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Post by mftc on Jul 16, 2022 8:11:19 GMT
I know the plan was to make the Mem cashless but have the club recently confirmed this is the case?
I know it was mentioned in the programme towards the end of last season, but other than this thread, I haven't seen anymore about it and can't remember hearing anything from the FC.
I bet a lot of people (not forum/Twitter users etc) will be caught out on Tuesday and if the club don't officially confirm anything by FGR, it will be absolutely chaos.
Imagine someone not in the know suffering from dehydration, queuing up for a cold drink on Tuesday and then being told they can't be served! It could lead to health implications. I assume fans can have access to free water somewhere?
I wouldn't fancy playing cricket in the 7pm temperature on Tuesday, let alone football. For players safety, I would assume that there will be regular drinks breaks during the match?
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Post by mftc on Jul 12, 2022 19:26:42 GMT
Wasn’t it 4-0? (Might be my memory fading after 30+ years). Definitely 4-0 Yeah Boris was recalled from loan at Trowbridge due to an injury crises. Played well on right midfield and scored. The rest is history.
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Post by mftc on Jul 12, 2022 19:23:43 GMT
Somewhere on here I read that someone did not know anything about Helpline.
I believe it started in 1985 as a fans initiative, based on Bolton's scheme, as the club were losing money every week and this was a way to boost income. The losses then (a few grand a week) were nothing like the losses the club make now. Thank God for Wael.
I believe Martyn Radenadge has been organizing it ever since. (A well deserved and belated supporter of the year?) And I think it is still only £2 a week?.
My mate joined because Steve White and Mike England came round his house asking him to join. They did this in their own time and expense, just to help keep the club afloat.
In years gone by the annual party was a sell out and the players were amongst the last to leave and were Helpline members themselves.
I am pretty sure that Helpline has raised over a million quid for the club and the prizewinners. In the days before Wael this was literally a club saver, similarly to the 50/50 and the sharescheme.
I am sure someone better qualified than myself can provide more information, but hopefully this raises the profile a bit.
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Post by mftc on Jul 12, 2022 12:32:56 GMT
Is there a particular reason why the club did not organise an end of season party and now have not seemingly organised a pre season fun day?
It seems like a potential for a massive pay day has been allowed to slip through our fingers.
And it would have been fantastic for everyday fans to create memories and build a great rapport with the players
No promotion party, no DVD, no shirt, no fun day, no promotion book (other than the kids comic). I am sure other clubs would have done something other than prints and mugs by now.
With the cost of living rises, if we are around 15th in the table by October, we may have really missed out on the best feel good factor at the club for years.
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Post by mftc on Jul 12, 2022 12:20:22 GMT
Hendricks and Bowie signed for Northampton and Reading. Would be good for a 70s festival.
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Post by mftc on Jul 8, 2022 17:40:14 GMT
Although he does have the advantage of being the manager at a time where sport has advanced in the fitness, medical and nutritional aspect of the game Our previous managers in the last few years had the same advantage, yet their teams were nowhere near as fit as the players we watched last season. It’s only an advantage if you have the knowledge to harness it, and make it work for you. Difficult to compare - it's like saying any song now should be better than the Beatles or the Stones as they have the most up to date technology. No doubt apart from Ollie signing Hayles, Foster, Penrice, Ellington etc, no manager has had the financial backing that Joey has. Getting coaches to leave Burnley etc, getting the facilities at the Quarters, paying off 7-8 of Garners signings etc does not come cheap. I am sure JB would not like training at the Beeches, Golden Hill or treking all the way to Colerne.
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Post by mftc on Jul 8, 2022 16:24:08 GMT
Probably a question for Mike Jay but how many full internationals have played in this competition at the Mem?
Not including Lambert, Jakkola, Bodin, Lockyer, Hayles, Roberts etc for Rovers, how many for the u-21 teams - Rice, Gilmour, the Chelsea kid who played for Southampton on loan last season Bora? or similar, etc
I would guess it is over 20 in total.
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Post by mftc on Jul 8, 2022 7:33:54 GMT
Reading have sent a letter to all championship clubs saying that they will only charge away fans £20 for a ticket if opposing clubs reciprocate. A number of clubs have agreed to this. Would you consider charging away fans less to get into the Memorial Stadium if it meant travelling Rovers fans could also enjoy reduced prices? Like this question, but unfortunately finished the interview a couple of hours ago! Cheers for the Qs all 👍🏻 Will the answers be shown here idc, or is it just going to be on the podcast? Maybe his programme articles could feature a similar Q&A? I think it is a waste of his precious time, when individuals contact him, when the club already know the answers - last season ticket master fiasco was an example. Rather than rumours and scaremongering on here, the club could have released a statement weeks before, rather than have him respond in piecemeal fashion to several individual messages and wait for someone to put it on the forum. No doubt the club knew weeks ago the dates of the open day, shirt release date etc. That would help parents budget so they know that on X July they will have to spend £60-70 quid. Kids want the shirts straight away. If you have now budgeted until payday so cant afford it, the few days after it is announced - but have just taken the family for a meal a week before, so could have afforded at that time, it causes strain on family life. Even with joint incomes of over £35k, fans will have to start picking and choosing between buying Rovers stuff or other treats, so advance notice would be helpful.
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Post by mftc on Jul 7, 2022 14:57:00 GMT
Is Westbrooke our highest earner? I remember reading Frostys assumption he was on £3k a week under Garner and was "amongst" the top earners. Remember this was when Garner had a much, much smaller budget than we have now.
