Personally, I think it's a good idea if it pulls in more punters through the turnstiles.
However, I agree with others that the club must address some very important issues before embarking on schemes like this.
Firstly, the club is losing out on hundreds of pounds worth of revenue at every home match, because of its inaction over building bars behind the Clayton and Coppice Ends. I really cannot understand their thinking on this. OK, it involves some initial outlay, but this will quickly be recouped and then the club will have two excellent money spinners on its hands. Just imagine, all the ale us thirsty Clayton Enders would consume, but, just as importantly, we could be taking money off the fans of other clubs with big followings like Wycombe, Swindon and Walsall.
Secondly, the situation over the merchandise range is nothing short of scandalous. Because of our famous name, merchandise is more important to us than any other club in the lower leagues. We are in a hugely advantageous position where football fans all over the world are likely to buy something associated with Stanley just because of the kudos our name holds. Could the same be said of, for example, Bury? We should, therefore, have a better range of merchandise than most, yet we have probably the most limited range in the football league. We have already missed the boat over the interest created by our historic promotion, but there are still plenty of potential sales out there which we are missing out on.
Come on Stanley, wake up!
Sorry for the thread wander...
