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Popped into club shop today with the view of renewing my season ticket and was surprised to see such a queue renewing discovered I have got till the middle of next month so it will await till another day

Quoted from crusty ole pie

Popped into club shop today with the view of renewing my season ticket and was surprised to see such a queue renewing discovered I have got till the middle of next month so it will await till another day

Great news, really pleased things are picking up. At the very least, I think there’ll be 8,000 there against Bradford. Huge game so early. A win in that game and it might add a thousand to the following gate.

Quite exciting times now with the business that MJ has done.

Hit the 1000 mark already for st sales. I like the buzz that's being generated at the moment. Long may it continue

Do not renew until he has gone.!!

Quoted from WOZOFGRIMSBY

Hit the 1000 mark already for st sales. I like the buzz that's being generated at the moment. Long may it continue

Where does it say that? I think a lot of people aree holding out and I can see a big load going down to renew just as the early bird offer comes to an end

I got mine. And marinerdazza jr’s.

Quoted from WOZOFGRIMSBY

Hit the 1000 mark already for st sales. I like the buzz that's being generated at the moment. Long may it continue

1,000?! Is that IT?!! Oh my god, we’ll be in huge financial trouble if things don’t pick up soon.

Quoted from Heisenberg

1,000?! Is that IT?!! Oh my god, we’ll be in huge financial trouble if things don’t pick up soon.

That was my immediate thought but Lisa Piggott posted that they usually sell c1400 by mid July when the offers end so in actual fact we are doing pretty well and people get paid today ,

Quoted from forza ivano

That was my immediate thought but Lisa Piggott posted that they usually sell c1400 by mid July when the offers end so in actual fact we are doing pretty well and people get paid today ,

Some people seem to project their opinion on the facts to make it seem like they're right. Comparing this season to last season is a completely different situation for a few reasons:
- We didn't end the season on a high with the Jolley effect as a boost.
- Season tickets weren't released early. Not much point since the abject performances inspired no enthusiasm for next season.

It's to be expected that we're down on last year, but once the summer settles down and people forget, coupled with the new signings, things were always going to pick up. The thought that 2000 people were not going to renew just because Fenty is still in charge (when he hasn't actually done much in the last 12 months), was always laughable. But the Fenty out brigade of course used this to reinforce their opinions that everybody is fed up, when in reality most just want to see the team do well and don't really care who is in charge.

Quoted from Heisenberg

Great news, really pleased things are picking up. At the very least, I think there’ll be 8,000 there against Bradford. Huge game so early. A win in that game and it might add a thousand to the following gate.

Quite exciting times now with the business that MJ has done.

We all felt like this last season and then got thumped 1-4 on the opening day  

Quoted from pen penfras

Some people seem to project their opinion on the facts to make it seem like they're right

Wow.

Quoted from Mariner Timsky

We all felt like this last season and then got thumped 1-4 on the opening day  

I know what you mean, and Bradford will be favourites for that game, but in general, personally I felt at the beginning of the last 2 seasons we had weak squads, and that we'd struggle.  I didn't feel like that in our 1st season back up, and I don't think it this season either, so I'm more optimistic this time.

My Dad doesn't plan to renew his for the first time in 30-odd years, regardless of who holds the reins of power at the club. He still plans to go to plenty of games, however, but he's missed half a dozen in each of the past few seasons so it isn't worth his while getting one.

I'll buy one near the end of the discount period, the same as usual.

Quoted from pen penfras

- We didn't end the season on a high with the Jolley effect as a boost

in reality most just want to see the team do well and don't really care who is in charge.

You do have two valid points there.

However,

Ending a season on a high doe to narrowly avoiding relegation to NON LEAGUE YET AGAIN shows how low our sights are set nowadays.

If the team had done/was doing well fans wouldn’t be bothered about the regime running the club. But sadly this has never happened under JF’s watch.  

I would wager a large sum that if a successful takeover bid was announced today, season ticket sales would soar. Even you must realise that.

Quoted from Civvy at last

I would wager a large sum that if a successful takeover bid was announced today, season ticket sales would soar. Even you must realise that.