I would suspect a fair few of Joeys signings are on a lot more. I would guess £5k a week to be the top earners now.
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Post by mftc on Jul 7, 2022 14:50:13 GMT
Can he reinstate Keith brookman as programme editor because the last few seasons issues have been embarrassing. Don't think it is the new blokes fault as he only become Editor around Feb/March, at which point it did improve. However, KBs programmes were regularly in the top 15 in the country and nearly always first or at least in top 3 in our division. Far to many adverts and space fillers. I am sure someone on here could write some decent interesting articles in return for a free programme.
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Post by mftc on Jul 7, 2022 10:00:16 GMT
Will the England World Cup matches be shown at the Mem?
With the cost of living increases only going to get worse in the winter, what actions are the club taking regarding a possible massive drop in income as people have less disposable income to spend at the stadium?
Due to the smaller capacity meaning fans cannot attend league games, will the club actively promote any home cup games, especially The EFL Trophy?
Does he regret not holding some promotion celebration evening at the Mem for ordinary fans, that would have potentially earned the club tens of thousands in merchandise and food and bar takings?
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Post by mftc on Jul 7, 2022 9:40:04 GMT
What is the break even figure? Will the club produce a DVD and a proper promotion book? When is the Fun Day?
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Post by mftc on Jul 6, 2022 17:52:06 GMT
See the CT and SC have grouped together to get transport for the squad to go and watch the Lionesses tonight.
Should be good for team spirit.
Who knows in 7 years time, maybe one of the Gas Girls may be in the Euros squad.
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Post by mftc on Jul 6, 2022 7:28:48 GMT
There are plenty of other large scale developments still proceeding in Bristol and the UK as a whole. It was only announced last week the Galleries is going to be bulldozed and rebuilt. With the imminent introduction of the congestion charge at £9 i think any development in the Broadmead area is stupid and i hate to think what effect that would have on any FM development stadium or not ! 2 of my customers based in Broadmead have said they are looking to move out of their shops to outside the Congestion Zone because they fear a massive drop in revenue. Don't worry after 40 years of dreams of a new stadium, by the time we get one we will be driven around in our own robot chaffeured, wind powered flying pods, so congestion charges will be no problem
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Post by mftc on Jul 6, 2022 7:21:18 GMT
I hope the club let people know through a wide range of mediums.
If you go on Twitter or the forums that is fine, but I bet there are a fair few hundred fairweather fans that might "just turn up" as it is the first game of the season.
I am not sure if it has mentioned it as a news item on the official website.
It should be easy to contact the press association to ensure that even the nationals show the game as sold out on the fixture lists for the weekend papers.
Believe it or not young uns, some people are not glued to their phones and unfortunately The Sun maybe their only source of "up to date" news.
No doubt there will be people who do turn up without tickets (after all when is the last time we have had a sell out first game of the season - the first game at the Mem was about 4th of the season) and the club will get stick for not sending personalised letters direct to the door, phone calls and emails three days in advance to let people know.
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Post by mftc on Jul 5, 2022 20:01:16 GMT
I want a dvd and book, and if others want alternatives then that's down to the club. Snap. Happy to pay un up front subscription to make sure costs are covered. If they charged £25 for the DVD and we could watch a premiere exclusive with the players and get a free pint, I am sure it would make a large profit. I believe DVDs are very cheap to copy from the master copy. Bar takings would be good and a good chance to mingle with the players, this improving the rapport. Win win. C'mon the media team, you can do it for us older fans.
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Post by mftc on Jul 3, 2022 18:28:39 GMT
Bright added: "The uptake in Season Ticket holders has blown us away ahead of the new season. Last year, we had 3,900 and right now we are just under the 5,000 figure. Our highest as a club was in the 2015/16 season when we hit 5,056 and we are very close to that number - it would be great to make 2022/23 the season we set that record. There’s the answer to everyone’s question When he says our highest as a club, I assume he means since he has been at the club? What was the best at the Mem under Ollie, Trolls or DC? - even under those managers, I can't remember such a general feel good factor around the club as Waels investment has generated.
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Post by mftc on Jul 3, 2022 18:23:11 GMT
Now signed for Maidenhead in the National League after Dover's second string.
Still big on social media it seems.
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Post by mftc on Jul 1, 2022 12:35:33 GMT
Good evening everyone. This is what you have all been waiting for, the most comprehensive set of figures on S/T sales to be found on any Rovers forum. Even better than the club! So here we go: West Stand (408) sold 408 East Stand (1,024) sold 1,024 SW Stand (392) sold 383 West Terrace (1,130) sold 845 Family terrace (618) sold 338 Thatchers North Terrace (3,095) sold 2,366 East Terrace (1,487) sold 908 So total S/T’s sold 6,272, 77% of availability. Since my last update on 9th June we have sold an average of 15 S/T’s per day. Well, our head of sales disagrees with you. According to his figures we have sold around 1300 less than what you are quoting. Appreciate your efforts, but I'm inclined to believe the club. The difference is for the other spaces taken such as staff, volunteers, wives and girlfriends, agents, media, friends, youth team, CT, St John's Ambulance, scouts etc, etc Would never have guessed it was that many though.
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Post by mftc on Jul 1, 2022 6:12:28 GMT
What's the saying?
All for one and one for all - no it's pull the ladder up, I'm alright.
If you are one of the (admittedly) few that this causes problems for, many on here just don't understand/care, that for them, this may be a very big thing.
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