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simon · 16-12-2005, 01:13

Drum.........Brings more than it keeps away(if any really stay away just for the drum?)

Many people have talked a lot of sense on here..many have talked from the heart of a true stanley fan. We have a good hardcore base of fans that will grow slowly. We need to attract the casuals, burnley and blackburn fans that we have lost over the last 40yrs, people just looking for good entertainment on a saturday ETC,ETC

FIRST we need to attract them.... Then we need to KEEP them... HOW ????

Many people I dragged along last year to a few games have not come this year AT ALL so far..

They all quote £12 as the reason... These people can all afford it no problem...... It is the mental block of so many people, put the price up and straight away they ask WHY ??....WHAT DO I GET FOR MY EXTRA £2 ??

So if we get them there and they ask WHAT DO I GET EXTRA FOR MY £2 ? Toilets are the same, stadium is the same(the roof I keep promising them is still missing)Food is worse and dearer, Bar is bigger but still hard to get served at main times,mud is the same, football is great(but I can watch fantastic footy tonight for nowt). So getting them there is NO good if we cant keep e'm.

I am not moaning here just trying to look at it through the eyes of the audience we ALL want so badly to come and join us....

A........... We need to get people there, The best marketing is FREE marketing...that means US, talk and invite them, Vouchers in the press to tempt them,This saturday would have been a fantastic oppourtunity to offer a deal and tempt some. or give the 1,300 fans that pass through the turnstiles a voucher to bring a friend next game at a reduced rate. Be POSITIVE on the back pages of the observer, "Top of the league, havin a laugh" with a clever photo of the crowd havin a laugh.... Telling people off for not supporting ASFC is a bit negative (IMHO). As has already been said, Get into the schools, Regularly with vouchers for free kids with paying adults. By the time the kids have got home some of them and there mates will have got excited about going to a footy match with there mates

. Positive press in the front (school visits would be ideal).

The above are mainly free, but all would be wasted if the parents are disgusted by the loo's or the kids mess there shoes and pants up in the mud,etc etc.

So to keep them there we need to do some things....... Toilets need a GOOD coat of paint, and good lighting, and keeping clean. Mud needs sorting, Our own burger bar would be good,Block built with ASFC staff providing GOOD food at the right price, and ASFC takes the profits

Burger £1.50 - £2.00, cans 60p hot choc 60p etc.

If we did the above, then REALLY try and get them in, we stand a good chance of keeping a lot of them and building for the future. I even think the roof would wait a bit (but hope not)

The hardest part looks like it is sorted.................. FANTASTIC football

Well done to Eric and team, and Coley and team

We dont need to do too much more and we can really have something Fantastic to offer the CASUALS and keep e'm....

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16-12-2005, 01:13	#70
simon Senior Member+ Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Watching YOU !!! Posts: 1,286 Liked: 2 times Rep Power: 101	Re: Reason for poor gates? Drum.........Brings more than it keeps away(if any really stay away just for the drum?) Many people have talked a lot of sense on here..many have talked from the heart of a true stanley fan. We have a good hardcore base of fans that will grow slowly. We need to attract the casuals, burnley and blackburn fans that we have lost over the last 40yrs, people just looking for good entertainment on a saturday ETC,ETC FIRST we need to attract them.... Then we need to KEEP them... HOW ???? Many people I dragged along last year to a few games have not come this year AT ALL so far.. They all quote £12 as the reason... These people can all afford it no problem...... It is the mental block of so many people, put the price up and straight away they ask WHY ??....WHAT DO I GET FOR MY EXTRA £2 ?? So if we get them there and they ask WHAT DO I GET EXTRA FOR MY £2 ? Toilets are the same, stadium is the same(the roof I keep promising them is still missing)Food is worse and dearer, Bar is bigger but still hard to get served at main times,mud is the same, football is great(but I can watch fantastic footy tonight for nowt). So getting them there is NO good if we cant keep e'm. I am not moaning here just trying to look at it through the eyes of the audience we ALL want so badly to come and join us.... A........... We need to get people there, The best marketing is FREE marketing...that means US, talk and invite them, Vouchers in the press to tempt them,This saturday would have been a fantastic oppourtunity to offer a deal and tempt some. or give the 1,300 fans that pass through the turnstiles a voucher to bring a friend next game at a reduced rate. Be POSITIVE on the back pages of the observer, "Top of the league, havin a laugh" with a clever photo of the crowd havin a laugh.... Telling people off for not supporting ASFC is a bit negative (IMHO). As has already been said, Get into the schools, Regularly with vouchers for free kids with paying adults. By the time the kids have got home some of them and there mates will have got excited about going to a footy match with there mates . Positive press in the front (school visits would be ideal). The above are mainly free, but all would be wasted if the parents are disgusted by the loo's or the kids mess there shoes and pants up in the mud,etc etc. So to keep them there we need to do some things....... Toilets need a GOOD coat of paint, and good lighting, and keeping clean. Mud needs sorting, Our own burger bar would be good,Block built with ASFC staff providing GOOD food at the right price, and ASFC takes the profits Burger £1.50 - £2.00, cans 60p hot choc 60p etc. If we did the above, then REALLY try and get them in, we stand a good chance of keeping a lot of them and building for the future. I even think the roof would wait a bit (but hope not) The hardest part looks like it is sorted.................. FANTASTIC football Well done to Eric and team, and Coley and team We dont need to do too much more and we can really have something Fantastic to offer the CASUALS and keep e'm.... .