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The bar has obviously gone down hill this season with respect to takings. The OSC think this is one area where we can really help the club and maybe raise a bit of funds along the way. I would like to see a monthly night organised by our new social club committee (yet to be officially formed) to fill the bar for at least one night a month. Saturday night can usually be discounted and maybe friday because of functions that are booked. But would you go out on a thursday night? Thursday in town has become a good night out recently but there would be nothing to stop you going to our event and then on into town.


What night do you think would be best to maximise attendance?

What or who would you like to see?

It will happen.

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Think the problem on thursday night is "student night" so may not be everybodys ideal plan and with people working on a friday, whats wrong with booking with the club for a friday or saturday?? doesnt have to be a birthday party does it, if we can get a decent amount of people then why not

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I know it might be boring but quiz nights get people out. If you make it a regular thing you can make a bunch of money - have a raffle as well.

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booking a weekend is not a problem as such, but, the point of the nights would be to increase the bar takings. Any event needs to be publicised and it would be better if it was the same night every time. If we booked a friday or saturday we could potentially be taking away a birthday/christening/wedding. I wouldn't think that 'student night' would affect us too much as most of our fan base (who would attend such events) are slightly older. But it would be good if we held our own event targetting students.

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"student night" you're having a laugh!!!
I thought Rob was talking fund raising where people with money contribute to a worthy cause..........
not peniless layabouts talking about which red suits the communist flag the best!!!

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I'll give you that one!!

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Ultras used to run a games night with trophies. Playstation, Darts, Pool. This was a relative success. Now your asking for ideas. I am finding it hard to understand why you drop a good earner then look for other ideas?

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that's cause macca is a man of ambition and wants to make things better than before. you live in a time warp!!!

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and you live up macca's arse :D

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So he goes from a night that attracts people and makes money to no night and needing ideas and you think that is better.

Irony is you in a parka listening to northern soul telling me I live in a time warp.

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irony is you being a W***** and breathing fresh air!!!! my music has n'owt to do with ASFC or you .

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How about a regular Northern Soul night then, at least you'd get 1 old person there, and no students.

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Northern Do's attract hundreds. King st was sell out earlier this year so it might not be so bad. Good thought if it stops our above friends coming.

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then why have you got it as your avatar you muppet. you shove it in my face then cry when i mention it.

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right, you know who i am so come tell me on the terrace cause i'm bored with all this now.

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Ultras nights were not necessarily the success that you make it out to be. Same people having to go every time, spend all day away from the family on the one day of the week that you get at home, spend £30 each and the whole day/night raises about £100 for Ultras funds, then people question where it goes etc. Therefore it is not done as often now. But no doubt it will. I am looking for events that put 200 people in a room for the night, spending over 2k on the bar and raising a few hundred quid for OSC funds.

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LMFAO...what a prick ...he-man eh or is it SHE-RA ...:confused:


and as for your very nice personal message ....THANKYOU ..you have just reassured me that you really are a fcuking moron.....

everyone is entitled to an opinion ..wheather YOU like it or not...

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Like i said you know where i am.

We might even get on!!!

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i do your right but thats if i actually took weblife as serious as real life but thankfully i aint that sad...:rolleyes: ;)

and i doubt it for the 2nd part

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well ,we'll never know then will we. xxx

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Oi!!! You two shove off will you!!!

We're trying to have a decent thread about getting people into the sports bar for a night out once a month, not bickering like muppets over an avatar!!

Thread hijacking is not acceptable!!!!

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I think what macca is looking for is what people would like to see entertainment wise.

Karaoke

Artiste

Quiz

Bands

Specialist Evenings (ladies night/mens night etc.)

come on people look alive!!

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At a footy club I was with,we used to have 'gambling' nights.Crown and Anchor was there but the main attraction was 'horse racing';A large board(say abit bigger than a ping pong table) was marked out as 6 lanes (like an athletics track) and 'jockeys' would move their model nags in response to the throw of the oversized dice. Horses for each race were named after people within the club -e.g." # 4 THE CHAIRMAN- by MACCA out OF WEDLOCK" and the club wag would commentate.Use 'funny money' and punters can redeem it at the end ,or have auctions. These were very popular and the club made several $$$ from the 'tote'.

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A couple of ideas for you

Stars in their Eyes night

Karaoke Competition

Fancy Dress Theme nights, 50's 60's 70's etc

:D

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How about a band night?
Nothing like Accy rockers though please!!
Decent bands approved by the new OSC committee after auditions.
Could even dissuade a lot of people into decent music away from town on a thursday.

Oi, wot's rong wiv stoodents?! :D

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Jazz club night??

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now we're getting somewhere!! keep em coming, all ideas can be used (and most will be) but the original ones will be looked into a bit more.

One thought is that the club holds about 200, £5 a do gives us £1000 to find an entertainer. If we got somebody for about £700 we should get a top quality act and £300 quid for the OSC, as well as a full bar. Jim Davidson? Bernard Manning, strippers (male and female - separate nights) etc.

