Campaign to get 1,000+ to ladysmead

[Cheggers]

Wishing Dodge and everyone a good day. Unfortunately I will be down the road for City vs Southampton, unless
it gets rained off.

[will4]

Yes it's a shame with the big matches at City and Willand

[DiscoPistol]

Well I'm bringing a friend so thats an extra body.

And on a totally related note could anyone tell me what time the bar opens......?

No really, what time does the bar open? I plan to do my bit for the Clubs finances

[TheGloryBoy]

One more coming along - cleared it with the wife and everything!

Skip the City - Saints game - at the moment Saints are about as exciting to watch as re-runs of Songs of Praise. A full house at ladysmead only comes around once in a blue moon, so get in the bar good and early and enjoy it!

Come on you Yellows...

[songbird]

Well I'm bringing a friend so thats an extra body.

And on a totally related note could anyone tell me what time the bar opens......?

No really, what time does the bar open? I plan to do my bit for the Clubs finances

According to the Express and Echo - from 12 noon - plenty of time for a few pints before the match

[Keith]

According to the Express and Echo - from 12 noon - plenty of time for a few pints before the match

Woo-hoo, will be in Tiverton by about 1pm, hope Marian is not reading this

[marian]

I am and your in trouble

[CJ]

They ran their sports bulletin from Tivvy this evening and included an interview with Dodge which you can probably catch up with on iPlayer.

Lets enjoy tomorrow whatever happens.

[Cheggers]

So after a good point. I know, sounds like we should of held on for all three, which would of been a great result.
I have a serious question, why did the crowd not reach the target. Especially after all those free tickets were given
out.
Does it prove there is a real problem even promoting a massive and momentous occasion like Saturdays.
I had already sent my apologies but why did others not turn up? Would be interesting to find out, so that such an event
is better attended in the future.

[Ladysmeader]

Two of the reasons were the 7654 fans at Exeter's match and 368 at Willands 2-2 FA Vase cup match. Unfortunate timing. Otherwise I'm sure we would have had a few more through the gates including Cheggars as apologies don't count when it comes to numbers through the turnstiles !

[the voice]

As we all know clubs are like rollercoasters and I'm afraid Tivvy are on the long downward leg. Will they ever climb again? Who knows. It would be interesting how many paying customers were at the ground. I know old sponsers were also given free tickets that's aswell as the kids tickets.
Quite a few of the missing fans are not going to Ladysmead because they believe Dodge should of gone years ago, I sure the loyal fans will shoot this post down but the thats the truth.
People have also fallen out of love with Tivvy, got bored, dont like the direction the club has gone, lack of family/local feel? All are valid reasons? But clubs do go in cycles and the club will do well to get the crowds back.
It didnt help the pull of the other games at Willand and Exeter.
Dodge is still in his little Tivvy bubble and probably thinks nothing wrong?
With the crowd going down again this year or has it? Pls do not count yesterdays game! It will be interesting what next years budget will be? Will be be able to pay some of high profile players the same wage and will they stay.


ON A PLUS NOTE

Good result yesterday!!!

Next year if the club avoids going down which they look like doing. You can look forward to WSM and Weymouth. Good games that bring back fond memories.

[TheGloryBoy]

Four hundred at Willand and 7,500 at Exeter probably had a lot to do with it.

Getting over five hundred through the turnstiles represents a hell of an improvement for Tivvy. Looking around it seemed a fair few were returnees who hadn't attended a match for a while, for whatever reason. Have to wait and see whether the experience was sufficiently enjoyable for them to come more often...

And still can't believe how much added time the ref played. SIx minutes? Words fail me. What a sickener, when we had battled so well. Much credit due to Rudge, Gardner and Boothy for really putting in a shift at the back against a very industrious and well-drilled attacking side. The speed at which Brackley shifted the ball around was mighty impressive. I thought when they were having the better of the opening exchanges that we were going to be on the wrong end of a footballing lesson, but we competed well, pushed them back and pretty much held them in the middle of the park. Although we scored against the run of play there was never any thought of just sitting back, which made for an entertaining game. No doubt Brackely will say they deserved their equaliser, having laid siege to the Tivvy goal for the last 10 minutes of normal time. But we soaked up all the pressure, and the two saves that Book made were both from shots from outside the area. Job done... and then job undone. Thanks ref.

Oh well. It's only a game...

[BAZ]

I think that 'The Voice' is spot on with his views. Considering the criticism that has been aired this season I would imagine that there were some supporters who just did not wiew the manager's longevity celebrations with the same relish as others and could not be bothered to show. A crowd of 1000, even with the 'freebee's' was always an attendance figure too far.