GlenSTFC Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Interesting feature. http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/hungerfordtownfc/news/small-town-clubs-win-the-numbers-game-for-crowds-1365226.html#.VMAIRZtlSt0.twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HorshamRebel Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 That is assuming all of the attendees are living in the town. Doesn't account for us exiles, or travelling away fans. As said many times on here and else where, statistics can be used to show anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammer_rebel Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Well that's even more reason for our own ground in slough! Surely they realize that's a massive reason behind it! I went to a school around the corner from out old ground and most of the lads and a few girls use to go with their dads! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Rebel Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 doesn't tell us anything we don't know. we have a pretty big town population wise but play so far away from the town and having moved away and dropped from the Conference we have been hit hard important thing will be how much it can be improved if and when we move home. will be by no means a certainty that we will be able to bring in a lot of old and new fans just because we are back in Slough either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Baker Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 I think Maidstone is a good indication of the potential however: We were playing against Maidstone for Godalming in Ryman South when they were groundsharing at Sittingbourne, they were lucky if they got 300 people through the gates, and this had been the case for a number of years. However following their long awaited return to Maidstone the local community really got behind them, and their crowds have gone from strength to strength... I am not for one saying that our crowds would mirror Maidstone in the slightest, however their would be good potential for them to grow.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epicrebel Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 So if they put the fact that we play in Beci and use their population then that would put us in third place with 2.69 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Rebel1965 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 So theoretically if we only climb to midway up that table when we get into Abour Park, it should bring the ratio up to around 1%, which would give a gate of around 1,400. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Juan DeMarcus Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 But our local population is beacons field which if we used that the percentage is far far higher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HorshamRebel Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Reminds me of our old chant... The Ryman League is Upside down .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulCh Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 I think that table is relevant and shouldn't be lightly dismissed. I produced the same table last season for when we were in Div 1 and the result was the same.I'm not denying the ground location is a big issue though frankly more psychological than an ACTUAL problem.I don't believe that most would go by bus even if there was one every 10 minutes. The main issue about the ground, and thus the club, is visibility.Many people in Slough are still unaware of the club or if they do know about it at all, it is only vaguely.I started the Rebels Online Facebook page for this very reason as over half of the population of Slough has a facebook presence. Since September when the page started, well over 25,000 have seen posts about the club, many of them multiple times.This sort of stuff won't convert quickly to more people turning up on Saturday but over time it will.This is no substitute for a ground in the town of course, far from it, though this sort of preparatory work will make any news or actuality of a move back to Slough more effective when the time comes.I also believe that the more the club is "on the map" so to speak then the more likely that the powers that be will look favourably on the ground issue.Another point that I believe is relevant is that as a large portion of Slough is of Asian origin, it might help if some thought is given as to how the club could be made more attractive to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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