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If I was going to target a game for a challenge, I'd pick the Plymouth game on 25 March. 1. There's time to prepare2. It's an attractive game3. It's just before the normal early bird deadline.4. The weather is likely to be better.Maybe also think about reducing car parking charges like they did over Christmas..or even make it free! Make sure everyone who attends the previous home games, gets a voucher, and ST holders/members use books/cards to bring a friend for £5????. Kids u/16 free???Can we sell out the home end Donnybob?
Quote from: RedRover45 on January 07, 2017, 02:54:57 pmQuote from: mrfrostsdad on January 07, 2017, 02:27:37 pmQuote from: RedRover45 on January 06, 2017, 11:33:21 amAll good and relevant points made. At the moment, our 'home fans' attendance is largely rising by a couple of hundred on average every game. Contrast this when I started regularly attending in the late seventies where the Rovers had a few occasions of five, six and seven wins in a row and the crowds went up accordingly from about 2000 to 8/9000 to match each win.Dont seem to get that huge increase any more, maybe it's all the other 'things to do' in the entertainment spectrum that weren't around in those days.Can't help feeling though that any wavering ex Rovers fans that watched on Sky last night would have been mighty impressed and could tempt some of them back. Hope so.Sorry, how do you work out our home fans attendances are going up by on average 200 a game? The number of home fans on Thursday night was lower than the one before which was lower than the one beforeBecause obviously the Grimsby game pulled in more because they appeared to be more of an attraction due to the local derby. The rest of the home games are slowly increasing in home support.But the last home game before Thursday night was not the Grimsby game
Quote from: mrfrostsdad on January 07, 2017, 02:27:37 pmQuote from: RedRover45 on January 06, 2017, 11:33:21 amAll good and relevant points made. At the moment, our 'home fans' attendance is largely rising by a couple of hundred on average every game. Contrast this when I started regularly attending in the late seventies where the Rovers had a few occasions of five, six and seven wins in a row and the crowds went up accordingly from about 2000 to 8/9000 to match each win.Dont seem to get that huge increase any more, maybe it's all the other 'things to do' in the entertainment spectrum that weren't around in those days.Can't help feeling though that any wavering ex Rovers fans that watched on Sky last night would have been mighty impressed and could tempt some of them back. Hope so.Sorry, how do you work out our home fans attendances are going up by on average 200 a game? The number of home fans on Thursday night was lower than the one before which was lower than the one beforeBecause obviously the Grimsby game pulled in more because they appeared to be more of an attraction due to the local derby. The rest of the home games are slowly increasing in home support.
Quote from: RedRover45 on January 06, 2017, 11:33:21 amAll good and relevant points made. At the moment, our 'home fans' attendance is largely rising by a couple of hundred on average every game. Contrast this when I started regularly attending in the late seventies where the Rovers had a few occasions of five, six and seven wins in a row and the crowds went up accordingly from about 2000 to 8/9000 to match each win.Dont seem to get that huge increase any more, maybe it's all the other 'things to do' in the entertainment spectrum that weren't around in those days.Can't help feeling though that any wavering ex Rovers fans that watched on Sky last night would have been mighty impressed and could tempt some of them back. Hope so.Sorry, how do you work out our home fans attendances are going up by on average 200 a game? The number of home fans on Thursday night was lower than the one before which was lower than the one before
All good and relevant points made. At the moment, our 'home fans' attendance is largely rising by a couple of hundred on average every game. Contrast this when I started regularly attending in the late seventies where the Rovers had a few occasions of five, six and seven wins in a row and the crowds went up accordingly from about 2000 to 8/9000 to match each win.Dont seem to get that huge increase any more, maybe it's all the other 'things to do' in the entertainment spectrum that weren't around in those days.Can't help feeling though that any wavering ex Rovers fans that watched on Sky last night would have been mighty impressed and could tempt some of them back. Hope so.
Quote from: mrfrostsdad on January 07, 2017, 03:42:38 pmQuote from: RedRover45 on January 07, 2017, 02:54:57 pmQuote from: mrfrostsdad on January 07, 2017, 02:27:37 pmQuote from: RedRover45 on January 06, 2017, 11:33:21 amAll good and relevant points made. At the moment, our 'home fans' attendance is largely rising by a couple of hundred on average every game. Contrast this when I started regularly attending in the late seventies where the Rovers had a few occasions of five, six and seven wins in a row and the crowds went up accordingly from about 2000 to 8/9000 to match each win.Dont seem to get that huge increase any more, maybe it's all the other 'things to do' in the entertainment spectrum that weren't around in those days.Can't help feeling though that any wavering ex Rovers fans that watched on Sky last night would have been mighty impressed and could tempt some of them back. Hope so.Sorry, how do you work out our home fans attendances are going up by on average 200 a game? The number of home fans on Thursday night was lower than the one before which was lower than the one beforeBecause obviously the Grimsby game pulled in more because they appeared to be more of an attraction due to the local derby. The rest of the home games are slowly increasing in home support.But the last home game before Thursday night was not the Grimsby gameI didn't say it was. I'm well aware it was Stevenage. You said the game before the last game. Don't try and be clever.
