2022 Supporters Survey

Took an absolute age to do and also pretty shite design all around tbh.

Still good that their asking though so 👍 up for that.

Must be said, it’s very “on brand” for The Fishy for fans to be given a chance to moan, only for them to then moan that the mechanism for doing so doesn’t meet their exacting standards.

Just put n/a if you don’t want to answer, or give a neutral score. Took me about 20 mins last night.

Not much of note. Question about selling the stadium naming rights - no problem for me, at least with this board you can be fairly sure it won’t be renamed the “Adolf Hitler-Gary Glitter Memorial Dome” because someone’s waived £10k under their noses.

Questions about improving the atmosphere - don’t think there’s anything you can really do apart from improving the acoustics in the Pontoon & Upper by panelling the sides in. Anything beyond that and it all becomes a bit forced & confected. The atmosphere’s there when the performances generate them.

I also think the board need to appreciate the limitations of the club as a community & civic institution. They seem to want it to be everything to everyone, and whilst the intentions are good I think they need to find a more sustainable model of community engagement. Lincoln have a good community organising programme but that’s been built up over years, would be a decent example to follow but is definitely a long-term thing that needs to be well resourced.

Quoted from Dave Gilberts Left Peg

Whatever happens they need to sort out something with the bar situation as they must be turning away thousands of pounds every game

It’s weird, because I didn’t think it’d been that bad. I can remember massive queues with about 3,500 in, in our original National League days, or even needing a bar pass thanks to Nick Dale, or not being allowed in from the lower at all for the odd Lincoln game.

But I can genuinely say I’ve not had an issue in the Trust bar this season. I usually rock up between 2:15 and 2:40 and have no trouble squeezing 2 or 3 pints in if I’m not driving back. Half-time we’ll generally take it in turns to head-in on around 42 or 43 minutes, but even then on a couple of occasions I’ve been able to walk straight up.

What’s not always been clear is whether the Dock’s fan zone will be open at half-time, or at least it wasn’t last season. Naturally it’s less appealing in December than in August, but I’ve never had an issue getting a pint in there and I prefer the beer, personally.

Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t find it especially bad. In any football ground there’s going to be a spike in demand at half-time and before big games (outside of hospitality at least) -  but I find the options in the Findus pretty decent for the level we’re at. The Trust deserve a lot of credit for that.

Quoted from TheRealJohnLewis

Yeah it took about half an hour or so, but if my opinion helps move this club forward then I am happy to help.



Surely it's obvious, so Town can monitor the demographic of those attending Town, % of female, % of junior etc.

Quoted from DB
What had the colour of my skin got to do with my support of Town?


Surely it's obvious, so Town can monitor the demographic of those attending Town, % of female, % of junior etc.

No, it is not obvious. I'm white, the guy to my right is black and the guy on my left is brown. We are all male varying in age and town supporters. So tell me why do they need to know the colour of the skin?

Sex, age range etc. yes as information on this will help the club provide facilities, but what different facilities will they provide for skin colour? A stupid question from an amateur questionaire.

Quoted from DB

Quoted from DB
What had the colour of my skin got to do with my support of Town?


Surely it's obvious, so Town can monitor the demographic of those attending Town, % of female, % of junior etc.

No, it is not obvious. I'm white, the guy to my right is black and the guy on my left is brown. We are all male varying in age and town supporters. So tell me why do they need to know the colour of the skin?

Sex, age range etc. yes as information on this will help the club provide facilities, but what different facilities will they provide for skin colour? A stupid question from an amateur questionaire.

A good proportion of questions related to how the club interact with the community - it’s helpful to have a demographic breakdown of respondents because “the community” is not a homogenous block of people with the same interests, heritage, resources, etc.

It’s also not totally outlandish to suggest that the matchday experience of someone from an underrepresented group of people - BME, women, disabled, LGBT+, etc. - might differ from that of a 30-70 year-old white man.

Quoted from ska face

Must be said, it’s very “on brand” for The Fishy for fans to be given a chance to moan, only for them to then moan that the mechanism for doing so doesn’t meet their exacting standards.

Just put n/a if you don’t want to answer, or give a neutral score. Took me about 20 mins last night.

Not much of note. Question about selling the stadium naming rights - no problem for me, at least with this board you can be fairly sure it won’t be renamed the “Adolf Hitler-Gary Glitter Memorial Dome” because someone’s waived £10k under their noses.

Questions about improving the atmosphere - don’t think there’s anything you can really do apart from improving the acoustics in the Pontoon & Upper by panelling the sides in. Anything beyond that and it all becomes a bit forced & confected. The atmosphere’s there when the performances generate them.

I also think the board need to appreciate the limitations of the club as a community & civic institution. They seem to want it to be everything to everyone, and whilst the intentions are good I think they need to find a more sustainable model of community engagement. Lincoln have a good community organising programme but that’s been built up over years, would be a decent example to follow but is definitely a long-term thing that needs to be well resourced.

Fair comment. Perhaps I shouldn't have tackled it first thing this morning. I'm not a morning person.

Quoted from ginnywings

Fair comment. Perhaps I shouldn't have tackled it first thing this morning. I'm not a morning person.

Sod that. Moaning is a great pleasure.

Quoted from diehardmariner

Sod that. Moaning is a great pleasure.

This forum is built on a solid foundation of moaning.

There was no option for " can we change the shirts to rainbow unicorn colours" and the sausage rolls are too cheap, also the club shop is too large with too much choice and depth of stock.

Quoted from Phil the cod

There was no option for " can we change the shirts to rainbow unicorn colours" and the sausage rolls are too cheap, also the club shop is too large with too much choice and depth of stock.

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