Ok then , New Ground time

We desperately need one or at least increase our capacity  some how .
Now we’re back in the league it surely has to have become a bigger priority for the owners.

Would it be at least worth knocking the Main stand down and increasing the capacity until we can move to a new stadium ?

Still don't think it'll be a big priority for a while yet.  No need to replace the ground when we can't fill it every week.  You can only replace the Main Stand with a similar sized stand, so there's no point in that.  Gaining promotion to League One and continuing the trend toward sustainability would be the priorities and even then that'll likely take a few years being realistic (Look at FGR).    

No  not needed yet , We dont fill blundell park as it is very often .

Quoted from grimps

We desperately need one or at least increase our captivity some how .
Now we’re back in the league it surely has to have become a bigger priority for the owners.

Would it be at least worth knocking the Main stand down and increasing the capacity until we can move to a new stadium ?

Knock down the PA Box/Police control room and put them in 2 small stacked portacabins (like you get on building sites) in corner between the Pontoon & Main Stand. Firstly that improves the view for a big chunk of the Main Stand. Secondly you can put a proper semi-permanent stand from where the PA Box currently sits up to the corner of the Pontoon. You could probably get 16 rows x 50 seats = 800 extra seats there and turn a chunk of the Main Stand from severely restricted view to partially restricted view. When we're finished with the new seating area we could donate it to Cleethorpes Town.

Quoted from denni266

No  not needed yet , We dont fill blundell park as it is very often .

How many casual fans think about going to a game and are put off knowing the only available seats will have a restricted view? If we had a stadium with the same amount of seats but every seat had a good view what would our crowds be?

You only have to do a bit of research into average attendances of clubs who have moved from sh!tholes to new stadiums to show what good facilities and unrestricted views can do to attendances.

I think that’s a decent idea.

What’s worth noting is that there will be some bigger away followings generally, at BP next season, and one of two big ones (eg, Bradford, Doncaster etc),; the Osmond isn’t likely to be available to Town fans, so there needs to be some thought  given to contingency if we’re doing well and demand for tickets regularly outstrips supply. We cant afford to be missing out on significant revenue. Clearly we are very limited in terms of options and it only seems like something in the Harrington and imperial corners have scope.

Quoted from chaos33

I think that’s a decent idea.

What’s worth noting is that there will be some bigger away followings generally, at BP next season, and one of two big ones (eg, Bradford, Doncaster etc),; the Osmond isn’t likely to be available to Town fans, so there needs to be some thought  given to contingency if we’re doing well and demand for tickets regularly outstrips supply. We cant afford to be missing out on significant revenue. Clearly we are very limited in terms of options and it only seems like something in the Harrington and imperial corners have scope.

I don't think the away following are going to go up that much in logistical terms. We've been putting Boreham Wood's 12 fans in the corner part of the Osmond which holds 500 seats. We could do the same to any club that won't bring more than 400 and use the rest of the Osmond for home fans. How many clubs will bring more than that and require the whole Osmond End?

Bradford, Stockport & Doncaster definitely and probably Mansfield. After that it might be the odd game here and there depending what day of the week or part of the season they fall on.

There probably needs to be some work done to properly segregate the Osmond, but it would be worth the expense so that we aren't turning GTFC fans away from BP.

Yeah you’re right. Could still be some mileage in your idea for temp seats in the corner though.

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Still don't think it'll be a big priority for a while yet.  No need to replace the ground when we can't fill it every week.  You can only replace the Main Stand with a similar sized stand, so there's no point in that.  Gaining promotion to League One and continuing the trend toward sustainability would be the priorities and even then that'll likely take a few years being realistic (Look at FGR).    

We just finished this season averaging nearly 6000 , that’s just about the full capacity for home fans.
I can only assume that we’ll now sell more season tickets after a promotion season than we did after a relegation season .
Our ground won’t be big enough

Quoted from grimps

We just finished this season averaging nearly 6000 , that’s just about the full capacity for home fans.
I can only assume that we’ll now sell more season tickets after a promotion season than we did after a relegation season .
Our ground won’t be big enough

Grumps is right. Forget all this “we can’t even fill BP” nonsense, it pretty much IS getting full every game now, it’s THAT small without the corners being utilised.

I think a new ground is more a plan for the future based on improving facilities (and safety) for fans, as well as a slight increase in capacity. BP is ramshackle, there’s no getting past this.

And even so, if they started the process now, and they’d have to start from scratch as all of the previous regime’s work is on the scrap heap, you’re looking at 3 years until we could move anyway.

Town need to think of the long game, rather than getting the paint tins out at BP.