Given our league position, there is a possibility, no more than that, but it is POSSIBLE for us to get promoted to the Championship. A league where we would have clubs bringing circa 3,000 to Spotland for nearly every home game. Together with increased floating and local interest we would average 6,000 home gates, with the odd game pushing capacity. Imagine Wolves or Leeds on Boxing Day!!
Listening to Chris Dunphy on the radio the other day, on the topic - the prospect of promotion - it suggests to me that the logistics side of promotion would be too much for him, and I guess to much for the present board and the non footballing part of the club.
Unless, unless - we have a plan for what infrastructure and personnel, investment we would implement. I am not saying we would implement a plan unless we get promotion, but it would be wise to have a plan for how we would deal with more than trebling our footfall, before it happens and we wake up in early June wondering, sh!t what now.
I'm talking about ticketing, allocation of seats, stewarding, policing, catering, pricing, security, media facilities, ground improvements, maybe improving segregation arrangement to allow max capacity. The list would be long. In fact a lot of the things on the list would be good ideas for pushing up our commercial activity in L1. Fix the broken seats for a start!!
If we don't go up, fine, the plan exists and can be kept updated for if it ever happens.
Do we think we have a plan? Maybe a question at the next Trust Meeting?
If the answer is to shrug the question off, with a chuckle and "we'll worry about it when it happens" then we know for sure there is a problem. The board need to up their game now, that might mean introducing new board members who have the skills required, the footballing side have done so and, in my view, the commercial side has some catching up to do.
To fail to plan is to plan.......
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