George wrote:1200 tonight would say otherwise. The best thing the board could and should do at the minute to improve attendances is cut prices and attack every local school to get kids and parents in. They should organise a fun day and get tons of activities outside the ground to make it a family day centred about a match. Thats just one easy idea what wouldnt hurt.
Cutting prices has been tried in seasons past, but it is a futile exercise. The gate sees almost no increase and what little increase there might be is irrelevant because of the hit the club have taken financially from cheaper tickets. It simply doesn't work.
As for the other things you suggest, if you were at the fans forum or if you watched it on YouTube, you would know that getting the community more involved is one of Nicholson's and the board's main objectives. He and the board mentioned specifically of giving away free tickets to local schools, you can also find articles on the official site that talk about the visit of two schools to Plainmoor of late.