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It's a sign I tell ya, a sign - cup and league double!
my kids are grown up now, but on the few occasions I did take them to SOL, they just didn't have anything to entice them back. There was nothing for kids, and because the football was a bit ****e at the time, and the weather cold, they were finished by half time. If they want to get kids into the stadium, they need to entertain them before and afterwards, and outside & inside the ground. make them feel part of the matchday experience, and make the stadium available to the public for loads of different events of all kinds, make it a focal point for the community, not just the football fans. We only need the grassy bit once or twice a week, the rest of it has great facilities that stand empty for most other days, we could surely utilise it better, and maybe the knock-on effect would encourage more to the matches. Its what some of the biggest clubs do, and it seems to pay dividends.
good post. One thing I've noticed on a matchday is the number of young teenage lasses who just walk around the stadium bowl for most of the game,(PERV ALERT) now obviously its the young teenage lads who attract them there, but they've obviously paid good money to be inside the stadium, so why not turn it on its head and get some young local bands in before and after the game to attract the lasses in for the boy-band thing, which would in turn get more young lads in who maybe weren't regulars at the games , but would follow their mates , obviously attracted by girls and music. Young lads are going to be the mainstay of our future support, get them in as younguns and they'll stay for life ( hopefully) I'm sure there's loads of bands out there who'd love the exposure and publicity, there's plenty of space at the ends of the concourses underneath to rig up some temporary stages, and a bit of live music would add to the atmosphere before the game, and maybe get more fans in drinking and eating a lot earlier than just 10 mins before the game. I know the fanzone outside tried it somewhat, but it was a bit half-hearted.
Was their any truth with them trying to use the old Audi garage for the fanzone? Something indoor would be good when the weather is crap. The BoL is good with the activities it puts on, my son loves the fans museum, trying the shirts on and stuff but also because the early kick offs are on tv. Could they get some massive tvs and show the early games in the fanzone? I don't think there are any bogs in the fanzone either which is a pain if you need to access the stadium to have a wazz. Having a few of the players not in the squad was a good idea for autographs and stuff. Are the plans still to move the ticket office and club shop around? Have the new owners seen the last results of the RAWA survey?
I have said this for a long time, all rail travel has to go through Newcastle, it would be good to have a link from Sunderland direct to Durham, I think I read somewhere about maybe a metro link to Durham, that would be a massive improvement, I am sure this has been discussed at the club many a time.
I drove up there for my 50th last October, yep it’s a nightmare to get tooTry spending a weekend in Whitby with the girls, and trying to go to the match while they shop
Three and a half hours to do 60 bloody miles ...
... the sooner we get this booze cruiser to Sheepfolds the better.
I drove up there for my 50th last October, yep it’s a nightmare to get too
And spend longer there, spending more money that will only benefit the club as well.
Or a TV show that has won fans around the globe and billionaires interested in buying us ;-)
