Besides matter-of-fact Facebook ticket updates

, GTFC's own website and some free advertising on the awful Telewag website (next to sensationalised stories of how thuggish our supporters apparently are), how have GTFC marketed the big local derby game to attract the floating fan?

Where exactly is the excitement and the enthusiasm in the communication to try and ensure we get a full house against our historic county rivals? The only (backhanded) inducement I can see to entice people to buy tickets early is the potentisl minor peril of having to sit on the first 2 rows of the Upper Findus and havimg the near touchline smudged by a red metal bar. If you're reading the GTFC site, you're already a fairly committed supporter and pretty likely to be going to the game anyway.

After 2 disappointing home games so far this season and especially considering the article this week that confirmed Town are in the top 5 in the football league for clubs who rely on matchday income, this continued (tacit, apathetic or simply lazy) strategy of 'whoever comes, comes',  is pretty fackin dire and has finally gotten right on my wick end.

As an STH in the Upper Youngs I decided to view last nights  game from the Main to see what we miss up in the gallery.. What a contrast and how depressing. Apart from a momentary frisson of seeing Sir John Tondeur and Lord Buckley close up, I felt as if I was in the presence of an oppressive decaying timewarp. Poor views, ancient seating and no sign of ships. I understand why some are drawn by the history, intimacy etc. but too many ghosts for me. I remember watching Cockers lead us to promotion many years ago against Exeter with one of my lads from the same stand. Nearly 30? years ago and little has changed.
Small point , Under 18 squad sat behind me. Surely they could have watched from the Upper?. No offence intended to Mains Stand loyalists!

Sorry folks. Posted on wrong thread. Should be Just Back of course.

Towns general PR is a joke and that is being polite.

We do our PR on the pitch.

Quoted from Croxton

As an STH in the Upper Youngs I decided to view last nights  game from the Main to see what we miss up in the gallery.. What a contrast and how depressing. Apart from a momentary frisson of seeing Sir John Tondeur and Lord Buckley close up, I felt as if I was in the presence of an oppressive decaying timewarp. Poor views, ancient seating and no sign of ships. I understand why some are drawn by the history, intimacy etc. but too many ghosts for me. I remember watching Cockers lead us to promotion many years ago against Exeter with one of my lads from the same stand. Nearly 30? years ago and little has changed.
Small point , Under 18 squad sat behind me. Surely they could have watched from the Upper?. No offence intended to Mains Stand loyalists!

As a Main Stand loyalist, I find the view from the Upper quite depressing.  It feels almost corporate in comparison to the rest of the ground.  No doubt the comparatively high elevation doesn't help but it feels distant from everything that's going on in the game.  Don't get me the wrong the views are far superior but in the Main you sort of forget the posts are there.

I guess you viewing form the Main Stand last night when the atmosphere around the whole ground was glum is similar to when I've watched from the Upper, usually pre-season games or when we were in the early rounds of the FA Trophy.  Both will no doubt impact on the experience.  

The upper gives you the best view of the whole match and when it gets going, it's actually pretty loud. Those days are few and far between now though sadly.

Quoted from diehardmariner

As a Main Stand loyalist, I find the view from the Upper quite depressing.  It feels almost corporate in comparison to the rest of the ground.  No doubt the comparatively high elevation doesn't help but it feels distant from everything that's going on in the game.  Don't get me the wrong the views are far superior but in the Main you sort of forget the posts are there.

Sit in the Lower like me and get the best of both worlds, close to the action and no posts.

I returned to the main stand last year for the first time since 1986.

I was surprised at how much I liked it in there. Warmer too. Just.

It comes to us all.

Quoted from marinerdazza

I returned to the main stand last year for the first time since 1986.

I was surprised at how much I liked it in there. Warmer too. Just.

It comes to us all.

Completely agree about it being warmer, I don't need to take my flask when I'm in the main.

Quoted from Gaffer58

Completely agree about it being warmer, I don't need to take my flask when I'm in the main.

That's down to the flushed neck of the bloke that sits behind the press box shouting 'Bloody rubbish' at every game

When town won 6 5 I was sat behind the commentators in the main and was nice and cosy with the wood in front of me :')

Quoted from diehardmariner

We do our PR on the pitch.

Said no one ever  

Quoted from lukeo

When town won 6 5 I was sat behind the commentators in the main and was nice and cosy with the wood in front of me :')

If we ever score six again (except in the conference) I'll have wood in front of me.

Quoted from pizzzza

Sit in the Lower like me and get the best of both worlds, close to the action and no posts.

A lovely place to sit especially in the middle of January. Get back to nature and feel the exhilarating North wind on your face and the dribble of Bovril down your neck from the Upper.

Quoted from golfer

A lovely place to sit especially in the middle of January. Get back to nature and feel the exhilarating North wind on your face and the dribble of Bovril down your neck from the Upper.

I sit in the upper Golfer. Just above you actually.
Sorry to tell you this. But that ain’t Bovril !!!!

In the ticket office this morning and there was 2 guys trying to buy season tickets, only to be told quite sternly that this morning was not the best time to be purchasing one. Couldn't believe what i was hearing, and there was a general surliness toward them both, like they were an inconvenience.

When it was my turn i asked "What you got left in the Upper?"  

Counter girl replies, "It's sold out"

"There are seats available in rows A and B" says i, having looked online before i went.

"They are restricted view" she says.

"Yes i know. Are they available to purchase?"

"Yes"

"So you have tickets left then?"

"Only restricted view"

Aaaarrrggghhh!

Eventually managed to purchase one exactly where i wanted to and left the office perplexed. It was like pulling teeth. I'd also like to know who designed a stand where the first two rows can't see properly.