the population late 50s early60s was very similar to now, then stanley were only getting around 3000 gates,there was full employment and a couple of 100 immigrants,those being polish,italian,ukraine,etc those countries are football based, what we have now is a similar population BUT 1000s of immigrants mainly from asia NOT football based countries, so whilst their is substance in the lowpay,unemployment theory there is many things that contribute to stanleys problem.are the club doing anything to attract these potential new fans? i think not,on the basis that the match i went to last season i did not see 1. theres an avenue there for the club to investigate surely. its a very difficult task attracting new people,so to me every possibility the club needs to explore. cos although the population is pretty constant,the Balance has changed.
