Town Centre Club Shop

[MrFrost]

Not sure if it has already been mentioned, but I walked by the town centre shop today and it appears to now be closed permanately.

[dknward2]

just closed for the closed season should reopen ready for start of next season i believe

[Redandwhitewhizards]

It never seems to be very busy, and they barely hold any stock, so if it saves on wages, maybe not a bad thing!

We do need some presence in the town centre though, especially as no other sports shops stock Rovers products - which may make parents more inclined to get Prem club shirts for kids rather than a Rovers one. Location is key, and being stuck where they were obviously wouldn't have helped trade.

[Pintolager]

If it is just closed for the next few months, then fair enough, not only does it save on wages, but also other overheads such as electricity. I did wonder if the shop had closed permanently because of lack of business and I would imagine that business rates would be sky high which wouldn't help.

[donnyroversfc]

Get it moved into the Frenchgate Centre

[Woodhead Passer]

Can they afford to have a shop in Frenchgate?

[DonnyBazR0ver]

They should get it free of charge ! It's a community service !!

[Woodhead Passer]

I doubt it. anyway, it would be good to put it where the F1 Shop was if we actually was going to move to Frenchgate

[Dagenham Rover]

How about sharing with the F1 shop bloody hell how many racing drivers live in Donny.

Actually look at that to share with one of the more specialist type shops and it would probably quite viable with modern pos technology

[Woodhead Passer]

Hasnt the F1 shop gone out of business? Its seems to be shut down to me

[Dagenham Rover]

adam3rovers wrote:

Hasnt the F1 shop gone out of business? Its seems to be shut down to me

Don't know, but the idea of sharing with a similar type shop in the Frenchgate is probably  feasible its just a case of finding the right partner.

[I-was-there1976]

Pity they cant find a corner in the 4 major supermarkets in Donny. Supermarkets seem to sell everything else now.

[MrFrost]

adam3rovers wrote:

Hasnt the F1 shop gone out of business? Its seems to be shut down to me

Was open yesterday.
Not sure if the club shop will be reopening after the summer, as there was a to let sign on the shop aswell.

I like the idea of having some kind of presence in the supermarkets. The club shop was our only outlet in the town centre. The club should be marketing itself all through the town.

[Woodhead Passer]

It defo wasnt open yesterday, i went to the gizmo shop next to it and saw there was nothing inside the F1 shop at all.

[RobTheRover]

I-was-there1976 wrote:

Pity they cant find a corner in the 4 major supermarkets in Donny. Supermarkets seem to sell everything else now.

Rovers have contacted at least one large supermarket chain with a significant local presence with a view to them stocking a small range of Rovers merchandise, but the store manager declined the offer.