Guest Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 1 hour ago, Springfield said: You can lead a horse to water…………springs to mind. The business model and the only model is one where at worst we break even. We cannot go into every season with a potential shortfall/loss of around 0.4M/0.5M. Fully understand that the club needs additional finance, but genuinely hope that it’s not at the expense of the fans heartstrings. We don’t need another “fund raising” and for me concentrate more on building the FSS. Falkirk Forever” maybe only a suggestion, but please gimme a break. It isn’t growing quickly enough. I really don’t know how many times that has to be said. I don’t know why, probably numerous reasons from finance to not believing in the model to don’t care enough to shares not being in a fans name. Frustrating, very frustrating 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Brockers61 said: I got the impression at the meeting that it was more than a suggestion and plans were already in place to launch the scheme. A few issues were raised and a few dissenting voices from the floor so perhaps they will take heed of the feedback and quietly bin the idea. So how does the club raise the finance required quickly enough? Not having a go or being supportive of the scheme just merely trying to see what other ideas maybe out there Edited February 24, 2023 by Back Post Misses 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aufc Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 Are falkirk following the rangers school of finance? Risky business if no promotion this year 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brockers61 Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 12 minutes ago, Back Post Misses said: So how does the club raise the finance required quickly enough? Not having a go or being supportive of the scheme just merely trying to see what other ideas maybe out there I really don't know and if there was an obvious solution I'm sure it would have been raised by now. One of the issues seems to be that we are continually targeting fundraising at the same group of fans. As was suggested last night perhaps an appeal to the Falkirk diaspora would be worth trying. 5 million living in Scotland but another 25 million of Scottish descent living elsewhere so if we apply that factor of 5 to the 4000 who turned up last Saturday then we are looking at potentially 20,000 people around the world with a Falkirk connection of some sort. Create a 'Bairns Abroad' club or some such grouping where they can join and receive updates on the club etc and membership guarantees them a free match ticket when they come home from Australia or wherever to visit Falkirk. Whatever the solution is we need to start thinking creatively about it as continually asking the same set of fans to regularly dig deeper into their pockets isn't going to work in the long term. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Springfield Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 The club could never had envisaged what has happened in the past couple of years, and the timing for joining the FSS couldn’t have been at a worst time. Add on the past five years, yet another new BOD and you can see why the uptake is slow or poor depending how you view the initial numbers. I,ll be upping my monthly contribution and probably taking another membership for a family member. My circumstances allow that but many good people I know cannot contribute at present. We have one of the richest guys in the planet three miles from our doorstep, ready to bid 4/5 Billion for a ManU down at Ineos - have we made any approach to the company or representatives for some local financial support/backing ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brockers61 Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 8 minutes ago, Brockers61 said: I really don't know and if there was an obvious solution I'm sure it would have been raised by now. One of the issues seems to be that we are continually targeting fundraising at the same group of fans. As was suggested last night perhaps an appeal to the Falkirk diaspora would be worth trying. 5 million living in Scotland but another 25 million of Scottish descent living elsewhere so if we apply that factor of 5 to the 4000 who turned up last Saturday then we are looking at potentially 20,000 people around the world with a Falkirk connection of some sort. Create a 'Bairns Abroad' club or some such grouping where they can join and receive updates on the club etc and membership guarantees them a free match ticket when they come home from Australia or wherever to visit Falkirk. Whatever the solution is we need to start thinking creatively about it as continually asking the same set of fans to regularly dig deeper into their pockets isn't going to work in the long term. Out of interest I've just checked how many followers the Clubs official Facebook page has - amazingly it's over 21,000 which perhaps indicates how many people follow the team without ever having set foot inside the Stadium. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Springfield Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 Any idea how much STs are going up ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugster Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 26 minutes ago, Aufc said: Are falkirk following the rangers school of finance? Risky business if no promotion this year No, we’re not. And as a fan of Airdrie, you’re not really one to criticise. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LatapyBairn. Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 (edited) 58 minutes ago, Brockers61 said: I really don't know and if there was an obvious solution I'm sure it would have been raised by now. One of the issues seems to be that we are continually targeting fundraising at the same group of fans. As was suggested last night perhaps an appeal to the Falkirk diaspora would be worth trying. 5 million living in Scotland but another 25 million of Scottish descent living elsewhere so if we apply that factor of 5 to the 4000 who turned up last Saturday then we are looking at potentially 20,000 people around the world with a Falkirk connection of some sort. Create a 'Bairns Abroad' club or some such grouping where they can join and receive updates on the club etc and membership guarantees them a free match ticket when they come home from Australia or wherever to visit Falkirk. Whatever the solution is we need to start thinking creatively about it as continually asking the same set of fans to regularly dig deeper into their pockets isn't going to work in the long term. I don’t think I necessarily agree that we are continually asking the same individuals to keep contributing more, it may well end up being the same 5 or 600 fans that end up doing so again but the way I’ve interpreted any messaging from the club, the patrons group or FSS is them trying to encourage the other core 4000 or so fans who aren’t members of one of the two fans groups or who tend not to contribute anything more than the price of a ticket on match day to sign up to one of these initiatives (if they can afford it) so as we don’t keep having to go back to that same small section of the fan base continually and the responsibility of having a fan owned club (if that is indeed what fans want) is spread amongst a wider proportion of the fan group. I have reservations about it but the “forever Falkirk” thing is obviously another attempt at doing just that, trying to engage those fans who could afford to but haven’t yet joined either the FSS or Patrons groups. Edited February 24, 2023 by LatapyBairn. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aufc Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 Just now, Rugster said: No, we’re not. And as a fan of Airdrie, you’re not really one to criticise. Why is that? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LatapyBairn. Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Aufc said: Why is that? Did Airdrie fans not let their club die due to finances? Same way the sevco fans did? Edited February 24, 2023 by LatapyBairn. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranaldo Bairn Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 3 minutes ago, LatapyBairn. said: Did Airdrie fans not let their club die due to finances? Same way the sevco fans did? Sevco never died. Rangers did. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairney The Dinosaur Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 47 minutes ago, Back Post Misses said: It isn’t growing quickly enough. I really don’t know how many times that has to be said. I don’t know why, probably numerous reasons from finance to not believing in the model to don’t care enough to shares not being in a fans name. Frustrating, very frustrating It isn't growing quickly enough for what? Worth taking a step back and remembering that providing a source of income is a consequence and not the cause of FSS. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LatapyBairn. Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Ranaldo Bairn said: Sevco never died. Rangers did. True, fans of the former rangers football club now tend to support the club we know as sevco however. Incidentally they even use the same stadium as rangers once did. Edited February 24, 2023 by LatapyBairn. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamonds02 Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 5 minutes ago, LatapyBairn. said: Did Airdrie fans not let their club die due to finances? Same way the sevco fans did? Well in fairness we didn't really have a choice. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 1 minute ago, Diamonds02 said: Well in fairness we didn't really have a choice. Good point. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aufc Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 15 minutes ago, LatapyBairn. said: Did Airdrie fans not let their club die due to finances? Same way the sevco fans did? Incorrect 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 Just watching the Raith v Ayr game, and Ayr look like our type of nightmare. A team of big units who are happy to indulge in the physical side of things. McGlynn sitting up the back of the stand taking it all in. I wish Paul Smith was still of playing age……he loved a scrap on the park. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Wind Chime Jimmy Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 You can recycle old bean tins for rattling outside one of your 3 stands on matchdays. Being metal they'll make a richt noise, ken, when the 10 bob bits hit the tin. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Kinnear Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 1 minute ago, Wind Chime Jimmy said: You can recycle old bean tins for rattling outside one of your 3 stands on matchdays. Being metal they'll make a richt noise, ken, when the 10 bob bits hit the tin. f**k me that’s hilarious 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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