Curry night?

Help me out folks, look at other supporters club sites and see what they up to, I've looked at a few and everybody seems to be active.

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we have a big screen. blue movie night. guaranteed sell out.

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Just developing on my idea, how about a battle of the bands type night?

Obviously less Americanised, but it would be cheaper than finding just one entertainer as you get a few bands to play then give the winner a cash prize.

Could be a monthly thing & something very profitable.

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What you've also got to take into account is the location.

i.e.

Crown Pub - Quiz on a Monday Night, Artist on Fri & Sat nights.

Hare & Hounds - Quiz on Thursday night, DJ on Friday. Artist alternate Saturdays.

Grey Horse - Quiz on Wednesday night.

Oaklea (from 15 Dec 06) - Quiz Tuesday night, DJ / Artist Friday & Saturday nights, alternate weeks (DJ / Artist after Xmas).

If you book the club bar, then why not make sure that it is for the night after a match. That way it can be announced before, during & after the home games (especially on the day of the function as a reminder).

Race nights always go down well, 50% of the bet takings going to the OSC & 50% to cover the cost.

If you want to get students to come along, then why not look at student bands. These are relatively cheap, because they are usually glad to have a venue to play in. Also they usually have a good following of family & friends.

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Apologies to all re the spat . Will support any function in the future.

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Will support any function in the future.[/quote]

That's the spirit fella, more supporters=more members=more functions=more revenue for the osc and asfc=more ground improvements and better players to the club=HAPPY DAYS!!!!!:D

Catch my drift...

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yeah i do spud...... i still reserve the right to defend northern soul though.

but again apologies all.

Do i hear "someone" and "BR" echoing that??

if not apologies on their behalf as well.

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not when you get some pillock giving me this

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calling me ANONYMOUS.....im under my username with my details in my usercp...not sending silly little ANONYMOUS comments via karma and not even knowing how to spell the words they are writing ffs...and yeah i am an ARGUMENTATIVE.so and so....but who gives a crap :confused: ....NOT ME....but obviously SPARKIE does :p

but saying that im sorry to all others aside ...including stanerleeeeeeeeee ;)

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nice one Raver.

Right back on thread. Has any consideration been given to a promo night (ie Guiness,WKD......).

cheap ale and fund raising too. macca what do you think???

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when we have a new steward, we can work with them to ensure that we cover all angles. They can speak to the brewery/supplier and see what we can push. Sty George/St Patricks night at the Clubhouse are a must.

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[quote=maccawozzagod] strippers female - etc.Curry night? quote]

in the same night and il have 5 tickets in advance please ;)

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please don't besmirch my name. If was going to leave you a karma comment I'd be big enough to put my name on it, but as I don't use the karma system I'd just like you to push off!!!!

Leave this thread to its original purpose please

Curry night sounds interesting macca.

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well if you say it wasnt you then i take your word for it and appologise

and how about having some kind of auction night :confused:

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thats a good idea.

keep the good ones coming!!!

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Sportsmans Dinner??

Dont know how much organizing it needs, But thinking more of getting local businesses on board the OSC boat

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thats what we do need deffo, OSC needs the backing of the businesses that cant afford or cant get onboard the ASFC boat

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Think you will find the Club has an official one organised for early December.

Why there has been no official announcement, not quite sure!

If the OSC are to organise a Sportsman's dinner they obviously need to avoid using the same people/ clients that will be attending the club one.

You can only "fleece" people so many times.

Normally a good time for a sportsman's dinner, is early March when people have recovered from overspending at Christmas.

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4 weeks away and they haven't bothered to tell anyone. clever

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ssshhhh, dont tell anybody but I was hoping to organise one approximately April 28th there or thereabouts, roughly speaking so to say maybe.

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st george as guest speaker?

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Tut Tut Tut sounds like you are joining the Eric out brigade:D

Rob whatever is arranged will need lots of publicity to make it work.:)

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I've had a look at the cost of a "Race Night" (link below). You could have 1 of these & a DJ. The second link say's that they supply camel & pig racing tapes. Definately different.

Race Night Services - Race Nights Nationwide

Race Nights, horse racing, race nights, horse race, filmed racing, night race, film race nights, corporate entertainment, office parties, company parties

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A few ideas i've poached up from other supporters club sites :)

Legends Night- invite ex players back for Q & A's night including supper

Curry & Disco Night

OSC Barbecue Night (closed season or summer :D )

Comedy Nights

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:) or what about theme nights for christmas works doos like meal and eg beatles night; elvis night there must be some money to be made there:hititbana invite football forums,like 5 live .turn it into a masonic hall:D no just jokin :D advertise it more like email every company venue for hire company seminars during the day dance classes ,hire out to slimmer clubs,line dancing 2 nights a week hire out to scouts brownies bbs or start a youth club 2 nights a week there isnt one up here .;...and start brainwashing them to come and watch stanley....:confused:

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I've had a look around a few other sites as well.

