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KingstonMariner
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Times have changed since we were in the Championship. There seems to be a greater desire for ‘experiences’ now. People are more into going to live events. Look at the growth of festivals over the last 30 years. If we were only getting 5-6000 two divisions higher with the bigger clubs away followings that shows the attendances have kept up pretty well.

5000 season tickets seems ambitious. But how do we know unless we dig deeper into the subject.


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I love harping back to the 90s....
Afew weeks before Bonetti arrived we managed to muster 3993 against premiership Watford. On a Saturday. In early September. 3993. You can't blame that on our performances can you - the season hadn't long started.
I wonder how many Watford brought. More than Morcambe I'm sure
Mind you, they all turned up a few months later for the 5th round FA cup tie against premiership opposition didn't they.....
I think this was a few months after Buckley left.

I wonder if the directors at the time might have pushed abit harder for promotion if theyd had more support through the turnstiles?
I've said it before, looking back we were a quick/cheap proposition for a Jack Walker / John Shelton Fenty ahem type to turn into a premiership team
10th the season before. A top striker to replace mendonca for a season, a keeper and another real top class player alongside bonetti (who the fans had to buy anyway) would have EASILY done it. This would have cost nothing. Christ Bonetti would have cost the club nothing baring in mind the extra 2000 he put on the gate
As it was even though we had a crap start, were still reeling from buckley taking half the club, without our best player mendonca, lacking a goalscorer and an experienced manager, we were still only 90mins away from going top just before christmas!

But, why would the men in charge put the money in there pocket when a 4th div club takes roughly the same in gate receipts as a good 2nd div club 😂  This was banded around at the time and there was probably an element of truth in it. Fenty isn't the first to penny pinch. He was just the unlucky one who was lumbered with a worst set of circumstances
Lots of protests about those in charge at the time but looking back was it them or was it the town not supporting the club??

Anyway I digress 🤣🤣🤣  I like the positivity and some good posts but I just don't see the attendance ever improving regardless of how good we are. I'd love to be proved wrong. Would love to be in a full stadium every game and i hope it ends up happening



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5K is ambitious,  its a really important last stage of the season, Ollie/Town musty finish strongly, and I think there is rightful optimism in the air.  
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Too many in the area are Man U and Liverpool fans, and only watch them on the tv. Probably too lazy to get to Blundell Park.
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Too many in the area are Man U and Liverpool fans, and only watch them on the tv. Probably too lazy to get to Blundell Park.


The same problem exists in every area of the country unless their team is in the Premier league, and even then they have a lot of armchair fans of the big 6.

However there are still thousands of fans out there to be targeted.

When I did business at the club during the Buckley years the lack of fan numbers drove them to distraction and it was true - the level of home support in the second tier was more or less as it is today.

We have had periods were home support was much higher but it seems today we are much more renowned for away support.

I suppose we have to tackle it on all fronts- the Ollie effect,more effort from the club,good summer signings, news on the new stadium and sensible improvements and cleaning of BP will all help.

A promotion challenge next season would surely see 6k crowds on a regular basis.
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