[Oggy]

Real shame at work (towards Bury), where everybody is now asking me about the poor gates, rather than the great football, thanks for that Eric and John.

As I've said before the club's missed an opportunity to catch a new audience, but it's about perspective. Anybody who's within the catchment area who hasn't seen Stanley isn't interested in football, or is pursuing their own team, to to the exclusion of all others.

I used to be able to get people to non league games, partly through novelty, but also it wasn't expensive. £10 for a couple of pints and a game of football, great. These people, in the main, used to go to watch their own chosen teams, and gave up through the cynical attitude of most league clubs towards their supporters, but mainly the cost.

I can't get them to come now!

Going to football is largely a habit, Stanley rekindled my habit, by being a well run club, whose players give 100%. I think the fan base will grow, but we've had the explosion, it'll be slow and steady from now on. I think the club are trying their best, but a cursory trawl of other League 2 clubs pricing policies show how competitive it is to get people through the gates, we seem to be trying to reinvent the wheel.

Sorry, going on a bit now. In an effort to be positive, how about,"Bring a friend for a tenner", leading up to Xmas, obviously standing only, (how you can watch a match sitting down defeats me anyway).