Here we go again, define exactly how much you consider the 50% figure you have just pulled out of your @rse to be? Given that your latest business plan apparently required no funding and was to be fulfilled entirely on profit I think it’s a fair question? To be honest Beds if the possibility arose, I would be keen to get involved in true fan ownership from a share purchase perspective. Incidentally if the opportunity arose will you be getting involved financially, or is this purely a theoretical keyboard exercise from your perspective? Last time I asked this question, you came up with the no capital plan so I feel another tangent coming on?
Northampton has a great central, easy to get location, the football club has an untapped catchment of 300,000 living within 10 miles of stadium.
Currently less than 2% of the potential catchment currently turn up to watch, I think the average for British towns and cities is nearer 5% so if we were to increase our support base by a measly 1 or 2% watching competitive league 1 football equates to 8 to 10,000 average gates.
Yes it would require many long term corporate boxes being sold in advance to local buisneses to finance the finishing of the east stand and the construction of a 3000 bank of terracing built up behind the South stand seats to give the ground the extra capacity it needs and a more professional look to enhance a big game atmosphere the fans want to see at games or get involved with.
Selling 3 year fixed priced transferable season tickets to fans and buisneses would help fund the ground expansion add a number of other well known fund raising schemes that worked well at other clubs, and we are well on our way.
For our club to advance this must happen, that's why the next people to take over at the club need to want our club to grow and to escape the previous 20 years of stagnation.