: Tue Oct 06, 2009 4:48 pm  

Mick W. wrote:

Timmy Taylor's getting involved would be good. Not just from the view of a good pint, but a well known local business getting behind the team.

We can only dream

: Tue Oct 06, 2009 6:21 pm  

...Mmmm, Taaayylooors.....
Did someone mention a new kit? Is that on the cards?

: Wed Oct 07, 2009 1:02 pm  

Taylor's used to advertise - remember their ad on the Scrattin' Shed?

'TAYLORS FOR MEN OF THE NORTH'

So why not again?

: Wed Oct 07, 2009 2:00 pm  

Quite a while ago I wrote to a local "well known" brewer asking if they would like to get involved with the AMATEUR inter town team.

We were prepared to offer them names on all the shirts for a very modest cost to cover transport to 2 away games.

Suffice to say the response was not that positive and it basically said they were not interested in the game.

We covered our costs because of funds built up through the local cup final etc, plus the generosity of the Cougars in letting us use Cougar Park, and charge a modest admission fee.

The club made a few bob at the bar and we made a few bob to cover travel costs.

To be fair it quite a while ago and situations change.

It seems to me that there are obvious benefits to both parties.

: Wed Oct 07, 2009 4:04 pm  

Sorry to say this, but TT got more advertising from, Madonna saying she liked the beer than they would ever get from us.

They are not interested, so its time for people to move along, nothing to see here.

: Thu Oct 08, 2009 10:32 am  

Stealth Comic wrote:

More local ale in the bar.

We've some fantastic breweries round here but we only seem to occasionally have the odd one as a guest beer.

Couldn't we strike some sort of deal with one of them? Maybe along the lines of free ad hoardings or a shirt sleeve in exchange for discounted ale.

I know I'd be prepared to pay a little bit more for a top quality pint.

Just talked to Mandy about this last night after your post ....

The major problem in keeping too many ales 'on' is the amount of 'shelf life ' in a cask of real ale as opposed to the fizzy processed stuff.

With the Cougar Park Bars being used (apart from matches) mainly for private functions, if there is little else taking place it is not always financialy and also from a quality perspective,viable to keep the real stuff on .

With the hopeful increase in travelling support coming to Cougar Park next year ..this may change ..the other thing of course Stealth Comic is to persuade everyone to change their drinking habits over to the real stuff...

mines a half of Copper Dragons Golden Pippen if you're buying !

: Thu Oct 08, 2009 1:21 pm  

Rach wrote:

Just talked to Mandy about this last night after your post ....

The major problem in keeping too many ales 'on' is the amount of 'shelf life ' in a cask of real ale as opposed to the fizzy processed stuff.

With the Cougar Park Bars being used (apart from matches) mainly for private functions, if there is little else taking place it is not always financialy and also from a quality perspective,viable to keep the real stuff on .

With the hopeful increase in travelling support coming to Cougar Park next year ..this may change ..the other thing of course Stealth Comic is to persuade everyone to change their drinking habits over to the real stuff...

mines a half of Copper Dragons Golden Pippen if you're buying !

Fair do's, I see your point, but couldn't you put say Golden Pippen and Naylor's Cravenbrau on instead of Tetley's and Carlsberg?

Or do you have a contract with them?

: Thu Oct 08, 2009 4:55 pm  

There are always 9 gallon barrels available which could be 'tapped' and drawn straight from the barrel - you don't need pumps. Colin Farrar sells the plastic taps and all that would be needed is something to hold the barrel behind the bar. Surely 72 pints isn't all that much to sell on a match day and then a different brew could be sold at each home game.