Mace is right.  Success on the field would attract bigger crowds, simple as that. We've been racking our brains on this and the earlier forum for years to find a way of drawing in more through the gates, but success on the field would certainly help.  What we DON'T want is some moneybags from Malaysia, Hong Kong, Dubai or wherever, ploughing money in, signing a load of carpetbaggers in it only for the money, then disappearing when things got a little "hot"!

I appreciate that this is a genuine attempt to provoke some discussions so not knocking any of the posters. Also, I'm not saying that I'm happy with our gates. We'd all like them to be bigger.

But going to football, or not going to football, becomes a habit. In the 50s there was no TV in the afternoons, let alone Sky showing live sport all the time, there wasn't the media mania about the Premier League which makes youngsters think if it isn't Chelsea it's not worth watching etc etc. Even at Middlesbrough, whio have spent most of the last 20 years in the Premier League, won thge league cup, got to a European final and reached several other semi finals and finals, I know several people in the last few years who decided to give it a miss for a game and realised that instead of spending the best part of the day, and the best part of £50 including booze and food and programmes, they could enjoy a whole day off with their families. And so have never come back and probably never will. Saturday afternoon football is no longer part of their life. 

The sad fact is that there are literally thousands of people in Ramsgate who don't know that we have a team and if they did wouldn't consider giving up their seat in the armchair to go. And Ramsgate isn't the only town like that. As for falling crowds, yes our recent relegation plays a part but so does the economy.

So let's keep trying new ideas, but don't expect miracles.