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[IANichols]

Looks like we will have attendances in excess of 11,000 for a final 2 home games and that means the average attendance for all league matches will be above 8,000 for the whole season

I think a huge well done should be directed at all the non playing staff that have worked so hard to attract the Southend public to Roots Hall this year. I first started coming to Roots Hall in the early eighties when the South Bank was one large open terrace and it was a grim place, the club shop was a small run down place near Priory Park. Ron Martin has come in and realised that the club needed to change its face to the public and now if you asked anyone in the street to name 5 things good about Southend the town, for once the football team & club would feature highly in most response's and I have a feeling it will get better

 

[Up the Shrimpers]

Quote[/b] (IANichols @ April 18 2006,10:13)]Looks like we will have attendances in excess of 11,000 for a final 2 home games and that means the average attendance for all league matches will be above 8,000 for the whole season

I think a huge well done should be directed at all the non playing staff that have worked so hard to attract the Southend public to Roots Hall this year. I first started coming to Roots Hall in the early eighties when the South Bank was one large open terrace and it was a grim place, the club shop was a small run down place near Priory Park. Ron Martin has come in and realised that the club needed to change its face to the public and now if you asked anyone in the street to name 5 things good about Southend the town, for once the football team & club would feature highly in most response's and I have a feeling it will get better

9,000 tickets sold for the Doncaster game already. Might not quite make the 11,000 as I can't see Doncaster bringing 1,000 fans, but it will be close. No tickets available on-line so we must be selling tickets in the NW corner & North Bank.

Only 1,300 sold for Swansea so far. 900 were sold to the 'un-loyal' season ticket holders and only 400 so far to non-season ticket holders. Come on lets have at least 2,000 down there it will be another great away atmosphere as all our fans will be together and we will have plenty of balloons, flags, ticker tape etc. I know it's a long way, but think of the money we are saving by not being in the play-offs