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Re: attendances
if stanley were in herefords or morecambes league position the gates would be quite a bit higher. I dont think playing at home on the same weekend help as rovers helps, fans that attended have been alienated, but vice versa if switched around burnley fans would be. It would be interesting to try and alternate stanleys home games to access if there is a difference possibly? Doubt that will ever happen and I doubt fans of either club are going to ditch x amount of years following them. Whereas the people who follow Arsenal and Chelsea? who live in accrington and who have never been and never will could possibly be recruited, and of course the arm chair mancs and scousers. But the fact is these people are fickle and are glory hunters who have probably supported 2 or more teams in there life time, and these are the people that would emerge if stanley was to climb to the highest point of the pyramid. Stanleys fans were stolen in 1962 by burnley and blackburn and generations have spawned. The way stanley were trying to get these fans to adopt there home town club as a 'second team' was a good concept and i believe these make up the numbers when stanley are doing well. I dont think stanley will ever have a mass season ticket sales unless they give them away. Its a hard mind boggeling situation for the club and marketing team. When we played forest and leciester city in the carling cup i expected full houses and i was bitterley dissapointed with the home turnout. And i am of the same belief as bagpuss with regards to true attendances i think they maybe tampered with slightly and if this is what is keeping the club afloat so be it.
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