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Only a small drop in the average gate, which considering we were a two-sided ground is not bad
https://www.exetercityfc.co.uk/news/2018/july/homeattendances18/
https://www.exetercityfc.co.uk/news/2018/july/homeattendances18/
I've just read the link.Notable that, amongst the self-congratulation & tortuous prose, no comment is offered about a whole season of competing for automatic promotion had apparently little or no positive impact on attendances.
Agree completely with your last paragraph. Of the average home crowd there are different faces every game and the regular fans probably do number about 5000 but many, for varying reasons, don't attend every match. If however the fanbase was galvanized and excited by the prospect of attending then people would feel more motivated to go. Lincoln City are a good example of what happens when optimism rules. Sadly in recent times, and despite two years of promotion pushes, many of our fans haven't felt the pull of the place and attendances haven't risen as they might have.Interesting figures..I always look at the home support numbers,that is obviously the real gauge of how things are going with on field performance & admission pricing.
3,780 is a fairly mediocre return for following a team that finished 4th in the Division & who were in with a shout for automatic promotion until the last couple of weeks.
The OG being redeveloped would have had a minor impact on home crowd numbers.
Let’s hope the new management/era can bring back a bit of interest to the many floating supporters that seems to be around the city & surrouding area