Sussex Shrimper
Manager
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- Apr 19, 2004
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From my perspective the assertions that we DO have the potential to make use of a 22k seater stadium is nuts. I believe in the team. Not the board.
We took that many to Cardiff the first time. Since then our attendances have increased substantially, and there have been occasions when Roots Hall (capacity just over 12,000) has limited our income from matches considerably. I remember when sides like Reading and Wigan were tiny, and they've overcome greater local competition than we would have to in order to realise their potential fanbases.
The feeling of goodwill around the Southend area towards the team is almost unrecognisable from when I was a kid, when being a fan made you a member of a persecuted minority even though we were in the midst of our spell at the highest level we've ever attained. We need to cash in on that feeling while we can.