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Northbank Mariner
April 26, 2019, 9:03pm
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Quoted from TwoLeftFeet
Having read all that can see why we never got the award.. 2007, don't think the BP experience has changed much since I started going in the 80's!!


Not changed much since I started in the early 70s...apart from removing the picket fences around the edge of the pitch..
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April 26, 2019, 9:06pm
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My 5 year old lad was a mascot last year and the club were really good with him. What made me laugh was they gave him a goody bag with some bits of merchandise including a DVD of the 2-0 Paint Trophy defeat to MK Dons. Must have had some stock left!

In terms of anything on a game by game basis for kids I'm not aware of anything other than concession tickets.
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Scunny get Gold Award status. Wow..you can actually run your club badly and have a relegation dogfight while still managing to treat your fans with respect!

Except at Grimsby Town. Boy are we overdue a huge change.


It is quite a few years since I went to Glanford Park on business, but it was like walking into another world to be honest.

Everything was very professional, well run with all the staff treating fans, business people and tradespeople with the utmost respect and courtesy.

The Town set up was the complete opposite sad to say, like they had the life sucked out of them.

Obviously these were snapshots in time, but the difference was striking and ever since I have realised that our set up is a million miles away from even being average.

The only way it will ever change is of course a new regime, with a greater understanding of what a well run football club looks like.

You could argue that it hasn't done the Iron much good, in terms of fan numbers and their current troubles, but that misses the point. In a business, any business, the customer is king.
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April 26, 2019, 11:14pm
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Does anybody actually know why Town failed?
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April 26, 2019, 11:57pm
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Does anybody actually know why Town failed?


It's probably the fans' fault.


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This bit that Moosey quoted is the crux of the issue:

'New figures show that junior season ticket sales have increased by 37% over the past 10 years with 20% of all EFL club match attendees now under 16 years old.'

How do we compare? I bet the club don't even know the answer let alone know how to address it.


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Quoted from KingstonMariner
This bit that Moosey quoted is the crux of the issue:

'New figures show that junior season ticket sales have increased by 37% over the past 10 years with 20% of all EFL club match attendees now under 16 years old.'

How do we compare? I bet the club don't even know the answer let alone know how to address it.


GTFC celebrated promotion back to the EFL by increasing kids season ticket prices by 40%. Says it all.
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So, it is because we increased junior season ticket prices when we were promoted. I am fairly sure that bigger clubs than us have increased their prices on the back of a promotion, especially those in the premier league. We often have kids go free matches, doesn't that count?
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who cares, too many families go to football anyway..
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