I think we deserved more than one goal. Oldham played so deep the back five could practically shake hands with the crowd. The biggest beef of their fans seems to be that they are playing so defensive even against what they perceive as our leaky defence.
On a different matter the ground looked pretty full with 3500. I notice only Colchester and Barrow had fewer fans in the football league last night. It'll be a tough ask when we get there.
But in getting there, we will be promoted. Could easily shift another 500 - 1000 ST after weve won the title or gone to wembely
The Oldham ends of the ground were packed but there still looked to be quite a few spare seats in the main stand & there was a fair bit of space in the corner of the GRE nearest the fan zone too.I think 5000 is roughly what the current layout could fit in it safely but if you got rid of all the scaffolding & redeveloped the Pop Side fully then it could be higher potentially.
Absolutely. That entire side is crying out to be flattened and redeveloped to modern standards, including the space behind the stand. A full-length seated stand similar to that of Chester's Deva Stadium (inc. media gantry) seems a reasonable target in the mid-long term.
As a guide, Accrington built a 1,200 seater stand where that little side terrace used to be about 4 years ago and that cost well over a million quid.
Expect things to cost a lot more since then but something has to happen one way or another because our own ground is not fit for purpose at this level.