Re: Homeless in 2015 : Thu Jul 03, 2014 11:33 am  

I don't know about everyone else but (assuming we are at the Hive) I'm going to go to more games next year. Id much rather see a winning side in the Super Championship Elite 1 league than a guaranteed loss every year.

Re: Homeless in 2015 : Thu Jul 03, 2014 11:52 am  

I am actually really looking forward to next season (as long as GF is wrong, nothing personal GF).

[brian2]

Re: Homeless in 2015 : Thu Jul 03, 2014 3:40 pm  

As i said in an earlier post - i am looking forward to next season. We have a coach, he seems to be building a team and we will have a proper pre-season. OK we will have lost some players, but the last 3/4 seasons we have rarely been competitive and probably havent won 10% of the games we have playsed (i am sure gutters will provided to 4 decimal places.)

But this post is very depressing and i now am worried. I hope at the lunch tomorrow some comment etc is made about next season.

Re: Homeless in 2015 : Thu Jul 03, 2014 3:43 pm  

Don't expect any announcements or denials at the lunch tomorrow;even if there was information that event is not the place. We're there to honour our club's great players and build some pride back in the place - turning the "team" into a "club".

Re: Homeless in 2015 : Thu Jul 03, 2014 6:24 pm  

nkpom wrote:

Don't expect any announcements or denials at the lunch tomorrow;even if there was information that event is not the place. We're there to honour our club's great players and build some pride back in the place - turning the "team" into a "club".

I started supporting a club.......I don't care what division they play in or where they play, if they can return to that club ethos again then that's good enough for me.

Re: Homeless in 2015 : Mon Sep 01, 2014 3:13 pm  

meliferra wrote:

That just isn't true.
Take last weekend,
At least 500 of the people there got in free either as kids and parents from local schools, friends and family of players, U19s, U16s or Barnet FC members, several hundred only went because they were offered free food as well. It's also very noticeable that when a crowd declared as 1100 for a Broncos game, it looks significantly smaller than an 1100 crowd for a Barnet game, it has been blatantly obvious to me that the figures have been boosted to ensure the crowd stayed above 1K and some of those games I am still unconvinced there was 1k+ in the ground .

I suspect Barnet FCs average of 1700 represents a 90%+ paying entrance, of which 1350 are home supporters, I would be surprised if Broncos figures of 1200 represent more than 70% who actually paid to get in and of which I doubt more than 5-600 are Broncos fans. So next season with no big clubs coming you are looking at sub 500 crowds imo.

Interesting take on the +1,000 crowds from this year...

Re: Homeless in 2015 : Mon Sep 01, 2014 3:37 pm  

Must be galling for you that the Hive made such an effort to boost numbers and prove you wrong. Maybe they used their bribe to achieve it?

Re: Homeless in 2015 : Mon Sep 01, 2014 3:42 pm  

meliferra wrote:

Must be galling for you that the Hive made such an effort to boost numbers and prove you wrong. Maybe they used their bribe to achieve it?

1280 average is not an achievement.....it is 45% down on 2013 and the first time in 19 seasons that we have had a decrease in our first year at a new stadium

Re: Homeless in 2015 : Mon Sep 01, 2014 4:55 pm  

gutterfax wrote:

1280 average is not an achievement.....it is 45% down on 2013 and the first time in 19 seasons that we have had a decrease in our first year at a new stadium

Actually, it is quite some achievement to have a 43% decrease on the diabolical crowds of 2013. Not many would have thought that possible.

Re: Homeless in 2015 : Mon Sep 01, 2014 5:12 pm  

jbuzza wrote:

Actually, it is quite some achievement to have a 43% decrease on the diabolical crowds of 2013. Not many would have thought that possible.

Indeed