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carpon · 27-05-2009, 23:55

After talking to a Burnley fan at work, we did agree that some positives may come out of their promotion to the Moneybags league...

1) As others have said, a good deal of their home games are likely to be at times other than the traditional 3PM Saturday K.O. Maybe the odd Claret with nowt better to do on one of these such Sats will be tempted to stray down to the F.E.S. Also tie in with that as others have said,when Burnley come up against a side with european commitments they won't play on a Saturday. Add to that International Breaks when the Premier League never play, there's the potential for quite a few Saturdays when these folk may be tempted to come along and take in a STANLEY game.

2) Burnley will presumably be entering a reserve side in the "premier league reserve division" and the "premier league youth leagues".As said before,maybe increased revenue from Burnley for allowing them to use the F.E.S.

All this does tie in with the fact that, as said before,what STANLEY put on offer has to be attractive enough to tempt these folk along.Which brings me on to my final thought.....and I know the concept may not be popular with some....but here goes......

If, taking into account that,as Pendle Red has mentioned earlier in this thread ROVERS have lowered THEIR season tickets in an attempt to tempt more fans to Ewood, and BURNLEY have 7000 folk who will be getting a FREE season ticket at Turf moor next season,it makes perfect sense to offer an incentive to offer these folk on producing their respective season tickets a reduced entry fee to take in a game at the F.E.S. next season.Without knowing pay on the gate charges for next season, Maybe charge them in the region of £6- £8 for reduced entry?????

Maybe one for the commercial dept. to consider, but I, like Pendle Red pointed out earlier,would have thought the potential to put an extra couple of hundred on the gate would at least be worthy of a little contemplation......

Your thoughts please one and all

27-05-2009, 23:55	#26
carpon Full Member+ Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: The land of REALISM !! Posts: 814 Liked: 253 times Rep Power: 2120	Re: Burnley up-Good or bad for Stanley? After talking to a Burnley fan at work, we did agree that some positives may come out of their promotion to the Moneybags league... 1) As others have said, a good deal of their home games are likely to be at times other than the traditional 3PM Saturday K.O. Maybe the odd Claret with nowt better to do on one of these such Sats will be tempted to stray down to the F.E.S. Also tie in with that as others have said,when Burnley come up against a side with european commitments they won't play on a Saturday. Add to that International Breaks when the Premier League never play, there's the potential for quite a few Saturdays when these folk may be tempted to come along and take in a STANLEY game. 2) Burnley will presumably be entering a reserve side in the "premier league reserve division" and the "premier league youth leagues".As said before,maybe increased revenue from Burnley for allowing them to use the F.E.S. All this does tie in with the fact that, as said before,what STANLEY put on offer has to be attractive enough to tempt these folk along.Which brings me on to my final thought.....and I know the concept may not be popular with some....but here goes...... If, taking into account that,as Pendle Red has mentioned earlier in this thread ROVERS have lowered THEIR season tickets in an attempt to tempt more fans to Ewood, and BURNLEY have 7000 folk who will be getting a FREE season ticket at Turf moor next season,it makes perfect sense to offer an incentive to offer these folk on producing their respective season tickets a reduced entry fee to take in a game at the F.E.S. next season.Without knowing pay on the gate charges for next season, Maybe charge them in the region of £6- £8 for reduced entry????? Maybe one for the commercial dept. to consider, but I, like Pendle Red pointed out earlier,would have thought the potential to put an extra couple of hundred on the gate would at least be worthy of a little contemplation...... Your thoughts please one and all __________________ "Once in a while you will stumble upon the truth, but most of us manage to pick ourselves up and hurry along as if nothing happened" - Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill. Last edited by carpon; 28-05-2009 at 00:02.