Attendances

[Hookey]

Only 30 at Basildon Utd and 28 at Bowers & Pitsea yesterday.

 

Seems a shame that such a large catchment area could only drum up a total of 58 fans across two games.

 

Could be because we are spoilt for choice in the area for NL football.

[big mac]

yes but for a club like basildon to have 30 loyal fans is amazing, you look at other teams around like southend, dagenham redbrigde,thurrock,canvey,concord there is alot of good teams to watch so for basildon to average 50 fans a game that good.

[Beeswax]

Hookey, didn't the opposition bring any fans or officials?

[garymo]

Wootton Blue Cross, turned up in 5 cars, no fans at all.

[Beeswax]

if they had turned up in a coach, you'd have been in the clarts

[lesbos]

crowds are up again this season at the Hive and lets remember we have lost the fathers of ashley,grant,reedy,parents of mike fentimann,parents and grandparents of bill balkwill,relations of antony,young joes father and various other relations who made up most of last seasons crowd.any idiot can get people to attend a match the secret is to play good enough football that they will want to return,going back 5 years brentwood and concord were being watched by 30/40 people look at the way their crowds have grown.mind you you're right about crisis club bowers their gate was shocking.

[Brewerytown]

Did no one else notice the weather yesterday. Im sure there were quite a few people who stayed in the dry at home who would have popped out to see their local non league team play with no premier or championship games being played.

[Hookey]

We are fast approaching winter, so what are these gentle souls going to do when it really does get miserable.

 

I suspect yesterday was a bit of a freak attendance wise, as neither Wooton Blue Cross or Mauritius Sports brought any fans with them.

 

Richard's point about some of the fans/family that supported the Bees last season is somewhat valid, but are all the new crop of players orphans? Perhaps the secret is to sign players with large extended families.

 

Basildon's gates are generally on the up, which is great for them but Bowers & Pitsea's attendance yesterday is a cause for concern.

 

 

[TB&G]

Originally Posted By: Hookey

Perhaps the secret is to sign players with large extended families.

That's a great idea Hooks. Mass adoptions is the way forward for local non league football!

[Beachboys]

Secret to our success is we keep signing basites, so were nicking all the support !

[Natter]

...and polygamy so everyone can bring along 3 wives (a) one to bring the half-time pies ( one to get the half-time drinks © one to stand by for extra personal care in case the game gets a bit boring.

Rotated so noone gets over-jealous

[Lightweight]

Originally Posted By: Hookey

Richard's point about some of the fans/family that supported the Bees last season is somewhat valid, but are all the new crop of players orphans? Perhaps the secret is to sign players with large extended families.

Then I suggest you sign on of the Frews there's fekin loads of them!

[Kaiser Jnr]

Originally Posted By: CRFC BOSS

Secret to our success is we keep signing basites, so were nicking all the support !

Plus you have all of Healseys mates from the caravan park next door!

[PORTENCROSS]

And what a pleasure it was to be amongst those 30 on Saturday to see the good work achieved by the club in bringing the New Hive back to life again.

 

But I was puzzled by the number of Photographers present - were they included in the 30 ? I am sure there were a dozen dotted around the ground which , in terms of ratio of photographers to official attendance must be some sort of bizarre Essex Senior League record to add to the many that Basildon United hold ?

[TB&G]

Originally Posted By: LgeChairman

And what a pleasure it was to be amongst those 30 on Saturday to see the good work achieved by the club in bringing the New Hive back to life again.

But I was puzzled by the number of Photographers present - were they included in the 30 ? I am sure there were a dozen dotted around the ground which , in terms of ratio of photographers to official attendance must be some sort of bizarre Essex Senior League record to add to the many that Basildon United hold ?

So they are well in the frame for winning the end of season ESL Bizarre Trophy are they LC?

[Beachboys]

They wasnt there for the football, apparently they have uncovered a rare insect from the old bank they cut back !

[Basil-Don]

I think they heard the owners were going to show their faces.