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Now we have a secure future and a board that will be open to good ideas I thought it might be a good idea to ask all on Accyweb if you have any positive suggestions. All ideas large or small can make a difference so here goes with one of each:-

large:- look into the cost of a temporary seating stand down the whinney hill side, if at all possible we would be able to take the seats out of the Clayton end!!

small ;- a board with the half time draw number paraded around the ground as the tannoy does not reach all parts.

small 2:- Stanley scratch cards in all pubs in town with half of cash going to club and other half to a year long fans nominated charity

just a thought!!

Stephen:):):):)

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Would it be viable or better for the club if small block built food and drink kiosks built and run by the club, witch could provide a better service and create a revenue stream for the club ???

Good idea Steve

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What a great idea, that's where they should of gone, but doe's it not have something to do with being covered.

Another great idea, as long as they are good looking with long legs. ( that's me getting some abuse now )

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Very very large and long term I would ask the club to consult with supporters on any proposed development of the Coppice end. I'm sure the idea has been aired before about the Coppice end becoming the 'home' end with a full standing terrace and it would be good to get everyone's view on that

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We all know about the merchandising so I won't go on about that, ...go on then I just did.

smallish
Oh, and can we have some water to hand basins in the loos behind the Clayton End ?

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the board fer half time draw is a must, i stopped buyin em cos i could never hear.:)

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A tunnel from where the players enter stadium, more professional don't you think.

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Small: Let us know the prices for the Salisbury cup-tie on Saturday.

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An if’ish one. :)

I always thought that a small medal celebrating the clubs return to the Football League would have been a good idea; never too late in my opinion (:eek:). :)

3 types for different pockets: Bronze, Silver & Gold

Crest on one side and then three different themes on the others reflecting the cost/importance to the club i.e. 1962, Colman/Bell in profile……Ideas?

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Large/ Long term......... Whinney Hill Stand meets a bulldozer, we can all dream!

Medium...... More effort with the stanley website and other online areas. As we all know the internet is THE best place to advertise our club. Im doing my small part by doing the skysports fanzone, all small things help. Also try and introduce like a Discount Day against the smaller sides where we know its going to be a small crowd.... i.e £10 on the door might just get some more people down :)

Short/ Small...... Sort Merchandise in the shop and online, i.e get some shirts!!!, Offer and advertise a proper shirt printing service on site like other clubs do. 1st and easiest way to generate more income. Also get the card machine back, i mean having to pay with cash is annoying every single time.

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small - for those of us on missionary work - a webcam so we can see the state of the pitch and monitor the progress of the ground development schemes

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Small- work better wi local business, customers using these places/shops will get a much more positive impression by doing so.

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1) Get the old accy web Q&A reinstated.
2) Allow Rob and others to post on here once again.
3) Update the website more often
4) Ensure that website releases more news than the press does (part of 3).
5) Use media contacts for increased advertising about the new dawn of the club ect.
6) Use friday night games to our advantage
7) Organise a fans day every year ...
8) Offer high schools free tickets to be used as incentives for good work ect. (works both ways).
9) Get local bands in performing gigs ect. on say thursday nights.
10) Think of installing some method to prevent people from watching the game from the fence on the whinney hill estate ect.

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One short term and pressing one to look at.....Kick off time for the J.P.T. game against the Shakers on Tuesday.....what chance put it back to either the now traditional 7:45pm or even 7:30pm ???

7pm is a bit too early for folk not finishing work until after 5PM especially if you're travelling during potential rush hour traffic so to speak!!! Just my opinion but I think 7pm kick offs might put some folk off !!!:confused:

That said I'll be there despite the mad rush from work !!!

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large: do what the groundsman says needs doing to te pitch at the end of the season instead of just filling in the holes and seeding. If it was to be fully vertidrained and rotavated before seeding then it should react better when the bad weather hits. Bare in mind a few seasons ago we never used to have any problems with the pitch even it was torrential. (please note this is not the groundsmans fault!!)

Medium: a new set of pitch covers which protect it properly from the elements. As with the large suggestion this would improve our chances of playing games and mean less games postponed.

Small: Look into additional revenue schemes that may be available by bringing the Ladies, Ultras and Stanley kids teams into closer working contact with the club. There is a lot of funding out there for womens and childrens teams if done in conjunction with club or community schemes.

