who is the " agonislingly Close" Nearly-

Quoted from Hagrid

I care. That allright with you?

We all care - that's why we spend half our lives on here.

Only half?? Call yourself a fan  

I'm not sure the fans will come back in droves just because we're playing attractive stuff.  

Look at the gates when we had back-to-back promotions under Buckley, continually gave the bigger boys in the second tier a bloody nose and then under Brian Laws in 1995/96 started to produce (in my opinion) the best football I've ever seen a Town side play - to the point we were, again in my opinion, genuinely a signing or two away from being a real promotion challenger.  We also achieved that when our best striker (Super Clive) was on the treatment table for the best part of a year.

1990-1991     7,237 (promoted from third to second tier)
1991-1992     6,915
1992-1993     6,088
1993-1994     6,075
1994-1995     5,921
1995-1996     5,865
1996-1997     5,640 (relegated from second to third tier)

From 1992-93 when we established ourselves as a very good second tier side to 1995-96 when we peaked under Laws (probably up to the Ivano incident) the gates managed to decrease.  The Ivano factor felt like it added loads onto the gates but it obviously wasn't that big of a factor.  

Why do you think those gates decreased year on year, do we have the price info for that period I.e. were people getting priced out of attending?

Hmmm, wonder if the 'agonisingly close' player was Angol?

We tried to sign him at the start of the season and were linked with him again (if only by rumour). From what I've read about him, it wouldn't surprise me if he's the type who would be happy to be a bit-part player at the top of the division as opposed to a regular in mid-table.

I suppose he might also think he would be more likely to put himself in the shop window at the club doing better.

I'm not saying the attendances will jump massively, but there was under 4 thousand there for the last home game, and we can get a couple of thousand onto that with better fare on offer. Over a season, that's a lot of extra dosh, but to get them back and keep them there takes better players, playing attractive football. The players bring the crowds and the crowds bring the players.

The cup run was a good start and brought in some much needed extra income. If we invest it wisely, we can start to look upward.

Quoted from diehardmariner

I'm not sure the fans will come back in droves just because we're playing attractive stuff.  

Look at the gates when we had back-to-back promotions under Buckley, continually gave the bigger boys in the second tier a bloody nose and then under Brian Laws in 1995/96 started to produce (in my opinion) the best football I've ever seen a Town side play - to the point we were, again in my opinion, genuinely a signing or two away from being a real promotion challenger.  We also achieved that when our best striker (Super Clive) was on the treatment table for the best part of a year.

1990-1991     7,237 (promoted from third to second tier)
1991-1992     6,915
1992-1993     6,088
1993-1994     6,075
1994-1995     5,921
1995-1996     5,865
1996-1997     5,640 (relegated from second to third tier)

From 1992-93 when we established ourselves as a very good second tier side to 1995-96 when we peaked under Laws (probably up to the Ivano incident) the gates managed to decrease.  The Ivano factor felt like it added loads onto the gates but it obviously wasn't that big of a factor.  

Bit of a funny time for attendances in general in the 90s. Can remember Sheff Utd struggling to get 10k for some games and teams like Chelsea only getting 13-15k at times. A lot more than local influences affecting gates at BP in that period. Poor attendances everywhere not just here..

https://www.worldfootball.net/attendance/eng-premier-league-1992-1993/1/

There was also a recession during the early 1990s as well. That will have affected incomes somewhat for a few years and probably contributed to some of the drop in attendance.

Quoted from ginnywings

I'm not saying the attendances will jump massively, but there was under 4 thousand there for the last home game, and we can get a couple of thousand onto that with better fare on offer. Over a season, that's a lot of extra dosh, but to get them back and keep them there takes better players, playing attractive football. The players bring the crowds and the crowds bring the players.

The cup run was a good start and brought in some much needed extra income. If we invest it wisely, we can start to look upward.

Back to the 'speculate to accumulate' argument - clearly hasn't worked at Notts County - but an extra 1000 on your average gate brings in potentially £400k a season.

Perhaps should have a look at the transfers yesterday.might well be a player who ended up at a league 1  club.there was also mention of a Scottish player