I’ve never understood this theory that in order to build/extend a stadium you have to fill it every week. How many teams outside the top 6 actually that do that? Were Reading, Southampton, West Ham, Arsenal, Brighton etc etc (I could name probably another 30 if you want) wrong to build their new stadiums because they don’t fill them every week?
We still need a new or extended stadium if the stature of the club is to grow and future support is to be secured. We run the very real risk of missing out on the next generation of supporter unless we make games accessible to them. And I’m not talking about 2-3 games a year in the cup competitions. At other clubs of our stature/size you can sign your son/daughter up for their first season ticket once they’re old enough and usually get them a seat next to you, or at least move yourself a few rows to do so. And that’s how future support for clubs like us is secured. At AFCB we’ve not even advertised new season tickets for about 7 years. It’s a closed shop. And until that changes we’ll continue to miss out on that next generation of supporter that could be crucial in 15-20 years time.