Attendances worry Penney
04 Oct 2008 - 12:12:32
Manager Dave Penney has admitted to being concerned by the low attendances that Darlington have attracted for their opening home league games of the campaign.
The Quakers have yet to break the 4,000-mark in League Two this term, with Penney admitting that a lack of backing can have a negative effect.
He told the Northern Echo: "This has been a subject that has been ongoing ever since I came here, but we can't force people to come and watch us.
"All we can do is try and play well, get three points and hope people come along.
"At times you need the backing of the crowd and no matter how many we get in, it is difficult to create an intimidating atmosphere in a 27,000 stadium.
"When you've got six or seven thousand in a 10,000 all-seater the atmosphere is great, but if you got the same number of supporters in our ground, a 27,000-seater, then the atmosphere wouldn't be as good.
"That's not a slur on the supporters, it's just a fact of life."