I would like to see a loyalty scheme for season ticket holders where they are rewarded for every consecutive year they hold their ST. A %age (+ their discount) off the price up to a maximum of 5 yrs and maybe another point off for any holding 10yrs. It can work the other way too by dropping/losing part of the discount if you drop out for a year. Maybe the club can look back to ST holders that had consecutive years but have dropped out in recent years with a incentive to come back in.
Quote from: DonnyBazR0ver on January 07, 2017, 04:35:44 pmIf I was going to target a game for a challenge, I'd pick the Plymouth game on 25 March. 1. There's time to prepare2. It's an attractive game3. It's just before the normal early bird deadline.4. The weather is likely to be better.Maybe also think about reducing car parking charges like they did over Christmas..or even make it free! Make sure everyone who attends the previous home games, gets a voucher, and ST holders/members use books/cards to bring a friend for £5????. Kids u/16 free???Can we sell out the home end Donnybob?I'd be a bit wary just yet. It is on an international weekend and could be moved for TV. The Mansfield game a couple of weeks later, which is almost a local derby might be a better bet. Unlikely to be moved for TV.
A series of home games (for example 10) for Junior School kids for free with a full-paying adult chaperone? Or somesuch might well entice a few - equally it may not - redeem so many of these and give said kid a free shirt (there'll be surplus before much longer as things go in motion for the new one)Similar to the Christmas bonus type schemes supermarkets (well morrison's) do!I like the idea of promotion through schools, maybe a couple of "schools days" per term with blocks of seats allocated. Fact sheets with player/manager info with a bit of how the various combinations/tactics work, creating player/fan connections. Perhaps?
A new one match Donnybob challenge would have no great long term impact. It’s pointless, a bit like the tenner game promotions. The club needs to show a little vision about its promotions . Let’s widen the scope from a single matchday experience into creating a regular habit. First of all the club has to recruit and establish the buy-in of the existing supporters who should be given a voucher that can be redeemed by a friend/ relative/ work colleague/ neighbour, etc. This voucher needs to cover the next 4 home games for a bargain price. Let’s say, 4 games for £25. Yes, that’s ridiculously cheap, but these are empty seats being filled by folk who would not normally attend so every penny is bonus revenue, as is the additional food, drink, programmes, merchandising income, parking, etc.Those who take up this offer need checking against the clubs existing database so regular attenders don’t abuse the system. This is about bringing back lapsed fans and enticing new ones. Those taking up the offer will now be registered and they in turn, at the end of the 4 game offer should then be offered a new incentive for the following 4 games, say for £40. Those that take up this second incentive should then be targeted to invite a friend for the original £25 deal they enjoyed. Providing they sell this deal to a new customer they will be rewarded with a free ticket for the next home game after their current 8 match run.Some will see this as losing revenue. It isn’t. It’s a net gain. If someone has taken up the double offer for £65, plus the free ticket, they will have attended for 9 consecutive games. By then they have bought into the habit of attending games and more than likely be willing to continue attending. This is the point where the club has to be imaginative with marketing of 6 game offers, half season offers, season tickets, etc.Getting bums on seats once is fine and dandy. Keeping them there every game has to be the ultimate goal and that means following through on the opportunity created once you have enticed them into the stadium. Doing this now when the team is achieving on the field makes perfect sense. There is no time like the present. Those who are current ST holders or pay full price will moan, as they did in the past, but this is so naive and short sighted. If the club is to grow it needs to grow it’s fan base and fill the ground. If that takes a series of special incentives then so be it. A full ground creates a fantastic atmosphere, inspires players and draws in advertising and sponsorship. It creates a daunting experience for away teams and fans alike. Success off the field invariably results in success on it.Someone at the club needs to think long and hard about this.
My sincere thanks to SM for offering to raise my suggestions with the club. Let me now highlight another group that requires consideration and I don’t have a simple solution to.Would you go to the cinema on your own? Would you go to a theatre show, a gig, concert, etc, on your own?I suspect there are a lot of people out there who would attend games if they had someone or a group to go with. Within my circle of friends, which is significantly larger than most, no-one appears to support the Rovers or conversely they have no interest whatsoever in football. None of my neighbours is interested in football, either. In Rovers terms I’m pretty isolated.I’m not saying poor me, I’m saying there are surely many, many more in the same situation. There is no easy way of addressing the problem, either. Who on earth wants to join a Rovers dating agency for straight men interested purely in football!Engaging folk like this is incredibly difficult. It’s a challenge for the club but one that could pay dividends if handled well.Since giving up the regular day job 8 years ago I rarely come into contact with my old workmates who I often attended games with. If I did I would probably attend more often. But over time, if you are not involved with a business on a daily basis you tend to drift apart.Oh, and it doesn’t help that when I do attend I always seem to find myself sat in front of a complete know-all or knob head. Some things are impossible to change! ;-)
Can't speak for anyone else but I am happy to go by myself....