accrington apathy

shotgun* · 26-03-2007, 09:56

how typical of the people of accrington,eric lets people in for free and the gate is over 4000,and the weather was awful and this week when rovers and burnley have no game and the weather is not to bad just over 1400,this is surely a kick in the teeth to mr whalley,he looses about 15,000 pounds v torquay and his gesture was repaid by a crap attendance, so do the people of accrington not want a football team or pehaps the reasons go deeper.
1. no cover on the coppice or clayton ends yet
2. addmission prices to high for adults
3. lack of toilet facilities or not enough toilets
4. no bar facilities at the clayton end

and b4 anyone starts slagging me of,the facts speak for themselves we were getting better attendances in the conference and non- league even when the prices were a bit high,i know the staff at asfc work hard and eric whalley has to be praised for his work but unless the attendances improve asfc are going nowhere.
just look at some of the grounds asfc visited last season, and even chester city andmost of the div 2 grounds are 100% better than the FES,this is not slagging the ground off but perhaps asfc are a small fish in a big pond and if things dont inprove they will be eaten
so come on people of accrington, bring a friend to the next home game and double the gate. i hope people can be constructive about this subject and post what may be of help to boost the gates,

poppy · 26-03-2007, 10:10

Don't you think it's a bit ironic that someone who wasn't at the game is complaining about people not going.

1800 and how many from Wales? 300 maybe. That's 1500 from Accrington. Well up on recent games and for a bottom of the table clash against a boring poor team. If the few hundred extra come regular then the plan has worked with bonus.

You have your figures wrong. But you make me laugh. Not at the game and then telling people off for not going to the game.

One final point. Most people on this forum where at the game or simply couldn't get there with little choice. Your moaning at people who where at the game. Did you get deported or forced to go to bangkok or was it your own choice? I presume your own choice so don't come crying about how far away it is.

K.S.H · 26-03-2007, 10:15

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Originally Posted by poppy

Did you get deported or forced to go to bangkok or was it your own choice? I presume your own choice so don't come crying about how far away it is.

Gary Glitter invited him

Wynonie Harris · 26-03-2007, 10:18

Got to agree with Poppy. We have a basic core support of around 1,000 fans. With 1,500-1,600 home fans on the ground on Saturday, there were a fair few hundred casuals on. Eric's experiment has paid off, on my opinion!

lancsdave · 26-03-2007, 10:20

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Originally Posted by shotgun*

we were getting better attendances in the conference and non- league even

Maybe you answered your question. It's the same at most football clubs, gates are higher when you are doing well.

Outback Ozzy · 26-03-2007, 10:21

whoops wrong thread replied to

AccyMad · 26-03-2007, 10:30

Got to agree with Poppy & Wynonie on this one. What's more, there was actually a better atmosphere on Saturday because it was created by people who really wanted to be there and route for Stanley.
For someone who got the club's name dragged through the mud Shotgun, I can't believe you've got the brass neck to come on here and slag anyone off!

longballking · 26-03-2007, 14:56

How many home games have you been to this season shotgun?

Kiwi John · 26-03-2007, 18:06

Being a bit harsh on Shotgun are you not fellas? Sounds to me that he is simply looking at the stats and wondering 'why'? I have read plenty of posts on here before regarding the apparent apathy of the people of your fine town.Lancsdave is quite right, so a result at Walsall may see a marked improvement in numbers vs Posh.Fingers crossed.

Oggy · 26-03-2007, 18:42

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Originally Posted by Kiwi John

Being a bit harsh on Shotgun are you not fellas?

The K.S.H. quote may be a tad harsh, but must admit to laughing very loudly

Shotgun is revamping a lot of overcooked and irrelevant topics, the team is on the up and the gates will follow .................................................. .........................................eventuall y

On Stanley On

pipinfort · 26-03-2007, 18:55

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Originally Posted by John_Timmins

you dont know his past then i take it....in fact they are being very polite to him and not one bit harsh imo

myself and longballking were HARSH (in a funny way) this afternoon but it got removed, Kiwi if you`re ever over here you`ll get to know the full tale mate.