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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Alfreton To Drop To Part-Time Status


Alfreton have decided to revert to part-time status after two seasons as a full time outfit.

The decision comes after failing to attract larger gates to the Impact Arena, with their average this term of 752 down by over 300 on last season.

Attendances in the Conference have dropped generally this season. Fellow minnows Barrow, Ebbsfleet and Braintree have seen attendance drops over 20% while some of the bigger spending sides have also seen little return for their money.

Luton averaged over 7,500 last term but just under 6,000 this season. Forest Green, despite over £1million being pumped into the playing budget, managed just over 100 new faces through the turnstiles each game. Even champions Mansfield saw no increase through the gates over the season, seeing their attendances drop by 100.

Of the play-off contenders Newport's move to Rodney Parade added 1,000 extra fans on average, while Grimsby added 500 but Wrexham lost a similar number and Kidderminster only added 100.

Attendance figures are on the ESPN stats site for 2012/13 and 2011/12.