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Yeah he was stood in front of me at County away last year - Spent the whole game berating Farman. Annoying character.
He? I always assumed that Jules was a she!  |
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Honest answer to that is I am not sure. I think it is probably a few things, People returning, Lincoln is growing relatively rapidly but I think the main thing is that families are coming and certainly the junior Imps section is huge now. The football clubs they run, are almost sold out every holiday, and I think on the back of that people are buying in to the club. Also because we have been starved on any success, then I think people do not want to miss what could be a defining period in our history. I also think our chief executive who we got from Doncaster has been very clever in marketing, things such as the fan zone make coming to the game just a part of the experience. He's changed so much, caterers, corporate seats, ticketing on phones, small things, but improving the whole experience.
He has drawn the club much closer with the fans, and he is trying to tap into other areas of the county to increase the crowd - I think they are looking to add extra seating next season.
Obviously Danny has played a part too, and I do see similarities between him and Jolley - I know I have heard Jolley say that he rates him, and I think he is trying to do similar things. Lets face it, it is only Fenty that is holding you back from being successful again. I would love to see us, you and Scunny all in division 1, that would do for me.
Lincoln have made more changes to their club in the past two seasons than we have in twenty years. All borne out of an initial £350k investment. And before anyone mentions the income from their FA Cup run, we got the same kind of cash for Bogle. Even if we ignore the poor on field performance in that time, the non-progression off the pitch over the past two decades has been nothing short of a disgrace. A GTFC fan recently posted on Twitter.. "Is it beyond the club to see the problem in linking a supposed “revolution” to one individual? As soon as he’s no longer flavour of the month or moved onto greater things, the whole thing stops. It should be a club-wide revolution.." |
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| nealeardleyscrossing |
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He? I always assumed that Jules was a she!
No , definitely a bloke. |
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| Les Brechin |
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No , definitely a bloke.
I don't know, fancy having a girls first name.  |
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I don't know, fancy having a girls first name.
A Big Girls Blouse, so you weren't far off  |
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Your right, but I suppose they know what they are doing. I think taking nearly 30k to Wembley suggest there are more out there - They capped Season ticket sales at 6, 300 - So you cant actually buy one now (hence the Waiting List)
I'm not sure what happens when we have a mediocre season, but I imagine we only offer shortish term contracts. So at worst we would tighten our belts.
As a matter of interest, when you were doing well under Buckley etc, did you have similar interest in season tickets etc?
I've no idea about season tickets, but we got really good attendances generally in that era, though they tailed off a bit once we were established in the Championship, as they always do in any division. Our average for that period (87-99) was 7,237, but that includes some fighting against relegation seasons (a few, actually). I remember us getting 14 and 15k for home league matches and 19,000 v Spurs in the Cup. Because of ground restrictions we're really limited as to what we can do now, but there's no reason why we can't get back to similar sizes in the future, though I'm not sure we'll ever see the days of over 20,000 again (v Everton, Wolves, Exeter etc etc). |
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Yeah he was stood in front of me at County away last year - Spent the whole game berating Farman. Annoying character.
What`s happened with Farman is he still with you or has he left? Personally thought he was a decent keeper though like most liable to the odd gaffe I would have had him here for back up. |
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What`s happened with Farman is he still with you or has he left? Personally thought he was a decent keeper though like most liable to the odd gaffe I would have had him here for back up.
Gone to Stevenage I believe. |
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What`s happened with Farman is he still with you or has he left? Personally thought he was a decent keeper though like most liable to the odd gaffe I would have had him here for back up.
He has gone to Stevenage - Was okay in the National League, but struggled with the step up. Absolutely rooted to his line. We have Josh Vickers who was good until injured, but he is back now. Plus we signed the National League keeper of the year a few weeks ago (Although Farman got that accolade too, when we were in the National League). Really nice lad Paul, just not quite good enough. |
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He has gone to Stevenage - Was okay in the National League, but struggled with the step up. Absolutely rooted to his line.
We have Josh Vickers who was good until injured, but he is back now. Plus we signed the National League keeper of the year a few weeks ago (Although Farman got that accolade too, when we were in the National League). Really nice lad Paul, just not quite good enough.
I seem to recall his Father had some good banter with some Grimsby fans regarding Paul.Like I say games I saw he was always ok not stand out but a decent enough back up keeper at this level.At Stevenage I am assuming he will be no1 so good move for him? |
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