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JPT Rules .. not the clubs so nothing can be done. :(

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So how come certain games in that comp this season have kicked off at seven...quarter past seven....half seven....quarter to eight??? :confused:

Surely if it was in the rules they'd all have to kick off at 7:00pm !!!

Oldham game in first round was a 7:45pm k.o.!!!!:o

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Some very good ideas have been put forward.

Hopefully a supporters trust will help but as we need to get more people coming through the gates my suggestion is that we do more with the local community, schools and businesses, we need to improve marketing and Google Page Ranking. I like what Smudge is doing with the skysport fanzone, we should be looking to promote internationally over the web and get supporters from abroad feeling that they are active within the club, they will donate on a regular basis and as usch we need to get the online payments/donations smoother and the club needs to be more responsive to the fans/supporters.

On a side note there is letter in todays abserver from an elderly gentlemen (80+) about getting his seat reserved as he picked it out when he bought his ticket but when he attended the match someone else was sitting in it, he approached some one from the club only to be told we have not had time and hers some stickers if you want to do it yourself. Where is the customer service I ask myself.

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We have got to start on the little things like the things "pheonix" has just mentioned!

Also why not give more free tickets to primary/secondary schools?

If we are only gettin 1800 and the stadium capacity is over 4000 why not give away 2000 free school tickets? . If they bring an adult more money, plus the kids always moan to their mums and dads to get a mars bar etc etc!

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some good ideas coming through just to follow up on a few

Development on Whinney Hill was I believe looked into early last season, looking at sort of Open Championship style modular seating, I put the Club in touch with one of the North West's biggest Construction companies but I think cost cost was the issue

Catering I think the Club are in a two year deal on the catering, but it is something that could be looked at to increase matchday revenue even simple things like chocolate bars etc, maybe as part of any re-development of the away end to include matchday hospitality, it could perhaps be used as an off chute for catering students etc.

Ground covers put the Club in touch with a company that could either help or point them in the general direction that were local

Shop & internet sales needs to be serviced better as well as an in town outlet, which we do have with both Ossy Mills outlets just need stocking better and maybe manning and also looking at ticket sales etc.

With Christmas just around the corner the stock needs to be overflowing, this could be moved into the Lounge on the run up to Christmas for a promotional night. for selling stock, players on hand to perhaps help pack bags sign autographs etc. would serve two purposes in bringing income behind the bar & also generating sales on merchandise

BTHL needs to be more frequently used for maybe Comedy Nights, quiz nights it is one of the biggest assets we have but possibly very under used. When things are on there the doors need to open on time, float already sorted, pumps working, room tidy just general housekeeping.

Website constant updates keeping everybody up to date, deals on the website for people who buy from selected partners the club gets a financial kickback.

I suppose most important of all is do the simple things right and then move it on to the next level, The Club has to become the focal point of Hynburn thus becoming the Jewel in the Crown.:)

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J.P. prefer the K.O. to be 7:00 P.M. - for the kids, it is not a must but it is what they prefer. :)

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that may also have something to do with admission prices as well

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Cash Machine for withdrawals wouldn't be used that much though? Could maybe offer cashback facility in the Shop?

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Thought the club had sorted this out...Accrington Stanley set for £1.2m ground development (From Lancashire Telegraph)

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Get rid of those seats in the Clayton End...

That is all!

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What happens "When We Dare to Dream":D

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I'll agree with that :)

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Just a few ideas:

Tarmac the car park at the back of the Clayton End.
Offer a hot pot tea or similar homemade grub for the local derbies, starting with Macclesfield, if they charged £25 including your ticket or £10 for season ticket holders you would increase gates.
Reduce price of programme to £2/ £2.50
Use the bar manager from The Crown to run the Buy-the-House Lounge, ie to make sure that it is set up properly before games and also to utilise it in particular during the summer and during the week.
Look at arranging a Lancashire Cup, play local teams instead of friendlies in July and play for a trophy. This would increase gates for friendlies as a lot more people would be liable to turn up if it is close to get to.
Set up a football trust to buy shares and have a say in the running of the club

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You end up in the Premier League :)

For what it's worth I would get together with the all the volunteers who offer to help the club, organise them in to various departents and roles and be more proffesional. I think most of the reason the club is perceived to lack proffesionalism is because they are understaffed. They are understaffed because they can't afford more staff, hence the volunteers :)

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Please Illyas don't go chasing the dream.... I can think of nothing worse than being part of the Premier Greed!

