04-11-2014, 13:13
(04-11-2014, 12:41)Thurnscoe_OWL Wrote: I spend as little time in Hillsborough as possible and so do thousands of others. This is what needs addressing. Why spend well over three quid on a shit lager out of a can when you can spend another 10/15 mins in the pub and have a proper pint for £2 odd. Same goes for snacks/food. Oh and we don't see any of this money either because Lee Strafford sold the fuccking contract to Lindleys at a cut price rate
Something needs to be done. Maybe like at Man City where they have screens all round and show the early KO, get people in and spending money.
Get proper bookies set up in the stands rather than a shit shed thats outside and gets no custom when it rains/snows/windy/cold.
Sell merchandise (swfc shirts/hats/gloves/scarves/pens/books/stress ballsetc) on the stands like we do food/drink. Come to think of it, make better merchandise because it's all wank. Target kids who go with parents, make more age appropriate, swfc related toys/colouring books/comics/stories/shit that breaks easy so will need replacing and get the kids begging for their mums and dads to buy the tat.
I k ow MM has had a lot to sort out behind the scenes but surely he can employ someone who can do this job better than we already are
I thought that Lee Strafford brought the catering back in house but MM put it back out to contract. Not 100% certain on this but that is how I remember it.
It is all about facilities. If you look at the ten clubs with the biggest %ge increase in crowds, all achieved it by moving to a modern stadium. Look at Arsenal. Back in 93, they got the same crowds as us. Now they get more than double that at their new ground. Brighton were getting 2,000 at the Withdean and around 6,000 before that at the Goldstone. Now they get over 25,000 at the Amex. If you want to increase crowds dramatically, a new ground is the way forward.
That won't be happening!
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