Re: Contract Talks & FCs Future : Sun Apr 26, 2020 7:04 pm  

It's FC Voices I think you're alluding to, Its over 5 years since I was involved with them so not sure what they do these days but they are on twitter and FACEBOOK if you want to contact them.

Re: Contract Talks & FCs Future : Sun Apr 26, 2020 7:30 pm  

The Dentist Wilf wrote:

It's FC Voices I think you're alluding to, Its over 5 years since I was involved with them so not sure what they do these days but they are on twitter and FACEBOOK if you want to contact them.

That's him!
Thanks Wilf, but unfortunately I don't do Facebook or Twitter or any other social media thingy :>)

Re: Contract Talks & FCs Future : Sun Apr 26, 2020 8:42 pm  

Pure guesswork, but walk-ups at home games is around 2k, so 10 home games still to play adds up to about £400k.

Then there's the cup. Serious money going missing at the moment, even with the players and staff taking paycuts of up to 35%.

Re: Contract Talks & FCs Future : Sun Apr 26, 2020 8:48 pm  

Just find out how much Pearson tried getting a loan for, then set up a fund we can donate to and try and reach the loan amount

Re: Contract Talks & FCs Future : Sun Apr 26, 2020 10:21 pm  

ccs wrote:

Pure guesswork, but walk-ups at home games is around 2k, so 10 home games still to play adds up to about £400k.

Then there's the cup. Serious money going missing at the moment, even with the players and staff taking paycuts of up to 35%.

How much of that would you think is profit (after ground rent) to pay salary and other ongoing expense?

To be of any real help, I was reckoning that we would be looking at needing around 1000 fans to contribute £100 each.

Re: Contract Talks & FCs Future : Mon Apr 27, 2020 6:10 am  

Been thinking about this all weekend, as I feel the club could really suffer for yrs to come.
If every pass holder donated £20 payable in 2 payments, for instance one now and one in July.
This would give a potential pot of £160k which would help the club massively, and in return the club could honour this by reducing the price of next yr season passes

Re: Contract Talks & FCs Future : Mon Apr 27, 2020 6:26 am  

lingys wrote:

Been thinking about this all weekend, as I feel the club could really suffer for yrs to come.
If every pass holder donated £20 payable in 2 payments, for instance one now and one in July.
This would give a potential pot of £160k which would help the club massively, and in return the club could honour this by reducing the price of next yr season passes

That would be the equivalent of a loan, which is obviously what AP has been trying to secure, but I reckon the club needs addition funding which doesn't add to the existing debt - remember AP said he had invested heavily in this seasons squad. A loan would be fine if the income streams came back to normal pretty soon, but I can't see that happening for a long time.

I wonder how many people wouldn't "risk" attending games next season, if a vaccine isn't available for at least another year.

[Karen]

Re: Contract Talks & FCs Future : Mon Apr 27, 2020 10:02 am  

Mrs Barista wrote:

I think if people reflected on what they would normally be spending each week following the club it could be worthwhile. All adds up, £5 Walton Street car park, £2.50 for a coffee in the stadium, snacks, beer fuel, Half time draw tickets, Away game tickets & travel..obviously merchandise is still available but might be worth thinking about if low cost to administer.

Whilst I agree that people are saving on these outgoings, many of us have been Furloughed and therefore these savings are helping massively in keeping our depleted income stable. The clubs aren't the only ones worried about the future and whilst I'm not on the breadline by any stretch of the imagination, yet, there will be many many fans that will be worried about what the next few months hold financially because how many of our own working companies will survive this?

Re: Contract Talks & FCs Future : Mon Apr 27, 2020 1:57 pm  

Well cant FC voices set up a crowd funder or whatever its called and fans just donate what they can?

Nobodys forcing people to donate. Some may donate a large amount some a small amount, some none at all, i dont get these dithery posts if you cant afford too simply dont

Re: Contract Talks & FCs Future : Mon Apr 27, 2020 3:47 pm  

Whilst I appreciate that money is tight for many people at the moment, I believe about 8500 of us were committed enough to the club, to purchase season passes.
If it gets to the stage where we need to take action, then I'm sure many of that number will be committed enough to donate a small sum to ensure that they get to use that pass again.
I definitely would.