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Originally Posted by deeayess
...Targetting kids has to be the way to go as they can get a parent to come or they can get used to coming and keep at it as they grow up. As previously stated a generation was lost to Stanley when the old club folded and we need to get people back.
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Nail-head-hit.
So keep up the excellent work, Winstanley, and, if it isn't already your aim, plan to get out to every primary school in the area. Take a player with you where you can. Don't under-estimate [a] the impact a real-live professional footballer can have on 5-10 year old kids and [b] the impact 5-10 year old kids can have on an adult's decision on what to do on a Saturday afternoons. If you give away 300 tickets to kids and get 38 turn up, that could be 38 adults as well. I presume the other 264 tickets didn't take up a seat that someone else could have paid for. Next time it might be 50. Then 60. But it has to be worked on, slowly and surely, with the local schools without expecting miracles.
Just like a dog with a bone, Winstanley.