Reply To: NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 2022/23….

[Anonymous]

Siderite wrote:

Ferrite wrote:

Deereyme66 wrote:

I can see some opposition warming to the idea of thrashing a side who was in the Championship not song long ago and whose supporters may think they’re too big for non league. Big scalp? Kind of.

Maybe – some of the clubs like Dorking which have come from way down the pyramid, for sure. But a lot of the clubs we’ll play will probably consider themselves to be “bigger” than us (whatever that means).

That will only apply to Chesterfield, Notts County, Oldham, Southend and Wrexham.

Torquay, Halifax, Aldershot and York are on a par. The rest are definitely smaller. Not like it means anything.

I spoke to a Morecambe fan a year ago and they said they couldn’t believe they were ahead of the likes of Scunthorpe, who they saw as a traditional league club.

We are where we deserve to be, but in terms of club size we are not akin to Maidenhead, Solihull or Eastleigh.

How does one measure a clubs size?

Trophy’s won?
European exploits?
Stadium capacity?
Squad value?
Squad size?
Average attendance figures?
Season tickets sold?
Playing wage bill?
Transfer sales of Academy players?
Academy facilities?
First team facilities & training grounds?
Sky / BT appearances?
Broadsheet / tabloid coverage?
Shirt sales?
Medical facilities?
I guess the parameters go on and on?

In the attendance table, we were 20th of 24 with an average attendance of 2,781 in 2021-22.

That would have made us the 7th best supported at home in the NL last season.

I’m guessing that our attendances will dip next year – to probably an average of 2,250 ?

To be classed as a ‘big team’ in the NL
– I think you need to be averaging 5,000 plus per game?