Re: Club shop : Tue Aug 22, 2023 4:21 pm  

I think the Ridings is a sensible option. Certainly a lot better than being out in any of the grubby streets.

Re: Club shop : Tue Aug 22, 2023 4:37 pm  

Prince Buster wrote:

Am i mistaken, but i seemed to recollect there would be a club retail outlet in the new stand.

No, not the new stand but it is planned for when the Rollin shack is refurbished. That refurbishment is ear marked for when the new stand is up and running. I can only go by what JM mentioned at the SH meeting last week. There are a number of ideas for what will be the Community Hub. A number of different partners will be involved in the refurbishment and if it does happen, then it will be a valuable asset for both Trinity and the community.
There has to be uncertainty at the moment of what will happen around the ground, the current management have one plan, but a new owner takes over, he may well have different ideas.

Re: Club shop : Tue Aug 22, 2023 9:06 pm  

Barcelona?

Re: Club shop : Wed Aug 23, 2023 6:22 am  

Maybe it would just be better in one of the busier areas of the city centre so that people actually see it. It's all well and good saying that Trinity fans know where it is - fantastic - that's a few thousand people. To the rest of the city we are nearly invisible, and hiding the club shop on a near empty floor in a near empty shopping centre isn't a sensible move for a club which should be looking to get as much visibility in the community as possible.

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Re: Club shop : Wed Aug 23, 2023 6:38 am  

Egg Banjo wrote:

Maybe it would just be better in one of the busier areas of the city centre so that people actually see it. It's all well and good saying that Trinity fans know where it is - fantastic - that's a few thousand people. To the rest of the city we are nearly invisible, and hiding the club shop on a near empty floor in a near empty shopping centre isn't a sensible move for a club which should be looking to get as much visibility in the community as possible.

... where are the busy areas of the City centre?

Re: Club shop : Wed Aug 23, 2023 6:45 am  

When we were running three shops, in the Ridings, TW and inside the ground, overall the one in the Ridings was the most successful.

Re: Club shop : Wed Aug 23, 2023 7:00 am  

Wildthing wrote:

... where are the busy areas of the City centre?

Teall Way is one of the busiest areas for pedestrian traffic (thats why market stall holders are happy with the move to Teall St), areas around cross street, the bull ring, and Trinity Walk too. I went into the Ridings the other day for a cuppa as I'd not been in for a while. Sat in that coffee shop near the Trinity shop for an hour and saw barely a dozen people walk past the shop

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Re: Club shop : Wed Aug 23, 2023 7:03 am  

Egg Banjo wrote:

Teall Way is one of the busiest areas for pedestrian traffic, areas around cross street, the bull ring, and Trinity Walk too. I went into the Ridings the other day for a cuppa as I'd not been in for a while. Sat in that coffee shop near the Trinity shop for an hour and saw barely a dozen people walk past the shop

Those mentioned aren't that much busier than the Ridings, plus do they have premises available and
in our budget?
There are reportedly plans for the Ridings so maybe the club are being astute by staying?

Re: Club shop : Wed Aug 23, 2023 7:06 am  

Wildthing wrote:

Those mentioned aren't that much busier than the Ridings, plus do they have premises available and
in our budget?
There are reportedly plans for the Ridings so maybe the club are being astute by staying?

They really are a lot busier. And as for the plans for the Ridings - there's more chance of the stadium being built at Newcold than the Ridings becoming the most successful shopping centre in the north (the aim of the owners)

Re: Club shop : Wed Aug 23, 2023 7:15 am  

The club management are not so naive as to not have put some thought into this!
IF the Ridings shop wasn't a viable, profitable location, would they have extended the lease? I think not!
I personally think it's a cracking location and despite what the OP thinks, at weekends in particular, hundreds , if not thousands of non Trinity supporters walk past it.
I just don't get this bashing the club management at, almost literally, everything they do,