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but then home fans won't go in the same numbers as they otherwise would!
and then they wouldn't feel as obligated to have a few pints during the week etc
and then they wouldn't feel as obligated to have a few pints during the week etc
or after the game.. 100% agree...
I agree with you both but it's a catch 22 situation. The majority of our fans turn upto the ground, maybe half an hour before the game, on average, others stop for a pint and others start a dinner time.....But with the away fans they spend a hell of a lot before the game and why not spend it in our pub, were the money goes back to our club. The Crown isn't massive we all know that and it does get crowded on match days but if you get in there early enough then I'm sure it'll be fine.....
Its not a bad problem at all to have because home or away fans? The money will still get spent behind the bar, but I just feel there will be more money spent behind the bar if away fans are allowed in.....
Its not a bad problem at all to have because home or away fans? The money will still get spent behind the bar, but I just feel there will be more money spent behind the bar if away fans are allowed in.....
an away fan might have four or five quick pints and then move off whereas the home fan might only have two before the game but then three or four afterwards. And they are more likely to behave.
Plus with the clubhouse being closed I would imagine we will see another fifty or so drinkers in there anyway. The downside to the Crown getting all the trade is that the queues around 2:50 will be horrendous
Plus with the clubhouse being closed I would imagine we will see another fifty or so drinkers in there anyway. The downside to the Crown getting all the trade is that the queues around 2:50 will be horrendous
Well if they do that then that's fine, thats £10 each 4 pints....get it packed before the game with as many home and away fans as can fit in. Then get it packed with our fans after the game as the club house was after every game last season, then both before and after the game its packed and the money is being spent behind our bar from both sets of fans. IMO if away fans aren't allowed in at the Crown then a huge amount of money is being lost.
I thought the Club were in talks with Accy cricket club to use their ground for away parking and open the bar for away fans ??? Would make more sense really and it's nearer !
This one is a tricky one the cricket club suggestion to me makes the most sense as it would be a big help throughout the year for the cricket club from a finacial point of view, create ties between cricket club & Stanley, logistically it's probably the better option and parking would not be an issue the only downside could be April/May when cricket is perhaps being played on a Saturday.
We need a place we can call our own. Most clubs have an Home fans only venue. Get Scarfs,shirts,players and fans pictures plastered all over the gaff. I have often walked in and out because it is packed with away fans and how many others dont bother because it was known as away fans similar to the fernhurst at ewood. They can have a host of other pubs that would welcome there money. More stanley fans will go in if this becomes the case. At least have a 6 game trial as home fans only.
or stanley could get another lease for another pub and make it an away pub on match days .one closer to the motorway or train station
you could maybe call it an OSC membership card?
could be used at other times to get people to use pub on a regular bassis on quiter days
The Crown pub will be for Home fans, We have announced to the supporters club that the whittakers arms will be the place for away coaches and fans.
I dare say some away fans may come along to the crown and be well recieved, But we are planning that the crown will be a Home pub.
I dare say some away fans may come along to the crown and be well recieved, But we are planning that the crown will be a Home pub.
Whittakers, is that in Burnley Road?
Whats to stop the Crown filling up at 12-1pm with away fans making it impossible for home fans to use at 2pm onwards...as it always has done?
Thats the question
Surely the object of running a pub is to get it as full as possible as early as possible thereby selling as much beer, etc as possible. As said earlier in this thread, away fans tend to turn up at the ground earlier than home fans so what is going to happen. Are they going to be refused entry and then directed to Whittakers on Burnley Road? What's the point of running a pub if you are purposely going to turn away custom and keep the place empty until about 2pm. I say get it packed as early as possible so making as much money as possible, after all it all goes to Stanley.
Whats to stop the Crown filling up at 12-1pm with away fans making it impossible for home fans to use at 2pm onwards...as it always has done?
Thats the question
I don't think you can! unless the pub employs security staff with a "your not coming in here in those colours mentality" there will be the porta bars behind each stand which may help to alleviate some of the problem? The only obvious thing that can be done is what has already been done to update the visiting fans section on the Fishy site the problem there is visiting fans will be made up mostly of ones who came last season who have already been to the Crown.