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Post by freebarrygeorge on Aug 16, 2019 18:41:36 GMT
Now imagine if another football club in a previous life whose name, coincidentally, also contains the words Football, Club, United, Manchester would have raised the season ticket prices by 50% overnight.
Nearly as bad as the old phrase "debt is the road to ruin".
FCUM, doing things differently? ? ? ? ?
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Post by TomSpotley on Aug 16, 2019 19:02:54 GMT
Raising the player sponsorship price to £300.
'Matchday Dining', essentially separating supporters, in a bar that we helped pay to build.
Golf days to please some board members
Keeping admission price at £12 thereby being one of the most expensive clubs in the league.
Hardly doing things differently anymore
I'll ask again, where's all the supporters branches??
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Post by freebarrygeorge on Aug 16, 2019 19:11:44 GMT
End of season fundraising dinners aimed at corporate "clients" with table in excess of £1000 pricing out the average (and above average) fan? ?
Non terrestrial TV being shown in ground? ?
FC United doing things differently? ?
Wouldnt it be slightly less hypocritical to simply allow sponsorship of the shirt and the ground to the highest bidder and pay off some of the huge debts that are owed to the ratepayers and the poor buggers who put their life savings into the Community shares? ? ? Everything else is totally against the founding principals of the club so why not? ?
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Post by TomSpotley on Aug 16, 2019 19:22:53 GMT
Betting companies advertising in the ground, £40 for a replica shirt...I mean the list is endless now. Yes 'we have to pay off the debts' but going about it like every other club does and hyper inflating prices and bringing in corporate monies???
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Post by fcum on Aug 16, 2019 21:08:19 GMT
End of season fundraising dinners aimed at corporate "clients" with table in excess of £1000 pricing out the average (and above average) fan? ? Non terrestrial TV being shown in ground? ? FC United doing things differently? ? Wouldnt it be slightly less hypocritical to simply allow sponsorship of the shirt and the ground to the highest bidder and pay off some of the huge debts that are owed to the ratepayers and the poor buggers who put their life savings into the Community shares? ? ? Everything else is totally against the founding principals of the club so why not? ? Did you express your faux outrage at the similarly priced gala dinners organised by the previous regime? What about the failed attempts by a paid fundraiser? We were charging £1,000 for a table in 2012. fc-utd.co.uk/story.php?story_id=4276 |
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Post by fcum on Aug 16, 2019 21:12:00 GMT
Now imagine if another football club in a previous life whose name, coincidentally, also contains the words Football, Club, United, Manchester would have raised the season ticket prices by 50% overnight. Nearly as bad as the old phrase "debt is the road to ruin". FCUM, doing things differently? ? ? ? ? They certainly wouldn't have put it to vote with the membership deciding the prices. It's £7 per game. Who signed up to the debt? You really are a pillock. |
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Post by jonnyashton on Aug 16, 2019 21:26:44 GMT
So then FCUM no founding principles have been breached then? Is that so please?
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Post by fcum on Aug 16, 2019 21:27:14 GMT
Raising the player sponsorship price to £300. 'Matchday Dining', essentially separating supporters, in a bar that we helped pay to build. Golf days to please some board members Keeping admission price at £12 thereby being one of the most expensive clubs in the league. Hardly doing things differently anymore I'll ask again, where's all the supporters branches?? . Player sponsorship is £50 more than it was in 2015 but you now get a signed shirt. Hardly rip off of the year. fc-utd.co.uk/story.php?story_id=6899Haven't we always had golf days? fc-utd.co.uk/story.php?story_id=2164 |
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Post by fcum on Aug 16, 2019 21:29:16 GMT
So then FCUM no founding principles have been breached then? Is that so please? Not that I can see. You all have selective memories. |
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Post by TomSpotley on Aug 16, 2019 22:42:05 GMT
You've always got a signed shirt. As per one of my other posts on here I once sponsored a player for 60 quid and got a signed picture and shirt. In that link you've posted you got a hell of a lot more for your money than you currently get. For 105 quid less. If you look down the list here in this link you used to have options to sponsor the shirts and other parts of the players kit. Nowadays you don't according to the brochure www.fc-utd.co.uk/story.php?story_id=6268'Structured to suit a variety of needs and budgets...' |
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Post by fcum on Aug 16, 2019 22:56:00 GMT
You've always got a signed shirt. As per one of my other posts on here I once sponsored a player for 60 quid and got a signed picture and shirt. In that link you've posted you got a hell of a lot more for your money than you currently get. For 105 quid less. If you look down the list here in this link you used to have options to sponsor the shirts and other parts of the players kit. Nowadays you don't according to the brochure www.fc-utd.co.uk/story.php?story_id=6268You're comparing a VAT exclusive price against a VAT inclusive price. It's £55 (plus VAT) more than 2015. |
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Post by TomSpotley on Aug 16, 2019 22:58:00 GMT
But have you looked at what used to be offered compared with what is offered now?? I quote again from 2015/16
'Structured to suit a variety of needs and budgets...' (which, ironically, is the line still used in the brochure but there's no budget options. For anything by the look of it)
And for £195 you used to get tickets to the end of season do plus a marketing opportunity with your sponsored player. Again, you don't get that now. For £55 more.
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Post by fcum on Aug 17, 2019 0:20:50 GMT
But have you looked at what used to be offered compared with what is offered now?? I quote again from 2015/16 'Structured to suit a variety of needs and budgets...' (which, ironically, is the line still used in the brochure but there's no budget options. For anything by the look of it) And for £195 you used to get tickets to the end of season do plus a marketing opportunity with your sponsored player. Again, you don't get that now. For £55 more. You used to get an invite to purchase tickets to the end of season do. They weren't complimentary. There's little difference between the package now and the package in 2015 (other than 55 quid but when you're left with a mountain of debt, what choice do you have?) Player Sponsorship * Name/and or company logo in each programme and on our website * An invitation to our annual awards presentation (tickets payable) * A signed shirt of your choice * A commemorative photo * One marketing opportunity (agreed with the club) Price: £195 per player (excl VAT) |
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Post by TomSpotley on Aug 17, 2019 0:39:15 GMT
The 2016/17 brochure says nothing about the tickets being 'invitational', they're included in the price.
Nothing is mentioned at all about a marketing opportunity in the latest brochure (I have screenshots of both but can't share them)
As I've said, seems like you get less for more money.
Where are the budget options then (kit, shirt, shorts, socks sponsors)? Surely a fair bit was raised on them over the years?? I remember seeing loads of sponsors of parts of the kit in the programme
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Post by freebarrygeorge on Aug 17, 2019 6:35:55 GMT
End of season fundraising dinners aimed at corporate "clients" with table in excess of £1000 pricing out the average (and above average) fan? ? Non terrestrial TV being shown in ground? ? FC United doing things differently? ? Wouldnt it be slightly less hypocritical to simply allow sponsorship of the shirt and the ground to the highest bidder and pay off some of the huge debts that are owed to the ratepayers and the poor buggers who put their life savings into the Community shares? ? ? Everything else is totally against the founding principals of the club so why not? ? Did you express your faux outrage at the similarly priced gala dinners organised by the previous regime? What about the failed attempts by a paid fundraiser? We were charging £1,000 for a table in 2012. fc-utd.co.uk/story.php?story_id=4276Nope and neither did you or your pals. Hindsight is indeed a rather remarkable attribute innit. |
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