Very happy to have a sustainable, healthy, competiutive and transparent 4th Division side.

No agents, no journeyman footballers, no WAG's, no Bentleys or Ferraris, no bling, no huge wages to Pedro Dimantio, no selling our soul for the corporate buck, no plc, no executive boxes etc etc

100% Anti Modern Football....

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snap to all that j .see you stat day for a few think im on the booz weekend me and voodow will be back

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well said WM

one or two things will have to change but that as they say is life

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short, medium and long term - put the fans first at every opportunity

long term - forget the heavy season ticket discounts, the hardcore are buying them whether or not. I would seriously look at making a MASSIVE statement by charging a fiver a game and attractign the walk on stay aways that have cost us dear. Doing this would make us the talk of the football world for a positive reason and would blow Blackburns price matching out of the water. Concessions, Adults whatever £5. 4000 people x £5 or 1000 people x £13? we need to get the bums back on seats and it could be advertised as a thank you to the people for the SOS campaign. On the back of this we need to capitalise on the extra people by being able to get money off them in the ground through food and drink etc.

Medium term - look at renting out space on the ground to concession stalls like bookies etc. Obviously this would involve building proper structures instead of rabbit hutches, but they wouldnt need to be expensive. Also, the wall behind the bogs, food and drink on the Clayton End is a huge blank canvas. We could quite easily put up A3 posters for all the local events being held in pubs and clubs for a nominal amount. It will become the events wall.

short term - over the next two months and not a moment longer we need to work on correcting the many wrongs of the past. Cancel the ridiculous share issue and replace it with a proper one. A proper one may take time to set up but in the interim period contact all the subscribers and tell them its off. Cancel the Legends (does anyone other than me still pay in?) and pay em back or offer value added product as an apology for two years of bull. Reserve the seats that are reserved for Season Ticket holders - do we want them back next year or not? yes, so get it done. Look at the complaints list over the past year and implement ways of ensuring they dont occur again. Devise and implement a proper Customer Charter, not a token list as issued by the FL but a real one that is relevant to us.

thats enough to be going on with.

longer term - do this list every year

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Oi, what is wrong with a Bentley???? :D

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Can answer some, perhaps most of these BUT are VP's allowed:)

Will post again over the weekend!!!!

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PS

I suspect I am the (ex) director who the gent is referring to in the Observer.

What I thought I said was, the staff at the club work extreamly hard, that I do believe reserved seats do have stickers/signs (yes or no??) and that if somebody was in a reserved seat that shouldn't be there, ask a steward to help:) I also said, what a nice problem, more fans than seats?? I remember the days in the Cheshire League when there were more seats than fans!! We only had 80 seats and we walked to Fleetwood and back to raise the money to pay for them!!!!:)

See you all in the Crown on Saturday!!

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Not seen letters in the Observer every week saying how helpful you are so I guess we will have to take the gent's word for it how unhelpful you are :p

Whatever has happened this week that you are no longer in the same position I'm pretty sure you will remain as helpful as ever. :D

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the Fleetwood walk - was that not the cart pull?

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Wimbledon managed it and who knows if they had managed to stay in Merton.

I will dream. Not to is to concede that the football genius behind where we are now may be finite.

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Yes!!!:) 6am start, followed by John Alty's 40th!!! Record bar takings, at the time!!!

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I think you should do it again :rolleyes:

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Consider charging reduced admission for away clubs where it is known little support comes up...ie clubs further away etc...in order to attract more away supporters who also can spend their money in the pub and clubhouse nearby...Also would make better atmosphere on the ground...
These clubs could be emailed in advance with said promotion..in order to attract more feet on stands ...instead of bums on seats in the coppice end:-)

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You should look after your own first, the ones you want turnng up more than once a season.

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I couldn't agree more...so therefore the club should look at filling the cowshed/whinney hill end...which now is usually empty..with our supporters...at a reduced cost..we have stats of attendances so know which games are poorly attended...
Remember there were over 4000 that rare time that EW made it FREE against Torquay...so people are out there...
The object is to get as many through the gates to watch Stanley
There could also be a little umbrela stall at the away supporters end ...it would make a small fortune during our prolonged rainy season up here and be of help to those supporters!!
Also could have a swear box for Coley:-)
I am a season ticket holder , by the way...so wouldn't benefit from this:-(...BUT if the club had been wound up all season tickets would have been WORTHLESS...so worth thinking about...
Remember even our big premier friends at Blackburn have done reduced admission games at times...to improve the attendances!!

