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Originally Posted by carpon

We're between a rock and a hard place...always have been and always will be.....albeit two championship ( and aspiring Premier League teams) within a very short drive either side.

Both offer a far more attractive value for money package to the floating supporter. Better facilities, supposedly better standard of football.

There are lots of issues to consider but I'm afraid I do not consider this to be one of them. For too long it has been presented as an excuse for poor attendances rather than a valid reason. Other League 2 (and BSP) teams have Premier/Championship teams nearby - Dagenham, Port Vale, Bradford, even Stockport, come to mind straight away. In reality, our fixtures clash only with Blackburn's - and what has happened to their missing thousands?

Nor, for that matter, do I believe in the "floating supporter" - partly for the reason I've just said.

Sadly, I feel that we are still suffering from past problems - EW, DO'N etc. We need a constant barrage of positive publicity - and we need a club spokesperson to announce the good things that are happening at the club. Living so far away, I cannot comment too much on local publicity but friends tell me it is not good.

What has been the effect of the reorganisation of the management structure? When/where will the players be meeting the public? What's new in the club shop?

To my simple mind, there are two solutions to the attendance problem. The first, as has already been stated in this thread and many times previously, is to have a winning team. The second is to raise the profile of Accrington Stanley, locally and nationally. Believe me, there is huge interest in the club outside the town but the first task is to raise the profile in the town itself.