Grimsby Fans in Home Ends

[Notts78]

I heard the Grimsby allocation capped at 2,000 and no extra. Surely the Jimmy Sirrel holds a lot more than this? Some safety reason? Seems crazy that with a ground built for 20,000, the club is losing revenue and creating crowd safety issues??

We are not losing revenue though. The gate receipts are pooled after match day expenses are deducted and distributed amongst the play off teams. Those expenses would go up with a significantly higher following, particularly this mob.
We get more money for being promoted and giving Grimsby the minimum required by the regulations increases that chance compared to them having a full Sirrel. It would take away a huge chunk of the advantage letting them have 4500 following them.
I also hope Notts have that meshing along the front block to keep there fans tucked in to the top blocks of the Sirrel.

[matt_magpie]

We are not losing revenue though. The gate receipts are pooled after match day expenses are deducted and distributed amongst the play off teams. Those expenses would go up with a significantly higher following, particularly this mob.
We get more money for being promoted and giving Grimsby the minimum required by the regulations increases that chance compared to them having a full Sirrel. It would take away a huge chunk of the advantage letting them have 4500 following them.
I also hope Notts have that meshing along the front block to keep there fans tucked in to the top blocks of the Sirrel.

100% agree, I said a week ago I really hope we only give them 2000. If they filled the Sirrel I would say they virtually have home advantage crowd wise as let’s face it they would just come down for the day, beered up and it would be deafening. I wasn’t sure if Notts would do it or not as they always try and do everything ethically correct but some times in football u have to be a bit cute with stuff.

[ThaiPie]

100% agree, I said a week ago I really hope we only give them 2000. If they filled the Sirrel I would say they virtually have home advantage crowd wise as let’s face it they would just come down for the day, beered up and it would be deafening. I wasn’t sure if Notts would do it or not as they always try and do everything ethically correct but some times in football u have to be a bit cute with stuff.

I see the points being made. Unfortunately, I can't attend due to my location, but in the past have relished the atmosphere in previous games when there were 4,000+ away fans.

Fortune favours the brave!