50 years wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2019 8:49 pm
We cant afford not to have the money from a cup run, a good run would give AA budget to play with.
Not necessarily.
It would depend on if the club was performing financially better or worse than projected at that time. For example is the commercial hitting target, are the gates hitting forecast?
On the face of it our crowds this season so far don't look too bad, but if you look at a match by match basis, Gateshead apart, crowds are lower this season compared to the same opposition and/or match date last season.
Last season after the early season rush and poor start, once we got towards the end of September crowds settled down to around 1,200 on a Saturday. It would not surprise me to see us struggling to hit 1,100 on a Saturday going forwards, and with regular sub 1,000 midweek gates. We're on a downward spiral for crowds. Which is a shame because although we've had on paper a poor start, the football at home has been infinitely better.
Anyway, should we get a few thousand from the cups, don't bet on it ending up in the budget.