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Post by ianwhit on Feb 11, 2005 18:33:37 GMT 1
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Post by pawlo on Feb 11, 2005 18:50:09 GMT 1
Excellent idea, why dont Town try it. ( or have they )
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Post by meoleshrew2 on Feb 11, 2005 18:53:40 GMT 1
why thought our crowds were still ok
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Post by pawlo on Feb 11, 2005 19:01:50 GMT 1
What, and more wouldnt be nice? Grab em before they fall for the charms of the premiership i say
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Post by meoleshrew2 on Feb 11, 2005 19:06:33 GMT 1
I know what youare getting at Pab, but I look at how many kids that already go, and then wonder how much money the club/we would loose? not gain
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Post by stuttgartershrew on Feb 11, 2005 20:24:51 GMT 1
Excellent idea, why dont Town try it. ( or have they ) Its a good question isn't and the club should...I support Town cos I saw them play the Wolves back in 86...first game I can recall seeing. Like you say, get them to the Meadow, get them supporting the Town...
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Post by MartinB on Feb 12, 2005 10:13:26 GMT 1
Things like this are an excellent idea. With a run of very important home games coming up wouldn't it be good if the Town did something similiar or kids for a quid to boost the attendances.
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Post by ThrobsBlackHat on Feb 12, 2005 11:11:52 GMT 1
The family stand is always full, in fact, over-subscribed really, too much demand and the Junior Blues do a great job We'll need to fill a few seats at new meadow though, and there could be a massive opportunity to attract younger fans most people I know who support Shrewsbury and are from this area were hooked at a very very young age That is our only hope, get them before they know what decent football looks like!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2005 20:08:54 GMT 1
There were a lot of 'juniors' in the away end today. In fact I was the 'responsible adult' accompanying two of them.....
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Post by SeanBroseley on Feb 14, 2005 1:21:39 GMT 1
I know what youare getting at Pab, but I look at how many kids that already go, and then wonder how much money the club/we would loose? not gain Sponsorship to underwrite it financially.
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Post by ThrobsBlackHat on Feb 14, 2005 1:23:09 GMT 1
Sponsorship to underwrite it financially. No, that is what Telford do and look where they are (PS this is a sarcastic rendition of the standard STFC excuse for not doing this)
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2005 9:38:56 GMT 1
Nah. I know lots of people who went to town games for free in the mid/late 90's. Not on one of them came back-the best way to attract new fans is by good preformances. Look at telford how many many of the 2000+ fans they let in will come back for more? 10, 12??? The fact is few people will pay to watch Lge 2 football when they can watch premiership football from the comfort of the own home-they'll come along for free football & big matches, will they come back to see us play Southend at home on a Tuesday night-fat chance! Plus I doubt we can afford to do it!There are better & more financially rewarding ways to attract fans! Family fan discount rates for example and lets not forget better league posistion!!! The only were gonna do that is by signing better players which are funded by people paying to get in not getting in for free! The fact I don't like people getting in for free when I have to pay has nothing to with my opinion!
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Post by guest on Feb 14, 2005 10:07:49 GMT 1
but the benefits aren't just in getting people hooked, there is also the fact the kids have to be accompanied, so there is a paying adult and the (good) chance that the kids will want drinks, stuff from the shop etc.
These things are open to abuse, and I don't think its right to rip off clubs on the brink of administration but handled in the right way - maybe giving tickets to primary schools or junior teams that can be cut down on.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2005 10:38:48 GMT 1
but the benefits aren't just in getting people hooked, there is also the fact the kids have to be accompanied, so there is a paying adult and the (good) chance that the kids will want drinks, stuff from the shop etc. Absolutely. These kind of promotions are for long term benefits, and possibly some in the short run as well. Look at Telford - they run an iniative, incur no cost themselves because they get local firms to sponsor school's tickets for the game but get loads of free publicity. Not to mention the thousands they'd get through extra programme, food and merchandise sales etc Not everyone's first game is a big one. Mine was an unimportant home league game with Bury, but once I had seen a game I was hooked. How many people here saw Town lose in the first game they went to but still went back? If Telford make just 10 long-term fans from their iniative then think of the long-term benefits - how many of them will introduce friends, spends absolutely shed loads on the club themselves, be involved in the day to day running of the club. Telford's current chairman is a fan - I wonder what the first match he attended was? There is an awful lot to community involvement for a football club and investing in long-term gains. I can't help thinking that our club is missing out somewhere.
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Post by Carter on Feb 14, 2005 12:56:57 GMT 1
Ok so you might get a little less revenue for one game, but this want you call a loss leader...
Dads bring their kids to the game on the back of a couple of free junior tickets - Dad buys them both a scarf [glow=red,2,300]£££[/glow] - Dad buys a programme [glow=red,2,300]£££[/glow] - Dad buys a couple of cokes [glow=red,2,300]£££[/glow] (Ok so it goes to the catering company - another issue for discussion on another thread..)
Kids moan at dad as they want to go again - they come back and pay full price - [glow=red,2,300]££££[/glow] - and again [glow=red,2,300]££££[/glow] and again [glow=red,2,300]££££[/glow] and again [glow=red,2,300]££££[/glow] - 20 years later - the're still coming and then bring their own kids [glow=red,2,300]£££££[/glow]
Lets think about this long term......
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