Curry nights seem popular and can definitely be done, need to find an Indian with plenty of seating that a) can accomodate us and b) will do something on price for us in return for some advertising

Legends night. Currently doing interviews with a few for the fanzine so the contacts are there. There is going to be an Ultras v Legends match at the end of the season, details will follow when the rest of that event falls into place.

Comedy nights. Been looking into that this week and have fired off a few emithers asking for costings etc.


Accy Jay

I like the idea of race nights and there is some good stuff on those links, reasonably cheap as well. Something will happen with these.

C'mon Stanley

Some good ideas in there, Christmas Works do's would be a good idea except that we haven't got catering facilities so any food would have to be shipped in and that would take the margin out of it. But theme nights in general are a good idea to be backed up by artistes of tha ilk performing. The club have already begun using the Gazelle lounge for corporate events (see fishy site for motivational speaker). Using the clubhouse for Slimmers clubs etc is also a good idea but those type of ideas can only be utilised by the club (keep em coming though cos they do read these message boards and so would pick up on ideas viable and profitable).

Band nights will start happening and will remain for as long as they are profitable. The CelticCross gig was excellent and made a good few bob over the bar even if the place wasn't heaving. But, they did that for free and other bands won't, therefore unless people support these events then they will die away along with many other good ideas that weren't backed in the past (Red and White Fortnight, The March)

A social club committee will be formed at the next OSC meeting on monday at 7pm. Anybody who thinks they have something to offer and would like to get involved should come along and make themselves known to me before the meet. There is no set number on how many people can form the committee but I would like to think at least one will step forward. The committee will be responsible for organising and booking the various events that we will put on at least once a month. I would prefer it if there was a good few people so that you can share the workload and split into a couple of groups and do alternate months, rather than tow or three doing every month.

Every event needs to raise money for the OSC, through either pay on the door or raffles/footy cards/auctions throughout the night. So, for every event that we put on we need people to donate stuff. Can you, through work or yourself, donate goods? Bottles of wine, boxes of chocolate, meal for two voucher fer t'chippie etc?

Keep all the ideas coming please. Either stick it on this thread every time so that people do keep looking and thinking, or just PM it to me. I have a good amount of feedback of various people over the last three or four weeks and all ideas are noted for looking into at the right time.

Can we raise ten grand this year? And fifteen next?

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Yes and we`re gonna do it for free AGAIN on 28th of December.
Smack bang in between xmas and new year 2 days after Battering Bury 2 days before Mangling mansfield.
FREE ON THE DOOR. Plenty of notice this time so lets get plenty down. We`ll be putting up some merchandise for the raffle again and I think Spud`s got a promo signed by the team to auction off. Any unwanted xmas present will also be welcome for the raffle (dangerous pets not included).
I`ve been talking to a few other bands I know and some would do it for free or very cheap if they think there`s plenty of people getting in that might become followers or want a CD or a T-shirt.

So start getting the word out the first band night of the ASFCOSC kicks off at christmas, lets fill the place and give this movement some momentum, cos FREE bands means FREE on door but it`s up to you to give them the incentive.
If the OSC wants to start hiring bands it`s gonna cost around £80 for a solo (and risk getting a karaoke joe/queen) £150 - £200 for a tinpot duo like us and anywhere from £300 up for larger bands. Local bands can probably be got for much cheaper even free, if they`re young with lots of friends they could be a bonus or just another band that no-ones heard of.
I could trawl my Punk Rock legends but would Eric be that keen on having UK Subs on.
Hold on. Am I the ONLY Stanley fan in a band ?
I`m sure there must be others out there in the crowd who do music.
Lets root em out and round em up.

I must say that since Rob took charge there seems to be an incridible buzz of creativity rippling through this forum, ideas springing up from all directions and a lot of them good. Lets hope some can be brought to fruition and some of our dreams come true. (some people even had time to break off from their argument to chip in, marvellous).

CELTIC CROSS OSC BENEFIT GIG THURSDAY 28TH DECEMBER ASFC SPORTS BAR

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Yes that's right folks we have available for the auction Stanleys back RARE DEMO cd ft. cart on stanley, SIGNED BY THE SQUAD after the penalty shoot out Vs blackpool......THIS IS ONE OF A KIND!!

You lot better bring sme cash cos i'll be bidding aswell!!

Also, there will be a raffle with with a vast array of quality prizes and another chance to make a bid with more stanley merchandise and various lots.

Once again the funds generated on the evening will go to the OSC, and the takings over the bar will go directly to the club.

Hope to see you all there!

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spud, top one mate i'll go 20 at least on that CD. don't tell the missus though!!!!

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Zero, i'm in a newly formed covers band called 30 Something. we are doing allsorts and maybe right and ready for late december. Will mail you to let you know.

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Ditto! but i do reckon you'll need just a bit more than that, still as mentioned above, plenty of other things to spend your cash on!