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Henry Morton · 11-07-2009, 23:23

Yes, cashman, he's a very generous man just when generosity is needed.

I just hope that his loan will not be squandered on anything connected with football and footballers.

ASFC needs to put every single pound at its disposal into facilities . . . and more facilities.

Particular areas for attention include hiring extra toilets (particularly ladies' toilets) for the first home league match, ensuring that new fans will not ruin their clothes in mud as they walk from their cars to the turnstiles, and ensuring that they are able to buy food and drink of good quality at sensible prices.

Every pound spent in this way will be worth ten by Christmas, and will enable the Club to repay the good Professor on the dot next year.

Any pound spent on the football side of the Club at this point will, I'm sorry to say, be a pound down the drain.

As I observed several years ago, the quality of football is way down on the list of priorities for new fans - particularly families - and this was proven unequivocally in the first month of Stanley's return to the football league.
They came, they paid, they left - never to come back again.

Doesn't anyone remember those ladies in tears as they queued to get into the flooded lavatories ?
Or the look of misery and disappointment on the faces of families as they left, bedraggled, having paid lots of money and saying openly that they would never return?

From 3,000 plus the attendances soon plummeted to well below 2,000.

So let's hope that Prof Glasson's money is used wisely.

Parking, shelter, seats, decent toilets, reasonably priced food and drink, a bit of entertainment for the kids, the opportunity to buy ASFC souvenirs at affordable prices: these are the things the public want.

And if the football team perform well and get a few goals, that's good too.

Best wishes to ASFC for the new season, and thank you Prof.

11-07-2009, 23:23	#11
Henry Morton I am Banned Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 623 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 0	Re: Prof John Glasson. Yes, cashman, he's a very generous man just when generosity is needed. I just hope that his loan will not be squandered on anything connected with football and footballers. ASFC needs to put every single pound at its disposal into facilities . . . and more facilities. Particular areas for attention include hiring extra toilets (particularly ladies' toilets) for the first home league match, ensuring that new fans will not ruin their clothes in mud as they walk from their cars to the turnstiles, and ensuring that they are able to buy food and drink of good quality at sensible prices. Every pound spent in this way will be worth ten by Christmas, and will enable the Club to repay the good Professor on the dot next year. Any pound spent on the football side of the Club at this point will, I'm sorry to say, be a pound down the drain. As I observed several years ago, the quality of football is way down on the list of priorities for new fans - particularly families - and this was proven unequivocally in the first month of Stanley's return to the football league. They came, they paid, they left - never to come back again. Doesn't anyone remember those ladies in tears as they queued to get into the flooded lavatories ? Or the look of misery and disappointment on the faces of families as they left, bedraggled, having paid lots of money and saying openly that they would never return? From 3,000 plus the attendances soon plummeted to well below 2,000. So let's hope that Prof Glasson's money is used wisely. Parking, shelter, seats, decent toilets, reasonably priced food and drink, a bit of entertainment for the kids, the opportunity to buy ASFC souvenirs at affordable prices: these are the things the public want. And if the football team perform well and get a few goals, that's good too. Best wishes to ASFC for the new season, and thank you Prof.