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Pilot and monitor a 2pm kick off on a SUNDAY do not accept it does not work LETS TRY IT!

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I to pay the legends weekly draw that makes two of us!!!!!!

Stephen

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Immediate - restore the link to this messageboard!

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They did that weeks ago - look at the top right on t'fishy site! :)

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Durr .... silly me, was looking for it in the fans' section down the left hand side :(

TY for the gentle nature of your advice Mr H!

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Tickets given to high schools as a reward is a fantastic idea, im sure our students at Rhyddings would certainly be interested.

I know when the free/cheap tickets were issued a couple of years ago for the Torquay game (i think), a number of our students attended, so maybe a significant discount ticket for students under 16 would be a good idea, that the club may look in to.

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The price for 12 - 16 year olds is priced a fiver to stand, 6 quid to sit, under 12's if they are registered with the ASFC Redz is free, otherwise I think it's a pound a game so they already get a good deal, students over 16 also get in at the same rate as the 12 - 16's.

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Agree with everything posted

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Big Focus on Media n TV coverage, should help the difficult task of getting a ground sponser, which is important fer funding.:)

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Cashy we have had more media coverage than we could have ever dreamed of over the last eight weeks, my concern is that everything that has gone before will have left a sour taste and is going to take a charm offensive that we have never seen the like of to win some sections back:rolleyes:

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Agree but think we now have the "Front Men" to acheive it.;)

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I suppose two out of three ain't bad:D

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it aint but as well as new, others have chance fer redemption.;)

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Joking aside we have been granted the kiss of life this week

It is now time for the Club to be innovative, open and firmly leading the way by being at the forefront of peoples minds in Hynburn and area whether Stanley fans or not

There will be chances with Companies & Individuals to form new patnerships to take the Club forward, it may start out as something small but with attention to detail and careful neuturing could blossom into bigger things in years to come, thus hopefully maturing as the Club does.

It's a massive undertaking but as the saying goes it's time for "Boys to become Men"

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How about the Championship, Jase? At least then I might be able to catch the odd match on television (got Swansea v Cardiff showing right now).

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We could sell chewing gum on the Internet to people from Yorkshire and call it e-bay gum. Maybe set up a company called Bah and sell humbugs!

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Anybody else intrigued by Rob Heys' comment in the programme yesterday? "...and the development behind the terrace at the Coppice End that will see our stadium transformed, making the Crown Ground look like a true home for a Football League club and show that we are serious about staying here."

What's that all about, then? Are they going to put a roof over the Coppice End and make it the home end?

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well in the name of transparency,Mr Heys should be telling us.:rolleyes:

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It was mentioned at the last fans forum, but probably got lost in amongst the launch of the SOS.

Stanley ground plans to go ahead (From Lancashire Telegraph)

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Yeah, it was all part of the funded project that was announced back in June/July time. We haven't heard much about it due to the SOS stuff.

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Yes WH, that is the plan and I for one think it a good one, let the away fans sit down behind the goals :D :)

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Think the main Priority now is get the PFA loan repaid, lifting the embargo, from what i have have seen, this side (with couple additions) is good enough to reach a play off position this season. the importance of it being lifted could not have been more ably displayed yesterday when Dunbavin was hurt, no disrespect to the kids, but a "Keeper" replacement is vital.:)

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I'd be quite happy to stand in the Coppice End now, roof or no roof. It never did me any harm before promotion to the League. I ended up standing in the rain at the corner of the Whinney Hill side yesterday anyway, it just got too clostrophobic in the Clayton End with nobody wanting to sit and everybody squeezed up at the back. It would make far more sense to charge away fans what we charge now and site them in the Clayton End. Just a thought

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The positive side of this is that facilities will improve, hopefully with office space it will increase day to day revenue, bring people into the contact with the Club who maybe would not normally have contact, improve sponsorship opportunities with better facilities that I would hope include kitchen for on site catering, this may also bring the BTHL back into normal play for fans with more floor space then available.

Down side if it is one the players would come out amongst away fans

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Me too so that makes three!!!!!!!!

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A portable cabin bookies at the ground would be ideal, save walking into town to use corals or walking the other way to the independent bookie with awful odds.

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As mentioned in the match thread from yesterday's clash with Salisbury City, it would be very nice to have access to game commentary over the internet.