Without doubt but would it be simply because of the regime change alone or because people think just narrowly escaping relegation will not be next seasons result. Will a regime change necessarily affect results or, given the signings already, might we finish higher up the league even if Fenty stays

Quoted from Ipswin

Without doubt but would it be simply because of the regime change alone or because people think just narrowly escaping relegation will not be next seasons result. Will a regime change necessarily affect results or, given the signings already, might we finish higher up the league even if Fenty stays

I think you are spot on. It would be purely a statement by fans fed up of the current board.

My fear is that people may equate regime change with instant success, which (if the current bid is accepted) I doubt will happen. But. I would feel a lot more secure with new custodians as I do feel relative success could be achieved in time.  But if the current regime remains I seriously fear for the future of GTFC.

Quoted from Heisenberg

Great news, really pleased things are picking up. At the very least, I think there’ll be 8,000 there against Bradford. Huge game so early. A win in that game and it might add a thousand to the following gate.

Quite exciting times now with the business that MJ has done.

8,000 against Bradford, with a win, followed by an extra 1,000 in  for the following home makes 9,000 - I don't think the ground holds that many!

Quoted from Ipswin

Without doubt but would it be simply because of the regime change alone or because people think just narrowly escaping relegation will not be next seasons result. Will a regime change necessarily affect results or, given the signings already, might we finish higher up the league even if Fenty stays

I'll have to agree with you there Swin (WHAT
That's why I take exception to Penny's claim that everyone who's unhappy with the club right now are anti-Fenty, and somehow projecting this onto others ()
The majority of those unhappy fans are just tired and jaded after 15 years of the same dross/upheaval/false dawn/back to dross.cycle.

I doubt there's more than a handful of people who are hanging onto their ST money, ready to part with it ONLY when John Fenty exits.
I'd wager however that there is a huge number of people umming and aah'ing over it who will be pushed over the line to buy their ticket should this takeover happen and we can begin with a fresh outlook for the season.
That's a positive and pretty accurate spin on the situation, we just need this all to go through now.

Quoted from rancido

8,000 against Bradford, with a win, followed by an extra 1,000 in  for the following home makes 9,000 - I don't think the ground holds that many!

What happens if we win the next game as well?
Another 1k on top of the 9k ???

Quoted from rancido

8,000 against Bradford, with a win, followed by an extra 1,000 in  for the following home makes 9,000 - I don't think the ground holds that many!

I think he meant to say minus the extra 2000 fans that Bradford would bring over and above what other clubs would bring. So 7,000 for the next game.

But yes the ground does hold 9,000 plus.

Quoted from KingstonMariner

But yes the ground does hold 9,000 plus.

Hard to believe we've had over 22,000 in BP while I've been supporting Town.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRd_U03b4fk

Quoted from Maringer

My Dad doesn't plan to renew his for the first time in 30-odd years, regardless of who holds the reins of power at the club. He still plans to go to plenty of games, however, but he's missed half a dozen in each of the past few seasons so it isn't worth his while getting one.

I'll buy one near the end of the discount period, the same as usual.

He will

Does anyone know the official amount of sales?
Thought this may have appeared somewhere.

Quoted from crusty ole pie

He will

Thanks for confirming that.

People I've spoken to that are not renewing their season tickets have a wide range of reasons for not doing so. It tends to be because of a general malaise surrounding the club at the moment. In general, when we do well they come out of the woodwork to support the team. If they don't think there is much chance of any immediate success they stay at home and wait for a change in fortunes.

Puts on tin hat and waits for the flack.

Well I've never purchased a season ticket since being a town fan even when I started going to every game until I moved to Lincoln I don't get chance to attend many games so there is no point for me really.  I could buy one just to give the club money but its pointless plus the Mrs would kick off 😂

And it wouldn't bother me who is running the club. I don't go to watch JF I go to watch my team.

Quoted from mimma

People I've spoken to that are not renewing their season tickets have a wide range of reasons for not doing so. It tends to be because of a general malaise surrounding the club at the moment. In general, when we do well they come out of the woodwork to support the team. If they don't think there is much chance of any immediate success they stay at home and wait for a change in fortunes.

Puts on tin hat and waits for the flack.

Nicely summed up.
Mirrors most other clubs in the same situation.