Loads of points have been made about attendances in the JB thread.
So lets attempt to see if the loyal fans of Accy can assist!
Also lets put some facts on things. As Sherry said we posted a letter to every Primary School in Hyndburn to tell their leavers that when they went to High School (a lot more independance) the club would give them a free season ticket. We trusted the schools to promote this on our behalf. 42 familes took up the offer, some didn't collect their free ticket so we posted them out.
Martin Fearon at the Trust does fantastic work promoting the club with loads of ideas to get people interested via free tickets. Sadly we have no way of knowing if people will return.
Robert Houseman has returned to his teaching career in Blackburn, but attempts to promote the club as much as possible. However we see no point in handing out free tickets to children in Blackburn.
Scott Dawson (SDA) are currently working with the Trust and the First Team to get vouchers into selected schools in the town. This is promoted by first team players going into the school prior to the game and then hundreds of vouchers left behind to encourage children to come and bring a parent/guardian at a reduced price. Two schools were targeted last week, 10 vouchers were redeemed out of the hundreds issued.
Pricing is always a "hot topic" with numerous FL rules to be considered to ensure faireness for home and away fans.
My belief from experiince dispite the good work of SDA, the Trust and the Club is that were are making steps, but only small ones. Giving lots of tickets away to my mind isn't the answer, however the good work we are doing is seeing positive rewards. We'd love it to be faster, but we need to be winning at home more often. That is out of supporters and admins hands, although 5 unbeaten is helping everything.
