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shadsworthcloud · 23-07-2013, 18:12

It's frustrating when the club shop has no tee shirts on sale in the height of a summer heatwave, and it's frustrating when they have no club sou'westers on sale once the monsoon season starts.
But I do think we should cut the "powers that be" a bit of slack. The club is really run on an absolute shoestring, which is part of the charm of the club. 4 years ago I went to one game at Newcastle United. Now it seems that every day I get an email offering me the chance to proudly advertise Wonga or wear the new training kit or avail myself of the latest Toon Army duvet cover. I wouldn't want Stanley to end up like this.
We don't have the sales volumes to speculate on ordering merchandise but I am sure that with better marketing we could shift more (even putting aside lancsdave's shop offer)

Reading this thread, some of the penny-pinching attitude of previous regimes still hangs on to this day. I hope that the club can put that behind us - remember last season when the online shop was offline for weeks: how much lost revenue did that cost the club?
On the field we are a (sometimes) decent League 2 team. Off the field we are little more than Conference North.

23-07-2013, 18:12	#50
shadsworthcloud Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: shadsworth Posts: 73 Liked: 25 times Rep Power: 0	Re: Tranmere thread It's frustrating when the club shop has no tee shirts on sale in the height of a summer heatwave, and it's frustrating when they have no club sou'westers on sale once the monsoon season starts. But I do think we should cut the "powers that be" a bit of slack. The club is really run on an absolute shoestring, which is part of the charm of the club. 4 years ago I went to one game at Newcastle United. Now it seems that every day I get an email offering me the chance to proudly advertise Wonga or wear the new training kit or avail myself of the latest Toon Army duvet cover. I wouldn't want Stanley to end up like this. We don't have the sales volumes to speculate on ordering merchandise but I am sure that with better marketing we could shift more (even putting aside lancsdave's shop offer) Reading this thread, some of the penny-pinching attitude of previous regimes still hangs on to this day. I hope that the club can put that behind us - remember last season when the online shop was offline for weeks: how much lost revenue did that cost the club? On the field we are a (sometimes) decent League 2 team. Off the field we are little more than Conference North.