We just don’t have many supporters I’m afraid. I’ve said this before but our tickets are cheaper than those down here at Swindon Town and they are playing League 1 football!
Aside from our poor fan base, there is also a lot of supporter apathy around at the moment and you can see that from the number of empty seats at grounds around the country.
To be honest who can blame fans for staying away when you see these overpaid prima donnas strolling around on the pitch and then the next day tales of how they have been shagging around are in the Sunday papers. They are hardly role models and England’s poor showing in the World Cup hardly endeared them to the football public.
But back to Latics, our crowds have hit a level (12k ish) and we won’t get bigger home support this season until we start climbing the league, scoring goals and playing winning football. I’m sure though that in a few years’ time we will start to see our fan base increasing as the next generation come through – my son being one of them.
We are a young club and it takes time to grow.
It will take a new generation of kids to come through, which is why we need to give free tickets away to encourage them….
