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Exile on Spencer St · 31-08-2012, 12:30

I can't vouch for the state of the ladies' at Stanley but the gents are fairly typical at unmodernised grounds: pretty disgusting. But then most men will put up with a lot of things as long as they can watch the match. However, (IMHO) most women, rightly, won't put up with toilets that are not clean.
My wife and I try and get to as many away games in the south as we can, and she has her own list of least-favourite grounds. It's not those where Stanley lost the points, but where she was faced with, to her mind, a disgusting toilet. Farnborough Town was an all-time low, I recall.
Those who are not die-hard fans, i.e. Stanley's missing customers, may be equally put off by squalid toilets.
In trying to encourage bigger crowds, don't under-estimate [1] women's ability to influence who goes where on a Saturday afternoon and [2] the importance of clean toilets to most women.

P.S. Given the subject, it was a real challenge to avoid using the word c**p.

31-08-2012, 12:30	#89
Exile on Spencer St God Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Hogshire Posts: 5,199 Liked: 5365 times Rep Power: 180197	Re: Ok people let's take stock for a minute. I can't vouch for the state of the ladies' at Stanley but the gents are fairly typical at unmodernised grounds: pretty disgusting. But then most men will put up with a lot of things as long as they can watch the match. However, (IMHO) most women, rightly, won't put up with toilets that are not clean. My wife and I try and get to as many away games in the south as we can, and she has her own list of least-favourite grounds. It's not those where Stanley lost the points, but where she was faced with, to her mind, a disgusting toilet. Farnborough Town was an all-time low, I recall. Those who are not die-hard fans, i.e. Stanley's missing customers, may be equally put off by squalid toilets. In trying to encourage bigger crowds, don't under-estimate [1] women's ability to influence who goes where on a Saturday afternoon and [2] the importance of clean toilets to most women. P.S. Given the subject, it was a real challenge to avoid using the word c**p.