The bar at the ground : Thu Aug 13, 2009 11:58 am  

Is this open on any days other than match days?

: Thu Aug 13, 2009 12:00 pm  

I know you could book it out for parties and stuff like that but other than that, I don't think it is open.

: Thu Aug 13, 2009 12:05 pm  

Would you really want to go if it was? It's horrible!

: Thu Aug 13, 2009 12:10 pm  

Said it for a while but does anyone else think they are missing a trick by not opening to show Sky matches on a Friday and Saturday night (when we have a Sunday game)?

50 people down, spend an average of a tenner each = £500 per night (less overheads) and that's before you get started with raffles etc.

: Thu Aug 13, 2009 12:24 pm  

Not a bad idea. I would imagine they will when we get the new ground. Look at what they are like in Aus, each club has a bar and a "pokies" room. Basically what we would call an amusement. They are all very much business', unlike the clubs over here that pretty much rely on SKY, gate receipts and sponsorship and the bit they get from merchandise (including replica shirts ).

: Thu Aug 13, 2009 12:25 pm  

El Tigre wrote:

Said it for a while but does anyone else think they are missing a trick by not opening to show Sky matches on a Friday and Saturday night (when we have a Sunday game)?

50 people down, spend an average of a tenner each = £500 per night (less overheads) and that's before you get started with raffles etc.

It's not a bad shout, but there are other pubs in town showing the games, you would need some incentive to walk down the Lane I reckon.

: Thu Aug 13, 2009 1:22 pm  

Incentive being that money spent will be going to the club. We've already established that people pay over the odds for tat in the club shop purely to give money to the club

Or on a Monday/Tuesday night to show our game from the weekend.

: Thu Aug 13, 2009 1:39 pm  

El Tigre wrote:

Or on a Monday/Tuesday night to show our game from the weekend.

been there, done that
Been tried before , at first all those that asked for it turned up, week after week, numbers slowly dwindled until it got a bit of a joke with maybe 10 people turning up, hence they stopped hth

: Thu Aug 13, 2009 1:42 pm  

Didn't know that, when was this?

: Thu Aug 13, 2009 1:45 pm  

El Tigre wrote:

Didn't know that, when was this?

a couple of years ago , i believe it was also tried a few years before that as well