Michael W Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 4 hours ago, Ro Sham Bo said: I see Leigh Griffiths has signed a short term deal with John Baird's team in Australia. Good to see the old policy of shipping our wrong 'uns to Australia has been finally been resumed. 1 hour ago, keyser_soze said: Hopefully goodfuckingwillie follows suit on a 2 year deal I've reserved him a cabin on the boat. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heid_The_Baw Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 17 minutes ago, Michael W said: Good to see the old policy of shipping our wrong 'uns to Australia has been finally been resumed. I've reserved him a cabin on the boat. Can we no send him on a submarine with an opening porthole? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandohope Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 13 hours ago, steakngravy said: Bandohope the reason the programme is less than it was previously is because most of the volunteers that did the programme even through the Covid period withdrew there labour after January. I'm aware of that as I'm in contact with Bill Giby.my point is it seems to be outsourced same as the stadium advertising.I thought Tom Morgan was in charge of all sponor/advertising.A reality check needed by those in charge even Arbroath ahead of us with season ticket sales 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CountryBumpkin Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 17 minutes ago, Bandohope said: I'm aware of that as I'm in contact with Bill Giby.my point is it seems to be outsourced same as the stadium advertising.I thought Tom Morgan was in charge of all sponor/advertising.A reality check needed by those in charge even Arbroath ahead of us with season ticket sales Yeah the season ticket sales show that we're a small club, as well as one with a very fractured fanbase of course. I wonder how much January has impacted it as well as just how interested the community at large really is in supporting the Rovers. We can all appreciate the current world situation but our numbers are poor by comparison and full time football must be something we will consider moving away from again if it stays this poor. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALDERON Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 Our Season Ticket sales are up on last year to be fair, and Arbroath are having one of the best periods on their recent history. Compared to Morton, Ayr, Hamilton, Livi, ICT, QOS etc I'd guess we are doing alright numbers wise. No worse or better than usual. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finlay21 Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 12 minutes ago, CALDERON said: Our Season Ticket sales are up on last year to be fair, and Arbroath are having one of the best periods on their recent history. Compared to Morton, Ayr, Hamilton, Livi, ICT, QOS etc I'd guess we are doing alright numbers wise. No worse or better than usual. Ayr have also sold more season tickets than last season 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broken Algorithms Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 As Calderon says, it really depends on who we're comparing ourselves against. We've done well against a good number of teams at our levels in terms of season ticket sales. I'd expect more from Dundee, and after that I'm not sure if Partick will have more or less. Morton were only sitting on about 850 last time I saw. Falkirk and Dunfermline are two outliers in the league below. As for the marketing at the club, I've been quite critical of the club in the past of it but I think it's day and night compared to where we were under Locke/Hughes. There's a lot of stuff behind the scenes which won't get picked up on. There's some stuff which is in the pipeline which might tie into some of the points which have been made. Obviously, January has an impact in almost all aspects but in spite of that people are still parting with their money for season tickets. I think the million dollar question, and it's one which has been asked for seasons now, is how do we expand the core support from the 1,600-1,800 to progress to a higher base. We're probably doing more stuff than I can recall in trying to engage with younger fans to get them 'hooked' on the local experience. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithie Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 13 minutes ago, Broken Algorithms said: how do we expand the core support from the 1,600-1,800 to progress to a higher base. Put a winning team on the pitch. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broken Algorithms Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 12 minutes ago, Raithie said: Put a winning team on the pitch. Tbf, even when we've done that in the past the response has been quite limited in the time I've been going to games. And even against Dundee, perhaps it's just my perspective, but the South Stand like it had decent numbers in it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithfan2711 Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 Whilst there are some fair criticisms of the club commercially - like why do we wait until the just days before to sell home tickets and I get a feeling there could be some pennies being left on the table with the stuff in our club shop being hidden away - I don’t think one can be levelled at season tickets. Seemed the club put effort into that this year. If we are even close to last season’s sales, considering there’s been nothing from the club really about Goodwillie and Rovers had all that rightly associated bad publicity, that’s good going tbf. Board/CEO really need to get that done asap, it has to have affected ST sales to some degree. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renton Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 34 minutes ago, Broken Algorithms said: Tbf, even when we've done that in the past the response has been quite limited in the time I've been going to games. And even against Dundee, perhaps it's just my perspective, but the South Stand like it had decent numbers in it. I think he's right to be fair, you can plot average seasonhome crowd vs. final league position and it tends to correlate pretty well, even if it's just a few hundred increase. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 1 hour ago, Broken Algorithms said: As Calderon says, it really depends on who we're comparing ourselves against. We've done well against a good number of teams at our levels in terms of season ticket sales. I'd expect more from Dundee, and after that I'm not sure if Partick will have more or less. Morton were only sitting on about 850 last time I saw. Falkirk and Dunfermline are two outliers in the league below. The most recent data I have on a thread on prices and tickets that wasn’t made sticky…can you confirm the Morton number? Arbroath: 1,303 (6Aug) Ayr: 840+ (7 July) Cove: 264+ (19 July, counting sold seats only, no club report) Dundee: Nearly 2,900 (19 July) Morton: 600+ (8 June) Hamilton: No report (19 July) ICT: (est) 1,700+ (3 Aug) Partick: 2,000+ (5 Aug) Queen’s Park: 202 (July 17, counting sold seats only, no club report) Raith: 1,250 (19 July) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beastie Russell Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 2 hours ago, Finlay21 said: Ayr have also sold more season tickets than last season Anywhere near the 1,500 you were actively shooting for ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dario Zanatta Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 2 hours ago, Broken Algorithms said: how do we expand the core support from the 1,600-1,800 to progress to a higher base. Myself, Lewis Vaughan, Scott Brown, Jamie MacDonald, Tom Lang and Ross Matthews have been phoning random 01592 numbers trying to get people to buy season tickets without much success. -3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 1 minute ago, Dario Zanatta said: Myself, Lewis Vaughan, Scott Brown, Jamie MacDonald, Tom Lang and Ross Matthews have been phoning random 01592 numbers trying to get people to buy season tickets without much success. Have you tried treble 20? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kooz92 Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 Some of the worst patter on this thread and that's quite the achievement. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALDERON Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 Murray's interview in the Courirer doesn't exactly imply any new additions are imminent. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Been going too long Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 44 minutes ago, CALDERON said: Murray's interview in the Courirer doesn't exactly imply any new additions are imminent. that’s disappointing 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renton Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 1 hour ago, Been going too long said: 1 hour ago, CALDERON said: Murray's interview in the Courirer doesn't exactly imply any new additions are imminent. that’s disappointing Even if we do get another striker, liklihood is it'll be another younger loanee. We just have to hope that something starts to click, soon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pub car king Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 Don't forsee any more signings until later in the month as Murray will want time to see the ones that have come in and have a tinker with them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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