natterjack
Active member
Out of interest NJ... There's understandably been a lot of talk about how many more people will come to the footy when we're playing in a decent stadium. How do you think it will affect attendances? What's happened at Swansea? (and how much of that is because they're in the championship?) Would be awful to have 12000 empty seats every match. Some people are being wildly optimistic, some wildly pessimistic, and I don't know what to think.
When we had ours, we were in L1 (having just got up from L2). Our crowds went from 5-7k up to 14k. With a whole new 'match day experience' available a great percentage of the newcomers were children who were now able to see something!
From my experience of Withdean, I'd say you've got a lot more to gain than we did
It's all about momentum though, and winning on the field does help. Success breeds success and the key to it is to get the 'ball rolling' on the feild at the same time - it's happened at Swansea and I see far more potential here if I'm brutally honest.
Exciting times ahead for you lot, thats for sure