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But what if you do your house up on the cheap. Using inferior builders and contractors that quite frankly weren’t up to the job.
What if your house was in a far worse state than when you bought it due to your bad decision making Would you expect a new buyer to pick up the tab for your ineptitude? I wouldn’t!
Houses all look the same when they're demolished, should be an incentive to build a new one. |
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I suspect the exile support as a percentage of total support is higher at GTFC than virtually any other club, hence the large support at special games. For the first ten years of supporting Town (50's and 60s) I saw every game at Blundell Park including reserves, alternative Saturdays when I could not get to first team games and Northern Intermediate Games too. It remains in the blood and you inculcate it into your children but other life pressures and distances involved mean you can't get to home games regularly. I was one of the 22,500 at BP to watch us beat Exeter City in 1972. Costs of getting to Grimsby and going to a Match are prohibitive and I think the aspirational 15,000 is a tough ask given the widespread supporters and costs. Agree with the sentiments though. UTM
Massive exiles fanbase and not tapped into AT ALL by GTFC which is a failing in my eyes. If BP was to host it`s final game next Season and the Club marketed it correctly a large % of those exiles would make the pilgrimage to see the old girl off. Some would argue this is just misty eyed sentiment and maybe so but these exiles spend an awful lot of time following GTFC across social media etc for snippets of news so they are interested. The floating support is key to any future success for this Club it must be harnassed the hardcore 4.5k are going nowhere it`s all the others and future generations the Club need to get on board. We are here now Mid Jan and I would be highly sceptical of the Club doing anything but the tried and tested renew your ST at the discounted rate? |
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| KingstonMariner |
| January 18, 2019, 10:28am |
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Massive exiles fanbase and not tapped into AT ALL by GTFC which is a failing in my eyes. If BP was to host it`s final game next Season and the Club marketed it correctly a large % of those exiles would make the pilgrimage to see the old girl off. Some would argue this is just misty eyed sentiment and maybe so but these exiles spend an awful lot of time following GTFC across social media etc for snippets of news so they are interested. The floating support is key to any future success for this Club it must be harnassed the hardcore 4.5k are going nowhere it`s all the others and future generations the Club need to get on board. We are here now Mid Jan and I would be highly sceptical of the Club doing anything but the tried and tested renew your ST at the discounted rate?
I’m a misty-eyed sentimentalist (and no that’s not cataracts) and I wholeheartedly concur. Blundell Park is not capable of holding everyone who would want to be there for its last game (if that day ever came). There is a vast untapped resource that will never be exploited under the present (type of) regime. Better promotion and marketing and better communications could improve the finances of the club though. But not as much as if it truly were a community club. |
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| louth_in_the_south |
| January 18, 2019, 11:41am |
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Let’s look down the A46 for a bit of inspiration. Lincoln has pretty much quadrupled their gates in the space of 3 seasons. I’m not saying that we could do that but with a decent team and decent marketing we could regularly get 8-10 thousand
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| January 18, 2019, 12:06pm |
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Let’s look down the A46 for a bit of inspiration. Lincoln has pretty much quadrupled their gates in the space of 3 seasons. I’m not saying that we could do that but with a decent team and decent marketing we could regularly get 8-10 thousand
During Buckley's heydey, I think we only averaged over 7,000 once, and this was playing two divisions higher with much larger away support. Last time we averaged over 8,000 was in 1981/82, almost 40 years ago. Barring an unlikely turn of events and rapid promotion to the Premier League, we've got pretty much no chance of getting anywhere near 8,000 regularly. Lincoln have had the 'footballing fortune' we've heard so much about and have managed to push on from there, but don't think for a minute that they will keep these attendances up when they begin to struggle in the next couple of years. |
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| January 18, 2019, 12:26pm |
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The towns (Grimsby/Meggies) have been hit massively financially. We love the town and surrounding areas, but unfortunately planners/business' etc don't see things through the same rose tinted glasses we do. Some perceive the place as a sh1t hole, but, it's our sh1t hole.
Without massive investment in the area this will continue but the freeman street project looks very promising indeed. Let's hope the council stop p1ssing money up the wall and actually concentrate on what can benefit the area.
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| 1mickylyons |
| January 18, 2019, 12:34pm |
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During Buckley's heydey, I think we only averaged over 7,000 once, and this was playing two divisions higher with much larger away support. Last time we averaged over 8,000 was in 1981/82, almost 40 years ago.
Barring an unlikely turn of events and rapid promotion to the Premier League, we've got pretty much no chance of getting anywhere near 8,000 regularly. Lincoln have had the 'footballing fortune' we've heard so much about and have managed to push on from there, but don't think for a minute that they will keep these attendances up when they begin to struggle in the next couple of years.
This thinking annoys me because statistically you are 100% correct in what you say BUT I would argue the case the football club have never once shown any initiative or drive to get the gates up on a consistant basis. They will always do an offer which is much appreciated and sees an increase of support but never a sustained push. |
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| realist |
| January 18, 2019, 12:42pm |
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intercourse the exiles. They have left and contribute nothing to the area. Why should they get special treatment from the club?
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| forza ivano |
| January 18, 2019, 12:42pm |
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just out of interest, why on earth would Fenty want to spend time in Belarus? is he studying 'how to be a leader like Alexander Lukashenko' coz i can see certain similarities in leadership styles and abilities!?  |
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| Northbank Mariner |
| January 18, 2019, 12:48pm |
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intercourse the exiles. They have left and contribute nothing to the area. Why should they get special treatment from the club?
You really are one of the largest mammary glands I have never had the displeasure of meeting...thank intercourse!! |
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