Sixfields as is will only ever average between 80 and 90% capacaity in all league 1 games, buts thats a decent effort in such an tiny archaic ground with 1980s facilities, ie none.
So you cant bash the Northampton public for filling it to such high capacity.
So expecting the magical 100% sell out game after game, 10 to 20% more to turn up every game to watch a lower league 1 side, sat in the poorest front row seats in rain and wind is just fanciful but conveniently in the past over looked to avoid investment in the infrastructure.
You also used the phrases 'wite elephant stadium' and "premiership football" of which not one person expect or want, so change those to a modest 12000 capacity stadium with corperate facilities large supporters bar/ 7 day function room to give a more sustainable club that can grow its product to one that can challenge in league 1 with some championship dreams and ambitions to give long standing and many newly attracted supporters to a more professional setting, raising expectations of more than just survival out of league 2.
You do realise any redevelopment can be done in stages and financed by serveral means without the need of the present consortium spending a penny of their own money? so waiting for our fans to sit in the rain filling the poorest seats in the stadium is not the bench mark for progression.
Firstly I don’t think anyone would expect it to sell out game in and game out. However, fairly regularly would be a reasonable motivation to invest, but it doesn’t. Secondly where do you get this 80-90% from? The figures I’ve seen for 2016-2017 have our average gate at 6218 and our capacity at 7798 that’s about just less than 80 so forget bringing 90% into it. It only sold out once against Man U (no surprise there) with about 3 others being a few hundred short. Finally where do you get bashing the Northampton public from. I am just looking at it from an investment point of view? You appear to do all your thinking with your heart which whilst admirable doesn’t align with most investors who will think with their head. Therefore I think the dream ground we would all like to see will in all probability remain a dream. I hope I’m wrong Beds I really do, as long as the club doesn’t pin its future on a big stadium and then fail on the back of it?
