Many reasons why as has been debated on this forum many times i.e. now its summer rugby people have to take in to account holidays that's maybe 2 weeks missed then there is work commitments its a 24/7 work environment people work shifts and of course this fits in with the problem of Sky moving the fixtures about to mention a few. This does not automatically mean an annual loss of income as people will attend matches but pay on the gate. What the club need to do is re look at other ways of providing season tickets, maybe they could start with reimbursing fans for unused tickets due to Sky moving the fixtures to days they work, if they don't want to give money back give a discount off next years season tickets.

Yeah I know, i wasn't having a pop at you.
Just agreeing with you regarding coffee shops.

Pubs are closing everywhere but not just near the ground. Ones near the ground like Forresters and Graziers hasnt been there for years.

I think there is more to it than cultures changing.

People arent going to the pub as frequently I think because of some if the priced that are charged in some. I love it in Elephant and Castle but at over £3 a pint. You then go in a Weatherspoons and can have a pint of beer for considerably less.

I mentioned before about the ground and accessibility between the North Stand and Cats bar. There is actually a building behind the north stand near the toilets that I dont think is used for much, it is small, but if the ground was to get a re vamp could this be turned into a small bar.

Over £3 for a pint in The Elephant compared to considerably less in Wetherspoons, is probably down to what you want to got to the pub to do?
If you want to go and get leathered watching 'freeview' in Wetherspoons, that's fine but if you want to watch the match on Sky at The Elephant, the Sky subscription is obscene in pubs, so that's why the beer is more expensive.

I would imagine the Sky subscriptions would be pretty much the same in them both allowing for the square footage.
As for the difference in beer prices that's simply down to buying power which Whetherspoons have, so much so that they can buy beer cheaper than normal because it is coming up to it's sell by date and comfortably sell it while still in date.

But the difference being Wetherspoons don't have Sky.
It's like Sam Smiths pubs, they have the bare minimum and their beer is cheap.