mrdbate sounds like he has had is head in the sand with the current figures, We are probely only just maneging to match there budget let alone pay more, People need to smell the coffee as the big club big bucks is a load of bolloks nd most people no that,
Work sum figures out starting with 55k a year for the ground, Higher electric bills,water bills, higher cost to safty covering min stewards and our resident plod, they are min req.
Teams like ashton have a couple of volunteers stewars no plod, far reduced electric/water bills due to smaller attendences=less used and the average ground rent is around 3 to 4 k a year.
our gates are 1000 not 10,000