How Can Our Club Connect To You?

guisborough_rob said:
There are some cracking ideas here, BL. It’s a long post and maybe some people’ll have missed the end list of really good suggestions, so I’ve clipped it above.^^

Our little FMTTM coffee club meets once a month and we have also aired some of these suggestions in our ramshackle, over 50s way whilst sipping our hot drinks and munching on our scones or teacakes.

I know some/all of our group would be up for being involved in some of these things. If nothing else, we are good talkers and mostly all hale from AP days and have a breadth of experience to offer.

It would be good if the club reciprocated by being open to new ideas or ventures.
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I don't think it's a good idea to shorten her username to BL on here. Some people might get a bit confused and think you're talking about Boro Legend. I do really miss that bloke. He was one of the best posters on the board.
 
guisborough_rob said:
There are some cracking ideas here, BoroLioness. It’s a long post and maybe some people’ll have missed the end list of really good suggestions, so I’ve clipped it above.^^

Our little FMTTM coffee club meets once a month and we have also aired some of these suggestions in our ramshackle, over 50s way whilst sipping our hot drinks and munching on our scones or teacakes.

I know some/all of our group would be up for being involved in some of these things. If nothing else, we are good talkers and mostly all hale from AP days and have a breadth of experience to offer.

It would be good if the club reciprocated by being open to new ideas or ventures.
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Yeah sorry for the long post....I can talk 🤣🤣🤣🤣
 
bumface said:
I don't think it's a good idea to shorten her username to BL on here. Some people might get a bit confused and think you're talking about Boro Legend. I do really miss that bloke. He was one of the best posters on the board.
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🤣🤣🤣🤣 I didn't even notice to be honest....I obviously have big shoes to fill if I am going by my abbreviation which could have some folk thinking I'm whomever Boro Legend is 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Alternatively could try and be as good if not better than Boro Legend....🤔🤔🤔🤔
 
BoroLioness said:
🤣🤣🤣🤣 I didn't even notice to be honest....I obviously have big shoes to fill if I am going to pass my abbreviation to whomever Boro Legend is 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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You never did take me up on the balloon idea, did you? Nobody ever takes me advice on here and I think we all know why that is.
 
Nano said:
They were all season ticket holders, not the walk ups that can't justify £30+ for a home game. Seriously, how hard is it to recognise that the fanbase is not a homogenous blob but 10s of thousands of individuals with their own personal circumstances?


And this is why there is a disconnect between club and fans. If every decision is viewed as purely a financial one then fans will see themselves as customers. I will support a football club that means something to me even when things aren't going well. I will not support a business that only sees me as a revenue source even when things are going well.
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This comes closest to my thinking.
Do whatever it takes to fill the stadium. Not just for now, but with a long-term view.
The family zone is full. That's a success story - so extend it. Don't turn anyone away.
I know so many people who have been season ticket holders but we're given a reason now to renew and now never set foot in the stadium. Contact them! Get them back! Give them a reason to return.
The chairman should remove himself from the decision making process when it comes to setting ticket prices. They're not being made on a commercial basis. This year's ST campaign was commercial suicide and will shake the supporter base again. Many of them will never comes back.

Oh, and how about giving news fans the opportunity to obtain free drinks status after a qualifying period. I couldn't have an ST for personal reasons for many years and am now back with my kids. Doesn't feel great to pay the same as everyone else and see my fellow supporters getting a pint on the club every week.
 
Nano said:
I.e. there are people that are price elastic and people that are performance elastic.
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This is true and I do think the club could do a bit more on price but as a collective whole historically our fan base in the modern era where season ticket holders dominate has been far more performance elastic than price elastic. In the doldrum years after Southgate we had successive price freezes failing to prevent a steep decline in season ticket sales to the lowest level ever at the Riverside, because the football was awful, and there was no sense of optimism. Contrast this year, where a very hefty price increase was accompanied by our highest season ticket sales for some time at this level because of the optimism Carrick’s first season created. The evaporation of that optimism will be a far bigger factor in reducing next year‘s sales then anything they could do on price.
 
Our regular home fan base is not 30,000 and thats what is required to fill the Riverside. We did manage 30,000 season ticket holders for 2 seasons 1998/9 and 1999/2000 - we had had three cup finals and 2 promotions and were buying high profile players in a brand new stadium.

The Boro's catchment area is 450,000 people and if anything the number of people in that catchment area is falling slightly as people move away for employment.

Basically the stadium is a bit too big.
 
When I hear that the club has a meeting with a certain fan, or two, because they're publicly announcing they aren't reneweing their season ticket, it actually annoys me more.

There'll be potentially hundreds if not thousands who won't renew for next season but won't be posting about it on every social media site going, that won't get this privilege.

Meeting with a couple of fans behind closed doors doesn't really solve anything.
 
Redwurzel said:
Our regular home fan base is not 30,000 and thats what is required to fill the Riverside. We did manage 30,000 season ticket holders for 2 seasons 1998/9 and 1999/2000 - we had had three cup finals and 2 promotions and were buying high profile players in a brand new stadium.

The Boro's catchment area is 450,000 people and if anything the number of people in that catchment area is falling slightly as people move away for employment.

Basically the stadium is a bit too big.
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I think the stadium is slightly too small if anything. We sell out the odd game now and would be packed out in the prem.

Obviously we are not going to look at spending money expanding the stadium unless we became as established as you can be in the prem.
 
FishofContemplation said:
This is true and I do think the club could do a bit more on price but as a collective whole historically our fan base in the modern era where season ticket holders dominate has been far more performance elastic than price elastic. In the doldrum years after Southgate we had successive price freezes failing to prevent a steep decline in season ticket sales to the lowest level ever at the Riverside, because the football was awful, and there was no sense of optimism. Contrast this year, where a very hefty price increase was accompanied by our highest season ticket sales for some time at this level because of the optimism Carrick’s first season created. The evaporation of that optimism will be a far bigger factor in reducing next year‘s sales then anything they could do on price.
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This post sums it up well for me. History has proven time and again that price has a relatively small impact on the number of fans attending. Even if prices were dramatically cut, I doubt it would have a long term hate increase.

That said, I think football as a whole is sickeningly expensive these days. The amount of money spent on player wages and agents just makes it a nonsense industry. I’d really like to see the independent regulator come in and bring new FFP rules that link high wage bills with a cap on fan ticket prices
 
Extend the family zone. That is the future of the club. Get the kids in at an early age and build the fans for the future

I have season tickets for me and my three lads. Without the savings that this the family zone offers there's no way I'd be buying season tickets for all of them, they'd have to share!!

It has been a massive success and should be extended.
 
sledge said:
I think mybe just a couple of open training days would be a great and cost free way of especially family's connecting more with the club
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you could even do it at the Riverside, you know like - close to the club shop and the food stands - to you know, maybe bring in a little bit more money from families being able to have a nice day out.
 
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