CathedralCounty wrote: March 28th, 2023, 8:53 am
Stan A. Einstein wrote: March 24th, 2023, 9:06 am
If you include Cwmbran etc the city of Newport in either six times larger than Wrexham, if you only include Newport we have a population of only two and a half times that of Wrexham.
They took more than us to Wembley and the hinterland of north Wales traditionally supports Everton. So please spare the excuses.
Banter aside the people of Wrexham are no different from the people of Newport. We do need to ask, why do others do so much with so little, or better still why do we do so little with so much?
Rugby - nuff said.
Rugby ???
Have you seen how many watch Newport and/or the Dragons ....?
I can say with confidence that its far less than turn up to watch our home games at present, so IMO that's not an excuse.
I know of the media love in with our six fingers friends and the fact that they are doing well in NON LEAGUE but the facts are that they average twice as many fans as us if not more. Yes our attendances are going up year on year but are we as a club doing enough to get the next generation of fans through the turnstiles ?
As some may say we have Cardiff/ Bristol clubs , Swansea to compete within the area but Wrexham have many more clubs than we have in their local area but still manage to attract better support. Yes we were in ( as some say ) non league wilderness for years but we have been an established League 2 side now for 9 years ..
How does our crowds compare with clubs in League 2 ?
Based on the last 10 years
Mansfield .....population 108000 average crowds 4000
Hartlepool ...population 92,000 average crowds 4,500
Grimsby ...population 85,000 average crowds 4,500 ( 6000 this season as they are doing well)
NEWPORT population 159,000 average crowd 4,000
All teams that have had spells in Non League in the last decade
Crewe have a population of 55,000 and have an average crowd of 4000...I know they have been a league one club during the same time but are a similar size club to us
Are we doing all that we can to attract new fans ????