I watched Alty in the 80's as teenager then moved away for a bit, came back in 2005 or so. Personally I love this club and like that it is run by people who know how to budget and keep the club on the straight and narrow.
I also like the fact that I can approach players, managers, supporters and board members, ask a question and get an answer.
Ecky's post is as usual very good and well observed, his comments do not require validation from me, but...
This year we hired the CSH for my daughters 18th, it is near impossible to get a venue to host an 18th these days. We had a great night, Ritchie made a great buffet - enough to feed a few more than we had. Value for money it was great and hopefully it put a few quid into the club, we had around 70 people attend and only 4 of us were Alty fans; however at least 6 of those people have been to an Alty game now. While our one night will not fund promotion to the league, there will be amny others like over the coming years that will help to fund the club. The CSH is a great asset to the club, we would not have hired the old bar.
Another point raised was about regional football. I personally was quite happy winning games in the Conference North and was unsure if promotion was a good thing (aside of the actual moment we won promotion which was EPIC); however I have really enjoyed the last couple seasons and admit that I was wrong. The National league may be as far as we can hope to acheive, add in a couple of decent cup runs and we are doing OK.