckons usually.

But the support has been there in the not that distant past. Didn't we have averages of about 11-12000 in our first season back in the old 2nd Division (1980-81 season)? Times are harder now and there are more leisure options, but with a new stadium and some impetus on the pitch, there's no reason why we can't aim for bigger attendances.