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Is this me or what but we always significantly under-perform when it is a fiver game, a NL TV game or a larger crowd containing ultimately lost new fans?

Goes back years. Although last season we did best Oldham, York & Halifax in front of large home attendances plus Chessy this season on Bank Holiday Saturday (a result which looks more impressive with every passing week). Still last two home games against let’s be honest fairly average opposition have been wasted opportunities with 4500 home fans seeing 1 goal in 3 hours.

I thought the idea of a third kit was for when neither of the first two avoided a clash. I can't imagine how that could happen with our first two kits.



PS. Before I'm enlightened, bear in mind I'm not naive enough not to appreciate why this has to happen.

I’m sure the main consideration was does it look good & will the younger elements of our Fanbase like to wear it, the answer to both those questions is yes IMO so it’s done it’s job.

Been in charge at ‘Heed for 4 years & has his stamp all over that club. I see they’ve promoted from within with Rob Elliot for continuity (and doubtless to save a few ££, though presumably they must have got a few quid off MK Dons). I strongly suspect they’ll fall back a bit now, wonder if Williamson will be back in Jan for the odd player too.

Try Goose Green and especially Costellos for some real ale.....try around the Market Hall....try Kings Court.

For sure,try the Fan Zone at the club.

PS: we will get some mayonnaise in to put on your chips.

Yes. Start at the Market Hall which is a 5 min walk from Altrincham metro & train station. Lots of different food options & an excellent bar run by Blackjack, a fine Manchester brewery. After that a 5 min walk towards Kings Court (tucked down an alley, you’ll need Google maps) where there is a small sports bar called Libero that does a discount for Alty fans on matchdays & will have some football on TV. There is another bar in the same square called Batch which has the best range of beers in Alty (and one of the best in Manchester in my view). Finally come out of Kings Court & cross the main road & cut through again to Goose Green. A bar called Costellos, the bar of the local Dunham Massey brewery. Strong selection of traditional English ales & popular with home & away fans on matchdays. And don’t forget to leave some room for a beer in the fan zone at the ground which always has a really good selection too & will have some curry & rice too.

Couple of points too that you can’t drink & watch the game at the same time at our level of football & places likely to be a lot busier than usual on Saturday, as it will be one of our largest attendances of the season. Enjoy the match & the day out lads!

Quote from: Mick on October 09, 2023, 12:28:36 PM

Quote from: Saughall Robin on October 09, 2023, 10:41:29 AM

Having been to Harrogate (the town) a few times, I always thought it was a bit too snooty for football. More rugger and country pursuits. I must be wrong.

Good assessment in general. I know the place well and the town centre area is extremely affluent, however the surrounding areas of Knaresborough, Starbeck and Ripley may lay host to some footy fans.

However the problem Harrogate face is quick, regular and reliable trains into Leeds to watch the Damned United. Buses are every 15 minutes and £2.

Be interesting to know what their average attendance is....I expect not too high, but fear we would have the same problem if in L2

Affluent area reflected in the fact the club is reasonably well financially backed (I think)... but not so much from the stands.

They average just over 2,000 which is the lowest in the division.

Only two clubs (Harrogate and Salford) averaged below 3,000 last season; I'm curious to understand how we would fare if we ever reached that level, or how we'd look to get that additional support through the turnstiles to even be competitive.

There was a similar debate to this on the FB group last week. I think if we were a team consistently challenging at the top of the Conference we’d soon average over 2000 home fans every week. The challenge then is to grow it towards 2500. I think to do that we’d need big improvement to our spectating facilities, some kind of permanent presence in the town centre & the off pitch investment continuing to flow.

Intriguing tie this & quite hard to call, although I’d make us slight favourites with home advantage though doubtless they’ll bring a large support. Two big league games before then mind.

Ashton United, Leek or Marine at home please. Although we are now at that stage that most clubs in the draw will want to avoid us.